Great Day for Canadian Genealogy - Passenger Lists

[KarenM]

hi karen
what a great find this site is amazin! i found my grt uncle fred jefferis on one of the list but am having difficulty trying to read the writing, i cant quite make out the post office area and his intended trade so if anyone has better eye sight than me i would be grateful if they could have a look, date of arrival is 2/8/1913 royal edward landed quebec sailed from avonmouth on 26th july 1913 , he is on page 9 as fred jefferies
so if anyone can take a peek i would be soooooooo grateful
krissy

Hi Krissy,

Found Fred, he's on page 26 and he is headed for Brantford, Ontario and his trade looks to me like a fitter.

Karen

[J.J.]

Nice of you, Karen...!    Sorry that we've hijacked your thread for a bit of a chat  

Think it is a good idea about the postcards. Of course if people are happy to post it the reverse side would also be fascinating 

Yes it would and that can be up to people's own discretion... J.J.

I thought I heard my name being used in vain     
Loading photos/scans to a website isn't difficult, but I'm not an expert really.  My software tells me what to do and I just do it!
I reckon if you want to find out all the logistics of it, you should post an enquiry on the "Technical Help" board:
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/board,285.0.html
Lots of web experts there 

 Thanks Prue...I meant that I was wondering if people could eventually upload their own once I build the site...but that's o.k...Will ask questions on that board as advised...Won't be starting anything probably until the new year, anyway.  Will pop back in here to say when I've set something up  J.J.

Reviewed thd data, of interest three of the birth years were wrong
e.g.  Louisa Rose Zelley was born May 1, 1881, on the list it has the birthdate
as 1883.

  hey, you are lucky Zelley...You already know the surname is a rare one at the time...Now if it was Smith, we'd let you go crazy! 
and also, you're welcome!  J.J.

[KarenM]

Sorry that we've hijacked your thread for a bit of a chat  

No, problem at all JJ, that's what it's all about

Karen

[KarenM]

Hi Krissy,

Just looked at Fred's Attestation Papers from when he signed up for WWI.  He signed up Sept. 23rd, 1914 and my gr-grandfather signed up Sept. 22nd, both at Valcartier, PQ.  My gr-grandfather travelled from Brantford as well, wonder if they went together    Fred states his occupation is a machinist so that would fit with a "fitter" on the passenger lists.

Karen

[J.J.]

Hey, my grandfather signed up Sept 23rd at Val Cartier, 1914 also...This is weird, huh?   J.J. 

[KarenM]

That is JJ, and also your mum was in Brantford as well for WWII, as with my gr-uncle Joe who was in the RCAF in WWII.  And, we have the Royal Warwickshire Regiment in common as well.  It's a small world

Karen

[krissy]

hi karen hi jj
how spooky is that , all joining up in the same place and comming from the same area, maybe they were neighbours , lets hope they all survived the war, we do know that fred did how about yours?
thanks for clearing things up karen i just couldnt work it out and that was with glasses and a magnifying glass hee hee
well now at least i have an area to work from so im gonna get diggin again
thanks again
krissy

[J.J.]

   Sorry, mine didn't come from Brantford...Not even sure if he was in Winnipeg or B.C. before he signed up, as he lived in both for a while...Haven't sent for his papers yet, but should be able to soon...There will be lots on him, as he was injured a lot, so I need lots of dough...he was also buried alive for quite a long time after a bombing. They were digging him up to bury him properly, and found him alive....at least that's the family story. (we shall see the official interpretation...haha ...have seen some family legends fall flat, so one must always brace oneself for whatever?)
   He never did get over the gassings, but he lived to also participate in WW2, although not overseas...and to see his first 2 Grandchildren...I wasn't one of the lucky ones, however   J.J.
( oh, now I've gone and made myself sad....)

[KarenM]

Well mine survived the war, that's him under my name  , however shortly after returning home, he dissappeared never to be heard of again.  Found out about 8 years ago that he went back to England, changed his name back to the original (changed our name when he came to Canada in the first place) and married another woman.     I do have love letters from him to my gr-grandmother, full of kissess and hugs for her and the children, during his time in the war.

Karen