Hello Don in Richmond, Check out the new vital statistics web site at http://web2.gov.mb.ca/cca/vital/ and you will find the births of Edith.......and others that you are looking for. She was born in Birtle. Karen in Winnipeg >From: "Don Hall" <donhall@istar.ca> >Reply-To: CAN-MB-WINNIPEG-L@rootsweb.com >To: CAN-MB-WINNIPEG-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [MBWINNIPEG-L] Surname - TAIT St. Boniface & Rat Portage >Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 16:56:01 -0700 > >I hope that this is the right Manitoba List for my questions. > >I am searching for birth and death entries [or any other >information] for my TAIT ancestors. My wife and I travelled >across Canada this summer from our home on the west coast >researching our families. > >We stopped at the Provincial Library in Winnipeg without finding >out any info from Directories, etc. We also stopped at the >Library in Kenora, ONT. Neither library had anything from the >time Rat Portage was in Manitoba. > >I did find two newspaper items regarding older children's deaths >in an Orillia, ONT newspaper. > >What I have: >Parents William L. and Jane Gray [nee Donaldson] TAIT >[children born in Manitoba, from the 1901 census for Vancouver, >B. C.] >Percy, b. Jul 6, 1883 >Melville, b. Aug 2 1885 >Edith Maude b. May 22 1888 >Chester Lamont b. Apr 6 1890 > >I am looking for where in Manitoba they were born, if there is a >way of finding out. > >Deaths: >[from the Orillia Times, Nov 23, 1882, where William's brother >lived. >Nov 11/ 1882 - at St. Boniface, Manitoba >death - Albert Gary TAIT of dyptheric croup, age 6 years 23 >days. >also, death - Nov 16/ 1882 - at St. Boniface, Manitoba >Gertrude [s/b Olive] Hilda May TAIT of dyptheric croup age 3 >years 10 mons 16 days. Children of Mr. W.L. TAIT, late of >Gravenhurst, Ontario. > >I am looking for where the family was living at the time. >Older siblings claimed that they grew up, " living along the Rat >Portage; It was the happiest memories of their childhood". >I guess the big question for me to ask the list; Was St. >Boniface on the Rat Portage or would a family living in Norman >[at the first portage] have to travel up the Winnipeg River to >St. Boniface to get medical help for their ill children? > >Thanks for any kind help >Regards >Don in Richmond, B. C. > > >==== CAN-MB-WINNIPEG Mailing List ==== >Visit Winnipeg, Manitoba GenWeb Project >http://www.rootsweb.com/~mbwinnip/ > _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail

Thanks Karen, This is what I am looking for. Best Regards Don in Richmond, B. C. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen S" <karenuffda@hotmail.com> To: <CAN-MB-WINNIPEG-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: September 20, 2003 8:56 AM Subject: Re: [MBWINNIPEG-L] Surname - TAIT St. Boniface & Rat Portage Hello Don in Richmond, Check out the new vital statistics web site at http://web2.gov.mb.ca/cca/vital/ and you will find the births of Edith.......and others that you are looking for. She was born in Birtle. Karen in Winnipeg >From: "Don Hall" <donhall@istar.ca> >Reply-To: CAN-MB-WINNIPEG-L@rootsweb.com >To: CAN-MB-WINNIPEG-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [MBWINNIPEG-L] Surname - TAIT St. Boniface & Rat Portage >Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 16:56:01 -0700 > >I hope that this is the right Manitoba List for my questions. >