Just a thought...Could your surname BULLEY have other variable spellings such as BOILEY, BEAULIEU, BEAULU etc...? Jan ----- Original Message ----- From: Peter Aros <shalom@gte.net> To: <CAN-MB-WINNIPEG-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 07, 1999 10:36 AM Subject: Re: [MBWINNIPEG-L] Thos, Eliz? , Minnie, Ada, Esther, Lena, Edw. BULLEY, Portage La Prairie 1881 onward... > Hello,Julie. > Sorry that I cannot recognize the Bulley family name as I am from Winnipeg > and spent a little time in Portage La Prairie,but I am curious hoe you got > into the 1881 cencus in the UK. I keep running into brick walls and some of > the terms used are Greek to me. I would appreciate some direction as my > family all come from England with a very common name,Harris,but I'dlike to > get into that census. Joyce Aros Hawaii > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Julie Jackson <julie@alpha.com.au> > To: <CAN-MB-WINNIPEG-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, November 07, 1999 2:56 AM > Subject: [MBWINNIPEG-L] Thos, Eliz? , Minnie, Ada, Esther, Lena, Edw. > BULLEY, Portage La Prairie 1881 onward... > > > > My first posting to the list...hello all, from Australia. > > > > My husband's great grandparents thought to be Thomas BULLEY and Elizabeth > > nee? (love to know her maiden name) emigrated to Canada with 8? chn and > > settled in Portage La Prairie ...ca1880's 1890's. > > > > Thomas BULLEY in the 1881 UK Census is listed as a Estate Agents Clerk > aged > > 46 years and is listed with wife Elizabth aged 36 years > > Sarah aged 6 > > Emily aged 5 > > Thomas E aged 4 > > Minnie...aged 2 , my husband's grandmother > > May aged 6m > > > > Only the chn Thomas Edward (referred to as Edward) & Minnie figure as > names > > in living family's in Seattle's recollections, the other girls names > > remembered by them are:- > > Ada, > > Lena, > > Esther and > > Bessie (Eliz?) BULLEY, & none of those are listed in the 1881 Census, so > > it's a bit of a puzzle to say the least! > > > > Love to find records of:- > > 1. exactly WHO was in this BULLEY family upon arrival in Manitoba. Any > > clues? > > > > 2. Deaths for mother & father Thos & Eliz. BULLEY. No deaths found in BC. > > Presume they stayed around the Winnipeg area? > > > > 3. Marriages for chn. who mainly seemed to settle in Vancouver etc later. > > Minnie BULLEY indeed had a first marriage to an Alza BURDETTE in 1912 in > > Victoria BC. Then m Robert JACKSON in Seattle & moved to Australia. > > > > Ada BULLEY m a John BARNER in Portage La Prairie or thereabouts, Chn:- > Cecil > > & Grace...moved to a homestead at Turtleford???? Sask. finally settling in > > Victoria BC. Can't find Ada's death there though. > > > > Lena BULLEY m a BRUTY? (not much chop from BULLEY to BRUTY!) > > > > Thos Edward BULLEY m Annie? had son Edward > > > > Bessie BULLEY m UNKNOWN...son Wilfred (although I'm a bit sus that this > > child might have been from Minnie's Marriage to Mr BURDETTE in Vic. BC) > > > > 4. Descendants. > > > > Anything searchable on line? Addresses for obtaining info & certs.? > > > > Cheers and thanks for reading > > > > > > Julie Jackson > > Mornington, Victoria, Australia > > Searching for a Mother @ > > http://www.alpha.com.au/teamalpha/genealogy.html > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== CAN-MB-WINNIPEG Mailing List ==== > > Visit the Manitoba GenWeb Project > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~canmb/ > > > > > ==== CAN-MB-WINNIPEG Mailing List ==== > Visit the Canada GenWeb Project > http://www.rootsweb.com/~canwgw/ > See the Resources and Projects >