Cathern's Canada 150 Family Roots Project
My Canada 150 tulips or a look alike :D
Introduction
June 2017
This year there has been a need within me to do something special for Canada during the 150th anniversary of Confederation - yet nothing I thought of appealed until I realized one morning I am sitting on one of the best gifts I can give to not Canada as much as our descendants, and that is what is behind Cathern's Canada 150 Family Roots Project.
Our wedding August 22 1964
Since 2006 I have been a member of Ancestry on and off with the goal of building our family trees. However my need to learn
more about my roots began before that - not sure when other than asking my mother
to give me a gift for my birthday of her life stories somewhere around
1992. She jokingly asked, “Why do you
think I’m going to die?” that made me back off for a while, but then gave it an
honest try to get her stories. Sat down
and asked her questions while I wrote out what she said ,that approach loses something in the method. Next tried a tape
recorder, (also taped my father and father-in-law), then life took over and it was put aside.
Mom passed away in October 1994. I only had little bits and some records that came to us after the death of our parents. There was a tree an aunt had
started, a little journal my maternal grandmother had kept for about 56 years and my memory, it was enough for a
good start on trees. Ancestry was the greatest resource of all. Between our two
trees there are now about 3,000 names many never known about of course.
Having dates and names was not enough for me.
I want to know something about our ancestors so go beyond what records and facts tell and
look into a person, the history of the time and search other trees and/or
the internet for more about individuals,
a time they lived in or why some facts seem to stand out. In other words I
wanted to bring life back to them.
While doing research I have met several
people that are related to us or also interested in an ancestor in one of our
trees. Most are very giving and share photos trees etc. which adds to the joy
of being an amateur genealogist. There are also those that are willing to help
a person out even if there is no connection via roots or interest. I am very grateful for all the contacts and help.
My paternal grandparents Mary Agnes Morris and Wilfrid Harrison were working and living there when they moved to Canada in 1907.
The kind woman also went for a walk in the area and spoke to a man outside working in his yard who told her the nursery must have been quiet a business as he was always digging up bits of clay pots and other gardening material.
Have quite a stash of records, stories,
photos that will waste away if they are not shared with the hope someone will eventually pick up the reigns where I leave off as genealogy is never completed - there are always changes, new addition and stories to be added. However, that is what is
behind the Cathern's Canada 150 Family Roots Project.
It is time to get my act together and start
publishing some of what I have worked on. The goal is to have at least one book done by the end of 2017. In the meantime will also post blogs as the project develops to share with anyone interested but it will also be a method of proof reading before publishing...
As I said there are about 3,000 names in our two trees too many to do in one book if at all thus I decided to aim at the three previous generations before my husband and me. That's a total of 28 people give or take.
Following is the beginning of the project.
Previous three generations before
Cathern Agnes Harrison
Parents
Joseph
Henry Harrison and Mabel Amelia Abbott
Paternal Grandparents
Wilfrid
Harrison and Mary Agnes Morris
Maternal Grandparents
Edward
George Songhurst Abbott and Ida Viola Ross
Great Grandparents:
Parents of Wilfred:
James
Harrison and Elizabeth Gould
Parents of Mary Agnes:
Unknown
father - Sarah Morris
Parents of Edward George
Songhurst:
Austin
Abbott and Emily Amelia Songhurst
Parents of Viola Ida:
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Previous three generations before
Richard Hector Francis Drury
Parents
William Myles FranklinDrury and Aline Alexandra Paiement
Paternal Grandparents
George FranklinDrury and Sarah Collins (Law)
Maternal Grandparents
Joseph Hector Paiement and Appolline
Eugenie Zadra
Great Grandparents
Parents of George Franklin
Drury
Miles Huff Drury and Catherine Callan
Parents of Sarah Elizabeth
Unknown Father - Bessie Elizabeth Law
Parents of Joseph
Joseph Lucien Albert Payment and
Marguerite Adeline Hébert dit Larose
Parents of Appolline
Jean B Zadra and Marie Boguet
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