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Harold Skilling's Letters From World War One: 25 April 1916 France
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Harold Skilling's Letters From World War One. Sunday, September 22, 2013. 25 April 1916 France. Dear Mother Father and the Rest:. Since writing to you last time we have been moved and all 3 sections are together now for the first time since last October. Our section is just doing fatigues for the others at present and we never know when we are going to be called to do some job or other. It is a corker how a rumor spreads eh? Is Ontario really going dry? It is time for this to be posted so will ring off f...
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More Letters From World War One: September 2012
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More Letters From World War One. A British Officer's letters sent home to Canada by Lieutenant William Milton Skilling during WW1. He served in the Royal Artillery as a Forward Observation Officer in France and Belgium. After the 3rd Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele), he was invalided to England. He returned to Germany with the British Army of the Rhine in 1919. Timeline for William Milton Skilling. Sunday, September 30, 2012. February 5, 1917 Somewhere in Belgium. Saturday, September 29, 2012. Letter home...
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Harold Skilling's Letters From World War One: 9 June 1916 Flanders
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Harold Skilling's Letters From World War One. Sunday, October 27, 2013. 9 June 1916 Flanders. We all wear the new steel helmet now when we go up there. It certainly saves scores of lives. One of our boys got a big dent in his, as big as a fist. Certainly saved his life. I was very much disappointed that I could not get up but I’ll try and get up next time. We were lucky to get off with only one casualty. Well I must ring off and get to bed. Hope everyone is well. Labels: 4th Field Ambulance. See: http:/ ...
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Skilling Family Memories: Norma Skilling
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By Agnes Norma Skilling Jackson. Agnes Norma Skilling was born in Teeswater, Ontario on July 25, 1896 and officially registered on July 26. She called herself Norma Agnes although her names were registered in the reverse order. She was the 5. Living child of Agnes Ruxton and John Skilling. Her oldest sister Floss had left home by then and was working as a milliner in Aurora, Ontario. Maude was 16, already teaching music, and away from home a lot. But before she finished her year, at Easter on March 31.
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Skilling Family Memories: Chapter Two My Paternal Grandparents
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By Agnes Norma Skilling Jackson. Chapter Two My Paternal Grandparents. He was a ship’s carpenter in Scotland. They emigrated to Canada and had a family of four, my father, the eldest and also named John, Janet, Willie, and Maggie. (They were always known by their diminutives.) They lived in a small village, named Leith, on Georgian Bay near Owen Sound, Ontario. Marion Cochran Skilling centre with Aggie, John, Janet, Willie and Maggie. Children of John Skilling and Agnes Ruxton. Chapter Nine Mae Skilling.
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Skilling Family Memories: Chapter Ten Gert Skilling
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By Agnes Norma Skilling Jackson. Chapter Ten Gert Skilling. Gert’s feet were tiny and she had a pair of highly desirable ‘Queen Quality’ shoes. 8221; I was surprised, thrilled and proud. I had always just considered her my sister and did not appreciate her beauty. And later became very successful. In honour of the occasion, my father painted the house. Gert was very talented at interior decorating. Even when she lived at home she would make curtains and hangings with lovely stenciling. Her home w...Sadly...
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Skilling Family Memories: Chapter Four My Mother Agnes Ruxton
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By Agnes Norma Skilling Jackson. Chapter Four My Mother Agnes Ruxton. My mother Agnes Ruxton was born on July 3, 1860 in Woolwich Township, Waterloo County, Ontario. She married John Skilling when she was about 17 in about 1877. I don’t know the date or the year because they never mentioned their wedding anniversary and I regret that I never questioned them. I do know that all the ladies wore hoops under their skirts at that time. My mother’s father was named Andrew. My mother did not have many convenien...
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Finding Baba's Sister : Letter to a Dead Great-Aunt: The Beginning of my Quest
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The story of my search to find out what happened to my Baba's sister, Michalina Huckan, nearly 100 years ago in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Sunday, August 28, 2016. Letter to a Dead Great-Aunt: The Beginning of my Quest. On Monday, November 10, 2008, I published. On my writing blog. The following letter to my dead great-aunt Michalina. This was the beginning of my quest to find out exactly what happened to her nearly 100 years ago. Letter to a Dead Great-Aunt: A Personal Memoir. In 1911. You followed a few y...
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Finding Baba's Sister : August 2016
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The story of my search to find out what happened to my Baba's sister, Michalina Huckan, nearly 100 years ago in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Tuesday, August 30, 2016. Letter to A Dead Great-Aunt Part Three. Here is the third part of my letter to my great-aunt Michalina. Designed it for the owner, J.J. O'Connell in 1913. No photograph was found but an interesting discovery showed up in the city records. Maybe even before you were hired. Your body was found in the ashes two days later near the centre of the basemen...
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Finding Baba's Sister : Letter to A Dead Great-Aunt Part Three
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The story of my search to find out what happened to my Baba's sister, Michalina Huckan, nearly 100 years ago in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Tuesday, August 30, 2016. Letter to A Dead Great-Aunt Part Three. Here is the third part of my letter to my great-aunt Michalina. Designed it for the owner, J.J. O'Connell in 1913. No photograph was found but an interesting discovery showed up in the city records. Maybe even before you were hired. Your body was found in the ashes two days later near the centre of the basemen...
