The Fraser, Baillie, Dore families of Ontario, CanadaUpdated August 9, 2002 |
I have entered three major and many minor family trees from my ancestry to my great grandparents and beyond. Family names include Fraser, McMonagle, Christie, Baillie, Dore, Porter, and Barron. My ancestors come mostly from Scotland, but also Ireland and England. The oldest line goes back eleven generations to the 1700's. I am especially interested in filling in the blanks on the Baillie and Porter side. For my in-laws, I am interested in the last names Marage (french origin) and Karasz (Hungarian). While hunting down the relations, I found that we are possibly related (distantly) to the Hon. William Hamilton Merritt, Member of Parliament and Loyalist, who promoted the construction of the Welland Canal. I am still confirming this link. We are related by marriage to Adelaide Cook (Mrs. George Lainchbury Dore), whose mother was Charlotte Janette Merritt. Uncle Jim Christie was quite a character, and I hope to find out more about him. He survived a horrific bear attack. His scars are mentioned when he joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force in the Great War. He made his fortune somehow, though he listed his occupation as "hunter and guide". (Perhaps during the gold rush?). In 1939 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth undertook a six-week coast-to-coast tour of Canada. The King and Queen visited him in the hospital before he passed away (I think he had done some guiding for them in the Rockies). His middle name is Murdock, which I think may have been the maiden name of his mother. He had 13 brothers and sisters (some of them step) but I know only of three; him and two sisters Margaret Christie and Agnes MacDougall Christie(my great grandmother). The family came from around Angus, Perth, and Fife, Scotland to Carman, Manitoba. There is a great deal more information on my great Uncle Jim Baillie, ornithologist for the Royal Ontario Museum. The annual bird count is named after him, and there is a great deal of information to be found on the internet. He was awarded the Canadian Centennial Medal - 1967 for his contributions to Canada. |
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Janet Elizabeth Fenske
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