Just moved west from Ontario-Waterloo list. Seeking info on/connections to HARRISON family who arrived in Big Valley area abt 1906. John and Mary Jane [Dyble] Harrison b England came to Canada [Galt,Ontario] in 1890 with 3 children Arthur 1885, William 1886 and Ada 1888. In Ontario 4 more children were born Thomas 1890, Helen 1892, Robert 1895 and Eva Marian 1899 and all the family are together in 1911 census. I have the canadian birth certs. All I have found so far is that:- Thomas enlisted in CEF in 1916 and I have copy of his paper. Arthur marr 1912 to Daisy Orilla Ohlman back in Ontario but an on-line book 'Golden Memories' contains a memoir by an Arthur Harrison who came from Galt, farmed at Fenn and then moved to Stettler in 1949. Must be same Arthur? If anyone has any further info on this family would appreciate hearing from you Cheers Jean
Hi, I don't have information on the Harrison family but the Alberta Genealogical Society has a surname databank/database of people who died in Alberta (maybe it covers anyone that lived in Alberta)(?) I contacted the Edmonton and Peace River branch AGS and between them both they found 4 distant relatives. The Edmonton AGS contact (e-mail gailc.....) and the Peace River AGS contacts were Les & Lois Stranaghan and Paulette. The Edmonton AGS contact also sent me pages of one distant relative who had served in the Boer War enlisting in Pincher Creek. (I would not have known of this avenue). Hope you find your relatives. --- Jean Greenwood <Jean.greenwood2@ntlworld.com> wrote: > Just moved west from Ontario-Waterloo list. > > Seeking info on/connections to HARRISON family who > arrived in Big Valley > area abt 1906. > John and Mary Jane [Dyble] Harrison b England came > to Canada > [Galt,Ontario] in 1890 with 3 children Arthur 1885, > William 1886 and Ada > 1888. > > In Ontario 4 more children were born Thomas 1890, > Helen 1892, Robert > 1895 and Eva Marian 1899 and all the family are > together in 1911 census. > I have the canadian birth certs. > > All I have found so far is that:- > Thomas enlisted in CEF in 1916 and I have copy of > his paper. > > Arthur marr 1912 to Daisy Orilla Ohlman back in > Ontario but an on-line > book 'Golden Memories' contains a memoir by an > Arthur Harrison who came > from Galt, farmed at Fenn and then moved to Stettler > in 1949. Must be > same Arthur? > > If anyone has any further info on this family would > appreciate hearing > from you > > Cheers > Jean > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to ALBERTA-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com