Volume

28 No.

1 Spring 2011

British Columbia Genealogical Society, Quesnel Branch British Columbia Genealogical Society, Quesnel Branch

Cornish Water Wheel at Quesnel, B.C. An Original Drawing by B. Patenaude

VOL. 28(1) CONTENTS:

The Archibald Rory McDonald Family..................................................... 3

Web Bytes .................................................................................................. 8

Twigs – Female blogging; wordle.net; Canada in 1900 ............................ 9

Dear Auntie Gen – BC Wills ..................................................................... 10

Blog Log – Jewish records in Poland ........................................................ 11

Russian keyboard site ................................................................................ 11

Member Lookups ....................................................................................... 12

Member Spotlight – Leanne Broughton .................................................... 13

Books for Sale............................................................................................ 14

How to Contact Us..................................................................................... 15

Club Information........................................................................................ 17

Check out our website at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bcqgs/

We’re on facebook! See http://www.facebook.com/pages/Quesnel-Genealogical-Society/152467561474792 where there are links to helpful sites. Thanks to Lynda for setting this up. Auntie Gen’s Tip If you find yourself having to enter the £ (pounds sterling) symbol in a program which doesn’t have a symbols menu (such as Family Tree Maker), the shortcut is Alt 163 (ie. hold down Alt while pressing 1 then 6 then 3).

Heredity I saw a duck the other day. It had the feet of my Aunt Faye. Then it walked, was heading South. It waddled like my Uncle Ralph. And when it turned, I must propose, Its bill was formed like Aunt Jane's nose.

I thought, “Oh, no! It's just my luck, Someday I'll look just like a duck!” I sobbed to Mom about my fears, And she said, “Honey, dry your tears. You look like me, so walk with pride. Those folks are all from Daddy's side.”

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THE ARCHIBALD RORY MCDONALD FAMILY

Written by Ruth Roberts, granddaughter of Archibald Rory McDonald, in 2009

Immigrants to this beautiful province of BC have travelled here by different means of transportation from sailing ship, steam ships, airplanes, trains, automobiles, and by horseback. My paternal grandfather, Archibald Rory MacDonald (aka McDonald), and his three sons came to BC in 1907 on horseback and with 8 pack horses over the Yellowhead Pass from Edmonton to Lac des Roches (near Bridge Lake) in the southern Cariboo. The journey lasted 16 weeks. They had lived for many years near Colville, Washington, but in 1905 when Alberta had become a province, they tried homesteading there at Strome. My grandfather didn't like the prairies - he missed having the mountains around him; so in April of 1907, they sold out and went to Edmonton to wait for suitable travelling weather. On May 1st, 1907 they left Edmonton for the Cariboo. They each had a saddle horse and they had eight pack horses to carry their supplies. They had to camp each night as they were far from civilization. Archibald (called Archie) turned 68 that summer, Angus turned 18, Dan became 16 and Ervin (who became my father 20 years later), had just turned 14 on March first. Archie had two daughters -- Lavena and Ruth (after whom I was named) who, at this time, were living near Colville, Washington where all of Archie's children had been born. His wife, Mary Malinda (Mae) nee Prouty, had died tragically in 1896 following the premature birth of her 6th child who also died. By 1907 Lavena was married and 12 year old Ruth was still living with a maternal aunt who had raised her since Mae had died.

There were no roads west of Lac Ste. Anne and of course, no bridges either. Archie and his sons had no compass and no maps. They followed Indian trails when they could find them, the lay of the land, the position of the sun during the days and the flow of the streams and rivers. They just kept heading west to the Cariboo - their destination. They could ford the streams but had to build rafts to cross the rivers. They crossed the Athabaska River in a dugout canoe loaned to them by a man who was on his way to Tete Jaune Cache. He had 3 men following him with packhorses of supplies for a Mr. Finch who was going to build a store there to supply the railroad crews, as the Grand Trunk Pacific Railroad was to start building a railway from Edmonton to Prince Rupert, BC later that year.

