Fun at the Photographers! The Rogers children, 1950s, Vancouver, BC It was Saturday Night again - and time for some more Genealogy Fun at Randy Seaver's Genea-Musings!! This Saturday he's asking genealogists to answer Part 3 of the 20 questions Ellen Thompson-Jennings posted at Hound on the Hunt two weeks ago - "Even More Questions About Your Ancestors and Maybe A Few About You" (27 June, 2019). I'll catch up with the rest this week but here are my answers to #11-15. Check out Ellen's blog (link above) to see all the questions. 11. If money wasn’t an issue; where would you go to do genealogy research? Sweden! Yes, I could do some research there, although now I do a lot on-line, but better yet, I could take my kids. We would see all the places their families lived, visit the churches, learn about the country, and likely meet some living family. Now, of course, I’d want us to go to Norway (there are a couple of Norwegians who married in), and Denmark and Iceland and Finland too. And maybe on the way home, we could hop over to Scotland? To get them a drink at the Canal Inn in Falkirk (our James and Judith Scott ran the Inn way back) and the Orkneys and the Hebrides. Lots of Scandinavian influence (and DNA) in those places. 12. Do you ever feel like you’re the only person researching your family? Definitely! But the ease and lower prices of DNA kits for genealogy have interested some of the younger family members. I’m hoping they start branching out their own trees, and take up a surname or two. 13.Why do you think you’re interested in your family history and other family members might not be? I grew up with some stories about my mum’s side of my family, but very few about my dad’s. And because of migration and geography, and since I’m one of the young cousins in my generation, I didn’t know my cousins or other closer relatives as many of my friends did. And I was always interested in history, especially Canadian history. I started genealogy to answer questions from Mum’s stories, but I think I got hooked when I realized I felt myself ‘finding family’ even though most were gone. 14. Do you intend to write about your genealogy/family history findings? I do write about my family history finds – sometimes here on my blog or in a genealogical society journal, but much of my writing is still on my computers. I’m not thinking of ever writing ‘the one big family book’ though, perhaps several smaller books on the various lines, or a few special topics. I’m working on one right now about a set of family postcards, for example. 15. Did you ever make a genealogy mistake that caused you to have to prune your family tree? Not yet! But then I think I’m pretty wary of adding people till I’ve got lots of evidence, perhaps because most of my family names are so common. I do have a number of speculative files and trees. And a small collection of ‘not us!’ BMD certificates. (Mostly surname: White)
These are the fascinating mugshots of Edwardian drunks which reveal that binge-drinking was a problem in Britain more than 100 years ago.
My grandfather, James Walter Scott (known as Walter), was born in Nottawa, Ontario in 1885. I have quite a lot of information about his Scott family and have a basic family tree here. At the turn of the century in 1902, Grandpa moved to Manitoba by himself and settled in Newdale where he met and married my grandmother, Amy Estella Irwin, in 1910. According to my grandmother, Grandpa Scott first worked in Thomas N. Peter's store. In the 1910s, he was in business operating a general store with W. R. (William Robert) Lavery. This photograph, identified by my grandmother as showing Grandpa (on your right), W. R. Lavery (left) and Jack Kaskey (centre) together, seems to corroborate my mother's information - that he was also in business with at least one other person. I would like to learn more about Mr. Kaskey. Walter Scott, Jack Kaskey, W.R. Lavery, Cabinet card; no photographer's information. Private collection. It appears that there was a second photograph taken of the three men on the same day. I've posted that on tmy Newdale Genealogy website today.
The three-year-old is always seen wearing dresses—often floral babydoll frocks—on public appearances with her family. Can the royal toddler, who's fourth in line for the throne, ever wear trousers?
George, six, wore a striped £10 H&M top, and paired his with light brown shorts for the occasion, while Princess Charlotte , four, went for a designer look as she donned a £128 blue Ralph Lauren dress.
Despite being royalty, Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales, endured tough times as a young boy given his tense relationship with his father, Prince Philip, his time away at boarding school, and more.
