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Offline adee7

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Belfast to Canada
« on: Saturday 15 November 08 14:02 GMT (UK) »
Over time, with tremendous help from RootsChatters, I was able to find many of my Grandmother's family.

As a young woman she came to Canada, but we knew little of her story.  She travelled on the first voyage of the Empress of Ireland. 

I recently linked that information with the story of that great ship in an article.  Here is the link.

http://modern-canadian-history.suite101.com/article.cfm/the_empress_of_ireland

Kathleen
England and Belfast - GOFF, GOUGH, MATHERS, MOXHAM/MOXAM,  OSMOND, PHILLIPS, WINDER, WYKES

Scotland - JOHNSTON, DORWARD, KIDD, KYD, RAMSAY, RAE

Canada - DeWOLFE, HALLADAY, HASKINS, HICOCK, JOHNSTON, OLD/OLDS

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Re: Belfast to Canada
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 16 November 08 13:24 GMT (UK) »
That was a great discovery, family ancestry never ceases to amaze does it? :)
Belfast (Falls Area mainly- Leeson St)  & Lisburn - Magee,Mooney, Adair,Darragh, Burns,Martin,Donegan

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Re: Belfast to Canada
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 16 November 08 13:28 GMT (UK) »
So true.  I'd say that serendipity has a lot to do with success in our searches.

Proof of that for me is the way that I 'found' RootsChat. 


Kathleen
England and Belfast - GOFF, GOUGH, MATHERS, MOXHAM/MOXAM,  OSMOND, PHILLIPS, WINDER, WYKES

Scotland - JOHNSTON, DORWARD, KIDD, KYD, RAMSAY, RAE

Canada - DeWOLFE, HALLADAY, HASKINS, HICOCK, JOHNSTON, OLD/OLDS