Workday Wednesday - Acme Dog Kennel

My great grandfather, Alfred William Warry, was a man of a few occupations.  One of his first jobs was working at the Public Benefits Boot Company in England, see August 17, 2011 post.

Once moving to Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, he and his wife, Edith Smith, became entrepreneurs.  They operated the Acme dog kennel.  My Dad could recall driving his grandfather around to restaurants for scraps for the dogs.  Package dog food was not readily available at that time.

This framed photo hung by my Dad’s chair in the living  room for years with a couple of new paper clippings tape to the back. I’m not sure which dog this is, as they seems to have a few Pekingeses. There is no date on the clippings or which paper they are from. 

South Side Dogs

Again To The Front

A.E. Warry of the “Acme Ken-

kels,” again took premier honors

at the recent dog show held at the

Edmonton Exhibition.  In addi-

tion to numerous ribbons and

special prizes, their Pekingese

“Minto” was best Pekingese in

the show.  They also carried off

the prize for best decorated ben-

ches, while Mrs. Warry was de-

clared best lady handler.  Since

1925 these kennels have been con-

sistent prize winners, and are re-

cognized as one of  Alberta’s lead-

ing kennels and breeders of high-

class dogs.

ACME KENNELS WIN MANY

PRIZES

Acme Kennels was again to the

front at the annual Dog Show held

at the Edmonton Exhibition, win-

ning Premier honors with Paddy,

a very fine Pekinese, being award-

ed three firsts, winner, and two

specials, as best (male) Peke in the

show, though competing with a

strong class.  Mr. A. W. Warry

entered six dogs and carried off

four specials and 18 ribbons, Since

1925 his nine dogs shown have

won over 80 ribbons, 14 specials

and one championship. This

speaks well for the efforts of the

Acme Kennels to improve the

standard and quality of their dogs.

Tombstone Tuesday - Linda Taylor

Linda Taylor

This is a very interesting gravestone.  Carved on the stone:

LINDA TAYLOR

WIFE OF

Wm. S. Sanford

(DEAF MUTE.)

died July 8: 1845

aged 45 years

A native of Ludlow

Vermont, U.S. A.

This stone gives a lot of information.  It has Linda’s maiden name of Taylor, her husband’s name, that she was a deaf mute, when she died, how old she was when she died, and where she original is from.

Although I can’t find any ties to Robert, her husband (William Stanhope Sanford) is a distant 2nd cousin 5x removed.  I think Linda would have been an intriguing woman. How did she cope in the early 1800s as a deaf mute?

Workday Wednesday - The Public Benefit Boot Company

Alfred William Warry, my great grandfather, started working at the young age of 13.  I guess that was not uncommon during that time period.  In the 1891 census Alfred is living with his parents, George Augustus and Emily Warry.  He is 14 and is listed as a shop assistant.  His brother, George, is 13 and working as an errand boy.  Ten years later Alfred is found in the 1901 census living with his wife, Edith and daughter Dorothy (my grandmother).  He is now the shop manager of a Boot Shop living at 110 High Road, Chiswick, Middlesex, England.  

I wondered what company he was working for as a shop assistant and manager. I found that he worked for The Public Benefit Boot Company, when I discovered that I could google for genealogy information.  Alfred William Warry is an uncommon name and I found a whole web site about The Public Benefit Boot Company.  And there was my great grandfather with a little bio about him starting at the age of 13 and becoming the manager of the 110 High Road, Chiswick shop 10 years later.  Of course, I became hooked on googling.  

Since then I’ve been in contact with the creator of the website, Brian Seddon, and updated him with a little more information about Alfred William Warry.  The Public Benefit Boot Company is an interesting site all about the company, the people who worked there, and the shareholders.  

I was quite surprised to find him working at a boot company, as my Dad always talked about him having a dog kennel.   But it’s not surprising that some people have more than one kind of occupation in a lifetime. 


