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From: "John Macfarlane" <>
Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLAY] Learning Gaelic
Date: Sun, 1 Dec 2002 15:43:29 -0000
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Hi Dan
Do you have Islay Woodrows in your ancestry?
John
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Woodrow" <>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2002 3:26 PM
Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLAY] Learning Gaelic


> Hi Betty, could you remind me again about your Grandma Gilchrist ie any
> details you may have? Some of my Gilchrist/Leonard family went to work in
> family owned hotels in Niagara on the Lake area. Apparently it was (and
> still is) a popular vacation resort with ships taking passengers from
> Toronto on a regular basis during the summer and spring. Some of my
Leonard
> relatives worked on the ship named the Chippewa.
>
> Dan Woodrow
>
> Comox, BC, CA
> Family history interests:
> Newfoundland: WOODROW
> Ontario: LEONARD, GILCHRIST, MCKEON
> Scotland: GILCHRIST
>
> Please note change of address.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Betty Dumas" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 10:14 PM
> Subject: RE: [SCT-ISLAY] Learning Gaelic
>
>
> > HI Toni and Helen-Thank you for your replies, I am searching for the
> parents of my "Grandma Gilchrist" who were from Chippawa, Her mother
> supposedly being born there. I have searched for many years with no avail
so
> I appreciate all of your help.
> > Sincerely, Betty Dumas.
> >
> > ------ Original Message -----
> >
> > From: Toni Sinclair
> > Sent: Sun, Nov 24, 2002 4:09pm
> > To: <>
> > Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLAY] Learning Gaelic
> > Hello Betty,
> > Yes, Helen Blair is right, Chippawa is still there, just under the
bigger
> > umbrella of the City of Niagara. It is a town with a very interesting
> early
> > history, and they probably have an historical society, or archives. I
> would
> > suggest that you contact the Grimsby Archives,
> >
> > and ask them if they have an address for you to get in touch with
(we're
> > all still in the Niagara Region)
> >
> > otherwise, just try a Google search for Chippawa, Ontario, and see what
> you
> > come up with. If that doesn't work, let me know and I'll see what I can
> > find for you.
> >
> > Good luck,
> > Toni
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Betty Dumas" <>
> > To: <>
> > Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 6:00 PM
> > Subject: RE: [SCT-ISLAY] Learning Gaelic
> >
> >
> > > Hi Toni-nothing to do with the subject, but since you menioned Niagara
> on
> > the Lake, am wondering if you live near by and if you know how I could
get
> > any information about my Great Grandparents who lived in in a little
place
> > no longer there called Chippawa Canada?
> > > Thanks for any halp.
> > > Sincerely, Betty Dumas
> > > California
> > > .
> > >
> > > ------ Original Message -----
> > >
> > > From: Toni Sinclair
> > > Sent: Sun, Nov 24, 2002 5:19am
> > > To: <>
> > > Subject: Re: [SCT-ISLAY] Learning Gaelic
> > > Janet,
> > > My husband and I were in Niagara-on-the-Lake (Ontario) on Friday, and
> > > stopped into the "Wee Scottish Loft" after the play. They do havea
> > package
> > > called "Learn Gaelic in 3 Months", or something like that - a lesson
> book
> > as
> > > well as audio tapes. I believe it was $54 Cdn. which would be about
$30
> > US.
> > > I pointed it out to Sandy, suggesting he remember that Christmas is
> > coming.
> > > I'm not sure he got the hint, since he left the store with Scottish
> > > oatcakes, shortbread, and tins of "made-in-England" Heinz brown beans!
> > >
> > > NOTL is a pleasant Sunday drive from Buffalo. I think I might have to
> get
> > > myself back there before the stampeed starts.
> > >
> > > Toni Sinclair
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: <>
> > > To: <>
> > > Sent: Saturday, November 23, 2002 9:18 PM
> > > Subject: [SCT-ISLAY] Learning Gaelic
> > >
> > >
> > > > Hello list....I have enjoyed all the conversation about Gaelic. Also
I
> > > have
> > > > enjoyed all the other topics. I remember ys. ago when I was very
> young,
> > my
> > > > grandmother tried to teach me to speak Gaelic here. I wasn't
> interested
> > in
> > > > learning then. It seemed difficult. Now ,how I wish I had tried to
> learn
> > > back
> > > > then. My grandmother & her 4 sisters spoke Gaelic at home, part of
the
> > > time.
> > > > I wonder if there are tapes available on Gaelic that one could try
to
> > > learn
> > > > ??
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Janet Campbell Jardine
> > > > Buffalo NY
> > > > USA
> > > >
> > > > My family names I am researching
> > > > DALLAS--Islay
> > > > JARDINE--Islay & Duntroon , Ont. Ca.
> > > > GILLESPIE --Islay & Duntroon, Ont. Ca.
> > > > CAMPBELL--Woodville, Victoria Co. Ont. Ca.
> > > > McLEAN--Victoria Co. Ont. Ca.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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you
> > > are, click here:
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> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> > >
> > >
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> > > If you'd see who else is researching the same surnames on Islay as you
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> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
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