Saturday 15 June 2013

I just got in from a day of grave walking.  I did pretty good.

I found the graves of the Grimshaws that I have been concentrating on.

Just the other day I closed the file for Ivy Grimshaw(1913-1918), well I have to open it up because one of the graves that I found today was hers.  I was very happy to have found the two children of Emmanuel and Martha Grimshaw.

Take a look below.





More to come..stay tuned.

Wednesday 12 June 2013

Got another email from Mount Royal Cemetery this morning.

Ivy, Edward, Harold Grimshaw and Christopher Buckingham are buried there as well.  I've lost count of the people who I have found. My next grave walking trip will be an all day event.

The last time I was up at Mount Royal Cemetery, I had a hard time finding William and Mary Saunders because they do not have a marker.  That's something I would like to rectify.  I think it would be a nice tribute to them.

I also found a Grimshaw living right here in Ville Emard.  Looks like I will be paying someone a visit.

Nothing back yet from the Black Watch, but most of my time is spent waiting for an email.

At least now I don't have to wait for snail mail.

The Firemen's Museum got back to me and they had nothing on the fire at my house on St Lawrence street back in in the 1960's...hmmm. more digging is need here.

I spent most of last night transcribing old baptismal records.

I love the wording that they used back then.  It always makes me think of  ladies in white gloves and hats on a Sunday afternoon in the park.

Well that's all for now,

l8ter

Monday 10 June 2013

I'M HERE!

  I wanted to keep you all updated about what is going on with our family tree and the research that I have been doing without always posting to Facebook.

This way the poeple who are interested can come by and see what I have found out.

Iv'e been making great strides on the Grimshaw line and have now have another branch to add to the tree.

This new family is the Buckinghams.

Lucie Grimshaw (1904-1964) the daughteer of Emmanuel Knot Grimshaw (1877-1922) married Christopher George James Buckingham (how's that for a name) on April 28 1928 right here in Montreal, Quebec.

They had five children that I have found so far. 

This tree just keeps getting bigger and bigger.

My next project is my own big brother Billy (William David Saunders 1949-).

Check back and see what I find out about him.

l8ter