More about Alfred William Warry:

52 Ancestors - Alfred William Warry - Failure as a Bootmaker
Workday Wednesday - Acme Dog Kennel

Tombstone Tuesday - Charles L. & Lydia M. Nichols

Charles L. & Lydia M. Nichols

Charles L. Nichols is the son of Rulof Allen Nichols and Lydia Ramey.  He would be Robert’s 3rd cousin 4x removed.  He married Lydia Ramey in 1885. They are buried in the Berwick Cemetery.  I think he may have had a sense of humour as inscribed on the gravestone is :

As i am now you all will be

prepare for death and follow me

Tombstone Tuesday - Camden O. & Adrellis Mary Nichols

Camden O. & Ardellis Mary Nichols

Camden Oakes Nichols was the son of Edwin Gilpin Nichols and Nancy M. Oakes.  That would make him Robert’s 2nd cousin 4x removed.  Camden married Ardellis Mary Best in 1875.  The are buried in the Berwick Cemetery in Nova Scotia, not to far from Camden’s parents.

Tombstone Tuesday - Nichols Family

Edwin Nichols

Edwin P. & Hamilton Nichols

Nancy M. Nichols

This is the tombstone of Edwin Nichols, his wife Nancy Oakes, and their twin sons, Hamilton and Edwin P. Nichols. This is a wonderful stone with craving on all four sides. Edwin is Robert’s 1st cousin, 5x removed. This tombstone is located in the Berwick Cemetery.

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Signs You Have GOCD

Thanks to Randy Seaver at Genea-Musings and Micheal John Neill’s , 10 Signs You Have Genealogy OCD, for another Saturday Mission.  

My signs that you may have GOCD:

- You take more photos of ancestors gravestone that actual living relative while visiting relatives on vacation.

- You can name all yours and your spouse’s great grandparents, great, great grandparents, and numerous other relatives.

- You read new blog  posts with your morning coffee, every morning.

- Your dream vacation is to travel where your grandparents were born and generations of your family lived.

- You are the one who will sit through every stories your older relatives have to tell and enjoy them.

- Your feel compelled to find every census record for everyone in you tree.

- Everyone who knows you, suspect you already have genealogy OCD.

Tombstone Tuesday - George & Caroline Nichols

George I. Nichols

Caroline Adelia Nichols

George Ingram Nichols is the son of George Provost Nichols and Minetta Ann Dodge.  That would make him Robert’s 3rd great grand uncle. He married Caroline Adelia Margeson in 1862. They are buried at the Berwick Cemetery.

Tombstone Tuesday - Minetta Nichols

Minetta A. Nichols

Minetta A. Nichols (nee Dodge) was the relict of George Provost Nichols.  She is Robert’s 4th great grandmother. 

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Heritage Pie

I know it’s not Saturday night, but I was working.  So mine will be Sunday Morning Genealogy Fun.  Thanks to Randy Seaver at Genea-Musings for the mission.

My 16 great great grandparents are:

16. Johnston PATERSON, son of James PATERSON and Ann HUNTER was born on 29 Dec 1814 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland. He died on 20 Apr 1891 in Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland. He married Catherine MUIRHEAD on 02 Jul 1837 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

17. Catherine MUIRHEAD, daughter of George MUIRHEAD and Catherine KENNEDY was born about 1819 in Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland. She died on 23 Aug 1897 in Airdrie, Lanarkshire.

18. William DANSKINE, son of James DANSKINE and Helen HARDIE was born in 1816 in Cumbernauld, Dunbartonshire, Scotland. He died on 10 Oct 1885 in Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland. He married Agnes FINDLAY on 20 Jan 1837 in Cumbernauld, Dunbartonshire, Scotland.

19. Agnes FINDLAY, daughter of James FINDLAY and Agnes GILCHRIST was born in 1816 in Cumbernauld, Dunbartonshire, Scotland. She died on 08 Aug 1892 in Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

20. George Augustus WARRY, son of William K WARRY and Mary Ann TAYLOR was born about 1848 in Islington, Middlesex, England. He died in Mar 1916 in Essex, Hertfordshire, Middlesex, United Kingdom. He married Emily WORTHINGTON on 20 Jun 1875 in Old St. Pancras, Middlesex, England, UK.

