When Francis Xavier (Frank) McPhail was born in 1896 in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, his father, Archibald James Jacob McPhail, was 26 and his mother, Cecelia (nee Garrow), was 20. Frank married Gertrude (Trudy) Hayes on October 11, 1920, in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, when he was 24 and she wasContinue Reading
Martin “Charles” McPhail married Martha “Irene” Mulvale in the late 1920s. The couple had four children and lived in Hamilton, Ontario.Continue Reading
John James Joseph “Jack” McPhail was “medically unfit” for duty in the Canadian Expeditionary Forces. He married and had at least one child.Continue Reading
Gertrude Catherine McPhail married Michael Bernard Baine on June 28, 1917, in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. They had six children.Continue Reading
Adeline Margaret McPhail married Charles Matern Obermeyer on September 18, 1917, in Wentworth, Ontario. They had 13 children.Continue Reading
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), was 27 and his mother, Cecelia (née Garrow) (1876-1941), was 21. He had five brothers and four sisters. Records show Leonard crossed the border inContinue Reading
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.Continue Reading
Mary Ellen married William Edward O’Brien on June 24, 1925, in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. They had three children.Continue Reading
When Cecelia Agatha McPhail was born on May 10, 1904 in Welland, Ontario, her father, Archibald James Jacob McPhail (1870-1941), was 33, and her mother, Cecelia (née Garrow) (1876-1941), was 27. Cecilia had six brothers and three sisters. A border crossing document dated November 13, 1929 suggests Cecelia was crossingContinue Reading
When Archibald Bernard McPhail was born on April 23, 1918, in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, his father, Archibald James Jacob McPhail (1870-1941), was 47 and his mother, Cecelia Garrow (1876-1941), was 41. Archibald Bernard had five brothers and four sisters. He married Reta Lillian Jones between 1941-1942. Reta Lillian Jones was born MarchContinue Reading