James P., Have you tried the BC Archives files http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Genealogy/BasicSearchResult ??? There are 250 HIRST and 182 WHITING and 56 BAGNALL listings. Possibilities may exist. HTH. Ted Comox, BC On 2014-10-13 12:01 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Change of email address (Pam Smith) > 2. Yorksgen Admin (Sara McGinlay) > 3. HIRST, WHITING, CHAPMAN (James P.) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Message: 3 > Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2014 14:20:33 -0400 > From: "James P." <[email protected]> > Subject: [YORKSGEN] HIRST, WHITING, CHAPMAN > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > James WHITING, b. ca 1771, Yorkshire, was the gtgtgrfthr. of my > sister-in-law, Winnifred Lorraine SMITH, born 1916 , Frankville, Ontario, > Canada. > > James' second wife was Martha Ann HIRST, b. ca 1819. A daughter, Martha J. > WHITING, married Joseph CHAPMAN. > Martha and Joseph CHAPMAN emigrated to Ontario Canada where they had a son, > Joseph Jr. > > **Joseph Jr. married, wife's name unknown to me, and had a daughter Estelle. > > Their daughter, Estelle CHAPMAN, b. 1882, was the mother of my sister-in-law > who is now 98 years of age, reasonably active and residing in a Retirement > Lodge near Manotick, Ontario, s/w of Ottawa. . > > ** All this information, with the exception of Joseph Chapman Jr and unknown > wife, was given to me by my sister-in-law when she was 95 years of age. > She provided me with a list of 71 relatives. > Quite a memory. > I came across Joseph Chapman Jr. by surprise when talking to a SMITH > relative. I had puzzled about the improbable time gap between Joseph Sr. and > Estelle Chapman. > > My question (s )..Does anyone researching HIRST have a connection to Martha > Ann HIRST and husband James WHITING ? > > James Pearce, > Peteborough, Ontario, Canada. > > Searching Pearce, Bagnall, deBagnall, deBagenhal > > --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com