I had an aunt, Sarah Curran. Quite romantic really, during world war 1, herself and her sister Mary went to live in London from Dublin. At that time they apparently went to a troopship bound for the western front(so i was told) full of Canadian soldiers. They stood at the dock and threw their address details up to the troops on the ship, who eventually sent them letters to come and join them in Canada after the war.
Sarah left for Canada, and met up with a John Bair/Bear. I was always told that he was a native Canadian man, though looking at my research at ancestry.com, I have found a 1916 census for Prince Albert, showing a John A Bair as being on overseas duty, it is marked on the census paper'(o)' I am assumng this is him.
Problem is that this fella is of Scottish origin, no statement about him being native. Am I getting my wires mixed up.
Family legend says he was a native. Yet I cannot find a John Bear at all, let alone one with a military record for ww1. Could he have actually been a Scots man? Can someone who has a bit more savvy than I clear my head?
Problem is also, that there are many Bairs and Bears in the town of Prince Albert. Please help me someone!
Thank you in advance,
Pete.
