Mike Rowe would be proud
if cleaning up cement with a giant vacuum isn’t a dirty job, i don’t know what is. this is where my dad hung out last weekend. 45 hours of fun!
speaking of my dad, i’ve had a few emails from people lately asking if i’m related to “so-and-so” based on the origin of my last name. it’s piqued a little personal curiosity in my relatively unknown family history. my dad is not close with his dad and i think i may have met him only once or twice when i was too young to remember, before he and my grandmother divorced.
here is my starting point: we know we are related to the John Hawke that settled Hawke’s Village (now Hawkesville) in southern Ontario in 1846. from there, we somehow ended up in Saskatchewan and my grandfather has since relocated to beautiful British Columbia.
i am getting swallowed whole by the rest of the genealogy confusion available online.
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October 23rd, 2009 at 8:21 am
Well at least you have a starting point. It would be interesting for me to find out this information as well : ) Curiosity is getting the best of me with family history on your side and mine…
October 23rd, 2009 at 6:13 pm
your father was about 8 months old when your grandfather jim hawke and your grandmother geneva norrie parted ways.
October 26th, 2009 at 5:52 pm
That is so cool! I just read part of your family history on Wikipedia! I’m thinking you might consider “Piercifer” as your first child’s name? No? I once managed to track down some of my Scottish family history on the internet and discovered I an descended from… servants. OK. Not nearly as exciting as having a town with your name on it, but I guess it explains why I get so much satisfaction out of cleaning.