21. Emily WORTHINGTON, daughter of William WORTHINGTON and Sarah (Worthington) was born about 1852 in London, England (St. Pancras).

22. John William SMITH, son of William SMITH and Sarah HORE was born on 17 Jun 1841 in Dorset, England (Parkstone). He died in 1913. He married Sarah Everton WAKEMAN on 01 Oct 1865 in Parkstone, Dorest, Poole, England.

23. Sarah Everton WAKEMAN, daughter of James WAKEMAN was born about 1841 in Worcestershire, England (Stourport).

24. Melvin MAKELA was born in Finland. He died in 1906. He married Unknown (Maki).

25. Unknown (Maki). (pobably born and died in Finland)

26. Sakaris HONKAWAARA was born in Feb 1836 in Pudasjärvi, Oulun Laani, Finland. He died in  1918 in Dunblane, Saskatchewan, Canada. He married Briita Maria RIEKKI in 1870 in Pudasjärvi, Oulun Laani, Finland.

27. Briita Maria RIEKKI was born in Dec 1846 in Pudasjärvi, Oulun Laani, Finland. She died in 1923 in Dunblane, Saskatchewan, Canada (Dunblane Finnish Cemetary).

28. Thomas Jefferson BELKNAP, son of Martin Seymour BELKNAP and Betsey Ann BRISTOL was born on 03 Nov 1850 in Lewis, New York, USA. He died on 17 Jun 1942 (Hazelton, British Columbia, Canada). He married Mary Elizabeth FEIDLER on 01 Oct 1876.

29. Mary Elizabeth FEIDLER, daughter of Henry FIDDLER and Frances GEORGE was born on 02 Dec 1852 in Williams, Calhoun, Iowa, USA. She died on 26 Jul 1898 in Minneapolis, Anoka,
Minnesota, USA.

30. James Robert LANDERS, son of John William LANDERS and Mary Angeline HUMBERT was born on 21 Feb 1854 in Danville, Hendricks, Indiana, USA. He died on 21 Feb 1929 in Riverton, Fremont, Wyoming, USA (Mountain View Cemetary). He married Angeline Henrietta LITTRELL on 29 Aug 1883 in Mercer, Illinois, USA.

31. Angeline Henrietta LITTRELL, daughter of John H LITTRELL and Letis Ellen KNOX was born on 28 Feb 1855 in Dubuque, Iowa, USA. She died on 10 Aug 1888 in Keithsburg, Mercer, Illinois, USA.

Birth places of my great great grandparents:

Scotland - 4
England - 4
Finland - 4
USA - 4

                                                     

Wow, just as I thought - pretty even.  If I were to do this for my husband, Robert - would be 100% Canadian.

Tombstone Tuesday - Inez Pearl Foster

Inez Pearl Foster

Inez Pearl Foster is the daughter of Edward C. Foster and Frances Etta Tupper.  She is the 1st cousin 2x removed of Robert.  She buried in the Berwick cemetery, next to Rev. P. R. Foster and his wife Adelaide.

Tombstone Tuesday - Paoli Randall & Adelaide Foster

Rev. P R  & Adelaide Foster

Rev. Paoli Randall Foster, Robert’s 2nd great grand uncle, is the son of Isaac Foster and Rebecca Taylor.  He married Adelaide Crocker on July 13, 1871 in Brookfield, Queens, Nova Scotia. They are buried in the Berwick Cemetery in Nova Scotia. 

Canada Day

Happy Canada Day

Today is a statutory holiday in Canada.  A day to celebrate Canada’s birthday. On July 1, 1867 Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and the province of Canada joined together to form Canada.  Before 1982, this day was known as Dominion Day.

So when did Robert’s and my ancestors come to Canada?

