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liverpool annie
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I have found this snippet from an Arlington newspaper in 1928 .... I'd love to find out something else about this old soldier ! Is he on any census ?? ... I can't find him !!
In a Detroit, Michigan, poorhouse sits a soldier of fortune who can authentically lay claim to the following experiences: He saw the charge of the Light Brigade; he was nursed by Florence Nightingale; he was a gun runner for Garibaldi; he pulled the Empress Carlotta out of a ditch by her ankle; he was present at the Indian mutiny. He is Captain Rolland Walpole, now 100 years old. On his chest are medals that bear historic names, Crimea, Alma, Balaklava, Inkerman, Sebastapool, Lucknow, Delhi, Peking, and Egypt.
Thanking you in advance !
Annie 
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Cooper : Muels : Howarth : Every : Price : King Be who you are and say what you feel - because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind ! Dr. Seuss Erect no gravestone .... let the Rose every year bloom for his sake ! Rilke Sonnets to Orpheus, I:5 Any census information included in this post is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.ukUS source - US Census Bureau http://www.census.gov/genealogy/www/faqgene.txtThe Commonwealth War Graves Commission |
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Daisypetal
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Hi Annie,
Glad to help
He does sound an interesting character, I'd quite like to read his daughter's book 'Under Five Flags' if it can be found.
Daisy
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liverpool annie
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I Googled him and found a couple of things !! .... I'm still wondering how he got to Detroit Michigan and who did he go to when he went back to Ontario ?? 
http://www.rootschat.com/links/032p/
And here's the book ........ 
http://www.rootschat.com/links/032q/
A 46
Ross Munro Matthews fonds
[1970]
2 cm of textual records
Biographical Sketch
Ross Munro Matthews as born in 1909, the son of Isaac Lamont Matthews and Jentie Gordon Munro, and a member of one of Port Arthur's founding families. His father was a successful businessman building up a large department store originating as "Street Bros. Drygoods". Ross was a pediatrician, graduating from the University of Toronto in 1933 and did post graduate work in Boston. He established his practice in Hamilton in 1938. He enlisted in the R.C.A.F. in 1940 and served in 400 squadron overseas. Upon returning in 1945 he joined the Peterborough Clinic where he practiced medicine until his retirement in 1972. He served as President of the Canadian Medical Association in 1969-1970 and was awarded an honourary L.L.D. by Trent University in 1974. He married Barbara Page Brown and had four children. He died in March, 1982.
Scope and Content
Series A 46/1/1 - Memoirs - 216 p.
The unpublished personal memoirs of Ross Munro Matthews, entitled "Oft in the Stilly Night, written for his family. Recounts his growing up in early Thunder Bay, an anecdotal description of Walpole Roland, and accounts of cottage days on Silver Islet, the Cross family, the McKirdys of Nipigon, J.T. Emmerson of Port Arthur, Martha Dickinson (the first female City Clerk), I.L. Matthews, Harwood Matthews, the Munro family, Morson S. Fotheringham and Ross Matthews himself. Includes family tree. This is particularly good on descriptions of familial relationships and childhood in early Thunder Bay.
Additional Information
Custodial History - Formerly catalogued into museum collection 983.59.1 A
http://www.thunderbaymuseum.com/personal6.htm
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Cooper : Muels : Howarth : Every : Price : King Be who you are and say what you feel - because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind ! Dr. Seuss Erect no gravestone .... let the Rose every year bloom for his sake ! Rilke Sonnets to Orpheus, I:5 Any census information included in this post is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.ukUS source - US Census Bureau http://www.census.gov/genealogy/www/faqgene.txtThe Commonwealth War Graves Commission |
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www.automatedgenealogy.com has him in 1911:
1911 / Ontario / Thunder Bay and Rainy River / 34 Port Arthur / page 16
he's listed, dob Jan 1846, 65, widowed, born Scotland, and came to Canada in 1851.
In 1901 he's at:
District: ON ALGOMA (#44)
Subdistrict: Rat Portage (Town/Ville) N(2)-1 Page 8
born Jan 27 1830, aged 71, born 'Bengal Ind', came to Canada 1870, English, civil and mining engineer. (at automatedgenealogy.com indexed as Rolaud).
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District: ON ALGOMA (#44)
Subdistrict: Little Turtle Lake Z(3) Page 6
there are two more Rolands - another Walpole and a Fred, perhaps sons? They also say they were born India and came to Canada in 1885.
I tried http://search.fibis.org/ but couldn't see any info on him. Perhaps under another spelling?
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I've found 3 entries on 'Border Crossings: From Canada to U.S., 1895-1956 ' one in 1915 and two in 1922. If you can't access this I'll gladly send you the images if you PM me your email address or if you'd prefer I'll transcribe them as best as I can
I've been trying to find a copy of 'Under Five Flags' compiled from his diaries by his daughter Marion ROLAND in 1912 but no joy 
Daisy
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Early Miners Continued Mixed-Race Marriage Tradition
Walpole Roland, a retired British Army officer, was another local mining prospector who also “got hitched” to a native woman. Dr. Matthews in “Oft in the Stilly Night” tells us that for their honeymoon they walked from the Lakehead to Nipigon. His Aunt Elizabeth had this to say of his family: “They were very nice people and respected. Mrs. Roland had a sweet face. They lived a little apart from the community but I think it was probably by choice. I went to school with the two Roland girls. They were well mannered and well brought up.
http://www.thewelcomematproject.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=108&t=1308
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Valda
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Two daughters births in Ontario
Marion Dela Ronde Roland
30 Dec 1886
Thunder Bay
parents
Alexander Walpole Roland
Isabel Watt
Father's occupation Land surveyor
Isabella Grace Roland Walpole Roland
22 Apr 1887
Thunder Bay
Alexander Walpole Roland
Isabella Watt
Father's occupation surveyor
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Valda
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jorose
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And from the births Valda found, the rest of the family in 1901 are at:
District: ON ALGOMA (#44)
Subdistrict: Port Arthur (Town/Ville) L(2)-1 Page 12
Isabella, b. May 12 1855 b. Labrador
Connelly (female), child, b. Oct 26 1879 (all children b. Ontario)
Louis C, child, b. July 7 1883
Claude, child, b. same date
Francis, child, b. Aug 26 1884
Marion, child, b. Dec 30 1886
Isabella Grace Roland d. 18 Aug 1889 at Port Arthur, Thunder Bay, Ontario.
her mother might be Bella Rolland, d. 5 Nov 1901, aged 48, in, Port Arthur, Thunder Bay, Ontario, married, b. Hudson Bay, Canada. (these from http://search.labs.familysearch.org/)
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They've also been indexed in 1891:
http://ontariocensus.rootsweb.com/transcripts/143-1.html
And from this I have finally pinned them down in 1881 - Prince Arthur, Algoma, Ontario, indexed as 'Rowland', head of household 'Alx Walpod Rowland', wife 'Isabelle' (indexed as aged 50, original probably reads '30', children Fredrick V, Constance W, and Olive.
ETA: familysearch labs also shows the death of Olive in 1882.
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but you gave me a lot to work with there !!