Archie, born July 16, 1839 near what is now called Ottawa, was an experienced 'mountain man' having spent many years prospecting from Mexico to the Yukon. His sons were used to hard work and were quite capable workers. Angus, the oldest, was the most helpful, Dan took care of the horses - he had a gentle way with them - and Ervin was the cook, as Archie thought that this would be the easiest job for his youngest son. This meant cooking over a campfire and often digging a hole in the ground at the base of the campfire, placing the food to be cooked in a galvanized bucket, putting it in the hole and covering it with hot sand and hot ashes. This would be done early in the evening after they had stopped for the night. In the morning the food, usually beans and bacon, would be cooked and ready to eat for breakfast. Ervin carried the all important sourdough starter, which had to be kept warm so that the yeast didn't die, in a jug tied to the saddle horn during the day to keep it warm from the warmth of the horse's body; then during the night he stuffed it into his bedroll so the warmth from his body would keep it warm. He often said that he was 'the highest person' to ever traverse the Yellowhead Pass, as the yeast gave his clothes a distinctive sour smell.

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They met a few other travellers at times along the Yellowhead Trail and occasionally travelled with them but, mostly they travelled on their own - just a 68 year old man and his 3 teenage sons. They had many adventures and mishaps along the way but no serious accidents other than losing two horses in the muskeg after being 'spooked' by a grizzly bear. A third horse was involved in this but they managed after much effort to extricate her; however, the other horses had sunk too far into the muskeg to be rescued so Archie shot them to put them out of their misery. The first week in July they took a week off from travelling to give their horses a rest and to assist in building the first store at Tete Jaune Cache out of logs.

During the 3rd week in August they reached Lac des Roches (or Long Lake as they named it, as they didn't know it had been named previously) and knew that was where they would start their ranch. They bought land there from Jack Demming, who had been trapping and trading with the Indians plus raising beef cattle, and settled in to build their ranch; but first, they had to get supplies for the winter from Clinton (the nearest store) which was many miles away. As there was no road, only a rough trail, it meant using pack horses again. They also had to complete the papers to purchase the 160 acres from Jack Demming and to transfer his pre-emption rights of a further 320 acres to Archie. There were no neighbours in about a 50 mile radius. While the local Indians hunted and fished in the area ithe spring, summer and autumn, themoved to the warmer climate around theNorth Thompson or Fraser River vafor the winter months. The MacDonalds were the first family to homestead in thwhole area and they were completely ontheir own on that high Cariboo plateau.Over the ensuing years they built a time ranching operation on 2240 acres. Angus and Ervin also had trap lines. They sold the fur pelts in Vancouver. I

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Archie recognized that roads were needed to transport supplies, ranch equipment and household items and to attract new settlers to the area. In spring 1908 he travelled over the trail Clinton by horseback, a distance of about 80 miles (the return trip took 6 or 7 days), camping atnight along the way, to buy supplies and to ask the BC Government Agent, Mr. Soues, and the Cariboo MLA, Mr. Archibald MacDonald (not related), for a road from Lac des Roches to the Cariboo Road at the 70 Mile House, a distance of about 50 miles. Permission was granted to slaswagon road. Archie and his three sons did this work with some assistance on the western sectionthe road from three families who had recently moved into the Bonaparte district. It was a roughroad, but passable, as they had no equipment other than shovels, pick-axes, adzes and their own muscles and horses. The Bridge Lake - Lac des Roches district now had a wagon road west to civiliza

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the west the nearest train was at Ashcroft, a distance of about 150 miles.

Archie was determined that a road would be built to Little Fort and he spent much time, effort and money on this project until his death in 1929. He corresponded regularly with the BC Government Agent in Clinton, the Cariboo MLA and the Board of Trade in Kamloops soliciting their cooperation and approval. He made several trips a year to Clinton and to Kamloops to appeal to them in person. It was possible to travel by wagon or sleigh to Clinton, but it was an arduous 30 mile horseback trip to Little Fort and then a further 60 miles to Ka

an riding alone over the trail in all kinds of weather to Little Fort where he would catch the train or stage coach to Kamloops.

The MacDonalds persisted in their search for a suitable route for a road following a natural waterway, attempting to avoid the steep hill west of Little Fort. On one such trip Archie and a young ranch-hand went by horseback to investigate the Jim Creek - Taweel Lake - Four Miroute but were forced to abandon their search when one morning they became surrounded by a raging forest fire. They survived by walking into a nearby small lake with their horses

ent; they kept wet wool blankets over their heads and over their horse's heads. It was the next evening before the fire was gone and the ground was cool enough to walk upon.

