Google maps street view.

When you go to street view on Google Maps you never know what you will see. Can anyone identify the man in this picture?

James to Russell to Robert

James McNeish Married  Margaret B Cooper on Wednesday, September 24, 1879 in Wellington, Ontario (I assume Wellington County). It is interesting to note that there were two other James McNeish's that Married in Ontario in the 1800's. James McNeish and Jessie Hunter Married on Saturday, November 19, 1870 in Peterborough, Ontario and Anna McCullogh and James E McNeish Married on Wednesday, April 1, 1896 in Rat Portage, Ontario.

James and Margaret had 7 Children when they lived in Molesworth, Ontario in Perth County. They joined James' Brother, Andrew, in Bruce Mines in 1897 and Andrew Boarded with them for some time. The Children that moved with them where James Angus, Elizabeth, Edith, Mary, Clara, Russell Oliver, and Ella. An eighth Child, Percy, was born in Bruce Mines in 1898.

In 1905, Andrew Purchased a lake shore property where James and family joined him. There is no indication that Andrew ever married. He died in 1921. James Died in 1909.

In 1927, James Angus McNeish at age of 46, the oldest son of James and Margaret, Married Ethel May MARTINSON who was 32 years old. They divorced 5 years later. There is also indication that he had a wife named Caroline, but I've found no records as to when that was. He was a light house keeper by trade. The Light house on McKay Island near Bruce mines lists Angus James McNeish, Born on April 7, 1881 and descended from a Cornish family, as the light house keeper from May 15, 1915 to April 7, 1946.  

Russell Oliver McNeish was born on Tuesday, June 5, 1894 in Perth, Ontario. He fought in the 119th Battalion during the First World War (1914-1918).  He Married Frances Elizabeth Dixon on November 5th, 1919 at Grand Valley in Dufferin County, Ontario. She was born in Grand Valley on August 26th, 1902 and died of  thyrotoxicosis and myocarditis in St. Catherines  Jul. 18, 1929.

My Father, Robert James McNeish is a son of Russell and Frances McNeish. His older brother, William “Bill” Edward McNeish died at his home in Mount Forest on Tuesday, June 5, 2012 in his 88th year. They had three sisters, Eileen, Dorothy and Evelyn, but I know little about them and can't seem to find any information on them. I remember Aunt Eileen coming to our house for a while when I was a child. We went to visit Aunt Evelyn a few times and I last saw her in 1974 when I stopped in on my way home from a vacation out west. I think she came to visit in Kitchener after that sometime, but I don't recall.

If anyone can help me fill in the details it would be greatly appreciated.

Email me at werdigital@yahoo.ca.

Thanks,
George McNeish  
 

Bob and Bill McNeish in 1932

Bob and Bill McNeish in 1932

Here is the class picture this was taken from

U.S.S. #10, Proton and West Luther; 1932

Front Row: Allan Morgan, George Beckner, Jack coutts, Claude Kelly, Bob McNeish, Bill McNeish, Mac Coutts, Harvey Kramp, Walter Smith

Middle Row: Bessie Smart, Shirley Arnott, Fern Morrison, Verna Graham, Jean Smith, Mary Shortt, Margaret Smith, Stella Morrison, Geraldine Morgan, Mable Manion, Laura Hunter

Back Row: Leona Kramp, Ed Beckner, Bill Smart, Hazel Smart, Alfa Arnott, Dinah Hunter (zigzag) Lena Kramp, Margaret Arnott, Hazel Hunter, Murray Jack, Murray Beckner, Clifford Morrison.

Teacher: Mr. Dingwall

My Dad, (Bob) would have been about 6 years old back then. He was and still is pretty cute, at least my mom thinks so. 

