Ron, Just a question. Are or were Canadians British subjects? SanDee

They were considered to be British subjects right up to 1925 or so. Now we are just Canucks. Canada wanted her independace after WW 1 and insisted on it. So we did not have to have the Brits as our protectors any longer. ----- Original Message ----- From: <SugahDayz@aol.com> To: <LUDDINGTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2006 3:55 PM Subject: Re: [LUDDINGTON] (no subject) > Ron, Just a question. Are or were Canadians British subjects? SanDee > > > ==== LUDDINGTON Mailing List ==== > Visit the new Luddington Message Board at > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=surnames.luddington > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >

Hi Folks: Just wanted to pass on a little information. When I had a passport issued in 1972, it read on page one inside the front cover " A Canadian Citizen is a British Subject". I called my daughter who has a recent passport to see if it still read the same and it just states the the "Bearer is a Canadian Citizen" I went to Wikipedia and looked up British Subject. It states the Commonwealth Act of 1947 was replaced by the Citizenship Act, which came into force 15 Feb 1977 -- Therefore, a Canadian was no longer listed as a "British Subject" but a "Commonwealth Citizen". In 1919 Canada joined the "League of Nations" in its own right, and in 1931 the "Statute of Westminister" confirmed that no act of the British parliament would extend to Canada without its consrnt. Hopes this helps ----- Original Message ----- From: "ron ludington" <ronlud@execulink.com> To: <LUDDINGTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2006 8:01 PM Subject: Re: [LUDDINGTON] (no subject) > They were considered to be British subjects right up to 1925 or so. Now > we are just Canucks. Canada wanted her independace after WW 1 and insisted > on it. So we did not have to have the Brits as our protectors any longer. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <SugahDayz@aol.com> > To: <LUDDINGTON-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2006 3:55 PM > Subject: Re: [LUDDINGTON] (no subject) > > >> Ron, Just a question. Are or were Canadians British subjects? SanDee >> >> >> ==== LUDDINGTON Mailing List ==== >> Visit the new Luddington Message Board at >> http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=surnames.luddington >> >> ============================== >> Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >> areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >> Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >> >> > > > > ==== LUDDINGTON Mailing List ==== > Visit the new Luddington Message Board at > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=surnames.luddington > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx >