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Archives for July 2019

By Boyce Thompson

Was King Tut’s Curse the Real Cause of W.B. Thompson’s Demise?

It’s been pretty well established that an early visit to Kit Tut’s tomb wasn’t good for your health. A long list of famous people were presumably laid low by a curse for disturbing the pharaoh’s 3,000-year repose. Maybe it’s time to add the name of William Boyce Thompson to the list. According to a letter […]

Filed Under: Families, Thompson Tagged With: Charles F. Ayer, Dr. Howell, King Tut's tomb, Lord Carnavon, William Boyce Thompson

By Boyce Thompson

No Surprise: Isaie Gingras Was Buried in a Catholic Cemetery

It’s getting easier to figure out where a relative who died in the last 150 years is buried. The larger cemeteries often publish lists of who was interred there. They may even include a map to help you find the grave. Sometimes, if you are really lucky, a volunteer has taken a picture of the […]

Filed Under: Families, Gingras Tagged With: Isaie Gingras, Mount Calgary Cemetery, Notre Dame des Victories, Rose Deveau, St. Johnsbury

By Boyce Thompson

Discovered: The Gingras Ancestral Lands

Luck was certainly on my side when I went searching for the mercurial Gingras ancestral lands. I had all but given up the search, when I caught a glimpse of the marker on the left. Background is certainly in order. All Gingras (pronounced Gin-Gra, bozos) in North America descend from my eighth great grandparents Charles […]

Filed Under: Families Tagged With: Charles Gingras, Gingras Ancestral Lands, Joseph Gingras, Marie-Francoise Amoit, University of Laval Agricultural Station

By Boyce Thompson

Hugh Simmers: Walking in his Cinematic Footsteps

In the summer of 2017, I had the distinct pleasure of visiting the Cameo Cinema in Edinburgh, Scotland, where my grandfather Hugh Simmers worked as a projectionist from 1916 to 1917, before he emigrated to the United States. Originally called the King Cinema, it’s the oldest continuously operated movie theater in Scotland, dating back to […]

Filed Under: Simmers Tagged With: Cameo Theater, Hugh Simmers, King Theater

By Boyce Thompson

Discovered: Gingras Home in St. Johnsbury

It was no easy find. First, there was the hassle of getting there — to St. Johnsbury, Vermont, in the northern part of the state, a mere 49 miles from Canada. Then there was the matter of trying to find the home where the family had lived in 1880. The Census provided an address, the […]

Filed Under: Families, Gingras Tagged With: 85 Clarks Avenue, Isaie Gingras, Joseph Benjamin Gingras, Marie Gingras, Notre Dame Catholic Church St. Johnsbury, Rose Deveau, St. Johnsbury, Vermont

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