In 1921, at Archie's request, the Government Agent sent a road crew to the ranch to investigate a route discovered by Archie's youngest son, Ervin. This route followed the existeastward then dropped down into the Three Mile Creek canyon. Angus took the engineer over the route which the engineer approved, since it followed a natural waterway. Archie was givpermission to have a trail cut through to Little Fort, with the promise of a road to follow. Archie, a82 years of age, was too old to work on the trail himself, so his three sons assumed the responsibility for the project. Angus, with a crew of 3 men, started at Little Fort and headed west toward Lac des Roches, while Ervin with a crew of three men, started at their Lac des Roches ranch and headed east toward Little Fort. The present Highway 24 still crosses the old MacDonald ranch site above the lake. The summit on Hwy 24 between Lac des Roches and Little Fort was named thMacDonald Summit by the local road foreman, Jack Black, and his assistant, Russell Ross, after

the earliest pioneers in the area. It is an appropriate honour to Archie MacDonald and his sons.

From 1922 until his death in 1929, Archie petitioned the BC Government and Kamloops Board of Trade to have the trail widened to a road, but he did not live to see his long sought goal fulfilled. A road for vehicle traffic was not completed until 1946. Angus and Dan MacDonald did

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much of the rock work for it. It is interesting to note that the MacDonald family was involved with the early promotion, planning and construction of the trail, and over 20 years later participated in the planning and construction of the road. Howeve

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ng children by loaning them milk cows until they could acquire their own. When they set up a blacks

r, by the time the present Highway 24 was finally completed, only Ervin was still alive and he was over 90 years old!

In addition to spending time, energy and money in the pursuit and construction of trails anroads, Archie, a leader of people all of his life, was responsible for promoting other major services and developments for the Bridge Lake-Lac des Roches district. He realized that if the land indistrict was surveyed and staked, and maps were available, settlers would be attracted to the area. In1908 he discussed this matter with the BC Government Agent. The government agreed and arrangements were made for Archie's sons to assist two surveyors during the summers of 1909 a1910. At the same time, at Archie's urging, a po

e a much enjoyed Provincial Park - a nice legacy attributable to the efforts and foresight of Archibald MacDonald.

As it was necessary to travel with horses 50 miles to the 70 Mile House to obtain postal services or to catch a stage coach, Archie pressed the Provincial Government to establish a Post Office and stage coach route closer to Bridge Lake. The result was that once a week a stage coachwould arrive at a rancher's house situated about half way between the 70 Mile House and BridLake. It would bring in passengers and mail and the next day would return to the 70 Mile House with the outgoing mail and any passengers. In the following years, at Archie's urgings, these services were moved closer and closer to Bridge Lake. At one time the Stanley Maudsley family ranch was the location. Then after his day's work was done, Ervin would saddle a horse, gather the outgoing mail and ride to the Maudsley ranch

ng. Finally, in 1926 Bridge Lake obtained its own Post Office! However, this was still 8 miles from the MacDonald ranch.

Archie was also instrumental in the area's first school and Community Centre located at the park site in 1921. They also organized the first of the annual rodeos in the community.

The MacDonald ranch, located 50 miles from the Cariboo Road and 30 miles from Little Fort, and about half way between Canim Lake and Chu Chua for the Indians traveling the route, became a free stopping place for the Indians, other travelers, government men, newcomers to the district, and to the local people. Archie acted as a counsellor to the Indian people and wrote many letters for them and then read the replies to them. He also was a counsellor for the ranchers in thearea if they needed assistance. He would never accept payment for the food or bed for any of these visitors or for food for their horses, even though many stayed a week or more. In his boo

ainly about Archie), my father, Ervin, said that the family gave away a fortune in their many years at the ranch but his father would not have it any other way.

The MacDonald family were a source of knowledge about land and conditions in the districThey had a map of the area and helped people locate land on which to settle. They helped families with you

mith shop and a saw mill, these services were also available free of charge to the local people.

