My Early Family HIstory Efforts
I received an email from a friend asking if I knew of an Isabella Buchanan who had married a Walter Hunter.
Merv immediately invited me to stay with his family. and after supper each day we would drive off to visit out-of-town relatives that he thought might be able to help. While he was at work, I would visit relatives in town.
One of these
was Bella Hunter, one of Dad's first cousins. When she answered her
door, I explained that I was Bill Buchanan, son of William George
Buchanan, son of Willie the Blacksmith.(There were so many with the
same name that they used nicknames to tell them apart.)
I
mentioned that my dad was born in 1906 in Riding Mountain.
She said "No, your Daddy wasn't born in Riding Mountain, he was born on my parents' farm here at Neepawa, I know, because I was there when he was born. Aunt Lizzie stayed with my parents for a few days before the baby was due"
Wow. What amazing people. I returned home to Calgary with a stack of completed family group- sheets.
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