3 years 3 months 11 days 11 hours

That's what's written on the back of George Alexander Dunn's baptism card.  I know from previous research he was born May 25, 1903 and died Sept 5 1906 from Diphtheria suffering for 3 days beforehand.  I also know his mom could read and write so I can only assume she put it on the back of the card.  George was the first of three children his parents buried.  I've been to George's gravesite.  He is buried with his brother, Clarence Oliver who was born on Sept 25, 1911 and died Aug 31, 1912.  I found his birthday card from the "Cradle Roll" program at the Hope Methodist Sunday School.  On the back it reads "There's a little band in heaven which is not quite complete and God hath called your darling boy to fill a vacant seat."  Clarence died of cardiac failure with primary cause attributed to Colitis in Sick Kids Hospital and suffered 3 weeks.  Their grave along with those of their older sister Esther Irene who died of TB in 1928 and grandparents, cousins and aunts and uncles are all unmarked in St John's Norway cemetery in Toronto.

Research Windfall

I went to the annual Family Golf Tournament in Beaverton yesterday and the Dunn family has honoured me with 2 boxes full of family pictures, baptismal records and death records for the Dunn line.   First step is to organize and scan all of information and backup. Next step, file the originals in archival quality sleeves and sheets.

Major finds:  a picture of the kids Great Great Grandparents (with Dora Elizabeth in full victorian dress) details about the first wife of the kids great grandfather (including children and marriage date) and some written family history from the kids great grandfather.  Some of the accounts do not line up with my research which is to be expected since oral history (especially by a gentleman in his 90s) may not always be historically accurate.

So as to not underplay the Petersen's generosity this is right up there with the extensive family tree that Ebba gave me to last year with Danish ancestry going back 200 years.

What an honour!

Debbie