Skip to content
Design Roots
Skip to content
  • My Blog
  • Genealogy
  • Web Design
  • About
  • Contact Me
Home Articles posted by Eileen (Page 2)

Author: Eileen

St. Patrick’s Day Greetings and a Little Help in finding your Irish Ancestors

Harp and Shamrock Sketch by Marian Androne

About St. Patrick Saint Patrick’s Day (Irish: Lá ’le Pádraig or Lá Fhéile Pádraig) is an annual feast day which celebrates Saint Patrick (circa AD 385–461), the most commonly recognized of the patron saints of Ireland, and is celebrated on 17th of March. It is celebrated by both Catholics and…

Continue reading

Eileen March 17, 2017 March 4, 2025Irish History Irish Records, St Patricks Day

On to Ottawa Trek

Strikers boarding Train in Calgary 1935

Looming impressively on either side of a bridge that serves as a rail overpass which leads to Crab Park on Vancouver’s waterfront next to the Port of Vancouver, sit 2 granite Chinese lions, engineered with special lighting from below to highlight their after-dark appearance.These lions were a gift from the…

Continue reading

Eileen February 3, 2017 March 4, 2025The Neighbourhood Canadian History, On to Ottawa Trek, Vancouver

WW1 Diary of Fred Kerley

Frederick Groves Kerley WW1

I have a somewhat tattered, antique diary which belonged to my grandfather Frederick Groves Kerley who immigrated to Canada from England in 1910. He carried this very small, leatherbound diary with him from the time of his enlistment with the 1st Canadian Pioneers in August of 1915 until his return…

Continue reading

Eileen November 10, 2016 March 4, 2025Uncategorized Canadian pioneers, Diary, World War 1, ww1

Phantom of Sabra House Belfast
1919

Sabra House Belfast

LEAVING THE HOUSE Parties no longer take place in these rooms; they are empty. Conversations have come to an end. Anyone knocking on the door will no longer ask for me.There are stains on the walls where pictures were hanging. Things were tossed away without regard. There will be no…

Continue reading

Eileen October 31, 2016 March 4, 2025Irish History Belfast, Ireland, phantom, Sabra House, war

Genealogy Beginnings

Robert Robertson Smith 1810-1899 3rd great-grandfather

Several years ago I became interested in the genealogy of my family when I was given a “starter page” of information compiled by another family member on my father’s side of the family. My mother’s family had plenty of information and photos of generations gone by, so I had a…

Continue reading

Eileen October 19, 2016 March 4, 2025Uncategorized beginnings, Brick Wall, Genealogy, name change, no clues, Ontario
12
  • Genealogy Beginnings

    • How I got Started with Genealogy
    • 1886 Letter to the Editor from
      Robert Robertson Smith
  • Recent Posts

    • Nanaimo’s Darkest Day May 3, 2022
    • Remember This November 11, 2020
    • Golden Rules of Genealogy September 25, 2020
    • The Other Pandemic 1918 September 16, 2020
    • Happy St. Patrick’s Day! March 17, 2019
  • Archives

    • May 2022
    • November 2020
    • September 2020
    • March 2019
    • February 2019
    • May 2018
    • March 2018
    • April 2017
    • March 2017
    • February 2017
    • November 2016
    • October 2016
  • Tags

    1912 beginnings Belfast Brick Wall British Columbia Canadian History Canadian pioneers Diary DNA Dublin Genealogy Ireland Irish Records name change no clues Northern Ireland Ontario On to Ottawa Trek phantom Republic of Ireland Sabra House Scotland St Patricks Day The Easter Rising The Ulster Covenant Ulster Vancouver war World War 1 ww1
  • May 2025
    M T W T F S S
     1234
    567891011
    12131415161718
    19202122232425
    262728293031  
    « May    
© 2018    designroots.ca    by Eileen