July 21,1836 (http://www1.sympatico.ca/news/otd/images/otd.98.07.21.a.lg.gif) La Prairie Quebec - Governor Archibald Acheson, Lord Gosford 1776-1849 rides on the first train of the Champlain & St. Lawrence with 300 other guests, pulled by the locomotive Dorchester over wooden rails; the 23 km portage road running from La Prairie opposite Montreal to St-Jean on the Richelieu is Canada's first public railway line; became part of the Montreal and Champlain Railroad in 1857; leased to the Grand Trunk in 1864; now part of the CN system. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - July 21, 1899 Queenston Ontario - Opening of new suspension bridge over Niagara River to Lewiston, New York. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- July 21, 1797 Montreal Quebec - American spy David McLane publicly hanged, beheaded and disembowelled; first execution of its kind in Canada. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- July 21, 1730 Quebec Quebec - Canada's population estimated at 33,682 French inhabitants. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- July 21, 1861 It isn’t often that people are invited to a picnic to watch a war; but that’s what happened on this day in 1861. For those of you who weren’t invited or just don’t remember, it was the first major battle of the Civil War between the North and the South. U.S. Federal troops under the leadership of Major General Irwin McDowell attacked Confederate troops led by General Beauregard. It was the _Battle of Bull Run_ (http://440.com/twtd/dxlnkgo2.html) Creek at Manassas Junction, Virginia. The Confederates, with the help of General E. Kirby Smith and General Thomas ‘Stonewall’ Jackson, held back the Union troops like a stone wall. Many folks, dressed in their Sunday best, came to watch and picnic as 60,000 men fought for over ten hours. When a shell destroyed a wagon blocking the main road of retreat, panic sent Union troops and picnickers scurrying back to Washington D.C. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- July 21, 1873 - The first train robbery in America was pulled off by Jesse James and his gang. They took $3,000 from the Rock Island Express at Adair, IA. Stick ’em up. And don’t try to grab my mask! :) ------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -

When I click on link for revolutionary Canadians it says page not found. Harriet On Monday, July 21, 2014 2:45 PM, Debbie Duay via <quebec-research@rootsweb.com> wrote: Phil, Pierre Rouillard dit St Cyr was an ensign for the rebels (Americans) in the militia at Batiscan. Debbie dlduay@yahoo.com http://www.learnwebskills.com/patriot/frenchcanadianpatriots.htm From: "pacochran@comcast.net" <pacochran@comcast.net> To: Debbie Duay <dlduay@yahoo.com> Cc: yakumo1107@aim.com; QUEBEC-RESEARCH@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, July 21, 2014 12:53 PM Subject: Re: [Q-R] Index to French Canadian Revolutionary War Patriots   I was on vacation and just found this interesting email. I found one of my ancestors Pierre Rouillard dit St. Cyr on the index BTW-E 37,38; BTW-F 456 and DM 208, is there any way you can tell me what it is he did or where I can obtain the books? Thanks, Phil   -----Original Message----- From: quebec-research <quebec-research@rootsweb.com> To: QUEBEC-RESEARCH <QUEBEC-RESEARCH@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sat, Jul 12, 2014 4:41 pm Subject: [Q-R] Index to French Canadian Revolutionary War Patriots Some of you may be interested in this index of over 500 French Canadian Revolutionary War patriots from Quebec that appear in the Baby, Taschereau, and Williams journal written in 1776. The individuals listed in the index aided the Americans during the war, and most of them never left Quebec. http://www.learnwebskills.com/patriot/frenchcanadianpatriots.htm Debbie Fort Lauderdale, FL  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~For the list web page, goto: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~unclefred/main.htm And we are on facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/QRlist/ List Archives are at: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/QUEBEC-RESEARCH ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to QUEBEC-RESEARCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