In order to have reference points in the district the MacDonalds named at least 36 lakes, 7 creeks and 3 mountains is the area. When they built a bridge over White Fish Creek that emptied

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into White Fish Lake, the Indians renamed the creek and lake "Bridge Creek" and “Bridge Lake”. Most of these names remain today, but unfortunately, the MacDonalds named nothing in the area after themselves. An early settler, Jack Boyd, of the 70 Mile House, named Ruth Lake (near Canim Lake) after Archie's daughter Ruth, who lived at the ranch for a year when she was 16/17 years old and who continued to visit her family there yearly. The local people called the rather steep hillof the ranch "Angus" hill and it is still referred to as that. It was mostly Angus who did the naming as he was excellent at thinking up the right name. For instance, the MacDonalds called a lake northwest of the ranch "English Deka Lake" after a notorious half-breed who had a trapping linea mountain adjacent to it and who kept everyone away from his side of the mountain by waving gun at them and muttering threats. Newcomers to the area who were not familiar with th

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solved the problem by naming the larger lake "Deka Lake" and the smaller lake "English Lake". They are still called by those names.

Angus and Ervin both joined the Canadian Army during WW1. When the war first started the Federal Government said they had to stay on the ranch as beef cattle were needed for the war effort. Later as the need for more men arose they were told that only two of them could enlist as onhad to stay on the ranch as Archie was too old to run the ranch by himself. Archie tossed a coin to determine who would enlist. Dan lost and had to stay home but Ervin, in later years, quipped that Dan really won the draw as Ervin and Angus both returned home in very poor physical co

spinal meningitis (he never did go overseas) and Angus from rheumatic fever caused bythe horrible conditions on the front lines in Europe. It took years for them to recuperate.

Lavena and her husband, Jim Case, and their two sons, Eddie and Buster, lived at Crooked Lake near Bridge Lake for many years. Hannah (Ann) Botterill of Clinton, BC boarded with thefor the 1921 to 1922 school year as she was the first school teacher in the area. In 1922 she marrErvin MacDonald. They had 4 children of which I am the third. The others are Elaine, Douglas (killed in WW2) and Jim. Dan married Maude Smith whose family moved to the area from the States. They had 4 children: Vivian, Virginia and twins - Dawn and Norman. Angus met Peggy Garner in London during WW1 and eventually married her. Peggy had two children when she

of their own. Ruth married Edgar Sizemlived in Colville, Republic and Coulee City all in the State of Washington. They had no children.

By the time Archie died in 1929, there were 3 men each with a wife, and 7 young MacDonald children living at the ranch. The children needed schooling and often medical attention, plus the wives wanted some of the amenities of civilization. It was not easy living so far from civilization and miles from any neighbours. Times were tough financially, with depressed prices fcattle and furs - their main source of income. The ranch was in financial difficulties and without Archie there as the main stay of the ranch Angus, Dan and Ervin decided to sell the ranch. Isold to Gardner Boultbee of Kamloops. Ervin and his family moved to Trail, BC, where he workfor Cominco

ployment. In later years both Angus and Dan returned to the area, living at Little Fort.

d in 1954 and Angus died in 1974. Ervin died in 1986 at age 93 at Vancouver, BC, s of the Concorde airplane landing in Vancouver during Expo 86, after a trip o

England. I have always found this a rather unique occurrence, considering vin had arrived in B.C.

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Dear Auntie Gen, How do I go about getting a copy of a will in BC? Several repositories of probated wills in BC are the Abbotsford Genealogical Society (AGS), the Cloverdale branch of the Surrey Library, and the BC Archives.

The AGS BC Wills Index contains 62 volumes of probated wills from the 1860s to about 1940. The index is searchable online at http://www.abbygs.ca/wills.htm. The AGS will mail out copies of wills for a minimum $15.00 charge (up to four pages; $1.00 each page thereafter). This is a great option for researchers living at a distance. Auntie Gen’s request was handled in a timely and satisfying manner. If your will is from a later time period, though, you will need to look elsewhere. Both the BC Archives and the Cloverdale Library hold probated wills from 1861 to 1981. Microfilmed indexes must be consulted in order to get the information needed to request copies of the actual wills. It may be necessary to hire a private researcher if you are not able to visit in person. The BC Archives Research Guide to Probated Wills is available at http://www.bcarchives.bc.ca/Content_Files/Files/Guides/wills_guide2010.pdf.

What if I can’t find a will for my ancestor?

