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Great-Grampa’s Brother James Vance

Posted on March 6, 2014 by Christine Goodnough

When Great-Grandpa was killed in a hunting accident, the newspaper article mentioned that he was visiting his brother out West at the time. This would have been James, who lived near Neepawa, Manitoba. Two generations later our Uncle Steve met … Continue reading →

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Who Was Donald Vance?

Posted on February 7, 2014 by Christine Goodnough

The Case of the Missing Brother Doesn’t that sound like the good title for a mystery story? And indeed, this may well prove to be an unsolvable mystery. Of course we must first have a death… The genealogist pored through … Continue reading →

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For the Love of Margaret

Posted on January 23, 2014 by Christine Goodnough

For the Love of Margaret Doing more Family Tree research lately, I see that our great-grandfather has seven brothers and three of them fell in love with a Margaret. Can you imagine how their family gatherings must have been? But … Continue reading →

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Campbell Soup Kids

Posted on December 16, 2013 by Linda C Butler

Campbell Soup Kids by Linda C Butler Grace Drayton (1877 – 1936) was an illustrator who created the Campbell Soup Kids advertising campaign.  She also created a series of paper dolls called Dolly Dingle in the women’s magazine, Pictorial Review. … Continue reading →

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Family Bible Records

Posted on November 14, 2013 by Christine Goodnough

The Vance Family Bible is one of those cumbersome old tomes meant as a showpiece on a mantle. Its dimensions are 11 x 13 x 4.5″ thick — not something you’d carry along to Church every Sunday. It was presented … Continue reading →

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My Place in the Vance Clan

Posted on November 9, 2013 by Christine Goodnough

As you can see from the information elsewhere on this site, Allen and Emily Vance had four sons and two daughters: Pearl; Charles; Steven; Daniel; Myrtle; Allen. Allen’s son, (Wilfred) Allen Vance, born Jan 9, 1919 at Spy Hill, SK, … Continue reading →

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John Smith’s Family

Posted on October 22, 2013 by Christine Goodnough

Mary Vance, seated, and her sister Thomison Ronald I mentioned in an earlier post that John Smith was kidnapped by a press gang of the British navy when he was nine years old and forced to serve on a ship until … Continue reading →

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Uncle Charlie Turner’s Family

Posted on October 13, 2013 by Christine Goodnough

As I mentioned before, our grandmother’s brother Charles Archibald Turner settled northeast of Bethany (around the Grandview area of Manitoba.) and he married Annie Leonard Dec 26, 1906. Here is a list of his children and their birthdates. Myrtle Joyce … Continue reading →

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Pictures of the Orangeman’s Quilt

Posted on October 12, 2013 by Linda C Butler

Linda Butler (left) with her aunt, Myrtle Forsyth at the Heritage Quilt Show in Chilliwack BC. with the Orangeman’s Quilt. The Orangeman’s Quilt displayed on a rack. This view shows only half the quilt. The corner designs are different on … Continue reading →

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The Orangemen’s Quilt

Posted on October 12, 2013 by Christine Goodnough

The Orangemen’s Quilt by Linda Butler This quilt was made by Jane Turner, circa 1916.  Jane was born in 1880 and lived in Minnedosa, Manitoba.  She never married, and remained on the farm with her parents and assisted in the … Continue reading →

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