Thomas Medland Family's Arrival on Ascania in Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1927
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- Genealogical Resource
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- Description
- The following family history was contributed by George Pratt, Donor:
The Thomas Medland family emigrated from Cornwall [England] in 1927. They came straightaway from Halifax to the Oakville area, we are not sure if right in the town or to a farm nearby, nor what was the attraction to Oakville. They almost all remained living in or around Oakville, patriarch Thomas buying a property on Queen Mary Drive where he lived out his days with wife Agnes.
Tom and Bill are not present because they were in the British Military serving in India at the time of emigration; but they did come to Oakville.
In later days i.e., WW2, sons Bill, Owen and Tom all served with distinction in the 48th Highlanders based in Oakville.
Top Row - Left to Right
Wilfred Frederick, Age 17, Born 11 Oct 1909
Morris (Moe), Age 3, Born 1923
Leslie, Age 15, Born 16 Jul 1911
Ivy, Age 5, Born 25 Dec 1921
Cyril, Age 18, Born 8 Oct 1908
Bottom Row - Left to Right
Horace, Age 13, Born May 1913
Agnes (Granny), Age 44, Born Oct 1882
Olive, Age 20, Born 1906
Tom (Grandad), Age 45, Born 25 Apr 1880
Owen, Age 12, Born 1914
Not in photograph: William, Born 1902 and Tom, Born 1904
Text © George Pratt, 2018 - Date of Original
- April 1927
- Geographic Coverage
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Nova Scotia, Canada
Latitude: 44.86685 Longitude: -63.71541
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- Donor
- George Pratt
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- Public domain: Copyright has expired according to Canadian law. No restrictions on use.
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