Catt, you said: "They moved to Marathon, Ontario at least 30 years ago, for work" In that case they would not appear in any currently available genealogy documentation. The last Census was for 1911, the last birth records for Ontario was also 1911. Have you checked www.canada411.com? Doreen ========== * > To: [email protected] > Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:17:13 -0400 > Subject: RE: McDowell/Young/ Northern Ontario, Canada > From: [email protected] > CC: [email protected] > > John Young is an electrician, likely descended from a Scot, who married a ? LaFleur from Shawville, Quebec, so I > presume they both lived in Quebec and have Genealogy roots there. > They moved to Marathon, Ontario at least 30 years ago, for work. > The wife LaFleur is a Catholic, whose mother was Indian Aboriginal, probably married a French Canadian. > Some of their children were born in Marathon. > This is intermarriage of the families. There is a Moffitt family connection, somehow. > The Thomas McDowell I noted the connection up North. > > Catt > > On Tue 27/07/10 10:58 AM , D O' [email protected] sent: <snip>

There was quite a gold rush in Marathon in the late 70's / early 80's and although there would have been lots of new folks moving in to staff up the support businesses, most of the new arrivals were employed by the 3 mines that started up. There has been a shrinkage of the population since the 2000's so if you can't find your folks in the current or old phone books of that era maybe place an ad in whatever Canadian mining weeklies or monthlies there are that list mines that are currently hiring. Most miners keep an eye on those to keep tabs on opportunities. Good luck. Rosemary ----- Original Message ----- From: "D O'" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 11:48 AM Subject: Re: [ONTARIO] McDowell/Young/ Northern Ontario, Canada Catt, you said: "They moved to Marathon, Ontario at least 30 years ago, for work" In that case they would not appear in any currently available genealogy documentation. The last Census was for 1911, the last birth records for Ontario was also 1911. Have you checked www.canada411.com? Doreen ========== * > To: [email protected] > Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:17:13 -0400 > Subject: RE: McDowell/Young/ Northern Ontario, Canada > From: [email protected] > CC: [email protected] > > John Young is an electrician, likely descended from a Scot, who married a > ? LaFleur from Shawville, Quebec, so I > presume they both lived in Quebec and have Genealogy roots there. > They moved to Marathon, Ontario at least 30 years ago, for work. > The wife LaFleur is a Catholic, whose mother was Indian Aboriginal, > probably married a French Canadian. > Some of their children were born in Marathon. > This is intermarriage of the families. There is a Moffitt family > connection, somehow. > The Thomas McDowell I noted the connection up North. > > Catt > > On Tue 27/07/10 10:58 AM , D O' [email protected] sent: <snip> *********** Ten People All Genealogists Should Follow On Twitter: http://tr.im/hBAy Search Ontario Genealogy & Resources at http://olivetreegenealogy.com/can/ont/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message