I would like to encourage you when researching death notices in newspapers to check multiple dates. Yesterday I was browsing through the Quebec Chronicle newspaper, the focus was the date of the death of Hannah Pozer (Jeffery) Norton my 2x great grandmother. Hannah died in Montreal, having had lived most of her life in Quebec…
Here is another installment of birth, marriages, and deaths from newspapers kept by my grandparents, John & Beatrice Dever. Indexed names – The Gazette Oct 12, 1957 Births Arnold Cliffe Connolly Dyson Heath Hyde Lariviere Mathewson Phelan Ross Saunders Ward Whitman Engagements Callicott-Paul Deaths Axelrad Blair Brodie Cleary Clement Dalton Davey Dever Doyle Duplex Dupre Elsy…
My Diver / Dever family had a harrowing journey on the Doctor Kane from Londonderry, Ireland to Quebec in 1862. The ship they were sailing on set out in April of 1862 and struck ice leaving them stuck for an hour. This event was long before the Titanic but I am sure the passengers would…
I have old newspaper clippings that belonged my grandparents that I will be sharing in the hopes of helping other people that are researching their roots. This clipping is from The Gazette, Montreal dated Friday, February 19, 1943, pg.12 The names listed are in the B/M/D notices are: Births Carlisle Penton Perigoe Shea Deaths Coady…
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