This is an appalling situation. There was an article in Dick Eastman's Genealogy Newsletter about this back in May. http://blog.eogn.com/2014/05/26/private-group-works-to-identify-americas-war -dead/ In that article is a link to a story that appeared in Stars & Stripes. http://www.stripes.com/news/opportunities-to-identify-war-dead-abound-as-dod -overhauls-troubled-recovery-efforts-1.285323 Also, along the right side of that article are links to other stories that appeared in Stars and Stripes. Read them if you can stand it. Just disgusted, Lisa lisa.lepore2@gmail.com > -----Original Message----- > From: quebec-research-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:quebec-research- > bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of WFlem72706 via > Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2014 1:00 PM > To: quebec-research-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [Q-R] Some troops killed in WWII still haven't been brought > home > > > ARLINGTON, Va. -- It took Mickey Beard decades of fighting Pentagon > bureaucracy to get her older brother, Staff Sergeant George Winkler, > buried at Arlington National Cemetery. He was killed in the Philippines > in 1945, but not laid to rest at the cemetery until 2011. > "I couldn't get anybody to pay attention to me. They just said, well > they didn't know what happened to him," says Beard The Pentagon > agencies responsible for identifying and bringing home America's war > head have long been criticized by frustrated families and a draft > report by the Pentagon Inspector General, obtained by CBS News, shows > that criticism is well deserved. > The report says dozens of former and current employees, most with the > Joint POW/MIA Command or JPAC, have filed complaints that "paint a > picture of long-term leadership and management problems resulting in a > hostile and dysfunctional work environment." > There is no "clearly defined mission," no "strategic plan," and no > "single ... database that identifies the missing from past conflicts." > The report says there has been a lack of coordination that leaves the > Pentagon agencies "unable to know who is actually missing." > In February, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel ordered a major shake-up. > "And what that means to families is, first, they will be communicated > with clearly, directly and it will be communications from one central > location. That has not been the case," said Hagel. > But many World War II families believe they've been all but forgotten. > "They are probably waiting for all of us to go away," says Beard. > The government holds annual meetings for the families of those killed > in Korea and Vietnam, and even pays for travel. But World War II > families, like Beard's, get none of that. > While the government has pushed to get family DNA samples for 80 > percent of the missing from Korea and Vietnam. They've collected less > than five percent from families of World War II MIA's, making them > harder to identify. > Beard does not think his brother was treated like a war hero. Instead > was treated like "somebody that didn't come home." > Beard hopes that when the Pentagon releases the report on what's wrong, > JPAC will make it right and bring the thousands of other heroes still > missing back home. > JPAC declined to respond to the Inspector General's report until the > report is made public. >

Phil, Pierre Rouillard dit St Cyr was an ensign for the rebels (Americans) in the militia at Batiscan. Debbie dlduay@yahoo.com http://www.learnwebskills.com/patriot/frenchcanadianpatriots.htm From: "pacochran@comcast.net" <pacochran@comcast.net> To: Debbie Duay <dlduay@yahoo.com> Cc: yakumo1107@aim.com; QUEBEC-RESEARCH@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, July 21, 2014 12:53 PM Subject: Re: [Q-R] Index to French Canadian Revolutionary War Patriots I was on vacation and just found this interesting email. I found one of my ancestors Pierre Rouillard dit St. Cyr on the index BTW-E 37,38; BTW-F 456 and DM 208, is there any way you can tell me what it is he did or where I can obtain the books? Thanks, Phil   -----Original Message----- From: quebec-research <quebec-research@rootsweb.com> To: QUEBEC-RESEARCH <QUEBEC-RESEARCH@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sat, Jul 12, 2014 4:41 pm Subject: [Q-R] Index to French Canadian Revolutionary War Patriots Some of you may be interested in this index of over 500 French Canadian Revolutionary War patriots from Quebec that appear in the Baby, Taschereau, and Williams journal written in 1776. The individuals listed in the index aided the Americans during the war, and most of them never left Quebec. http://www.learnwebskills.com/patriot/frenchcanadianpatriots.htm Debbie Fort Lauderdale, FL 

Hello Everyone, Maybe it's just the one I was searching but it seems Ancestry.com has the 1880 US Census available without a paid subscription. Sincerely, Jesse

July 20, 1629 (http://www1.sympatico.ca/news/otd/images/otd.98.07.20.a.lg.gif) Quebec Quebec - David & Lewis Kirke force Champlain to surrender his fur fort at Quebec; backed by London fur traders, the Kirke brothers occupy New France until 1632; Champlain sent to England as a prisoner. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- July 20,1814 Ancaster Ontario - Eight Americans hanged for treason in the Bloody Assize. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- July 20,1620 Quebec Quebec - Samuel de Champlain c1570-1635 starts building Fort St. Louis on Cap Diamant; first fort built on the cliff at Quebec. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ July 20,1801 - A 1,235 pound cheese ball was pressed at the farm of Elisha Brown, Jr. The huge ball of cheese was later loaded on a horse-driven wagon and presented to President Thomas Jefferson at the White House. Mr. Jefferson was heard to say, “That’s one small bite for man, one giant cheese for mankind.” ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -

Moon Day - U.S.A. ( and no, I have no idea which Moon they are talking about....................)