1760 - Benjamin Foster and Sarah Woodward arrived in Granville, Nova Scotia, Canada from Hampstead, New Hampshire, USA. (Robert’s 7th great grandparents).

1761 - Stephen Loomer and Hannah Chapman arrived in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia, Canda from New London County, Connecticut, USA. (Robert’s 6th great grandparents).

1766 - Michael Lutz with 7 other families sails from Pennsylvania, USA up the Bay of Fundy to Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada.  He was originally from Germany. (Robert’s 7th great grandfather).

1817 - Robert St. Clair Stoddart, a solider from Ireland accepted a land grant in Nova Scotia when his regiment was disbanded.  (Robert’s 4th great grandfather).

1899 Thomas Belknap crossed the border in Alberta, Canada from USA with his son Donald. Donald’s daughter, Ruby will be the only grandparent of Jacqueline born in Canada. (Jacqueline’s  2nd great grandfather).

1907 - Francis Paterson, his wife, Elizabeth Danskine, and their children arrived from Scotland.  (Jacqueline’s great grandparents).

1907 - Alfred Warry arrives from England followed by his wife Edith Smith and their children Dorothy, John, and Sydney in 1906. (Jacqueline’s great grandparents).

1911 - Jaakko Makie, his family with his wife’s parents crossed the border from the USA.  Jaakko is originally from Finland.  (Jacqueline’s great grandparents).

These are just a few of our ancestors who chose to come to Canada.

Tombstone Tuesday - Harry A. PALMER

Harry A. Palmer

I missed Tombstone Tuesday last week, it was a busy week.  Here is one of the last Palmer tombstones that I have from the Berwick cemetery.  Harry A. Palmer is Robert’s 1st cousin 3x removed.  He is the son of Handley Palmer and Martha Sanford.  Harry died at a young age.  When I did a web search for Harry in Family Tree Maker, it came up with an interesting result from “The Register, Berwick, Kings Do., Nova Scotia  1914”  

“Palmer, Harry A., 22 years, raised by Handley Palmer, Mosherville, Hants Co., formerly of Rockland, NS, died Westfield, NB 4 Feb 1914. [11Feb 1914 see Killed on the Track].”

This looks like it could use some further investigation.  Is Harry the son of Handley Palmer? What happened on the track?

Happy Father's Day

Happy Father’s Day

Hope all the Father’s have a wonderful day with their families.  In honour of father’s day here is Robert’s and my paternal lines.

Robert

Robert Foster, His Dad, Howard Ingram Foster (1912-1991), Ingram Morton Foster (1880-1965), Joseph Morton Taylor Foster (1833-1892),  Isaac Foster (1806-1882), Benjamin Foster (1782-1882), Benjamin Foster (1755-1842),  Isaac Foster (1728-1819), Benjamin Foster (1689-1760), Jacob Foster (1662-1745), Isaac Foster (1630-1692), Reginald Foster (1595-1681)

Jacqueline

Jacqueline Foster, Maurice Cumberland Paterson (1928-2007), Johnston Cumberland Paterson (1889-1969), Francis Paterson (1851-1923), Johnston Paterson (1814-1891), James Paterson

Surname Saturday - My Finnish Roots

My Finnish roots are from my Mom’s paternal side.  Her father was born in Hansboro, Rolette,Towner, North Dakota December 9, 1906. Fridjof Jaakko Waldemar Makie (Fritz) was the son of parents of Finnish heritage.  His father was Jaakko Makie Makela (Jack Makie) born 1883 in Finland.  His mother was Carolina Honkawaara (Liina Waara) born 1887 in Oscar, Michigan, USA. My confusion comes from all these different names.  To find any records you have to do some creative searching.  

I’ve have found very little about the Makie side except Makela, Maki, and Makie means of the hill.  I have found a little more on the Honkawaara (Waara) side.  My best information was a book on the area they lived in Saskatchewan.   “The Echos of Coteau”  published by the Coteau History Commitee in 1981.  I was able to borrow the book through inter-library loan for a three week period, no renews. I discovered stories and connection to grandparents, great grandparents, ggreat  grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins.  Most of the stories were written by my great aunt, Velma Deydey (my grandfather’s sister).

