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Because we lived so far away, I didn’t know my grandmother very well
(and of course, when I was younger, I really wasn’t into knowing “where I came
from”). A couple of years ago, I started
researching my father’s side of the family.
I have a book about the history of Balcarres called "Furrows in Time, A History of Balcarres and District", which includes a brief
write up of all the families that lived there, that was produced in 1987. My Aunt Cathy (now deceased)
provided a few details, but no dates or anything. I contacted my last living Aunt on my father’s
side (my father’s sister) for a bit of help.
She told me a few things about my grandmother, one in particular that
quite surprised me and was kept secret from all the family until a good 10
years after my grandmother’s passing – she had a couple of children out of
wedlock before immigrating to Canada, leaving these children behind (you can
read about this conversation here). I
guess because I have a child and have never married, I felt I could somehow
relate to her.
I’m not going to go into too much detail on my grandmother in this post
as I want to eventually write a mini bio on her in another post. However, some of the things that I have
learned so far are:
- Her correct birth date and where she was born
- Her parents names
- I learned that she had 3 illegitimate children before she immigrated to Canada (one died at 4 months old)
- When she immigrated to Canada
- The exact date of her marriage to my grandfather (Robert Farrell). I have a fair idea based on when she immigrated and when their first child was born.
- Where exactly they were married (I have been told it was in Govan, Saskatchewan but I need to find proof of this)
- Name and birth/death dates on one of the children born in Scotland
@2013, copyright Alana Farrell
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