Both of John Trainor’s wives were taken by mental illness – one before her time, and one who suffered for a very long time.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
When Edward Visheau was born on April 19, 1891, his father, Ezeph Visheau (1861-1931), a shoemaker, and his mother, Caroline (née Harvey) (1862-?), were 29. Edward married Olivia Louise Hubble on April 8, 1910 in Hamilton, Ontario. Edward’s occupation on the marriage registration is “Teamster.” The marriage was witnessed byContinue Reading
I found this military photo amongst my Grandmother’s things. I’ve tried to identify the men in the picture back to their army records.Continue Reading
Alfred James Webb Dyke was a war hero – with a checkered past.Continue Reading
Leading Aircraftman Leonard Joseph Gray was killed in a tragic, preventable accident that led to changes in the way night flying is conducted in the military.Continue Reading
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.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
Mary Ellen married William Edward O’Brien on June 24, 1925, in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. They had three children.Continue Reading
Daniel Whelan married Bridget Phillips on August 10, 1888, in at St. Carthagh’s Roman Catholic Church in Tweed, Hungerford, Ontario.Continue Reading