More than 40 grave headstones dating back to the 1900s were recently pushed over and destroyed in Collin County, Texas in what grieving families are saying is the ultimate disgrace. The vandalism happened last weekend in the town of Princeton. Volunteers from the cemetery think teens may be responsible, but Princeton police are without any suspects so far. Margaret Cantu feels speechless over the desecration done to the headstone of her son, Marcus. He died at 33 after falling and hitting his head. “Do they know?” said Cantu. “Do they even comprehend what they have done?” The vandals pushed his headstone to the ground. “It hurts to see it like that,” said Cantu. Three of Clifton Mayfield's family members were also targeted. “When you disrespect a living person, it’s one thing; but when you disrespect the dead people, it’s bad,” said Mayfield. In total, 44 graves were vandalized, and almost half of them date back to 1929. To make things worse, the cemetery runs on donations, so families will likely have to pay for the damage. “I live on a government check, penny to penny, and I don't know how I’m able to fix it,” said Cantu. In response to the vandalism, community members have put up new fencing, and police have increased patrols by the cemetery, especially at night. Volunteer firefighters and police officers also plan try and fix whatever damage they can.

July 19,1840 Boston Massachusetts - Samuel Cunard's first steamship, the paddle steamer Britannia arrives at Boston from Halifax 14 days and 8 hours after leaving Liverpool, England; first scheduled transatlantic mail service by steamship, and a blow to the age of sailing ship; won the Admiralty contract to provide a fixed schedule mail service to Halifax and Boston in 1839, started the British and North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, and launched Britannia in May. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- July 19,1833 Montreal Quebec - City council adopts coat of arms with the four national flowers of France (fleur-de-lys), England (rose), Scotland (thistle), and Ireland (shamrock), and the motto 'Concordia Salus'. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- July 19,1814 Prairie du Chien Wisconsin - Lt. Colonel William McKay captures Fort Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin; British now have base for potential 1815 attacks on St. Louis, Missouri, and down the Mississippi. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- July 19,1812 Sacketts Harbor, NY - British launch unsuccessful attack on Sacketts Harbor during the War of 1812. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- July 19,1759 Youngstown, NY - English General Prates mistakenly steps in front of a mortar and is blown to pieces during the bombardment of the French at Fort Niagara; Sir William Johnson assumes command under protest of Lieutenant Colonel Eyre Massey, who argues he has seniority. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- July 19,1654 Trois-Rivières Quebec - Marguerite Sedilot marries Jean Aubuchon at the age of 11 years, 5 months; youngest bride in Canadian history. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- July 19,1616 Quebec Quebec - Marguérite Vienne dies; first French woman in New France. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --

