Carnival of Postcards - Locomotion on water

Treasure Island is an island within the island of Manitoulin Island in Northern Ontario. According to answers.com

Treasure Island in Lake Mindemoya on Manitoulin Island in Lake Huron is the "Largest island in a freshwater lake on an island in a freshwater lake in the world."

 Although, I have never travelled to Treasure Island, I do have  post cards and photographs in my collection of this island.

In 1948, my mother received a postcard from a friend who had stayed at the resort on Treasure Island. The photograph shows the means of transportation - thus my entry into this carnival of postcards on locomotion.

On the back note the 3 cent stamp and the incomplete address only giving the location not the house address. Note the comment in the upper right hand corner saying Betty had met someone who had gone to school with my mother.

The sign says

Welcome 

Treasure Island

How to get there. Ring bell.

Hoist flag. Watch for me

Turn signal flag. If no act

ion drive up to stone house

Fire shotgun. At night park

car facing island and flash lights.

© 2010 Janet Iles

Carnival of Postcards - Water

I have quite a few postcards in my collection so I found quite a few with water on them. Some were more recent ones so I couldn't post them.

The above was sent by mother to my father the year before they were married. My dad was overseas serving with the Perth Regiment. My mother is on holidays up on Manitoulin visiting family. The family property went right down to Lake Mindemoya.

The postcard was written July 25 1945

Dear Bob
I can't seem to get around to a letter but will later.

The weather has been grand and I'll be telling you what we have been doing.
As always
Marion

to 911559
Sgt Iles HB
Perth Regiment
Canadian Army Overseas

The other entries in the Festival of Postcards - Water are now available at this link
© 2009 Janet Iles

William King Family - more information

Yesterday, I posted a photograph of the King Family from Cochrane, Alberta. Although, I have never found any family connection, they must have been very good friends of my Great Aunt Margaret (Maggie) because she kept in touch with them after they left the Manitoulin Island.

I checked through the box again to find another photo. In the Smile for the Camera - Crowning Glory, I showed a photo of Billy King and his wife with daughters Lizzie and May.

When I want to know something about Manitoulin genealogy, I check two web sites:
Manitoulin Family Trees

Manitoulin Roots

The likely match was found on both. On Manitoulin Roots, there is an uncited transcription of the obituary for William King. It contains much useful information for further research for those researching hte family.

William King was born in Scotland in 1851 and came to Canada. He married in 1873 in Clanbrassil [Haldimand County] to according to the obituary to Agnes Helen. On both sites in the family information, they give her surname as Helm. I did not find a marriage registration for them.

The family moved to the Manitoulin Island, according to the obituary, in 1874. All their children were born there.

For fun, I just did a search on Google for "william king" manitoulin "cochrane alberta". The Manitoulin Roots site is shown but interestingly, there was a link to Archives Canada http://www.archivescanada.ca/ It gives a listing for the Glenbow Museum of the King Fond. The fond includes about 25 cm of textual materials and about 500 photographs.

The description of the fond gives good family information as well as the following

The fonds consists of photographs of the King family in Scotland, Ontario and Alberta, the Sunset Ranch and their Calgary home; political materials relating to William's term in the legislature; receipts and other materials dealing with the Calgary Prophetic Bible Institute; and a large collection of funeral notices of family and friends.

It shows that doing a search for a family can pay off.

Smile for the Camera - 1905 wedding photograph

Thomas Wagg and Jane Hodgson pose for the camera on their wedding day. I thought her dress was beautiful. (They are not relatives but are part of the collection of photographs that belonged to my great Aunt Margaret. )

Thomas Maxwell Wagg, age 27 born in Mindemoya, Ontario and resident in Mindemoya, Ontario and son of Francis Wagg and Elizabeth Ann Cook married Jane Hodson, age 25 born and resident in Mindemoya, Ontario. and daughter of George Hodgson and Jane Williamson.

The date of marriage was either the 15 or 18 of June 1905 (I think it is 15 and the indexer says 18). It was not registered until 18 July 1905.

The photograph was taken by a Gore Bay photographer.

Thomas Wagg - Jane Hodgson Ontario marriage registration #004151 (18 July 1905) Ancestry.ca (http://www.ancestry.ca/ ; accessed 8 February 2009); citing Archives of Ontario microfilm MS 932 reel 117, Toronto.

Thomas Wagg's father Francis Wagg - 5th marriage married my great great aunt Sarah Hillborn nee Vincer 1 November 1921. So although not related there is a family connection. My great uncle Isaac Maurice Johnston married Thomas' sister Frances Margaret Wagg.

For more about the Wagg and Hodgson families check Manitoulin Roots This site led me to the following information.

1906 was a very sad year for the Wagg family on the Manitoulin. This beautiful couple both met an early death. On 21 May Jane's baby boy was still born. Six days later Jane died of confinement. On about 24 November Thomas drowned on the Steamer Jones.

Information on the sinking of the J.H. Jones

When I chose this photograph, I didn't know the story was going to have a sad ending.

Jane Wagg Ontario death registration #005059 (5 June 1906) Ancestry.ca (http://www.ancestry.ca/ ; accessed 8 February 2009); citing Archives of Ontario microfilm MS 935 Reel 124, Toronto

Stillborn Wagg Ontario birth registration #unknown page not digitized (date death 21

May 1906); citing Archives of Ontario microfilm MS 929 Reel 177, Toronto

Thomas Wagg Ontario death registration #005052 (25 December 1906) Ancestry.ca (http://www.ancestry.ca/ ; accessed 8 February 2009); citing Archives of Ontario microfilm MS 935 Reel 124, Toronto

Who are you? I really want to know who came to the Quilting Bee.

This photo was taken on 8 August 1908 at R. R. #1 Mindemoya, Manitoulin, Ontario at the home of James Love. These women had come for the quilting bee.

Who are all in the photo? Which ones were relatives, if any. This photo is part of the collection of photos that were once owned by Margaret Love, my great aunt. I imagine she is the photographer (shadow at the right front of the photo) as I do not see her in the photo. There are several younger ones also in the photo. It is unusual for her not to identify some of the people in the photo.