Kipp material - Silva Kipp and Yvonne Labelle

I received an email on my Ancestry account concerning a tombstone in one of the local Ottawa cemeteries for Silva Kipp and his wife Yvonne Labelle.  Two possibilities exist for this Kipp member - he is descendant of Richard Kipp (a brother to my husband's great grandfather Benjamin Kipp) or he is descendant of the Loyalist Kipp family which came to the Montreal area during the American Revolution. I could not find him in Edward's trees but will mention the dates for Silva (1880-1968) and his wife Yvonne (1896-1989). Apparently there are three other names on the stone. If that is of interest to anyone.

Happy New Year and may 2018 be a great year

Some fireworks from early in December on Parliament Hill, Ottawa, Canada. Light Across Canada.

It is to cold to actually go down to Parliament Hill tonight at midnight to see the real fireworks.

As one of my cousins pointed out recently, no matter what happens keep moving forward.
As a matter of fact that is really what the Kip Family motto means. I translates as Never Go Back.

The Zoomer Show - Ottawa, Ontario

Sunday was the Zoomer Show in Ottawa and my wife and I volunteered to do a three hour stint from opening at 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. A number of people came by the Genealogy stand (Ontario Genealogy Society, British Isles Family History Society of the Greater Ottawa area, and the City of Ottawa Archives shared this stand). We chatted to those who came by the stand about family history and genealogy and handed out information about the genealogy/family history organizations in the Ottawa area.

A good way to begin your genealogy is to download the free software program from Legacy Family Tree and enter in your data. If you want the bells and whistles you can pay a reasonable fee for the advanced program later or there are other programs on the market. You can just extract all your information into a gedcom and move it to whatever program you wish or post it on the internet in programs such as World Connect.

CBC Radio One - Ottawa Morning - 1921 Census

Hi everyone:

You may be interested in the following.

Elizabeth and I were invited to be interviewed on CBC Radio One - Ottawa Morning, about the 1921 Canadian Census.

The interview took place today at about 6:25 a.m.

The interview can be found at:


http://www.cbc.ca/ottawamorning/index.html

Go to the Featured Audio section on the right side of the page and use the sliding bar to look for 1921 Census.

Enjoy!

It was an experience and so early in the morning!

Battle of Crysler’s Farm Re-enactment July 13th

The actual battle was fought on November 13, 1813.

We managed to fit in a day at this re-enactment weekend at Upper Canada Village, before we went off to Rhode Island for a family reunion.

We arrived about 11 a.m. to find that the number of cars entering the grounds was much larger than usual.  We also noted that the number of white tents used by the re-enactors was unusually large. Once we were parked and had paid our admission, we headed for the St. Lawrence Branch, UELAC tent. We finally found it near the Battlefield Memorial.

We said hello to Lynne and Mahlon Cook, Sandra Shouldice, Mike Eamer, Carol Goddard and Lorraine and Gordon Reoch. The day was very hot so we sat around the tent for a while in the shade.

We spent a few minutes watching the Commemorative Ceremony with the Voltigeurs de Quebec on the Battlefield Memorial Mound.

The number of people visiting or milling around the St. Lawrence Branch UELAC booth was unusually high. This could be for a couple of reasons:

1)      There were a lot more people there for the re-enactment of this historic and important battle.

2)      Those who had UEL ancestors and who may have fought in his battle were registering for a group photo.

The actual battle re-enactment started after 1:30 and the viewing area was crowded with standing room only remaining. I heard later that there were up to 600 re-enactors present on site. This could be confirmed by the sea of white tents pitched on the grounds.

As mentioned it was hot and sunny that day and while we did put on sun screen and wore a hat, I did get some sunburn on my face and nose. 

The re-enactment battles are always interesting to watch, with the re-enactors trying very hard to represent battle tactics of the time period. There is always noise with muskets and cannon firing. There were a number of small sailing ships and gunboats involved as well on the St. Lawrence River. All very exciting! Since this was Day One of the re-enactment the outcome of the battle was indecisive on Saturday.  We were unable to attend on Sunday but I would assume the Americans lost again otherwise it would not have been a true re-enactment.

Notes:

Ronald L. Doering published a book recently about the days preceding the battle and the actual battle, as seen through the eyes of the local people who lived in the area. It is an excellent read.

I have a copy of the book signed by the author. He was also at the re-enactment.

Defending Our Home. Loyalist Families of Dundas County and the Battle of Crysler’s Farm. A War of 1812 Novel. Borealis Press, Ottawa, Canada. 2012.

Colonel By Day 2013

11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Monday, August 5, 2013         
at the Ottawa Locks, 1 Canal Lane, Ottawa

To learn more visit: www.choocopo.ca/english/cbday.html.

The Ottawa Branch OGS will have a table there. Come by and say hello.

An Ozark Mountain Christmas in Branson, Missouri - Part 6

Christmas Sleigh at the Branson Belle Landing

The last three days were mostly driving on the bus with stops at Drury Inns in Terre Haute, Indiana and Troy, Michigan. At the Michigan Hotel we ran into a whole bunch of people who were staying at the hotel and were planing their Black Friday attacks on the consumer world. They were just a bit weird! We had dinner at noon at a Cracker Barrel. We had the turkey dinner special and we therefore had our second thanksgiving day! Turkey, ham dressing, gravy, cranberry sauce, green beans, sweet potato casserole, and biscuits.

Home Friday night in Ottawa about 8 pm. There was a lot of driving on this trip but the shows were worth it and we will probably do this again.

This was supposed to be country music tour and there was country music played, however, being so close to Christmas the emphasis was on Christmas Music.

The First and last Rose of the year on this climbing Rose

The weather was so dry this year that it basically killed two or maybe more of our rose plants. Replacements are due in the spring. Frost is coming soon!

A rose from our Garden - October 5th