How was your Monday morning? I bet it wasn't as strange as mine. I spent it slogging around an overgrown graveyard, praying not to trip on a snake or, worse, some poor soul's bones. This graveyard is at the back of _Union Cemetery_ (http://www.timesunion.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=local&search=1&inlineLink=1&q uery="Union+Cemetery") in Halfmoon. Oddly enough, the abandoned section is owned by the city of Cohoes, N.Y.. Here's the story: In the 1890s, city fathers wanted to relocate buried remains to create West End Park. So they paid $795 for an acre and a half in Halfmoon and moved what's believed to be hundreds of graves to the new location. Time passed, and the city began to ignore the grave site. Weeds overtook the plots. Trees grew among the tombstones. Two years ago, _Sue Halliday_ (http://www.timesunion.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=local&search=1&inlineLink=1&query="Sue+Halliday") was visiting Union Cemetery and peered into the woods. She was shocked to see gravestones jutting from the underbrush. "I've never seen anything like it," said Halliday, who lives in Clifton Park. "It's very, very sad." Halliday called _Tom Ballard_ (http://www.timesunion.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=local&search=1&inlineLink=1&query="Tom+Ballard") , president of Union Cemetery, which is along Route 9 just north of the Mohawk River. Why, she demanded, aren't you maintaining the back section of the graveyard? For Ballard, that was a sore subject. He'd long been embarrassed by the overgrown section of the cemetery. He had, at times, pushed Cohoes officials to clean the mess — without success. "I kind of gave up on the city," Ballard said. Halliday took up her own campaign with city officials, but also got nowhere. In frustration, she contacted the _Times Union_ (http://www.timesunion.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=local&search=1&inlineLink=1&q uery="Times+Union") . No doubt, this is a strange and unpleasant dilemma for Cohoes officials. Nobody, it seems, disputes the city owns the land, but Cohoes isn't exactly flush with cash. Can the city justify maintaining an out-of-town site? Former Mayor _John McDonald_ (http://www.timesunion.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=local&search=1&inlineLink=1&query="John+McDonald") looked at the situation and concluded it couldn't. "There are so many other more pressing needs that need to be attended to on a daily basis," McDonald said. "It's hard to tell taxpayers that we're going to send city workers to Halfmoon to clean up a cemetery." McDonald believes the city stopped maintaining the site in the early 1900s. He isn't sure why. According to a deed for the property, the city was also supposed to pay Union Cemetery $20 annually for maintenance of a cemetery fence — quite a bargain, by today's standards. Cohoes stopped paying long ago. It's a difficult site. The land slopes down to a narrow creek before rising again on the opposite side. A map of the cemetery indicates that there are graves on both sides of the water. I asked the state's _Division of Cemeteries_ (http://www.timesunion.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=local&search=1&inlineLink=1&query= "Division+of+Cemeteries") about the situation. A spokesman said the agency has no jurisdiction over municipally owned cemeteries, but its interpretation of state law was nevertheless clear: "If the city of Cohoes owns the cemetery in the town of Halfmoon, it must maintain the cemetery." The city, then, has ignored a legal obligation to maintain the land, along with its moral obligation. That bothers Mayor _George Primeau_ (http://www.timesunion.com/?controllerName=search&action=search&channel=local&search=1&inlineLink=1&query="George+P rimeau") , who said his "heart goes out" to the people buried among the trees. Primeau isn't ready to send city workers, but he said there might be alternatives. He wondered if he could enlist a volunteer organization to help clear the land. Doing so certainly won't be easy. The burial ground is intensely overgrown. I discovered that Monday, when I went looking for evidence of the graveyard. There are a few standing headstones close to the Union Cemetery land, but most have fallen over. Just a few feet into the woods, the summer vegetation becomes impossibly thick — so dense, in spots, that I had to fight my way through. I couldn't have seen a grave marker without tripping over it. Halliday has scoured the land in other seasons, when graves are easier to spot. She's recorded surnames from tombstones worn nearly clean by time. Among them are Sullivan, Byron, Cosgrove, Powers, Olinskly, White and Wilson. The names make the graveyard real. The men, women and children buried there aren't hypothetical. They lived and breathed, cried and laughed. They're part of the history of Cohoes, and the city forgot about them.

CALGARY- Police are searching for a man following a frightening sexual assault in a Calgary cemetery. Around 1 p.m. on July 12, a woman was walking near a creek in Queens Park Cemetery when she was suddenly grabbed from behind by a naked man and pushed to the ground. The man tried to force himself on her, but the woman fought back and the man ran off into the trees. The suspect is described as white, in his late 40s, about 5’7” tall and about 140 pounds. He has brown chin-length hair with protruding lips and may be missing teeth. Anyone with information is asked to contact police.

ARLINGTON, Va. -- It took Mickey Beard decades of fighting Pentagon bureaucracy to get her older brother, Staff Sergeant George Winkler, buried at Arlington National Cemetery. He was killed in the Philippines in 1945, but not laid to rest at the cemetery until 2011. "I couldn't get anybody to pay attention to me. They just said, well they didn't know what happened to him," says Beard The Pentagon agencies responsible for identifying and bringing home America's war head have long been criticized by frustrated families and a draft report by the Pentagon Inspector General, obtained by CBS News, shows that criticism is well deserved. The report says dozens of former and current employees, most with the Joint POW/MIA Command or JPAC, have filed complaints that "paint a picture of long-term leadership and management problems resulting in a hostile and dysfunctional work environment." There is no "clearly defined mission," no "strategic plan," and no "single ... database that identifies the missing from past conflicts." The report says there has been a lack of coordination that leaves the Pentagon agencies "unable to know who is actually missing." In February, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel ordered a major shake-up. "And what that means to families is, first, they will be communicated with clearly, directly and it will be communications from one central location. That has not been the case," said Hagel. But many World War II families believe they've been all but forgotten. "They are probably waiting for all of us to go away," says Beard. The government holds annual meetings for the families of those killed in Korea and Vietnam, and even pays for travel. But World War II families, like Beard's, get none of that. While the government has pushed to get family DNA samples for 80 percent of the missing from Korea and Vietnam. They've collected less than five percent from families of World War II MIA's, making them harder to identify. Beard does not think his brother was treated like a war hero. Instead was treated like "somebody that didn't come home." Beard hopes that when the Pentagon releases the report on what's wrong, JPAC will make it right and bring the thousands of other heroes still missing back home. JPAC declined to respond to the Inspector General's report until the report is made public.

