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- Fri Feb 23, 2018 10:10 pm
- Forum: Discussion Topics
- Topic: JACOB TRUTHWAITE NORQUAY (1884-1978)
- Replies: 5
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Re: JACOB TRUTHWAITE NORQUAY (1884-1978)
Hi Larisa, I would be happy to send you a scan of the Ruthenian School group photo. Unfortunately I have no other papers related to the school. Please email me at don.norquay@gmail.com and I will reply to you directly. Thanks.
- Sat Dec 31, 2016 1:37 pm
- Forum: Discussion Topics
- Topic: JACOB TRUTHWAITE NORQUAY (1884-1978)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 9290
Re: JACOB TRUTHWAITE NORQUAY (1884-1978)
Hi Gary, Thank you very much for creating this biography on my grandfather! Unfortunately I do not have pictures of him worth posting in my possession, other than perhaps a group photo of the staff and students of Ruthenian Training School. I am checking with family members to see if they have one. ...
- Sat Dec 24, 2016 2:08 pm
- Forum: Discussion Topics
- Topic: JAMES SPENCE (1753-1795)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 31321
Re: JAMES SPENCE (1753-1795)
My family is descended from James through Margaret Spence, and there's a family story I wonder if anyone else has heard. It goes like this: Nestichio, as a young girl, had been kidnapped by the Blackfeet and her mother asked James to rescue her. Even though many attempts had been made to rescue her...
- Sat Dec 24, 2016 10:56 am
- Forum: Discussion Topics
- Topic: ANDREW SETTER (1777-1870)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 28288
Re: ANDREW SETTER (1777-1870)
Hi Gary, Yes, my father is John Scott Norquay, son of Jacob Truthwaite Norquay and Ethel Scott. You have prepared biographies for 11 of my direct ancestors: Robert Miller, James Morwick (b. 1753), Oman Norquay, John Norquay (b. 1810), Thomas Norquay, William Scott, Andrew Setter, James Spence Sr (b....
- Tue Nov 22, 2016 9:25 pm
- Forum: Discussion Topics
- Topic: ANDREW SETTER (1777-1870)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 28288
Re: ANDREW SETTER (1777-1870)
To Mackenzie Setter: Andrew Setter married Margaret "Peggy" Spence, who was the daughter of James Spence and his half-breed wife, Margaret Nistichio Batt. Nistichio was the daughter of fur trader Isaac Batt and a Cree woman who was the daughter of a Cree Chief. This Chief predated Chief Pe...