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Part 2

There are several Flemings with dates and names similar to Flemings in my family tree.  I am not sure what this compilation is focused on.  Not all the Flemings are listed that I have in my tree, nor is there any mention of Agnew’s which one of the Flemings married into. From my side of the Fleming family they resided in Derby, Grey County, Ontario, Canada and at least set of parents came to Ontario – Alexander “Alex” Fleming born 1799 and died 16 Feb 1869 and is buried in Greenwood Cemetery G-BLC-19 Grave 1. His wife was Janet Stewart (or I have seen him liked to a Janet Ross in some family trees).  Not sure when she was born or died.  However they had he following children: Jessie Janet Fleming, Born 1828 Scotland Died 1918 Ontario (my link to the Fleming family she married James Agnew). Also she had a brother Charles Fleming Born 1841 Died 1910 a sister Margaret Jane Fleming Born 1843 Died 1886 and another sister Jeannie Fleming born 1846 and died 1942.  The rest of my family are Agnew’s from Dundalk, Grey County, Ontario Canada with my Great Grandfather Herbert James Agnew born in 1867 in Romney, Derby, Grey County, Ontario Canada and his wife Nellie McGrath born in 1872 in the USA and died 18 May 1945 in Ontario Canada. They had children Jessie Louise Agnew born 1897 or 1898 Kent, Ontario Canada, Died 1982, James Roy Agnew born 1899 Kent, Ontario, Canada, Clarence Agnew born January 1911 in Ontario, Canada.

Also another son my Grandfather Hebert Milton Agnew born 1901 Debry, Grey County, Ontario Canada dies September 1978, Owen Sound.  His wife was Ruby Irene Hilts born July 1903 in Debry, Grey County, Ontario died.  They had 13 children Lois Isabel Agnew, Milton Douglas Agnew,  Audrey Jolene Agnew, Lola Doreen Agnew, Betty Joan Agnew, Hebert Ross Agnew, Islay Marie Agnew, Shirley Ann Agnew, Donald Keith Agnew, Wallace Murray Agnew, Doris Faye Agnew and Clayton Agnew not sure of his birth, but he is living today in Edmonton, Alberta,  Canada with his wife Florence and daughter Renee Agnew, who has a son Dime Agnew, also living in Alberta, Canada.

My story is a bit complicated, since I was born with the surname Agnew, in Markdale, Grey County, Ontario Canada in 1949.  My family resided on a farm in Dundalk, Grey County Dundalk,  Ontario Canada, on Herb and Ruby Agnew’s farm.  I was adopted by a family in Mimico (West End Toronto) Ontario Canada and I have the adoption order changing my last name from Agnew to my adopted family name.  I lost touch with my birth family as I was rasied by my adopted family from about 3 months old and they were my guardians. I do not know the name of my mother or my father.   I was told by my adopted mother when I discovered I was adopted that it was true.  I was also told by the source who told me I was adopted that I was related to the Agnew family of Dundalk and they asked me if I remembered going to the farm and playing with a young boy.  He apparently was my brother.  I will not relate his name here as he is still living and may or may not know the family history and that I am his brother.  I was told by my adoptive mother who my mother was, but not who may father was.  I was also told by a family friend of an aunts and uncles (they went to school with them in Dundalk) and it just happened that I found here through a fellow I went to school with, he is her son-in-law.  When he found out that I was an Agnew from Dundalk, his mother indicated who my mother was (not the same person as I was told by my adoptive mother).  She also indicated who may father was, who I will not name here as well as it has not been confirmed and since they did not marry my birth mother, it would be best to not disclose that families surname or his name at this time or possibly never disclose it, depending on the circumstances of their relationship and if his family knows the story or not.  I have been told that my mother is dead (the one that was told to me by my adoptive mother).  The other mother told to me by the family friend may still be living and married.  I was also told by the family friend that my father is now dead.  So, my search is to try to discover who my mother is and who my father is.  I at least have the opportunity to know my family roots so I do have a beginning point.  My next steps may be to contact my cousin in Edmonton and ask my uncle Clayton if he can confirm all of his brothers and sisters and to confirm the young fellow from that family I was told was my brother.   That young fellow is not listed as a child or my grandparents or any of their children from my searches various family trees.  My uncle may also know who my mother was (which of his sisters) and possibly even know the name of my father.  I think part of the problem why people may not want to discuss my father is I was told by the family friend that he was already married to someone other than my birth mother.  So I wish to respect the privacy of his family and living family members.  Should I discover that the person who I was told by the family friend was actually my father, I am not sure that I would try to make contact with those family members.