Wednesday 30 March 2016
Genealogy Challenges
I'd like to do some of the blog challenges that come up, but I didn't want to do them here, so.... I started another blog just for challenges.
The first one I am attempting is the Blogging A to Z Challenge and it starts April 1st.
I hope you will follow along at My Genealogy Challenges.
Wednesday 23 March 2016
Fishing and Guarding
If you have a fishing ancestor in the USA and you know the name of the vessel they worked on, you may find them in our Canadian waters or on our shores with vessels mentioned in the reports of the Department of Fisheries.
In Canada the reports of Department of Fisheries list names of US vessels that were issued fishing licenses in Canada, as well as vessels that came into port for repairs, shelter, or some other reason.
Our Coast Guard came under the Department of Fisheries from 1868-1936, and was called Fisheries Protection Service. After 1936 it came under the Department of Transport. In 1962 it was officially named the Canadian Coast Guard. In 1995 the Coast Guard was transferred back to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. US vessels fishing out of bounds were seized by Protection Services until fines were paid.
The August 1855 edition of the Monthly Nautical Magazine (published in New York) told of the Launching of "La Canadienne", the primary vessel used by the Protection Service.
The Fisheries Protection Services were responsible for enforcing Canada's fishery laws, issuing fishing licenses, providing aids to navigation and providing assistance to vessels in trouble.
Lists of those Canadians who were issued Masters & Mates certificates can be found in the Sessional Papers of Canada.
Relevant Links
Canada Fisheries Protection Service 1890
Salaries of Protection Services 1901 (wages)
List of those granted awards for saving life 1893
List of persons granted rewards for gallant and humane services in saving life, 1872
Fishing Bounties paid to Vessel Owners 1890 (name of vessel and owner)
Annual Reports of Department of Marine and Fisheries
List of US vessels in Port of Canso, Nova Scotia 1890
Lists of US vessels at different ports, 1893
Vessels boarded by Officers of the Marine Police 1873
Life Boat Stations 1893
Certificates granted to Masters and Mates, 1873
Names of Fisheries Officers 1887
US Coast Guard
Denmark Fisheries and Protection Services
Irish Coastguards of Yesteryear
Returns of Applications for Oyster Fishing Licenses in Ireland 1867
Certificates granted for Salmon or Trout fishing, Ireland 1873
A return for years 1890 to 1900 of prosecutions undertaken in Ireland of masters of beam or otter trawl vessels for infringement of the byelaws of the Fishery Board
Whaling History and databases *(added Mar 2018)
Whaling History and databases *(added Mar 2018)
Related Posts: Sessional Papers - Masters and Mates Certificates
Sunday 20 March 2016
Serendipity Sunday - Civil Service in India
If you have UK ancestors that worked in India - you may find your ancestors mentioned in this publication....
Relevant Link
The Indian Civil service list for 1880
Sunday 13 March 2016
Serendipity Sunday - Goings-on in Chester 1558-1566
This week I came across this publication...
Child-marriages, divorces, and ratifications, &c. in the
diocese of Chester, A.D. 1561-6. Depositions in trials in the Bishop's court,
Chester, concerning 1. Child-marriages, divorces, and ratifications. 2.
Trothplights. 3. Adulteries. 4. Affiliations. 5. Libels. 6. Wills. 7.
Miscellaneous matters. 8. Clandestine marriages.
Also entries from the mayors'
books, Chester, A.D. 1558-1600. Ed.
- by Frederick J.
Furnivall – 1897
Relevant Links
Friday 11 March 2016
Plumbers, Gas & Steamfitters
My maternal grandfather Herbert Mavor belonged to the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of The Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry, Local Union 608 in Montreal. He was a Steamfitter for the Canadian National Railway in Montreal, and a Union member for over 30 years.
You may also look in the government Sessional Papers for pipefitter names, and other railroad employees. Here it shows the wages of the employees at the Moncton Shop.
Steamfitter (or Pipe fitter) information is found under Plumbing.
