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1 online resource (109 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Preface; SECTION ONE: The Discovery of the Missing Links; SECTION TWO: The Meeting of the Old World and the New; SECTION THREE: Newfoundland Enters the Picture; SECTION FOUR: The Years That Were All Too Few; Notes; Index of Names. |
Summary |
How did Florence Nightingale and Sir Alexander Mackenzie become part of the same family history? And how does Captain Booty Graves fit into the picture? Who was the well-respected doctor in London, Ontario, son of a Northwest partner and Metis mother, who married a grandniece of a British aristocrat? Who was the first Newfoundlander, the grandson of a merchant seaman, to become a member of the federal government?This is very much a Canadian story. What begins as research, by the daughter he would never see, into the life of a Boer War veteran who died in World War I expands to touch on many si. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Marten, Charles McKenzie, 1883-1918 -- Family.
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Martin family.
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Martin family. |
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Marten, Charles McKenzie, 1883-1918 -- Famille. |
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Martin (Famille) |
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Canada -- Genealogy.
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Canada. |
Genre/Form |
Genealogy.
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Scottish Canadians -- Genealogy. |
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Family histories.
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Family histories.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Fawkes, Marion Elizabeth Marten, 1917- In search of my father. Toronto : Natural Heritage/Natural History, ©1994 0920474985 9780920474983 (DLC) 95185487 (OCoLC)30973360 |
ISBN |
9781554881994 (electronic book) |
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1554881994 (electronic book) |
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9781459714915 (electronic book) |
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1459714911 (electronic book) |
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0920474985 |
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9780920474983 |
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