I have come across the
following Canadian genealogy, history and heritage websites, social
media, and newspaper articles this past week that were of interest to
me, and I thought you might be interested in them, too.
This Week in Canadian
History
Men Wearing Masks During the Spanish Flu, Alberta Fall 1918
Library and Archives
Canada
Photographer: Unknown PA-025025
Spanish Influenza Sweeps the Globe
In 1918-19 influenza
pandemic was a global catastrophe that killed more than 3 percent of
the world’s population. Over 50,000 Canadians died.
Social Media
(Photos) HANTS
HISTORY: Oct. 22, 2015 edition
Newspaper Articles
Nova Scotia
Yarmouth building
renovation unearths interesting family history
Clifford R. Hayes was the
signature written on a piece of wood that workers unearthed during
renovations at the new location for Surette’s Jones Gym at 345 Main
St.
Absolutely nobody wants to
be Halifax’s town crier
Council votes to leave
ceremonial position unfilled due to lack of applicants.
Ontario
TORONTO ROOTS: Beyond
the grave: Don’t overlook the cemetery registers when searching for
your family’s history
There's nothing quite
like the instant thrill of brushing aside shrubbery or tugging away
overgrown sod in a cemetery and uncovering a name you recognize –
the feeling of connecting with an ancestor you may never have met in
person.
Sarah Mushtaq: Islam's
144-year history in Canada
According to the 1871
Canadian Census, four years after Canada’s birth, there were 13
European Muslims in this country. 1882 saw the arrival of the first
Arab immigrants — both Christian and Muslim — who were mainly
Ottoman Syrians fleeing conscription.
This eventually led to the
construction of the first Canadian mosque in 1938 in the city of
Edmonton.
The Amateur
Genealogist: Where there’s a Will – There’s Genealogical Gold
Many beginners do not look
for wills -- “My family was too poor to have a will.” There
are many more wills than people suspect, so you should always look
for one. Furthermore, if a person died without a will (died
intestate) someone often had to apply to the courts for permission to
administer the estate. These Letters of Administration – loosely
called Admons – are indexed with the wills.
Statues to memorialize Canada’s
prime ministers would be ‘culturally insensitive’: university
More than a year after Kitchener, Ont., rejected it,
a proposal to install statues of all 22 Canadian prime ministers at
nearby Wilfrid Laurier University is once again facing accusations
that it is “politically and culturally insensitive” to
memorialize Canada’s heads of governments.
Celebrating women's history
Women's History Women's Month is a national celebration
each October highlighting the contributions of women and girls to
Canada’s rich history.
House of Refuge
Passion for the past inspires a young historian in
Cornwall, Ontario, to memorialize inmates who died at a local ‘poor
house'.
Manitoba
Manitoba Museum gets $10M
from province for renewal.
The Manitoba Museum is
embarking on its largest-ever renewal and received a big boost
Thursday with a $10-million donation from the province.
Alberta
Day in History, Oct. 21,
1925: Telephone service links Alberta to rest of Canada, U.S.
Alberta took a big stride
forward with the introduction of direct telephone service linking the
province with other parts of Canada and the United States.
Lougheed House exhibit
explores Canadian women's roles in WWII
A new exhibit at Lougheed
House showcases the lives of Alberta women who served in the
armed forces during World War II.
Eamon's building may get moved
from storage to High River
The city is negotiating
with a High River group that wants to buy the Eamon's gas
station, a 1950s building the city bought three years ago to
make way for the park-and-ride lot at the Tuscany LRT station.
British Columbia
In what kind of shape
is your ‘Stop of Interest?'
Heritage BC wants to give
Central Okanagan residents the chance to shape what ‘Stop of
Interest’ should look like to commemoratief historic people,
places, and events.
There are many ways to
participate in this process and prizes can be won.
And that was the week in
Canadian news!
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