CANDOR – A cemetery is a place of peace, but a family from Candor in Montgomery County said the Oak Hill Cemetery is far from peaceful. From missing items on their father's grave to the completely wrong burial plot, the Bowden family said they're heartbroken. The family buried their 88-year-old father, Marshall Bowden, at Oak Hill in January, but have had issues ever since. "Right now, I'm going to be honest. I'm not at peace at right now. I'm not at peace about this situation because it's just been going on so much to where you can't really rest. Comfort though, I do find comfort through the word of God," Jamie Bowden said, one of Marshall's daughters. The family said for the past few months someone has been stealing from their father's grave. They said a flag is missing, bricks are gone, flowers were moved and other items were found in the woods. "It just hurts to know that somebody is that cruel and cold-hearted to come out here and do something like that and I just want to say you know, if you can't stop for yourself, at least just stop for the families," Christina Bowden-Gouger said, another daughter. On top of the supposed theft, the family said their father was not buried in the correct grave. They chose Oak Hill Cemetery because a lot of other family members are buried there, but they did not choose the place they discovered their father's grave. "He's already in the wrong place. He was supposed to be back down over there," Jamie said pointing to a plot about 50 yards away. The family said it bought the plot from a woman known to volunteer at the cemetery. The family said that woman put a marker in the wrong spot, which led their dad to his current resting place, in error. The Brutonville Concerned Citizens Board said it's the group that actually oversees the cemetery. After hearing about what happened to the Bowdens, the board said it made it clear that people should purchase plots from it, not the woman. The funeral home and a board member told WFMY News 2 they offered to move the grave for free, but the family said no. The family said it's mostly concerned about the possible thieves taking things from their dad's grave. "There are a lot of families that are hurting behind this. I mean, you never get over losing somebody and then whenever you do and you come back and see what you have done has been moved, that's like taking a piece of you out," Jamie said. The Montgomery County Sheriff's Department said it has not received any complaints about things missing from the cemetery. The Bowden family said it plans on filing a report this week. The board who oversees the cemetery said it has received at least two complaints of things missing in the past week.

The Princeton Cemetery was the target for vandals last weekend as they swept through the west side of the property wrecking havoc. 44 headstones, some from the early 1900s, were knocked over, scattering mementos into broken pieces. “It’s a mess,” Kenny Campbell, secretary/ treasurer of the Cemetery Association said. “We had just completed a large project focused on straightening the tombstones to an upright position. To come in and purposely desecrate the final resting place of so many loved ones is just beyond reason. I hope the police catch whoever did this.” The police department is looking into various leads and is exhausting all resources to find the people responsible for the damage. “This is heartbreaking, not only for the families, but the city as well,” Police Chief James Waters commented. “To think that someone would take the time and the energy to cause such destruction and emotional distress is beyond me.” The Princeton PD is looking for any information that will lead to a conviction and is calling on members of the community to help. If you have any information please call the department at 972-736-3901. If the call is made after hours, it will take you directly to dispatch. “We will find those who are responsible for this," Waters added.

Thieves stripping bronze military flag holders from veterans' graves have struck a third cemetery in Dodge County. The Dodge County sheriff's office received a report on July 14 that several flag holders were stolen from St. Michael's Cemetery on Highway G in the town of Beaver Dam on July 14, on top of 80 holders that have been stolen in the past two weeks from Oakwood and Stone Hill cemeteries.

Vandals toppled more than 70 tombstones and about 10 large obelisks from graves at Riverview Cemetery in Wilmington, board members said Thursday. The damage is believed to have occurred sometime between 2 p.m. Tuesday and 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, said Kate Wilhere, treasurer of the nonprofit group Friends of Historic Riverview Cemetery, which oversees cemetery operations. Board members reported the extensive damage to police on Wednesday afternoon. Damage is estimated at between $15,000 and $20,000. The vandals targeted two sections of the cemetery west side along North Market Street — one by the flagpole and the other in front of the public mausoleum. A third section, secluded behind the mausoleum, was also heavily vandalized, because that is where the large obelisk monuments are located. "Ten of them were turned over," Wilhere said. "They weigh about 1,000 pounds and were pushed off their foundations and are just lying there." The group's president Lee Anderson said she had called some of the nearby neighbors to see if they had seen anything, and one neighbor told her she had seen some teens in the cemetery early Tuesday night. "We're beginning the process of accessing the damage," Anderson said. She said volunteers will try to contact the families. Volunteers will also be passing out flyers to neighbors, churches and businesses in the area to ask for their help in reporting anything suspicious in the cemetery, Anderson said. Anyone with information about the vandalism is asked to call Wilmington police Confidential Tip Line at (302)576-3990.

