Birthdate is based on census records (the one she filled out lists her birthdate as 1870', the one her husband filled out lists it as 1873. I'm inclined to trust her entry as the correct date.)

Our oral family history is that her mother lost her Aboriginal Status when Ellen was born to a non-First ...

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From what I know, Ellen Mayo was born in 1870 in the nwt in what is now MB. She was likely born out of wedlock. The oral history is that her mother was FN and lost her status and that her father's family name was Mayo. Her father was likely Benjamin Mayo but I don't ...

Thanks, I do have that marriage certificate but can track down nothing further back such as a birth certificate for Ellen which would list her parents.

My grandmother's parents were Herman and Helga Sigurdson. Helga grew up in Ericsdale. At some point the family moved to Churchbridge. There were 5 ...

My father is Wayne Beggs son of James Edwin Beggs and Evelyn (née) Sigardson. He died in 1992 in Barrier, BC

I am looking for info on my great grandmother Ellen Mayo. She is listed in the 1901 and 1921 census but I have been unsuccessful in finding a birth record. She was born in 1873 in what was then NWT, now Manitoba. Her mother was aboriginal - but I dont know which Nation she belonged to. My ...