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Canada Lookup Request / Re: Brantford, Ontario Newspaper look up
« on: Sunday 03 February 19 16:15 GMT (UK) »
Thank you, I'll try that 
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Canada Lookup Request / Re: Brantford, Ontario Newspaper look up
« on: Sunday 03 February 19 14:24 GMT (UK) »
This library charges, which is normally is fine (they are doing a job), but this one charges far too much
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Canada Lookup Request / Brantford, Ontario Newspaper look up
« on: Sunday 03 February 19 13:34 GMT (UK) »
I know this is a long shot... but...
I was wondering if there was anyone in Brantford, Ontario whom wouldn't mind looking up 8 Newspaper notices at the library. I stay in Scotland so it's not possible for me.
I have all the dates, pages and info on where to find them so it should be an easy job.
I was wondering if there was anyone in Brantford, Ontario whom wouldn't mind looking up 8 Newspaper notices at the library. I stay in Scotland so it's not possible for me.
I have all the dates, pages and info on where to find them so it should be an easy job.
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Canada / Re: Joseph Rouleau's family
« on: Thursday 31 January 19 14:17 GMT (UK) »According to Brant's BMD's Hannah died Feb 13, 1947 in Brantford.
https://brantford.library.on.ca/localhistory/bmd/search-the-bmd
I went to high school with several Rouleau's and there are many still living there. Have you made contact with any of these?
Don
Hi Don, how where you able to see the article? I tried but it only showed me the index, since I don't stay anywhere near Brantford I'm not able to go in.
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Canada / Re: Joseph Rouleau's family
« on: Saturday 12 January 19 19:49 GMT (UK) »
bbart - Thank you and I'm so sorry about your computer... I've been there!! I have records for most of Alice's siblings (that's where much of the confusion has come from). I looked into that same pair but couldn't find out much about them so thank you for whatever you do find. I'm fully willing to look into any possibility at this point.
Don - Thank you, no I haven't reached out to anyone in that area. I'm just jumping back into this search myself so I haven't looked down that avenue yet. I would like to have a bit more pointing towards one (or two) family(ies) before attempting to contact living relatives. It's different if I find people also researching but right now I don't feel I know enough to reach out like that. But thank you for the suggestion and by all means if you are still in contact with people feel free to ask them if this matches their family.
Don - Thank you, no I haven't reached out to anyone in that area. I'm just jumping back into this search myself so I haven't looked down that avenue yet. I would like to have a bit more pointing towards one (or two) family(ies) before attempting to contact living relatives. It's different if I find people also researching but right now I don't feel I know enough to reach out like that. But thank you for the suggestion and by all means if you are still in contact with people feel free to ask them if this matches their family.
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Canada / Re: Joseph Rouleau's family
« on: Friday 11 January 19 19:11 GMT (UK) »
This is where it gets confusing...
My great grandmother, Alice, left behind (past in 1990 aged 92) a detailed family tree with all her siblings their families, her parents, and names (with spotty info) of their parents (as listed in the first post).
Along with the tree was a bio of her father's life growing up as the eldest son of the second marriage. I have noted many mistakes, as far as dates being off and locations. But the details have all checked out. The biggest was Francis and two of his brother's (along with another man) starting a French town in Alberta called Rouleauville. It is now part of Calgary. Roughly 20 years ago my grandma (Alice's daughter) was invited to come to the unveiling of a monument to mark the area that was once Rouleauville. Francis's face is on the monument along with that of his brothers, Charles Borromee Rouleau 1840-1901 and Edouard Hector Rouleau 1843. Yet in all the info I can find about Rouleauville it talks about only the two brothers and there is mention of a Minister brother once but not by name.
I started working on this branch about 10 years ago, correcting the errors and ran into the Joesph Rouleau paradox. I couldn't make head or tails of it as it seems that Francis's middle name changes over the years and I couldn't find his birth, death, or marriage records. I am now back trying again after a 7-year break... hoping that more records have been digitized.
To give a bit more insight (if it helps), according to my great grandmother, Francis never talked about his family... he was supposed to be a priest and was sent to a convent, but after an incident where at 12 or 13 he was whipped by one of the priests (for falling into a river and getting wet) he left. His family tried to send him back, but one of his brothers took his side and was sent to a lunatic asylum where he later died. So Francis left home and went to Toronto at 13ish... in the end, he paid his own way through Uni and became a Baptist Minister at Bloor Street Church (roughly 1880).
A family member just today found Francis gravestone which reads "Rev. Francis E. Rouleau"
Any help would be amazing as I've combed through every census looking at every for Francis Rouleau along with birth/ marr/ and death. I know there is a trove of Bap. records in Quebec but my French isn't what it once was.
edited to add: Yes, I to have her burial. I have collected info on all the children of that marriage. Either Joseph was living a double life or Francis is related in a different way.
My great grandmother, Alice, left behind (past in 1990 aged 92) a detailed family tree with all her siblings their families, her parents, and names (with spotty info) of their parents (as listed in the first post).
