Hello Shaw,
I am a Defoe living in Edmonton, AB. I happened to stumble across this thread completely by accident, trying to look up my grandfathers uncle, the priest Nunzio Defoe from Surrey, BC. However unintentional this may be, Leo Defoe was my Great Grandfather and I have found this thread and all this digging you have done to be very enlightening and I appreciate you searching this much into our history.
I am curious to know, though, who your parents would be as they would be my grandfather's sibling. My grandpa passed quite a few years ago, and asking my grandma she can not think of any of her in-laws that may currently be in BC. All of the Defoe relatives that I know are currently out in Swan River or Winnipeg Manitoba. I would really like to learn as far back into my history on the Defeo side as possible, as far as I know I am one of only 2 Male Defoes of my generation who actually carry the bloodline along with the name and I am very proud of my heritage.
If you could please either respond to me on here, or even just an Email. I just created this account on the boards to message you, so I'm not sure if my Email will be available to you or not. But I would greatly appreciate to know more about how I'm related to your part of our family.
Thank You Very Much.