Relevant Links
Plumbers, gas and steam fitters journal 1919
Plumbers, gas and steam fitters journal (several years)
Official organ of the United Association of Journeymen Plumbers, Gas Fitters, Steam Fitters and Steam Fitters Helpers of the United States and Canada, 1907
The Illinois plumbing license law 1924-1968
Montreal Brass Foundry: plumbers, gas & steam fitters, brass founders, copper smiths and silver platers - 1890
Illustrated catalogue of James B Clow & Son - USA 1886
The Metal worker, plumber and steam fitter (several years)
Plumber and Steam Fitter - 1920-1921
Hayden, Gere & Co brass founders, 1877
Charles Millar & Son, Utica NY - 1894
Group portrait of Southern Pacific Railroad Sacramento Shops employees: pipers and steam fitters 1899
Wednesday 9 March 2016
Wanted: NOTE-able Canadian Women
This is our chance ladies!!
The Bank of Canada is calling for nominations for a note-worthy Canadian women to grace our bank notes by 2018.
They are accepting nominations until 15 April 2016. The woman has to be an upstanding Canadian, deceased at least 25 years.
To help you and give you some ideas, here below I have listed some sites featuring women from Canada's history.
Who would you nominate?
Relevant Links
Bank of Canada
Thirteen Outstanding Women
National Historic Persons of Canada - Women
Ten Women who Made a Difference
History of Canadian Women
Monday 7 March 2016
International Women's Day ~ March 8th
Repost..
See what is going on in your area for International Women's Day and get involved. If you have an event, you can publish and promote it on their website.
Each country has their theme, and in Canada it is #youareempowerment
Women share and help each other with empowerment for a balanced life!
My parents got it half right... the boys had to do housework as much as the girls and the girls had to do yard work. But no way could the girls build something or work on a car. Although I must say, when I learned to drive my Dad made me change all four tires on the car... just in case. Too bad he didn't show me about changing the oil, I wouldn't have been stuck on the highway for a few hours!!
When my children were grown I was working at a wholesaler that sold hardwood flooring. My boss had gone for the day and it was almost quitting time when the phone rang. It was a gentleman who ordered all parts of a house (windows, doors, flooring, counters, etc), put them in a container and shipped them to Japan. He wanted to look at our flooring. Since I had just recently started I asked a salesman to help me out, as he knew all the inventory. So the gentleman arrived a half hour late, at almost 6 pm. Asking questions about the flooring he kept looking at the salesman even though I was answering. While I was answering the third question he looked at me and asked "Don't you have a husband and children to get home to?"
It is also Women's History Month in some parts of the world, and here below you may discover some empowered women in history!
Thank goodness some women defied all barriers (and in some cases parents or husbands) and heeded their calling. I empowered my four daughters to be independent and to do whatever they wanted and I am so proud of them!
Who are the women that made a difference in your life??
Relevant Links
The Married Woman's Property Acts of Ontario 1874
US Women Lighthouse Keepers
Women in Aviation
The Ninety-Nines Club
Wake up Alone and Like it!! 1936
The secret life of women spies
Women of the Red River
Directory of women-owned construction contractors and truckers 1984
200 Remarkable Alberta Women
Women in Milling
Women in the Police Force UK (scroll to see what is online, click on MEPO numbers, find women officers from 1919-1958)
Alaska Women in the Itarod
Patents Issued to Women
"Classified" List of Vocations for Trained Women 1917
History of Women in Firefighting
History of Women Firefighters PBS
Journals, diaries, and letters written by women on the Oregon Trail 1836-1865
What's your coal miner nickname?
See what is going on in your area for International Women's Day and get involved. If you have an event, you can publish and promote it on their website.
Each country has their theme, and in Canada it is #youareempowerment
Women share and help each other with empowerment for a balanced life!
First the males came and fought over the feeder, dumping the nectar on the ground. Then the female oriole and gila woodpecker came and shared the feeder - hummingbird was waiting patiently nearby.
My parents got it half right... the boys had to do housework as much as the girls and the girls had to do yard work. But no way could the girls build something or work on a car. Although I must say, when I learned to drive my Dad made me change all four tires on the car... just in case. Too bad he didn't show me about changing the oil, I wouldn't have been stuck on the highway for a few hours!!