Along with the tree was a bio of her father's life growing up as the eldest son of the second marriage. I have noted many mistakes, as far as dates being off and locations. But the details have all checked out. The biggest was Francis and two of his brother's (along with another man) starting a French town in Alberta called Rouleauville. It is now part of Calgary. Roughly 20 years ago my grandma (Alice's daughter) was invited to come to the unveiling of a monument to mark the area that was once Rouleauville. Francis's face is on the monument along with that of his brothers, Charles Borromee Rouleau 1840-1901 and Edouard Hector Rouleau 1843. Yet in all the info I can find about Rouleauville it talks about only the two brothers and there is mention of a Minister brother once but not by name.
I started working on this branch about 10 years ago, correcting the errors and ran into the Joesph Rouleau paradox. I couldn't make head or tails of it as it seems that Francis's middle name changes over the years and I couldn't find his birth, death, or marriage records. I am now back trying again after a 7-year break... hoping that more records have been digitized.
To give a bit more insight (if it helps), according to my great grandmother, Francis never talked about his family... he was supposed to be a priest and was sent to a convent, but after an incident where at 12 or 13 he was whipped by one of the priests (for falling into a river and getting wet) he left. His family tried to send him back, but one of his brothers took his side and was sent to a lunatic asylum where he later died. So Francis left home and went to Toronto at 13ish... in the end, he paid his own way through Uni and became a Baptist Minister at Bloor Street Church (roughly 1880).
A family member just today found Francis gravestone which reads "Rev. Francis E. Rouleau"
Any help would be amazing as I've combed through every census looking at every for Francis Rouleau along with birth/ marr/ and death. I know there is a trove of Bap. records in Quebec but my French isn't what it once was.
edited to add: Yes, I to have her burial. I have collected info on all the children of that marriage. Either Joseph was living a double life or Francis is related in a different way.
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Canada / Joseph Rouleau's family
« on: Tuesday 08 January 19 17:22 GMT (UK) »
I wonder if anyone can help me... I have been having a great deal of trouble with this branch of my tree.
My great grandmother was Alice Elvira Rouleau b. 25 May 1898 in Neepawa, Manitoba. She was the 9th child of Francis Xavier Rouleau 9 Aug 1848 Quebec and Hannah Eliza Stephenson 30 Aug 1861 Guelph, Ontario. They were married 9 Aug 1880 in Brantford, Ontario.
I have found out a great deal about Hannah's family but Francis is proving very hard. The family records say that Francis was the second child (first son) of Joseph Rouleau (born between 1790/1800 L'Isle Verte, Quebec.) and his second wife Marie Taschereau (or Tachereau). However, I can't find any record of their marriage.
It also appears that his first wife (Euphrosine Patonie 1806 - 1874) was still alive during the years that he was 'married' and having children with Marie.
The Rouleau's were a well known Catholic French- Canadian family as were the Taschereau, so it seems unlikely that this was an affair. Normally while doing family research I would look at this and say it was the wrong 'Joseph', but I have records linking Francis with 2 of his half-brothers. Charles Borromee 1840 and Edouard Hector 1843.
I was sent old family documents that confirmed and contradicted my findings and records. The family document say that Francis's father was called Michal or Joesph Rouleau with all the other information the same. I found no record of a Michal Rouleau but did find a family tree listing Michal as Francis's father.
The other possibility is that Francis himself was not who he said he was. Can anyone help me untangle this web?
My great grandmother was Alice Elvira Rouleau b. 25 May 1898 in Neepawa, Manitoba. She was the 9th child of Francis Xavier Rouleau 9 Aug 1848 Quebec and Hannah Eliza Stephenson 30 Aug 1861 Guelph, Ontario. They were married 9 Aug 1880 in Brantford, Ontario.
I have found out a great deal about Hannah's family but Francis is proving very hard. The family records say that Francis was the second child (first son) of Joseph Rouleau (born between 1790/1800 L'Isle Verte, Quebec.) and his second wife Marie Taschereau (or Tachereau). However, I can't find any record of their marriage.
It also appears that his first wife (Euphrosine Patonie 1806 - 1874) was still alive during the years that he was 'married' and having children with Marie.
The Rouleau's were a well known Catholic French- Canadian family as were the Taschereau, so it seems unlikely that this was an affair. Normally while doing family research I would look at this and say it was the wrong 'Joseph', but I have records linking Francis with 2 of his half-brothers. Charles Borromee 1840 and Edouard Hector 1843.
I was sent old family documents that confirmed and contradicted my findings and records. The family document say that Francis's father was called Michal or Joesph Rouleau with all the other information the same. I found no record of a Michal Rouleau but did find a family tree listing Michal as Francis's father.
The other possibility is that Francis himself was not who he said he was. Can anyone help me untangle this web?
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Europe / Re: Finland: Hilja Kutja b. 1891 to Canada by 1912
« on: Tuesday 02 October 18 11:17 BST (UK) »
Hi Ian,
I just noticed that you didn't send me Manasse's birth record. You translated but didn't send me the document. I'm trying to sort out the different names or name error and would very much like to see it, if you don't mind please giving it to me.
Thank you
I just noticed that you didn't send me Manasse's birth record. You translated but didn't send me the document. I'm trying to sort out the different names or name error and would very much like to see it, if you don't mind please giving it to me.