Unknown thieves removed a huge tombstone from the Tshikota graveyard last week. The thugs also stole the gate of the graveyard and the window frames of the guard room. Visitors to the graveyard found on Saturday morning that part of the expensive tombstone and several other smaller headstones had been stolen and that other stones had been broken. Ms Mapule Moswane said they were not aware that the expensive tombstone would attract thugs."We spent a lot of money to erect the tombstone because we want our beloved family member to rest in peace. We want the police to bring the culprits to book, because many villagers use their last money to erect these tombstones," she added. A member of the community policing forum (CPF), Ms Thembani Ndlovu, said the community was shocked by the theft of the tombstones. She said community members would patrol the streets during the night in an anti-crime campaign until crime was reduced to zero percent in the Tshikota area. She said that people who were doing “these barbaric deeds came from the community,” and appealed to villagers to report any crime or wrongdoing to the police. According to her, thugs have lately been targeting the most expensive tombstones in the graveyard. Makhado police spokesperson W/O Takalani Madzhigili said that the police had not received any report from the community about the stolen tombstones.

Adults are invited to attend Genealogy Workshop at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, July 23, in the Library Center auditorium, 4653 S. Campbell Ave., Springfield Mo.The topic for this session is Digital Headstone Recording. Theresa Lundberg, director of the Missouri Gravestone Project, will discuss the necessity of digitally recording images of headstones and the information they contain, basics on how to plan a cemetery survey and, time permitting, some tips on taking legible photos of worn headstones. This program is sponsored by Ozarks Genealogical Society. For more information on this free program call 882-0714.

WILMINGTON, Del. — Police are looking catch vandals who toppled more than 70 tombstones at a Delaware cemetery. Board members at the Riverview Cemetery in Wilmington tell The News Journal that 10 large obelisks were also knocked over in addition to the tombstones. Damages is estimated between $15,000 and $20,000. Cemetery officials believe the vandalism occurred on Tuesday or Wednesday. Obelisks weighing half a ton were pushed off their foundations in a section of the cemetery behind a mausoleum.

on Gwendoline's baptism mother's name is Ida Maggerson (first marriage or maiden name?) There are too many Gertrude, Grace and Gladys possibilities in the 1926 - 1996 with no distinguishing remarks to assume they belong to these parents. There appears to be no marriage for Gwendoline at Ancestry. If they married before 1926 not all marriages between 1911 - 1926 are online yet at genealogiequebec. Plus, they are not showing up in ancestry but not all Protestant churches are indexed so will be harder for you to find. Fran L On 18/07/2014 3:32 PM, Peggy Gordon wrote: > Thank you so very much. It is so appreciated. Instead of separate postings, could I ask > you if you are able to find marriages for the remaining 4 Roy sisters? I am interested, > but so is their half-neice (is there such a thing?). Ida was married twice and had a son > by her first marriage, and then 7 daughters by her second marriage. The son had a > daughter who is searching for Ida and Willie's 7 daughters. I knew what became of the > baby as she was raised by another relative of mine, but only traced the other 6 > daughters till the 1921 Sabrevois census, where they were still living with their father > Willie. Ida had died in 1914. > Would you have marriage info on Gertrude and Grace, born Sept 21, 1910 and twins Gladys > and Gwendoline born Jan 21, 1912? Willie is to be commended for keeping 6 daughters all > under 6 years of age. > Thanks for your help > Peggy > > > On Friday, July 18, 2014 11:45:22 AM, Fran LaChance <singer.35@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > Mabel Alice Roy, age 29, b Quebec > m 10 Oct 1938, Christ Church Cathedral (Church of England) > Peter Dow Roney, age 37, b Wales > > same source as sister's. > > Fran L > > > On 18/07/2014 1:59 PM, Peggy Gordon via wrote: >> Mabel Alice Roy was born Oct 21, 1909 in Sabrevois to Willie Roy and Ida Walker. Ida died in 1914 but Mabel was alive and living with her father Willie in 1921 in Sabrevois. Looking for her marriage, possibly in the Anglican Church of the Messiah where her parents were married. >> Thanks for any help >> Peggy >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com