Possibly? a photograph of Alexander Carmichael, born 1856, Fenelon Township, Victoria County, Ontario, Canada. Photographers [Hamilton] Fowler & [Isaac] Oliver, Lindsay, Ontario, Canada. Private collection. One of the many moustachioed men in my family tree. I'm hoping a closer family member may have a copy of this photo or another of Alexander Carmichael from a similar time period. If this is Alexander, then he was the .... Husband of Esther Ann Currin, - Essie - married 1 January 1885 in Islay, Ontario, Canada. With Essie, he was a parent of Donald, Eliza Ann, John, Daisy, Jessie and Margaret. Son of Margaret Gilchrist and Donald Carmichael, and brother of Janet, Ann, Mary and Margaret Carmichael and Diana Gilchrist. Alexander Carmichael died in 1922 at Newdale, Manitoba, Canada. This is a family photograph identified as Alexander and Essie Carmichael with son Donald by my grandmother, Amy Estella Scott, née Irwin. Photographer E. [Eli] Williamson, Lindsay, Ontario, Canada. Private collection. References Fenelon, Ontario, Canada marriage registration, 011338, marriage1 January 1885. Ancestry.com and Genealogical Research Library (Brampton, Ontario, Canada). Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1801-1928 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Original data:Ontario, Canada, Select Marriages. Archives of Ontario, Toronto. Harrison, Manitoba, Canada death registration, 1922-030379, death 23 August 1922. Province of Manitoba, Canada, Vital Statistics Agency. More information on this family available from my family files. For more about Lindsay, Ontario, Canada photographers, see The Ontario Photographers List - Volume 1 (1851-1900) & Volume 2 (1901-1925) by Glen C. Phillips (originally published, Sarnia, Ontario: Iron Gate Publishing Co., 1990; new edition, Milton, Ontario: Global Heritage Press, 2002, 2010.)
Invitations for the royal wedding of the year are sure to be coveted. Here's what Meghan Markle and Prince Harry look like.
A look at the extraordinary life of Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's longest reigning monarch.
Queen Mary, wife of George V By Walter Stoneman Whole-plate glass copy negative, copied January 1948
The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester of Prince William Photrgraped at Yarramula; Government House; Canbera.
I won't be writing about all my 52 Ancestors in any particular order, but I thought since I've already written about my Mum I'd best be following with my Dad. This is one of my favourite photographs of him, taken by me in my parents' house in the 1980s with the Rogers cats. Dad, with Purrt and Teddy (Purrt's son), 1990s. Private collection. When she was cross, my Mum was quick to say he and I were a lot alike ("just like your Dad!") and I think that's true, but we surely didn't always agree. He was a more practical person (and very handy at fixing things). He loved his family, and was interested in big band jazz, stamps, coins and politics, not always in that order and yes, he loved cats. Here's one of my past articles about him: "Vancouver, 1951 - After the Election - Ready for Work". Born in South Vancouver in 1917, he lived in the Vancouver area all his life except during World War II when he was mostly in Washington, D.C. He had several successful businesses, the last with my Mum, and although he retired a couple of times, he never stopped working, just looked around for something different to do. One of my few genealogical / historical regrets is that I didn't write down the stories he told me early on about his growing up years, especially about working at Mountain View Cemetery in Vancouver where he had worked with his dad. He didn't seem to think these were very important, but now that he's gone, of course, they are to me.
If there was any band that truly deserved to have their sepia tone photo colorized, it was this one, the Pipe Band of the Black Watch . ...
Predica din 2012 a parintelui Ciprian Negreanu (Biserica Studentilor, Cluj-Napoca) intru pomenirea Sfintei mucenite ducese Elisabeta Feodorovna Rezumat: Sfânta ducesă Elisabeta a fost ucisă şi ea, ca mulţi dintre cei din familia ţarilor ruşi, în această zi [totusi ziua corecta…
My grandfather, James Walter Scott (known as Walter), was born in Nottawa, Ontario in 1885. I have quite a lot of information about his Scott family and have a basic family tree here. At the turn of the century in 1902, Grandpa moved to Manitoba by himself and settled in Newdale where he met and married my grandmother, Amy Estella Irwin, in 1910. According to my grandmother, Grandpa Scott first worked in Thomas N. Peter's store. In the 1910s, he was in business operating a general store with W. R. (William Robert) Lavery. This photograph, identified by my grandmother as showing Grandpa (on your right), W. R. Lavery (left) and Jack Kaskey (centre) together, seems to corroborate my mother's information - that he was also in business with at least one other person. I would like to learn more about Mr. Kaskey. Walter Scott, Jack Kaskey, W.R. Lavery, Cabinet card; no photographer's information. Private collection. It appears that there was a second photograph taken of the three men on the same day. I've posted that on tmy Newdale Genealogy website today.
