Google map of the Beechridge Presbyterian Cemetery. And here’s the Mount Royal Cemetery. Unfortunately the satellite images are low resolution.
Author Archives: Kermit Murray
Willis Hargrave
From moski Willis Hargrave who moved to Minnesota – married Anna Warlof Their first son is listed: Clarence Hargrave but they went on to produce 8 more including my father Andrew Willis Hargrave His brother Ruther also moved to Minnesota. In fact Clarence was born on Ruther’s farm before Willis and Anna moved to Pillager, …
Ida Ferns
Ida Ferns and father John Ferns info at familysearch.org. Ida Ferns is the wife of Dr. Joseph John Ross, my first cousin thrice removed. Ida and Joseph are buried in the Mount Royal Cemetery (plot M581). Click on photo below for more images. Thanks to Karen A. for the tip. Update: Mount Royal Cemetery plots.
Manitoba Historical Society Transactions
Sarah Ballenden and the Foss-Pelly Scandal
Louis Sarault, notary
Louis Sarault, notary: “Feb 3, 1860 Protest William Ross; late mother Mary Hargrave; late father James Ross”
Naval Aviation in World War I
“20 [July, 1918] — The RAF Station, Killingholme, England, from which U.S. Navy pilots had been flying patrols since February 1918, was turned over to American forces and established as a Naval Air Station, Lieutenant Commander K. Whiting in command.” Killingholme, England “The former British seaplane patrol station turned over to the U.S. and commissioned …