Canada Day! A day to celebrate the great nation of Canada, and all of the immigrants and first nations people who have made it one of the best places in the world. There are as many tales of this country as their are people, and every immigrant who came here had their own reasons and their own story. Here are a few from my own ancestors,Robert Bird was a letter carrier and furniture maker in Nottingham, England. He had a wife, Catherine (Scrimshaw), four adult sons (Arthur, George, Henry, and...
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