Charles Owen Griffin
Private Charles Owen Griffin’s medical records show a number of injuries, including a “contusion” on his thigh and a chest contusion from a bomb.
Private Charles Owen Griffin’s medical records show a number of injuries, including a “contusion” on his thigh and a chest contusion from a bomb.
Adeline Margaret McPhail married Charles Matern Obermeyer on September 18, 1917, in Wentworth, Ontario. They had 13 children.
When George Leonard Archibald McPhail (known as Leonard or “Nipper”) was born on February 11, 1898, in Soulanges, Quebec, his father, Archibald James Jacob McPhail (1870-1941),
Donald Joseph McPhail married Hazel Frances Hope on February 1, 1922, in Hamilton, Ontario. They had three children before Hazel’s tragic death at the age of 22.
Mary Ellen married William Edward O’Brien on June 24, 1925, in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. They had three children.
Given his qualifications as a mechanic, Archie enlisted on January 10, 1941 (during WWII) in the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (the Rileys).
On June 30, 1922, 34-year-old Hilda Mary Gardiner married 24-year-old Frederick Geroge Bowen in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Phyllis Winnifred Gardiner was born on December 14, 1897, in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. She had one son.
My great-great-grandparents, Samuel Gardiner and Teresa Stevens, likely met on the Circassian when emigrated with family members to Canada. They were married six years later.
William Richard Webb married Elizabeth Dutton on February 5, 1881, in Didsbury, Lancashire, England.
Selina Charlotte Webb married Edwin Henry Dyke on December 12, 1865 at St. John Church in Chester, Cheshire, England. They had ten children.
Taking the long way around my brick wall, I discovered my 3x great-grandfather through his cousin, after I found his cousin’s wife.