Liina Waara parents were Sakris Honkawaara and Britta Riekki from Finland. They immigrated in 1885 (although I have not found any records to date) with their children Mary, Anna Kaisa, Charlie, and Sakris.  Two more children were born in Michigan, Liina and Johanna.  The family lived in Michigan, North Dakota, and Saskatchewan.  The Finnish seemed to be a tight knit group with neighbors showing up in census records in the different areas.  So if you’re having difficultly finding your relative, look at neighbors who may have an easier surname or an area of Finns.

I have a lot of research to do on my Finnish side. Although history books don’t have citations to sources, they give you great clues to family connections and stories to help round out your ancestors.  Records won’t be able to  tell me that:
- my great great grandparents grew their own tobacco and lived in a sod shanty.
- my great great grandmother smoked a corn pipe and made “Fiillia” (yogurt).
- my great uncle Charlie was a drummer, casket maker, and woodworker.
- that my great uncle Charlie’s wife, Olga was born without one arm, but never let it hold her back
- how my cousin Acel came to live with my great grandparents after his mother died of the Spanish Flu.
- my relative celebrated “Vappu” in May and “Juhannus” in June.

To learn more about the Finnish in Saskatchewan look on the Saskatchewan Gen Web.
“Vappu” and “Juhannus” celebration explanations are found on Wikipedia - Walpurgis Night, look under Finland.
To find where you may borrow “The Echoes of Coteau”  Library and Archives Canada
To learn more about North Dakota look on the State Historical Society of North Dakota.

The novel “Rope of Time” by Larry Warwaruk is a great book to get an idea of the Finnish   immigrants who came to United States and then on to Saskatchewan, Canada.  If you wish to get a copy you can probably find one on Abe Books.

Wordless Wednesday - Who's Taking the Picture?

Paterson

I think this photo was taken about 1919.  Left to right, my grandfather (Johnston Paterson) it looks like he was about to take a picture, I'm not sure who the lady is behind him, I'm not sure of who is in the uniform, in the back is my grandfather's sister (Christina), and on the far right, Christina husband, Lionel Monypenny.

Tombstone Tuesday – Isaiah PALMER

Isaish Palmer

I have yet another photo of the tombstone of one of Robert’s 2^nd great grand uncles.  These Palmer’s are all buried in the same area in Berwick cemetery.  Isaiah Palmer is the son of Thomas Palmer and Margaret Ann Nichols.   He married Victoria Rebecca Sanford 25 Oct 1886.

A little birdie told me to tweet.

After reading numerous articles on blogs, magazines, and new letters about the advantages of twitter for genealogy, I started an account.  It was fairly easy.  You just need a user name, e-mail address, and password. I found it easier to set up and design than my blog. The hard part is to figure out what to do, now.  I’m sure, like blogger, I’ll figure more out as I go along.  Linking my blog post to twitter was super easy.  Thanks to those little buttons at the end of the blog post.

I found that a great place for the basics is my usual place I go to learn something new.  Google books.  A couple of the books have screen shots and step by step instructions on how to set up an account.  Although most are only previews, they still have lot of information.  If you want to read the whole book, you can always buy your own copy or borrow a copy from the library.

Tombstone Tuesday – Ambrose & Sarah PALMER

Ambrose and Sarah Palmer

It’s Tuesday once again, and I have another Palmer from the Berwick Cemetery.  Ambrose Palmer was the son of Thomas Richard Palmer and Margaret Ann Nichols.  This would make him one of Robert’s 2^nd great grand uncles.  Ambrose married Sarah Chute in 1882.  The tombstone is hard to make out, probably due to my picture taking skills or lack of them.  I’ll need to practice more.   Ambrose died Sep 06 1914, Sarah died Feb 08 1949.