My grandfather, Harvey Elmer McBee, was born in Mercer/Harrison Co., MO in 1891. The Missouri Archives have no record of his birth. His father, Samuel Edward, was born in MO in Feb 1852 according to the 1900 Census (Lindley twp, Mercer Co. MO). Other family members listed in that census record: Nancy J., the mother of the family, born June 1859; Rosa E., born Sep 1880; Leona M. Boyd, born May, 1882; Sidney R., born Mar 1884; Effie, born June 1886; Harvey E, born Oct 1891; Clella B. Boyd, granddaughter, born Sept 1898. Leona was working as a servant, Samuel was listed as a farmer, and they all lived on a rented farm. All the birthplaces were given as MO. Next door lived Nancy Jane Booth's maybe brother? W.J. and (?) Booth, also listed with MO birthplaces. W.J. Booth owned his farm (and perhaps the McBee farm -- I have not gotten land records or tax records to confirm that). I could never locate the McBees in the 1910 Census. Then I found some pages copied from a King family history (his elder brother Sidney married Clarissa King), where it was related: (page H-5) Sidney McBee and Clara King were married January 2, 1907 in Indianola, Iowa. Sidney was raised in Missouri and came to Iowa with his parents where his father ran a sawmill up and down the riverbanks from Missouri to Iowa. When Sidney's father retired, Sidney took over the running of the sawmill... [bought land in Warren County, Iowa] ...Their son William Earl was born here Dec. 3, 1908. Just about this time or soon after, Sidney was captivated by wonderful stories of Saskatchewan, Canada, where they could make a fortune in just a few years and return to Iowa later. They spent the rest of their lives in Saskatchewan. On November 6, 1909, they bought [legal description of land] just north of Fillmore, Saskatchewan, about six or eight miles. Sidney, Clara and their baby son Earl moved to this land in March, 1910. Sidney had gone to Canada on a settlers train with their machinery and household effects and some livestok, and Clara and their son came later on another settlers train, with other settler's wives and families.....[Early conditions] ...Sometimes....Uncle Brosia King, George New, Uncle Harvey McBee and other came to help Dad with steam plowing, seeding and threshing.... Notes say above was written by Grace (McBee) Charleton from information gathered at various times when here in Iowa and Missouri, and from her parents. A letter from Leota Houlette in the packet says, "These pages are copied from a King Family History which I bought from the compiler, Lois King Fetters, of Carlisle, Iowa." More from this packet of papers (from who knows where!) coming up.... Valorie