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Title: Helen (Nellie) & Jessie Hannah of Crail Fife [Descendants]
Post by: Bob S on Saturday 22 April 06 22:48 BST (UK)
I need some help to find the descendants of the above two sisters who emigrated to Canada (The Prairie States - Saskatchewan) in the early 1900s. I am working on my wife's Family Tree and all information on the Canadians has been lost. I found an old posting from an R. Slater of Saskatoon, dated 1999, but the e-mail is no longer recognised.
Their parents were Adam Sands Hannah and Jane Wann Douglas Bayne of Crail in Fife.
My family connection by marriage is through their brother Richard Bayne Hannah

Bob S.
Title: Re: Helen (Nellie) & Jessie Hannah of Crail Fife [Descendants]
Post by: KarenM on Sunday 23 April 06 04:15 BST (UK)
Hi Bob,

There is a Nellie Hannah living in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan in 1912 according to the Henderson's Alpahbetical Directory.

Karen
Title: Re: Helen (Nellie) & Jessie Hannah of Crail Fife [Descendants]
Post by: Bob S on Sunday 23 April 06 17:19 BST (UK)
Karen thank you for your reply. That looks about right for time. Is this directory on-line and available? Does it give any other information like age etc.

Bob S.
Title: Re: Helen (Nellie) & Jessie Hannah of Crail Fife [Descendants]
Post by: J.J. on Monday 24 April 06 00:42 BST (UK)
Manitoba ( Prairie Province beside Saskatchewan )
There is a Jessie H. Hannah...immigrated in 1906 from Scotland - age 22 on the 1906...
go to blue link, then at top of next page hit split view and line 28 for image view...
http://automatedgenealogy.com/census06/SurnameList06.jsp?surname=Hannah

Do we have any ages, and why is the name Slater mentioned please?

and a hearty welcome to rootschat...hope we can find something for you...J.J.
 

Title: Re: Helen (Nellie) & Jessie Hannah of Crail Fife [Descendants]
Post by: J.J. on Monday 24 April 06 00:53 BST (UK)
Hve found 2 Manitoba marriages for the name Jessie hannah...
One in 1907 to a Herbert Kent in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba
One in 1908 Robert Tholman in Winnipeg, Manitoba
http://web2.gov.mb.ca/cca/vital/Query.php
Anything sound familiar?  J.J.
Title: Re: Helen (Nellie) & Jessie Hannah of Crail Fife [Descendants]
Post by: KarenM on Monday 24 April 06 01:12 BST (UK)
There's a Nellie Hannah who married William F. Gregory in Nanaimo, British Columbia, July 11, 1912.

Karen
Title: Re: Helen (Nellie) & Jessie Hannah of Crail Fife [Descendants]
Post by: Bob S on Monday 24 April 06 13:33 BST (UK)
J.J. & KarenM.
Thanks for your help and interest. To give you more information and answer your queries.....
Helen (Nellie) Hannah was born Helen Morgan Hannah in Crail, Fife, Scotland on March 10th 1896, and her sister Jessie Hannah was born on May 1st 1894.
They both emigrated to Canada (I guess) in the mid to late 1900s as they were both at home in the 1901 census, and I can find no record of either marrying before leaving. As a young girl, my wife wrote to Nellie on behalf of her grandparents in the late 1940s/50s, but we have lost all record of those days. She remembers them as living in Saskatchewan, in a typical farm house.
The "Slater" reference is as a result of my finding a record in the Rootschat archives under Bayne (their mother's name) from someone called Rosemary Slater asking about her husband's family, having been to Crail in 1997 without much success. I guessed that this would be one of the descendants and tried to e-mail her [after about 6 years] but the e-mail address was unknown.... so near and yet so far!!

Bob S.
Title: Re: Helen (Nellie) & Jessie Hannah of Crail Fife [Descendants]
Post by: J.J. on Monday 24 April 06 15:56 BST (UK)
Finally found the entry...
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,74122.0.html

Post a reply on the thread for the person to contact you.  Don't leave an email
address on the posting, instead also send a personal message by hitting the
green scroll link to your left on their entry page...This person is also new so you
 may need to tell them how to do it also. The reason we don't add our email
addresses to the page is that spamming is prevalent once you have put it directly
 on a site.
  Hope they can help you.  J.J.
Title: Re: Helen (Nellie) & Jessie Hannah of Crail Fife [Descendants]
Post by: Bob S on Monday 24 April 06 23:59 BST (UK)
Tks J.J. but that's not the one. I already have a contact with that person and we chat privately regularly. I have tried to find the appropriate link again and it is at .....
http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ifetch2?/u1/textindices/B/BAYNE-ROOTS+1999+93711454+MESSAGE-BODY

I have tried to contact both people on this page and neither e-mail address is recognised today.

Bob S.

Title: Re: Helen (Nellie) & Jessie Hannah of Crail Fife [Descendants]
Post by: Bob S on Tuesday 25 April 06 00:04 BST (UK)
Just looked again at my information posting and I didn't really mean mid to late 1900s, I meant between 1910 and 1930 say. I guess that if they emigrated as unmarried women, they would have been in their 20s or 30s, so that makes it between 1915 and 1925.
Title: Re: Helen (Nellie) & Jessie Hannah of Crail Fife [Descendants]
Post by: J.J. on Tuesday 25 April 06 01:02 BST (UK)
have sent an email to a newer email address I found...will let you know if it goes through...meantime I will p.m. her home address to you...
Title: Re: Helen (Nellie) & Jessie Hannah of Crail Fife [Descendants]
Post by: J.J. on Tuesday 25 April 06 01:16 BST (UK)
Is this your George?
http://baynes.rootschat.net/tree.php

immigration not found here...between 1925-1935
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/02/02011802_e.html

found mention of a Jessie Hannah, here, as the name of a spouse, right age
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kcgs/RichProtCem.html
New Brunswick ( Eastern Province)
Title: Re: Helen (Nellie) & Jessie Hannah of Crail Fife [Descendants]
Post by: Bob S on Friday 28 April 06 00:25 BST (UK)
Presently trying both to see if there is any link there. I found another Glencross and sent them an e-mail to see.
Title: Re: Helen (Nellie) & Jessie Hannah of Crail Fife [Descendants]
Post by: J.J. on Sunday 05 August 07 22:38 BST (UK)
http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/BAYNE-ROOTS/2003-05/1052749119

I have found the address and phone number for the person you were seeking who wrote this...I will p.m. the information to you....J.J.
Title: Re: Helen (Nellie) & Jessie Hannah of Crail Fife [Descendants]
Post by: carol s on Thursday 09 August 07 00:37 BST (UK)
hi my grandmother was helen hannah slater she lived in lanigan saskatchewan and she had 7 children. one is my mother. i had an aunt jessie. she hadi think about five children. adam and jane from crail had fourteen children. i met my great uncle andrew when i was in scotland many years ago. i have also been to the kirk of crail and have seen adam and janes graves ( my great grandparents)
Title: Re: Helen (Nellie) & Jessie Hannah of Crail Fife [Descendants]
Post by: J.J. on Monday 13 August 07 17:06 BST (UK)
Welcome to Rootschat carol,!   I have tried to p.m. Bob to  let him know that you've left a posting... Hopefully he still has this email...but he might not anymore... J.J.