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  • John Brown Jordan & His WWI Service

    John Brown Jordan & His WWI Service

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    John Brown Jordan was born August 12, 1888, to parents William and Agnes Brown in Kingston, Ontario. It is not surprising he heeded the call to serve in WWI as his father was a career soldier, as well as his older brother Samuel. John was not new to soldering, he already served nine years with…

  • Tracking Peter Jordan in the Quebec City Directory

    Tracking Peter Jordan in the Quebec City Directory

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    A wonderfully useful tool when tracking an ancestor’s movements is the City Directories. My ancestor Peter Jordan was born in 1878 in Quebec City, in the 1881 census he is living with his grandparent’s as his father was a widow and off soldiering in Kingston, ON. In the 1891 census Peter is reunited with his father,…

  • A Mother Gone Too Soon – Fearless Females

    A Mother Gone Too Soon – Fearless Females

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    March 11 — Did you have any female ancestors who died young or from tragic or unexpected circumstances?  Describe and how did this affect the family? Blog prompt from Lisa Alzo. When reading this prompt the first person that came into my mind is Anne Reddy.  Anne had her share of trials in her short…

  • Letter From A Female Ancestor – Fearless Female

    Letter From A Female Ancestor – Fearless Female

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    March 8 — Did one of your female ancestors leave a diary, journal, or collection of letters? Share an entry or excerpt. Prompt from Lisa Alzo. I do not have a diary or journal for any of my female ancestors (or male for that matter). I do have a few copies of letters that my…

  • My Grandparents Marriage

    My Grandparents Marriage

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    March 4 — Do you have marriage records for your grandparents or great-grandparents? Write a post about where they were married and when. Any family stories about the wedding day? Post a photo too if you have one. I don’t have any stories to share about my grandparents wedding day. What I know is that…

  • Fearless Female – A Photo

    Fearless Female – A Photo

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    March 2 — Post a photo of one of your female ancestors.  Who is in the photo?  When was it taken?  Why did you select this photo? Pictured above is Caroline Louisa Norton, my great Grandmother. Caroline was born in 1877 in Quebec City the daughter of Richard Lee Norton & Hannah Pozer Jeffery. Caroline…