If your ancestor did not have a will, you may be able to find information in probate case files. Probate files document the settling of estates of persons who died with or without a will. They may contain wills, estate inventories, lists of heirs, appointments of executors, petitions for guardianship, etc. Probate files were usually created and maintained by the court registry nearest to the residence of the deceased person or his or her executor.

The BC Archives has probate files, but there is no central index. A guide to finding probate files is available at http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/general/guides/ag_prob.pdf. BC probate file numbers associated with some court registries are online, but in some cases, only cover a limited range of dates. For example, Vancouver probate file numbers are only available online from 1893-1941. Auntie Gen’s ancestor happened to be in this index found through a basic search of textual records at http://search.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/sn-205B5AA/search#form.

Links to online indexes of probate files at the archives for specific BC communities may be found by scrolling down the Vancouver Public Library’s Chinese-Canadian Genealogy page at http://www.vpl.ca/ccg/Probate_BC.html. (Indexes are not limited to Chinese-Canadians.) There are three online indexes for Quesnel alone, covering periods from 1914 to 1978.

It is necessary to consult with Archives staff after finding reel and file numbers for a cost quotation and to ascertain the feasibility of copying files. Some probate files are hundreds of pages long. Minimum charge is $30.00 and includes up to 30 pages.

Good will hunting!

Definition of a will: a dead giveaway.

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Speaking of wills, here is the text of a real will approved by a British court in 1737 and which conveyed a “considerable personal estate:” The fifth day of May Being airy and gay And to hype not inclined But of vigorous mind And my body in health. I'll dispose of my wealth. And I'm to leave On this side of the grave To some one or other And I think to my brother Because I foresaw That my brethren in-law If I did not take care Would come in for their share Which I nowise intended

Till their ways are mended And of that, God knows, there's no sign. I do therefore enjoin And do strictly command Of which witness my hand That naught I have got Be brought into hotch pot But I give and devise As much as in me lies To the son of my mother My own dear brother To have and to hold All my silver and gold As the affectionate pledges Of his brother John Hodges.

http://www.bloodandfrogs.com/2011/02/finding-and-getting-copies-of-jewish.html Philip Trauring writes this blog, which is about general genealogy techniques, with a focus on Jewish genealogy, doing Genealogy on the Mac, and related topics. The title, Blood and Frogs is a reference to the first two plagues in Egypt in the story of Passover. His article, Finding and getting copies of Jewish records in Poland, from February 3, 2011, which was also referenced in Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter, offers excellent tips for accessing these types of records. The first place to start is JRI-Poland, a database of indexes to Jewish records in what is now or once was Poland. The indexes come from a number of sources, but the two main ones are JRI-Poland's own JRI-Poland/Polish State Archives Project and LDS Microfilms. Trauring provides step-by-step user guidance with maps and pictorials.

http://www.stanwardine.com/russiantyper.htm Submitted by Terri Schmitke. This is a website where you can use your own keyboard to type Russian letters. This is a brief example of some of my Romanian ancestors’ names. Russian, Romanian, Ukrainian alphabets are similar, whereas some are very different and unique to their language, but this site may help in translating those hard to read surnames. Joan Palaghian Йоан Палагчиан Dimitrie Musteata Димитрие Мустеата Konstantin Gorenco Константин Горенцо Maranda Ciornei Маранда Циорнеи Alexander Trebis Алехандер Требис Axenia Stasco Ахениа Стасцо

Member Lookups:

