Lymburner Reunion 1936
A reader sent a photo of a Lymburner Family Reunion in 1936. Thanks so very much, Linda. In the detail above, you see the oldest person present. She is #104,…
Hugh Love, St. Stephen NB
From the obituary of Hugh Love, born 24 January 1859 and died 25 June 1936 in St. Stephen, Charlotte County, New Brunswick: St. Stephen lost one of its best known…
Lymburner DNA Project
Guest post by Gordon Revey Hello fellow Lymburners! I am reaching out to people in my known Lymburner family and others that fall under John Jay Lymburner. He was the…
Bush Pilot Red Lymburner
Googling a Lymburner ancestor recently, I noticed Red Lymburner in the search results. Bush pilot, Antarctica and Mount Lymburner. So I read more. His full name was James Harold Lymburner,…
P. L. Robertson
Red Robbie, green Robbie. If you know what that means, you're a Canadian. Or a connoisseur of screws and screwdrivers. The Robertson screw and screwdriver, with square socket heads, the…
Goderich Postcards
My grandmother's parents, Matthias and Emily Lymburner, lived for a few years in Goderich, Ontario. These are postcards sent from their early days there in 1911. General View of Goderich…
Visits to the Grandparents
“Minnie and Charlie’s daughter must be visiting. I saw that strange girl of hers, and the dog’s gone.” Now, over forty years later, that’s what I imagine people on Pine…
The Uncles’ Great War
An uncle and two great-uncles are my touchstones for the First World War. The one I knew best was Charles Scanlon, husband of my mother's older sister Ada. He was 20…
Lymburner Family Tree
The family of Matthias Lymburner at Midland, Ontario July 1, 1929. Seated, parents Matthias Lymburner (age 64), Mary Emily (Vaughan) Lymburner (age 65). Standing, Otto Lymburner (age 32), Countess Lymburner…