Thank you
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Europe / Re: Finland: Hilja Kutja b. 1891 to Canada by 1912
« on: Wednesday 05 September 18 11:45 BST (UK) »
That is alright, you have found so much for me already and I am very grateful. I don't even know where to start looking when it comes to the books. I can read the names (now) if I know what to look for, but still, find that I can be looking at the right family and not know it! 
With the information, you gave me before I found a tree on MyHeritage that matches and am waiting for them to get back to me. I'm not sure how up to the current date you can find birth, death, and marriage records in Finland, but I'm doing my best to find out what happened to Hilja's siblings.
(All events took place in Alatornio unless stated)
*Oskar 8 July 1877 - 11 Sept 1947 M. Emma Karolina
Martha Johanna 26 Nov 1906 - 31 Aug 1963
Pentti Antero 9 Aug 1909 - 21 Oct 1974
Johan Arvid 31 Aug 1910 - 23 Mar 1969 (not known where)
Tyyne Maria 10 Aug 1914 - 25 July 1937
Kaarlo Akseli 2 Mar 1917 - 9 Sept 1958
*Maria Eri 12 Sept 1879
*Anna Olivia 19 Mar 1881 - went to Canada M. Juho (John) Arthur Ranta
Signe Ingrid 7 Aug 1907 Port Arthur, ON Canada, went to USA M. Unknown Nichols/ Nickels
Dyyra Hilda 13 Apr 1909 Port Arthur, ON Canada
*Hilda Sofia 29 Dec 1883 (moved to Tornio 21 Nov 1902)
*Aina Fredrika 17 July 1885 - 2 Aug 1975 Thunder Bay, ON Canada M. Jaakko Sanfried Wuotila (Sanfried Jacobson)
Hulda Esther (Kulju) 17 Dec 1910 Port Arthur, ON (father unknown)
William 1913
Linda 1914
Lillie 1916 - 25 Jun 1965 Fort William, ON
Rans 1918
*Waino Eomis (Vaino Emil) 2 Oct 1889 - 2 Apr 1960 M. Maria Johanna 11 Feb 1917
Lauri Eemeli 26 Feb 1917 - 27 May 1917
Viho Vaino 2 May 1918 - 26 Jul 1941
Valter Johannes 12 Dec 1919
Veijo Vaino Johannes 27 Jun 1922 - 12 Nov 1942 Maaselka Kinnasjarvi.
Jussi 16 Apr 1936 - 16 Apr 1936
*Hilja Seraphina I know what happened to her, my family line.
*Hanna 26 Jan 1894
*Wilhelm Einar 15 Jan 1897
*Emil 21 Jun 1899
I also found
*Juhani Henrik 27 Aug 1887 M. Hanna Elisabet 28 Jun 1908
With the information, you gave me before I found a tree on MyHeritage that matches and am waiting for them to get back to me. I'm not sure how up to the current date you can find birth, death, and marriage records in Finland, but I'm doing my best to find out what happened to Hilja's siblings.
(All events took place in Alatornio unless stated)
*Oskar 8 July 1877 - 11 Sept 1947 M. Emma Karolina
Martha Johanna 26 Nov 1906 - 31 Aug 1963
Pentti Antero 9 Aug 1909 - 21 Oct 1974
Johan Arvid 31 Aug 1910 - 23 Mar 1969 (not known where)
Tyyne Maria 10 Aug 1914 - 25 July 1937
Kaarlo Akseli 2 Mar 1917 - 9 Sept 1958
*Maria Eri 12 Sept 1879
*Anna Olivia 19 Mar 1881 - went to Canada M. Juho (John) Arthur Ranta
Signe Ingrid 7 Aug 1907 Port Arthur, ON Canada, went to USA M. Unknown Nichols/ Nickels
Dyyra Hilda 13 Apr 1909 Port Arthur, ON Canada
*Hilda Sofia 29 Dec 1883 (moved to Tornio 21 Nov 1902)
*Aina Fredrika 17 July 1885 - 2 Aug 1975 Thunder Bay, ON Canada M. Jaakko Sanfried Wuotila (Sanfried Jacobson)
Hulda Esther (Kulju) 17 Dec 1910 Port Arthur, ON (father unknown)
William 1913
Linda 1914
Lillie 1916 - 25 Jun 1965 Fort William, ON
Rans 1918
*Waino Eomis (Vaino Emil) 2 Oct 1889 - 2 Apr 1960 M. Maria Johanna 11 Feb 1917
Lauri Eemeli 26 Feb 1917 - 27 May 1917
Viho Vaino 2 May 1918 - 26 Jul 1941
Valter Johannes 12 Dec 1919
Veijo Vaino Johannes 27 Jun 1922 - 12 Nov 1942 Maaselka Kinnasjarvi.
Jussi 16 Apr 1936 - 16 Apr 1936
*Hilja Seraphina I know what happened to her, my family line.
*Hanna 26 Jan 1894
*Wilhelm Einar 15 Jan 1897
*Emil 21 Jun 1899
I also found
*Juhani Henrik 27 Aug 1887 M. Hanna Elisabet 28 Jun 1908