billatkinsonbc@yahoo.com Kersley Pioneers Cottonwood ledgers broughtonl@shaw.ca A Tribute to the Past (Quesnel & area 1808 to 1928) The Family Tree of Robert and Euphemia Beath (Lillian Bowdery et al) Pre-1855 Fife Death Index (Scotland) The Long Line (Benjamin Dye/Sarah Lemley family – by T. Bryan Campbell Hope) The Wattie Family (1650-1996) Kinross-shire Pre-1855 Monumental Inscriptions (Scotland) Chilcotin: Preserving Pioneer Memories by the Witte Sisters smithjosephy@shaw.ca rose23@telus.net Ancestry.com World Edition Quesnel Pioneer History gully4@shaw.ca Our History Our Heritage (100 Stories Celebrating 100 Years) by Kelowna Branch of Okanagan Historical Society Destination Canada (A guide to 20th century immigration records) compiled by Dave Obee Geographic Names of Saskatchewan by Bill Barry Age Shall Not Weary Them (Saskatchewan Remembers its War Dead) by Bill Barry Story of Broadview and Area (Oakshela-Broadview-Percival) Centennial Tribute 1882-1982 Gravestone inscriptions of Greenwood Cemetery, Orangeville, Ontario to August 1989 The Golden Bridge (Young Immigrants to Canada 1833-1939) by Marjorie Kohli The Little Immigrants (The Orphans Who Came to Canada) by Kenneth Bagnell A History of Simcoe County by Andrew F. Hunter Irish Migrants in the Canadas by Bruce S. Elliott wayter@telus.net Past Endeavours, a collection of biographical histories of people from these areas: Bear, Beaver Bank, Cheremosz, Endeavour, Lilian, Midland and Peerless. This area is 75 miles north of Yorkton, Sask. Mamornitz Revisited: 100 years of a Ukrainian Pioneer Settlement in Sask. There are several histories of pioneers who settled in this area east of Canora. Cemeteries of Walsh county, North Dakota (vol. 26)

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LEANNE BROUGHTON How long have you lived in Quesnel? I was born here, as was my mother. What names are you researching? My “starting-off” names are DYE, READ, FUERST/FÜRST, BEATH, WATTIE, IRELAND, DOUGLAS, BROUGHTON, ROBERTSON, HENDERSON, THOMSON

How long have you been searching and what made you start?

When I was in elementary school, classmates had definite traditions based on their family origin, such as German, Portuguese, Chinese, Indian, and native. I felt a bit lost because I was “only Canadian” and no one really knew what that meant. Later, as a young adult, I attended my husband’s BROUGHTON family reunion and was excited to receive a compiled family book. That, and finding out that my grandfather had a BEATH family bible, ignited my curiosity. I joined the Quesnel club in 1988 and never looked back. I am proud of my mixed heritage (English, Scots, German, Polish, Metis – mostly French/Cree, and Danish – aren’t Heinz 57’s hardier than purebreds?) and know who I am now. I have also decided that being Canadian is to celebrate the unique heritage each of us has. Any great finds lately?

I am pleased to announce the addition to my family of my 10,000th person in FTM. It is a 10th g-grandmother, Elizabeth ALDOUS, who was born ca 1593 in Stradbroke, Suffolk, England, and who died in 1652 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts. Her husband was Henry BROCK, who also came from Stradbroke and died in the same year and place as his wife. The family was in Massachusetts in 1637, when Henry signed the Covenant of organization of Dedham. Elizabeth’s main claim to fame is that she is the mother of Rev. John BROCK, a Harvard graduate whose biography is accessible online. (Naturally, he’s not my direct ancestor – I descend from two of his less-reknowned sisters whose grandchildren married each other.)

Any other info you would like to share?

Favourite websites: Ancestry.com; Scotlands People; Library and Archives Canada Blackest sheep: Laurens DUYTS, who was sentenced in 1658 in New Amsterdam “to have a rope

tied around his neck, and then to be severely flogged, to have his right ear cut off, and to be banished for 50 years” for selling his wife and living himself in adultery.

Favourite family heirloom: books authored by gg-grandfather David BEATH. Best advice when starting: record all sources and be skeptical; later: research sideways to learn

about direct ancestors – offshoots may compile genealogies, photograph the family, or be killed by their spouse and make headlines.

Ancestor I’d most like to meet: gg-grandfather John ROBINSON, so I could ask him why all his census info conflicts (including country of birth) and if he really had another wife.

To do list: use a labeller to fill in my 15-generation chart.

