Hi Donald

Glad to see your posts on Gary's web site !! Its been a couple of years since I stumbled across the site and I was starting to wonder if Gary and I were the only ones left of our generation from Mapleton School and neighbourhood . I'm looking forward to more postings on both of Gary's ...

Hi Gary

Yesterday I thought about Frances being Nora's daughter rather than sister and a bell went off in my memory dep't. That and the fact I referred to William Fidler as (Alex?) confirms the onset of senility.

Ross

Hi Gary
Your section on Peter Fidler born 1867 shows him dying in 1948 in the title line and the picture caption then dying in 1955 in the bottom line. I was 12 years old in 1955 and remember it happening next door ( I thought people could only be born again ). Also the map caption has him living ...

Hi Gary

A few days ago I was trying to remember the date of the closing of the old Mapleton school, and couldn't so I decided to do some extensive research (I sent an Email to the school-Duh!). The secretary there was nice enough to Email me the following:

"The original Mapleton School on Craig ...

Gary:
The Alexander McLeod born in 1822 was counted in the 1852 census at Horton township - Renfrew county, Canada West (Ontario), page 23,lines 11-14. It's his father Alexander, born 26/01/1798 - Inverness(?) that I can't trace, except for the research of Christina Ratzinger. I have also been ...

Gary:
No mystery about my birthplace - my mother was staying with her family because my father had gone to England and Scotland late in '42 to get ready for a little beach party and fireworks show in June of '44 at a place called Juno in Normandy, followed by an extensive tour of France, Belgium ...

Hi Gary. A random memory of Mapleton history: In the fifties my father, Archie McLeod, went to a municipal meeting to suggest they name the road we lived on. After telling them he did not want his name used, he suggested one of the local old-timers such as Peter Fidler or Jim Birston - someone like ...

Hi Gary

While looking for something else, I came across this site and the memories started coming back.I remember you and your family well and you and I had a brief visit at the Selkirk 100th reunion. We also spoke briefly in Edmonton in the early 70's.

I was born in 1943 and went to Mapleton ...