Pilgrims and Pioneers: Pioneers Emigrate to Canada

Welcome To Pilgrims and Pioneers!

After many years of researching my family geneaology I have been lucky enough to discover actual information about my relatives that lived in the Pilgrim Era and the Pioneer Era- while many people also have realtives from those eras- many do not know their names or where they lived- actually seeing the proof in print makes you much more aware of who they really were.
After discovering these relatives it of course made me curious to learn more about the eras that they lived in and what their lives were like as, the history I learned in grade school had long since been forgotten.
I decided to start this blog for others who are also interested in these eras.
Some of the information here will be actual facts about my realtives and some will be information about the eras in general that I have found on the web.
I hope you will enjoy traveling back in time with me!

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Pioneers Emigrate to Canada

My grandmother's half brother Clarence Shere was an adult before my grandmother was born. In the early 1900's he packed up his family & moved from Yorktown, Il to Drinkwater, Saskatchewan, Canada.

I have been lucky enough to find these photos from Canada at the Tampico Historical Society. Apparently my great grandfather Will Shere traveled to Canada for a visit back in 1910! He is one of the men in the barn photo- I haven't been successful in enlarging this photo to see whic one he is yet!

3 comments:

KKJD1 said...: Just wanted to come by and let you know I'm having a giveaway, please come by when you can. Blessings,Karen; April 2, 2009 at 10:37 AM
Olde Dame Penniwig said...: Those pioneers were such hardy people. I would NEVER have the guts to move to such a cold climate as in that part of Canada!

I think your ancestors were made of sterner stuff than mine! Mine all ran south!; April 3, 2009 at 10:24 AM
Debra said...: Oh Gosh Holly! I am thinking maybe yours were smarter!; April 4, 2009 at 5:44 AM