When my children were grown I was working at a wholesaler that sold hardwood flooring. My boss had gone for the day and it was almost quitting time when the phone rang. It was a gentleman who ordered all parts of a house (windows, doors, flooring, counters, etc), put them in a container and shipped them to Japan. He wanted to look at our flooring. Since I had just recently started I asked a salesman to help me out, as he knew all the inventory. So the gentleman arrived a half hour late, at almost 6 pm. Asking questions about the flooring he kept looking at the salesman even though I was answering. While I was answering the third question he looked at me and asked "Don't you have a husband and children to get home to?"
It is also Women's History Month in some parts of the world, and here below you may discover some empowered women in history!
Who are the women that made a difference in your life??
Relevant Links
The Married Woman's Property Acts of Ontario 1874
US Women Lighthouse Keepers
Women in Aviation
The Ninety-Nines Club
Wake up Alone and Like it!! 1936
The secret life of women spies
Women of the Red River
Directory of women-owned construction contractors and truckers 1984
200 Remarkable Alberta Women
Women in Milling
Women in the Police Force UK (scroll to see what is online, click on MEPO numbers, find women officers from 1919-1958)
Alaska Women in the Itarod
Patents Issued to Women
"Classified" List of Vocations for Trained Women 1917
History of Women in Firefighting
History of Women Firefighters PBS
Journals, diaries, and letters written by women on the Oregon Trail 1836-1865
What's your coal miner nickname?
Sunday 6 March 2016
Serendipity Sunday - Records of Old Aberdeen
While trying to find information on my ancestor from Peterhead, I came across this publication...
Records of Old Aberdeen - Printed for the New Spalding Club
In this publication, Records of Old Aberdeen, you will find extracts from council minutes, burgess records 1605-1889, valuation
rolls of 1796, and more.
Relevant Links
Friday 4 March 2016
Gamekeepers
The Gamekeeper usually had a cottage on a big estate and it was his job to breed and protect the game. He had to be sure there was always enough game for the lord of the castle or manor and the people who worked on the estate. He was also charged with keeping poachers away.
Today some old estates are open to shooting groups and a gamekeeper manages the operation, keeping a good amount of deer, partridge, and other game stocked on the property.
You will find names of persons appointed Gamekeeper in the Quarter Session reports, like this one from 1889...
This is from the Quarter Sessions Records Volume 8 of 1890
You may also find gamekeeper appointments in Newspapers.
Relevant Links
Quarter Sessions Record for York, Volume 8 - 1890
Quarter Sessions Record = various (check index at back)
Game Certificates taken out in Ireland, 1854-1858; number of prosecutions for shooting game without licence
Game Certificates taken out in Ireland, 1862-1864; number of prosecutions for shooting game without licence
Gamekeeper's Directory: containing instructions for the preservation of game and prevention of poaching 1851
Game Duty Lists, Gentlemen's and Gamekeepers' Certificates, 1785-1799
Game Duty Lists, Gentlemen's and Gamekeepers' Certificates, 1800-1852
General Game Certificate, for the year 1851 - example
National Gamekeepers Association
Scottish Gamekeepers Association
Devon Gamekeeper List from newspapers 1800-1859
Devon Gamekeeper List transcribed from the North Devon Journal 1847-1859
Devon Gamekeeper List transcribed from the Western Times 1834-1860
Devon Gamekeeper List - Western Times 1848 - pdf
Finding Gamekeeper Ancestors
A day in the life of a Modern Day Gamekeeper
Wednesday 2 March 2016
Les Familles du Québec et les Franco-Americains
Many Canadian families have their origins with ancestors that came to Québec from France about 390 years ago.
A good place to find mention of your ancestors is in the history of the "paroisse" they settled in.
Looking at the Monographie de St-Ignace du Cap St-Ignace I found at Our Roots, I not only learn about the first Guimont family in Cap St-Ignace, but I discover that several of these ancestors served as "marguillier" (churchwarden) of their church. They also made donations for the building of the chucrh.
Besides the ones mentioned here below, you may find a history of the parish at the local library, or here at Our Roots.
You will also find your founding families on the early censuses of New France.
Relevant Links
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