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Canisp, thank you so very much.

I live in Calgary, Alberta and if you have wayward ancestors who came to Canada I would be glad to help with any local resources.

With sincere thanks and gratitude

Hello,

I have been led to believe that my great, great, great grandfather is buried in Whitburn Cemetery and that there may be a stone marker associated with either him or the family.

John McGinn born about 1823 in Ireland, said to have died in December of 1887 and was buried in Whitburn churchyard.

Agnes McGinn nee McNally / McAnulty, first wife of John McGinn, said to have been born about 1825 in Ireland and died in April of 1852. She is also said to have been buried in Whitburn Cemetery.

Margaret McGinn nee Hughes, second wife of John McGinn, born about 1812 in Ireland and said to have died in 1885 and was also buried in Whitburn.

Any assistance or advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thelma in Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Hello

I am looking for a family from an unknown location in Scotland. The family name was Semple / Sample / Simple.

John Semple married Catherine Elliott before 1840 somewhere in Scotland. They would have at least 4 children born in Scotland
1. Agnes Elliott Semple born Aug 1840 (or so some records indicate)
2. John Henry E. Semple born about 1844
3. Anna Semple born December 12 1846
4. Charles Semple  born about 1847

Records indicate that this family left for Canada in 1851. Where they settled is not known but most likely around the Ottawa, Ontario or Hull, Quebec areas.  They have not been found in the 1851 or 1861 Census of Canada. John and Catherine Semple (the parents) have never been found in Canada.

On April 21 1858 in Ottawa Ontario Agnes Elliott Semple married Charles Pink (her parents are listed as John Semple and Catherine Elliott). The marriage is also referred to in a book about the early pioneers of the Ottawa / Gatinueau area using the surname Sample.

On June 6 1862 Anna Semple married Hugh Pink in Ottawa, Ontario (her parents are listed as John Semple and Catherine Elliott).

John Semple would marry on an unknown date to Alice Dulcena Stoddart

Charles Semple was with his sister Agnes in the 1871 Census of Canada and then disappears

Any assistance or suggestions to locate the Semple family in Scotland would be greatly appreciated.

Thelma in Canada

Hello

here is a link to the immigration record of Johanna Thedens in Canada in 1907

http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/home-children/001015-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=68001&&PHPSESSID=ikq2ju8546v6h644socohvi6m7

She was a "British Home Child" and there is a website dedicated to the children who were sent to Canada through this program.   The site is free, accessible to all, and voluntary. You are invited to visit and join this project at http://www.britishhomechildren.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=frontpage&Itemid=103

Best of luck - this is one of those good endings that are really a beginning sometimes

Thelma

Hi there

the book is in the catalogue of my public library

http://www.calgarypubliclibrary.com/

it is a reference only book so cannot be signed out or loaned to another library unfortunately.

As you live in Vancouver if you go the Archives (address should be on the site I listed in the first email) in person you can look at the actual death registration (on microfilm) and that should list the deceased person's birth date, birth place and names of parents, etc.

That should help figure out if there is a connection to your family

Thelma