History of Gowen house in Old England
Ernest Charles Gowen 1908 to 1977 bought this house in the mid 1940s and resided in it until 1968 when he bought a house in the town of Selkirk. His son Donald Gordon Gowen took possession of the property in the summer of 1968 and resided therein until his ...

Ross you've already corrected yourself on the relationshop between Frances and Nora Fidler, which I hadn't read before I put in my 11/2 cents worth (guess I should read the entire forum first). Regarding Frances's limp, you may be correct on the polio, all I know is she was operated on in the ...

My mother Helen Nora Fidler, according to the story she told me, was supposed to be her name, but the minister made an error and baptized her Nora Gertrude. I've never seen her birth cetificate so I don't know how her name appears on it; or if there were birth cetificates in those days or only ...

In the front row there are 9 people but only 8 names.

My mistake, Frances was raisd in her grandfather's house and may have been by her aunt Myra. I don't know as I wasn't born yet, but I do know Myra owned a house on Highway 9 across from the old Mapleton school, I don't know if she lived there or just rented it out. When she died in 1945 (3 years ...

Frances Fidler's father was of the Jewish faith. Frances knew his name and in fact had a meeting with him in the 1960s or 70s. Frances was not raised by her aunt Myra Fidler but rather by her mother Nora Fidler who lived with her father Peter Fidler. Myra Fidler died in 1945. Frances Fidler as far ...

The correction to ghstill'S comment on the death of Peter Fidler needs a correction. Frances Fidler was not Peter fidler's daughter and Nora's younger sister. Frances Fidler was indeed the daughter of Nora Gowen' (nee Fidler) and my half-sister.
gnstill's article also says Peter Fidler was burried ...