Category Archives: Canada

Who Inherited the DeGrace Fortune?

Ann Martin Appleby and Alexander Appleby: rightful heirs?

When I began looking for documents to fill in details about my New Brunswick ancestors, I had never heard of the DeGrace family fortune. Imagine my surprise when I discovered a will made by the adoptive..

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Where did Little Joe go?

My great-grandmother Kathleen never spoke much about her childhood, but she always wondered what happened to her little brother Joe.

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Why Was Lower Canada Above Upper Canada?

1818 map by John Pinkerton showing British possessions North America.

For a country which gained its independence from the United Kingdom just 155 years ago, Canada has gone through a significant number of changes to its internal structure and boundaries. The..

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