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Books for Sale

From the Quesnel Branch of the BCGS, #1-453 Wilson Street, Quesnel, BC V2J 2W1:

The Family Cook Book

By the Quesnel Branch of the BCGS. Recipes from Canada, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Holland, Ireland, Norway, Poland, Russia, Scotland, Sweden, USA, Wales $4.00 plus $1.00 S&H

Quesnel & Area Place

Names

By the Quesnel Branch of the BCGS. This brochure, the fourth in a series, has been put together to provide genealogical researchers an introduction to Quesnel and area place names, and general sources of further information. $3.00 plus 75¢ S&H

From Branwen Patenaude, 1582 Beach Crescent, Quesnel, BC V2J 4J6, Phone 250-747-2654:

Because of

Gold

By Branwen Patenaude. A collection of short stories on the history of Quesnel and area. $11.50 plus 7% GST and $2.00 S&H

Trails to Gold

Volume 1

By Branwen Patenaude. History of the roadhouses en route to the gold fields of Barkerville. Volume 1 covers mainly the lower Fraser River. $14.95 plus 7% GST and $2.00 S&H

Trails to Gold

Volume 2

By Branwen Patenaude. A continuation of Volume 1, covering the upper Fraser and Quesnel River areas (the Cariboo region of British Columbia, Canada). $18.95 plus 7% GST and $2.00 S&H

How to Contact Us

1. Kathie Edwards 3140 Zschiedrich Road, Quesnel, BC V2J 6H8 Ph/fax (250)747-2503; Ph (250) 992-7211; gkedward@uniserve.com or rose23@telus.net Surnames: APPS, BRENCHLEY, DIAMOND, BECK, EATON, EDWARDS, BOLLINGTON,

KENDRICK, HOOLEY, POTTS, TRUEMAN, WRIGHT, PAINE, ARNOLD 2. Tammy Guldbransen 129 Lowe Street, Quesnel, BC V2J 5T4 gully4@shaw.ca Surnames: DRUMMOND, ERICKSSON, GULDBRANSEN, HILL, JOHNSON,

JORGENSON, LINDSAY, OSTLUND, PETTERSON, REID, RUSSELL, WAUGHOP, WAYNERT

3. Penny Haering c/o rose23@telus.net Surnames: HAINSWORTH; BURROWS; RUSSUM; TAYLOR; GILES; INGHAM;

WHIT(T)AKER; TETLEY; STANHOPE; FLEEMAN; STEEL; LYONS; FAWCETT; HUDDLESTONE – all in the area around Leeds, Yorkshire, England. Specific towns – AdelcumEccup; Churwell; Leeds. PEATFIELD/PATEFIELD; RAWLINSON; Bury/Manchester area of Lancashire; PEDLEY – Staffordshire/Lancashire; LONGBOTTOM

4. Leanne Broughton 536 Kinchant Street, Quesnel, BC V2J 2R8 broughtonl@shaw.ca Surnames: BROUGHTON, PINCHBECK, DYE, READ, FÜRST, BEATH, WATTIE,

BELCOURT, L’HIRONDELLE, CROCKETT 5. Terri Schmitke 1871 Dogwood Road, Quesnel, BC V2J 4T7 wayter@telus.net Surnames: PALAGHIAN, GORENKO, KNUDSON, CLEMENTSON, SCHUTTE,

ANDRESON, CLEMETSON, SPRINGAN 6. Susan Smith 3010 Red Bluff Road, Quesnel, BC V2J 6C6 smithjosephy@shaw.ca Surnames: MORRIS, McQUILLAN, SIMPSON, GREEN, WALLACE, SAVAGE, DOOLEY,

FROST, REED, CLASPER, KIPLING, BURDON, HART, MATTHEWS, SMITH, FARROW, FORD, RIDLEY, McCRUMMENT, GRANT, DENNIS, HARPER, KENNEDY, GILCHRIST, CLARK

7. Gertie Garreau garreaug@telus.net Surnames: ROTHE, RUOF, CHRISTIAN, DUNKEL, GLASER, JEROMIN, HEUBAUM,

KINDER, McKINNON, GARROW, WILKIE 8. Virginia Monnich c/o rose23@telus.net Surnames: ALLISON, BONING, BROWN, DIERKS, ELLISON, GOUZA, GOOZEE, LACK,

LINCOLN, MARLOW, MARSHALL, MENZE, MEYER, MITTEN, NABOR, OLTMER, OSTERLOH, PEPER, PHILLIPS, RELEF, ROOKARD, SALES, WRAGGE

9. Bill Atkinson bakersleyfarmer@gmail.com Surnames: ABRAHAMSON, ATKINSON, BASSINGTHWAIGHTE, CRAGG, DAVIDSON,

MURRELL, PYE, VALLELY 10. Ron Silver c/o rose23@telus.net Surnames: BELDING, BENNETT, BRANDT, BRAUN, BRODRECHT, CROWE, ELLIOTT,

