Hello Alex Many thanks for sharing your recollections - as you say, it's always nice to know what ancestors were like - my wife is delighted to have the information and I appreciate the leads in terms of checking/researching her addresses, etc. for that time period. Best Wishes Paul Stagl Toronto, Ont. > From: "Alex Davidson" <[email protected]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2002 05:52:39 -0000 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [CAN-ONT-CARLETON] Enquiry: Galvin, Cassidy, Gibbons,Bourgean, > Paquette, Conn, Doyle, Garette, McGuire, Dowling, CarletonPlace > Resent-From: [email protected] > Resent-Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2002 22:54:31 -0700 > > Hi Paul, > > I had another thought about Viola Galvin and, while it's not important, it > tells you a bit about her life. > > I remember her visiting my aunts quite a bit and it was always in the > company of a Mrs. Busby (first name forgotten). > > Mrs. Busby, if my memory is correct, ran a rooming or boarding house on Kent > Street in Ottawa. I'm pretty sure that Viola lived with her. > > This would have been in the late 40's and into the 50's and I recall Viola > as a small woman with greying hair that might have been red. > > As I say, this is all very minor but I always like to know what my ancestors > were like. > > Alex