My grandfather, Alexander Moore Gillanders, moved to Canada from Ireland as a young man and married my grandmother Gwendolyn Vaughn Kinsey. They lived in Vancouver in the early years having 7 children; David, Neil (my father), Ross, Don, Grant, Joan, John. In the early 40's they moved up to Prince Rupert where they lived for a short time before buying land in Terrace BC. My grandfather, (Alex) had purchased land with no house, but a little chicken coop which was whitewashed and where they lived until they built their house. My grandfather and his sons proceded to build a house (that in later years became a rest home) being very resourceful at that time.
<Added by Sherri> Alex was the Municipal Clerk-Administrator in Terrace.
This week's connection theme is Harry Potter. Alex is 31 degrees from Maggie Smith, 24 degrees from Terence Bayler, 23 degrees from Helena Bonham Carter, 32 degrees from Kenneth Branagh, 24 degrees from Ralph Fiennes, 28 degrees from Richard Griffiths, 23 degrees from Robert Hardy, 22 degrees from Richard Harris, 33 degrees from Bill Nighy, 22 degrees from Leslie Phillips, 30 degrees from Alan Rickman and 25 degrees from Verne Troyer on our single family tree. Login to see how you relate to 33 million family members.
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