My grandfather, James Walter Scott (known as Walter), was born in Nottawa, Ontario in 1885. I have quite a lot of information about his Scott family and have a basic family tree here. At the turn of the century in 1902, Grandpa moved to Manitoba by himself and settled in Newdale where he met and married my grandmother, Amy Estella Irwin, in 1910. According to my grandmother, Grandpa Scott first worked in Thomas N. Peter's store. In the 1910s, he was in business operating a general store with W. R. (William Robert) Lavery. This photograph, identified by my grandmother as showing Grandpa (on your right), W. R. Lavery (left) and Jack Kaskey (centre) together, seems to corroborate my mother's information - that he was also in business with at least one other person. I would like to learn more about Mr. Kaskey. Walter Scott, Jack Kaskey, W.R. Lavery, Cabinet card; no photographer's information. Private collection. It appears that there was a second photograph taken of the three men on the same day. I've posted that on tmy Newdale Genealogy website today.
Mum in Athens, Greece. Photographer, M. Diane Rogers. My mum was a great one for keeping useful things (as was my dad) - cottage cheese containers, plastic bags, newspaper and magazine clippings - lots of clippings!, recipe cards, school papers, books, of course, with a few 'important' papers mixed in. Since Mum and I always had a lot of the same interests, I've found it hard to get rid of anything much, although the cottage cheese containers are long gone. I've been scanning and transcribing things, but it's a slow process. That's one reason I wanted to do the 52 Ancestors Challenge. Today what I have may interest some non-gen friends since it's a Vancouver General Hospital (VGH) pamphlet from the 1940s. It was with some baby related things - that baby was me! I think it must have been given to my mother in preparation for my birth. Both my baby brother and I were born at VGH in the Willow Pavilion, which opened in 1906 as new hospital facilities (then it was called the Fairview Pavilion) but by the late 40s it was the Maternity area. Both my children were born there too. Ever since the BC Women's Hospital Health Centre opened in Vancouver in the 1990s, the Pavilion has served other purposes. Today some are working to rescue it.(See below.) Vancouver General Hospital pamphlet, 14 pages; no date; private collection. Cover shows "Architect's Conception of the Proposed 800-Bed Pavilion." Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. This VGH booklet gives a bit of the hospital's history, and some information about facilities, admittance procedures and "Do's and Don'ts" [sic] for visitors. Among the don'ts were: "Smoking in Semi-Private rooms or wards may be objectionable to other patients. If you ask, they may be too polite to deny that it bothers them." [No Comment!] Also discussed is the British Columbia Hospital Insurance Service which then provided to subscribers in good standing "Complete hospital maternity service, with no conditions or waiting period." That was only for public ward beds. (The difference for private or semi-private accommodation was to be billed.) I reemember my mother said she was in a ward because there were no private rooms when I was born. She thought she'd have been very bored all on her own as then after a birth women stayed in 10 days or so. Hospital Insurance also covered anaesthetics, but not the doctor administering it, or the woman's own doctor. (My mother told me she was 'out' and remembered nothing about our births.) According to the booklet, radios were available but their use 'controlled', or one could bring their own, provided the Nurse-In-Charge approved and the Hospital Electrician passed it. A telephone could be installed in a room for 10 cents a day; or an operator would place a call for a patient. And mail, including parcels, could be received at the hospital. Of interest to me is the mention of telegrams. A nurse would assist in sending these. Since my maternal grandparents were then in Hamilton, Ontario, I'm guessing there was at least one telegram sent announcing my arrival. Maybe two as it would be likely they'd want to let family in Nottawa know as well. Visiting for maternity patients was restricted to the husband and the mother of the maternity patient for the first 5 days. (Since Na, my mum's mum, wasn't here, I wonder if Grandma Rogers snuck in to see Mum and me?) Even after five days, only two visitors at a time were allowed during visiting hours - and no children. I thought some who live in Vancouver might like to see this map of the hospital from the booklet. There are some historical photographs of VGH buildings including the Heather Pavilion on Flickr and here is the link to the Heather Heritage Society's website. You will see the Maternity building on the map. Now I hope someone can tell me when Heather Pavilion became the maternity area. Map of Buildings and Grounds, centre fold, Vancouver General Hospital pamphlet; no date; private collection. Your Baby, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Canadian Head Office: Ottawa; no date (pamphlet may be missing title page); private collection. A very different image from today's expectations!
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