GLEISER, GRAUPMAN, HILL, HINDS, KARN, KEHN, KRAFT, MCAVOY, MARACLE,

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NIEGARTH, ORR, OSTERHOUT, SCHLATTER, SHIRK, SILVER, TREUSCH, WILSON, WOODLEY, WOOLNER

11. Dorothy Paul 172 Vachon Road, Quesnel, BC V2J 5B6

Phone: (250) 747-3975 gonskiin@shaw.ca Surnames: PAUL, STENSON, BERGLUND, BEITH, DOIG, GOWING, CAMELON, KENNEDY, WOOLWAY, SCAMMELL, HANSEN, JACOBSEN, KRÜGER. SPÖRKE

12. Roger Kreutzer 1395 Wells Road, Quesnel, BC V2J 7H1 kreutzer@telus.net Surnames: GABEL, WOLF, SCHMIDT, EPPLER (EPLER), BOYCHUK, BEYCO, PORTH

(PFORT), ERMEL, KAYSER (KEISER) 13. Maureen Devlin Kemp 2315 Rawlings Road, Quesnel, BC V2J 7E2 shepsleather@gmail.com

Surnames: KEMP, COCKBURN, DEVLIN, STRINGER, BLUDGEGONE (BLODGETT)

14. Bob Badger #21-313 Westland Road, Quesnel, BC V2J 4V4 Phone (250)747-2236 Bob_Badger@shaw.ca Surnames: BADGER, CLAY, CROKER, CROCKER, JOHNSON, KENDALL, MASTIN

15. Lonnie Canuel 1300 Lunn Street, Quesnel, BC V2J 3E9 dlcanuel@shaw.ca

Surnames: PATCHETT, FELKER, MATHESON, BLISS, MAIN, GREEN, ROLLISON, RANS, STORY, RICHARDSON

 

Ron Silver demonstrates Quesnel Cemetery 2 database to date at the November meeting.

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#1-453 Wilson Street, Quesnel, B.C. V2J 2M2 e-mail: rose23@telus.net

PROJECTS: Webmaster ............. Bill Atkinson Newsletter .............. Leanne Broughton Cemetery ................ Mary Lust New Cemetery ........ Ron Silver Births...................... Terri Schmitke Marriages............... Terri Schmitke Deaths .................... Leanne Broughton Volunteer hours...... Gertie Garreau

EXECUTIVE 2009-10: President ............. Kathleen Edwards Treasurer ............ Lonnie Canuel Secretary ............. Tammy Guldbransen Librarian............. Kathleen Edwards Positions are held for one year with elections at the September meeting.

OBJECTIVE: to provide a local forum for genealogical research and discussions. MEETINGS: held the second Tuesday of each month from September to June at 7:00 p.m. at the

Church of the Latter Day Saints [Mormon] at 1490 Beryl Road, Quesnel. MEMBERSHIP: $20.00 (individual) or $25.00 (family) yearly, due September meeting or $10.00 basic

plus $1.00 per month until September. NOTE: Although a branch of the B.C.G.S., a specific membership is required to receive their newsletter, or for the use of their facilities.

FACILITIES: The Society presently has a small genealogical library, a microfiche/film reader and

some research aids. Our objective is to increase our library holdings on general genealogical topics, and to develop specific holdings according to membership interest. These books, research aids and fiche may be borrowed by society members for local use for up to four weeks.

The library has a good collection of genealogical info related to the Cariboo Gold Rush, particularly for Wells and Barkerville.

RESEARCH: Inquiries for research will be passed to local members and charged at a rate of $10.00

per hour + postage and photocopy fees, payable in advance. Black and white photos of headstones in the Quesnel Pioneer Cemetery and headstones in small cemeteries and memorial parks surrounding Quesnel are available from negatives for $5.00 including postage.

FUNDING: This is a non-profit society. Yearly membership fees and other fundraising

activities are used to pay for operational expenses. NEWSLETTER: The society publishes three newsletters a year, in February (#1 Spring), May (#2

Summer/Fall) and November (#3 Winter). Subscription is included in yearly membership fees, available on a trade basis, or $3.00 per year for non-members.