Cecelia (McArthur) Griffiths
Honor Code SignatorySigned 5 Apr 2018 | 30 contributions | 5 thank-yous | 11 connections
Signed 5 Apr 2018 | 30 contributions | 5 thank-yous | 11 connections
tested
Born 1950s.
Ancestors 
Daughter of Bill McArthur
and [private mother (1930s - unknown)]
Sister of
Jess McArthur [half], [private sister (1970s - unknown)] [half] and [private brother (1970s - unknown)] [half]
[children unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 7 Feb 2018
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Biography
I was born on Baden 4Wing NATO base in Germany on October 10, 1958. I have dual citizenship as a result: Canadian, from my mother, and New Zealand, from my father.
We came to Canada in October, 1960. I had my second birthday on the Cunard liner on which we travelled in First Class, because my father was an officer in the Canadian Air Force. He was a Flying Officer, and a fighter pilot.
When we first came to Canada, we lived in Penhold Alberta. I don't remember much from that time. Then we moved to the University of British Columbia, where we lived in a Fort Camp Army hut while my father did his BSc. My Mum already had a BA from UBC.
After that we lived in Richmond on Williams Road at #3Road for a while. That's where we were when JFK was assassinated. I'm probably about as young as you can be, and still remember that day. I was home sick from preschool, and our house was for sale. Some lady knocked on the door to ask to look at the house, but the phone rang at the same time. My father was calling to tell my Mum to turn on the news. The stranger lady came in, and the three of us watched the breaking news, as it happened.
Next, we moved to Ottawa. In Ottawa I went to Bayview Elementary School for Kindergarten. The following year it was Toronto, for Grade One. My dad was in university there, having started med school. For grades two and three we were in London, Ontario, at 617 Middlewoods Drive. I was in split classes both years. The grade three year, my parents separated, and at spring break my mum moved my baby sister, Jessica, and me, with her to live with our grandma, her Mum, in Victoria BC. My sister took her first steps in the hotel, waiting to fly to Victoria.
I was accelerated that year, so at spring break they switched me to grade four, which I attended at Sir James Douglas Elementary in Victoria. I was in the old building, before they tore it down and rebuilt it. I stayed there for grades five and six. During that time we first lived with my grandmother at 174 Olive Street, and later when they bought a house at 89 Howe Street, we lived there.
In grade seven, my Mum was finally able to get a mortgage, despite the barrier of her being a divorced woman with no man to sign the paperwork. It was at a time when women's rights were really finally being discussed, and change was happening. Anyway, she bought a house on the corner of Shakespeare street and ...I can't remember the cross street. I'll add that later. Anyway, Grade seven, I attended Oaklands Elementary.
In grade 8, we moved back to my grandmother's, this time at Howe street. I went to Lansdowne Secondary. For grade 9, I switched over to Central High, and we moved back into Howe Street. In grade 10, we moved back to Olive Street, where we stayed until I graduated at 16, from Vic High. I went to Vic High for grades 10-12.
Once I graduated, I went to UBC and did a B.Ed. While there, I met and married John Jerry Corriveau in 1978. We had two children: Cody Mellissa Corriveau and Taylor Suzanne Corriveau. They were born by donor insemination, so don't have their genetic paternity information, but they're getting their dna sequenced.
Sources
- First-hand information. Entered by Cecelia McArthur at registration.
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- Cecelia's formal name
- full middle name (L.)
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- birth location
- private siblings' names
DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Cecelia:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Cecelia:
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