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Getting a Helping Hand on Edward Elliot's Crown Land Petition

rawpixel.com   The genealogy community is nothing if not generous. I received a surprising amount of help from Ken McKinlay, a new-to-me Canadian genealogist, who fielded my recent inquiry about how to find a Crown land petition for Edward Elliot, a probably fourth great-grandfather, in Sullivan, Grey Co., Ontario. Not only did Ken dive head first into researching the case for me, but he also wrote a blog post about the case for his own blog, Family Tree Knots . So, in part, this is a blog about a blog! Using FamilySearch's Full-Text Search I had discovered Edward Elliot had received a Crown land patent on 10 July 1849 for land in 2nd Division, Lot 3, 1st Concession in Sullivan, Grey, Ontario. I looked for Edward's petition on Library and Archives Canada's collection "Land Petitions of Upper Canada, 1763-1865, " but did not find him. Odd. Edward Elliot's Crown land patent was registered in Grey County. Turning to Facebook, I searched on the Ontario Genealogy ...
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Favorite Photo


I'm participating in the 2024 "52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks" Writing Challenge - Week 3 Theme: Favorite Photo


It's nearly impossible to pick a favorite photo from those I've accumulated through my research or that have been shared with me over the past several years by cousins. My "favorite" changes from time to time.

This precious photo is one of my current favorites, and was shared with me by my cousin. Pictured is my grandmother Mary Josephine Baker (1911-1981) with her older brother Charles Edward Baker (1908-1955).1 

I'm guessing that was taken about 1913 or so likely in Cleveland; Charles (or Charlie, as he was known), was born in St. Catharines, Ontario, but Mary Josephine (known is Josephine or Jo), was born in Cleveland. If taken about 1913, the family was living at 5009 St. Clair Avenue in Cleveland.2

Dad always said that his mother and her big brother were very close, and one can see the connection here. I can imagine Charlie protecting and guiding his little sister around the house or playing in the yard, making sure she did not get into any trouble. Little Jo looks very shy and quiet, and like she relied upon her big brother to take care of her.

The original photo was black and white. I enhanced the digital copy of the photograph with the Photomyne app on my Samsung phone in 2022. 

Until next time...

Next week's theme: Witness to History 

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NOTES

1 For Mary Josephine's birth: St. Edward's Church, Cleveland, Ohio, Certificate of Baptism for Mary Josephine Baker, (7 May 1911), prepared 1 June 1973. Private collection of R. Firestone [address for private use], 2022. Copied from original church register; date of birth 7 May 1911, date of baptism 4 June 1911. For Charles' birth: St. Catharines, Lincoln, Ontario, Canada, Births, 1908, #104, Edward Charles Baker, 1 May 1908, father Edward Jos. Baker, moulder; database and images, "Ontario, Canada Births, 1869-1912," FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9Q97-Y3S7-23B : 10 October 2023). 

2 Photo of Edward Baker and Mary Josephine Baker, unknown photographer, about 1913, location unknown; private collection of R. Firestone [address for private use], 2022. Colorized by N. Casey using Photomyne app, 2022.  For 1913 residence: "U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995," Cleveland, Ohio, 1913, p. 85, Baker, Edw., molder r 5009 St Clair av NE; digital image, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1344482356:2469 : 14 January 2024), image 770.


 


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