Derby family

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Dear Relatives:

Here is your copy of ihe Derby family tree.

It hes been passed down from generation to generation that Joseph Derby and his wife, Elizabeth Holmes, arrived in Montreal, Quebec from Westmeath, Ireland three weeks before their son James was borm. James was born July 2, 1828 which means his parvents must have arrived in Jume, 1828 making June, 1978 the 150th anniversary of our family being in Canada!

Joseph had been a gemekeeper in Westmeath, Ireland. He and his wife left two sons in Ireland - one died and the other, Richard, came to Canada later.

According to the parish records of St. James Anglican Church in Hull, Quebec Joseph and Elizabeth had moved to Hull by the 1830's. Joseph died in 1864 and Elizabeth purchased lot 1 range 11 in the township of Hull in 1865. Elizabeth died Jenuery 21, 1878 aged 75 years.

A few things to be noted about the family tree:
- All the names of the children of a couple are given in order of age from left to right, oldest to youngest.
- m means merried; ml means married firstly; m2 means merried secondly and m3 meens married thirdly.
- baby boy or baby girl means that person died without a name.
- boy or girl means I don't know his/her name.
- On page I I am uncertain whether Richard or the boy was the oldest. On page I4d I am not quite certein of the order of Richard Thayer's three oldest children. On the same page I am not certain of the order of Helen Cameron's children.
- On page I2a you will note that Sarah Draper is the mother of all the children.
- On page I1a I was unable to trace Ann Derby and her husbend. They were last heard of in Manitoba.
- On page I4d you will notice that I was not able to complste Richard Theyer's family.
- On page I5b I was not able bo trace Weldon Stevenson. He

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