Isabella Theresa McPhail left Montreal for the Bethany Convent in St. Paul, Minnesota, becoming a postulant and eventually taking the name Sister Mary Bernadette.Continue Reading
After being discharged from the Canadian Expeditionary Forces, John James Joseph “Jack” McPhail married Annie George. The couple had five children together.Continue Reading
William Alfred Webb married Louie Shepherd on December 31, 1904, in Bradford, Lancashire, England. They had five children, but only two survived to adulthood.Continue Reading
Isabella Griffin never married. She was the postmistress at the post office in Kingston Seymour, England.Continue Reading
In the course of my investigations into the Duffields, I found an article that appeared to provide information about my ancestors, but took some sleuthing to confirm.Continue Reading
I thought I’d be stuck in Rhode Island and never able to trace my Duffield family back to Ireland. With just one record, I was able to break through that brick wall.Continue Reading
James Alexander Duffield emigrated with his parents from Ireland to the United States at age 2 and was orphaned at the age of 18. Continue Reading
Samuel and Lizzie Duffield left their native Ireland with their young family for the United States, landing in Providence, Rhode Island.Continue Reading
Lily Drusilla Dutton was born on October 7, 1877 in Altrincham, Cheshire, England, the daughter of Elizabeth Dutton. She married Samuel Schofield.Continue Reading
Sarah Gardiner’s prospects were bright. Although she didn’t marry, she trained to be a schoolmistress. Sadly, her life was tragically interrupted after a bike ride in September 1902.Continue Reading
John Griffin married Sarah Jane Goodland on March 24, 1884, in the parish church of St. Paul in Kewstoke, Somerset, England. They had five sons and one daughter.Continue Reading
Samuel Gardiner Jr. married Catharine Jones on December 20, 1854, in Llanfyllin, Montgomeryshire, Wales. They had 12 children in the next 15 years.Continue Reading
When I originally researched my second great-grandparents William Richard and Elizabeth Webb, I noted an issue on the 1901 England Census. The family wasn’t together.Continue Reading
William married Sarah Hawkins on May 19, 1825, at St. James the Great in Paulerspury, Northamptonshire, England. The couple had 11 children.Continue Reading
Archibald James Jacob McPhail married Cecelia Garrow on October 10, 1892, at Cathédrale du Précieux-Sang in Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, Canada (the church no longer stands).Continue Reading
Thomas Longworth married Margaret Moir on July 4, 1885, at St. James’ Church in Chorley, Lancashire, England. They had three children.Continue Reading
Frances Dorothea Bowen married William Guy “Red” Hill on June 12, 1935 in Tonawanda, New York. She was dead less than three months later.Continue Reading
Elijah Loxham Longworth married Mary Elizabeth Derbyshire in 1909 at St. Peter’s Church in Chorley and then moved to Canada, without her.Continue Reading
Samuel Moore married Elizabeth Longworth on December 29, 1888, at St. James Church in Chorley. The emigrated with their two daughters to Canada.Continue Reading
William Shepherd married Mary Jones on November 22, 1868, at St. John The Evangelist, Miles Platting, in Manchester, Lancashire, England.Continue Reading
John Harold Griffin left his family in England and emigrated to New Zealand. After a stint in the military, he married Dorothy Wilkes and had a family.Continue Reading
