Family History

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• Descendants of Solomon and Daisy Fink

  31 July 2018 by Ray

  The names and dates of the 5 children, 11 grandchildren, 28 great-grandchildren and 36 great-great-grandchildren (so far) of our maternal grandparents Solomon and Daisy Fink.

• Descendants of William Smith and Annie McDonald

  30 July 2018 by Ray

  The names and dates of all of the known descendants of our paternal grandparents William Smith (1856-11922) and Anne McDonald (1861-1934), both born in Embro, Ontario.

• The family tree of the parents of James Smith

  29 July 2018 by Serge

  The family tree of the parents of James Smith (1820-1917), who emigrated with his bride Helen McWilliam (1831-1905) from Banffshire, Scotland to Embro, Ontario in 1850.
  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1r1TMLjF4FJA669RT-wpwWZX4c2nyiW9e/view?usp=sharing

• Mot pour Maman

  6 July 2018 by Vincent Smith

  L’oraison funèbre pour Marie Smith prononcé par son fils Vincent le 6 juillet 2018 :
  Maman a tenu, longtemps. Sur la fin elle était très faible mais s’accrochait encore. Elle ne parlait plus, avait du mal à nous regarder, mais elle faisait encore des bisous quand on approchait la joue. She did not go (...)

• "Roughing It in Africa" in World War 2, by Newton Fink

  19 May 2016 by Newton Fink

  This colourful account by our uncle Newton Fink of the progression of his "Suicide Squad" up through wild country and deserts in East Africa in late 1940 to encounter the Italians in North Africa was published in the South African journal "PM’s Weekly" on March 2,1941.
  The photo of Newton in (...)