How would a 14-yr-old know about a place like Birtle in 1905 and decide he was going to go there to be a farmer - his family were not farmers in Eng. I would think there would be family/friends there and in 1906 he would be staying with some family. Of course we don't know if he ever reached Birtle. A family relative b. 1935 in Sask. remembers him coming to visit her family in Sask. I would expect that visit to be sometime after 1940. Catherine > Oops, you're way ahead of me. Thinking might have been a BHC. Gail told > me > you've already been there, done that. Oh well, my heart was in the right > place. :-)
I had a family friend who arrived from UK at age 14, worked his way over on a ship; became an errand boy, then a year later a milkman and five years later bought the dairy. He died at age 92 in Montreal. 14 Year old boys who had to survive by their own wits were a lot more self-reliant than we might think. He may have picked up info about Birtle and decided to give farming a try. Don't discount it Cheers! Doreen * > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 12:55:59 -0500 > Subject: Re: [ONTARIO] James Hardwick born 1890 > > How would a 14-yr-old know about a place like Birtle in 1905 and decide he > was going to go there to be a farmer - his family were not farmers in Eng. > I would think there would be family/friends there and in 1906 he would be > staying with some family. Of course we don't know if he ever reached > Birtle. > > A family relative b. 1935 in Sask. remembers him coming to visit her family > in Sask. I would expect that visit to be sometime after 1940. Catherine > > > > > Oops, you're way ahead of me. Thinking might have been a BHC. Gail told > > me > > you've already been there, done that. Oh well, my heart was in the right > > place. :-) > > > *********** > 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 _________________________________________________________________ Take your contacts everywhere http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9712959