Attention all McNeishes

I have just started this blog for all McNeishes in Canada. I will soon be posting some things of interest to one of the Ontario McNeish families. If you have or have had the last name McNeish, then this blog is for you to share information with other McNeishes. If you send me your email address, your name and any other information that you feel would be relevant, I will send you instructions on how to post by email or I can add you as a Blog Author if you have a google account. I will monitor post and remove posts that are offensive, hateful, prejudiced or inappropriate. I will decide what is acceptable but I will also consider the opinions of other readers of this blog. The goal is to make it a pleasant experience for all. It is suggested that you do not post personal information such as addresses, dates of future vacation plans or any other information that may be used by criminals. However news of what you are up to, your profession, links to your websites, reports of a past vacation or event of significance would be most acceptable. Send you information to me at werdigital@yahoo.ca.

I am posting this using email to be sure it works and so you can see the layout. Be aware that the heading of your email will become the title of your post.

Thanks
George McNeish
DR DISCOUNT & WHOLESALE
639 Nelson St (at Adelaide)
London, ON
N5Z 1J6

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email: wholesale@drdiscount.ca
519-850-6651

A Violence Free Man

The Start of a Violence Free Society

Peace in the world is not only possible, it is essential. We can easily see that, with growing world unrest, if peace is not attained it will mean the end of the human race. Therefore peace is inevitable. The only question is if anyone will be left to enjoy it.
Since the world is made up of individuals, it is up to each of us to commit to peace and vow to be violence free. We each need to strive for an inner peace that will translate into peace with others and the world at large. When we can be a peace with ourselves, we can then enjoy peace with our families, communities, municipalities, districts, countries and the whole human race. Although many can achieve peace with like minded individuals, and soon as you introduce them to someone with different ideologies the fireworks irrupts. It can be a challenge to accept others with different political, religious or moral views, but we can resist the urge to kill each other if we can come to terms with agreeing to disagree.
Hear the words of Jesus;
Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so? Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
(New Testament, Matthew 5: 43-48 KJV)

Power of 2: Exponential Thinking!
Although there may already be many individuals who are committed to being violence free, I control only one and that is myself. The concept of starting a violence Free world therefore begins with me. I must commit to being violence free under all conditions or the violence free earth can never happen. What a shame it would be if everyone else on the earth was violence free and I was the only one that prevented it from being universal. If I can exhibit a violence free character and prove its benefits, I should be able to influence one other person to be violence free this year. In that way our number will already have doubled. If we can each influence one other person next year we will double again. If we can continue this process for 40 years we will have reached over 1 billion people, which was the population of the world in 1804. The 41st year would see over 2 billion violence free souls. Increase that to 4 billion in year 42 and we will have well over half the estimated current world population of almost 7 billion and year 43 should see a completely violence free society on earth. This is based on just one person currently being committed to being violence free and influencing only one other person per year to do the same. This is the simple math, putting this plan into practice is another issue. I will attempt to lay out in the contents of this book a plan that each individual can follow to stay violence free. Hopefully when others see the advantages of being violence free, they will also want to adopt a life style that will promote that.
I do not advocate pushing religious beliefs on unwilling souls. That only aggravates the situation and leads to violence. I don’t suggest a war to end all wars. The world has seen two world wars that were supposed to do that. They didn’t work. You can’t fight violence with violence. That only adds fuel to the fire and makes things worse. What we need to do is to respect the beliefs of others whether or not we agree with them. It is possible to agree to disagree and remain friends. We need to guard our thoughts and our words. What we think and what we say can lead to war.
Abdu’l-Bahá says;
I charge you all that each one of you concentrate all the thoughts of your heart on love and unity. When a thought of war comes, oppose it by a stronger thought of peace. A thought of hatred must be destroyed by a more powerful thought of love. Thoughts of war bring destruction to all harmony, well-being, restfulness and content.
Thoughts of love are constructive of brotherhood, peace, friendship, and happiness.
When soldiers of the world draw their swords to kill, soldiers of God clasp each other's hands! So may all the savagery of man disappear by the Mercy of God, working through the pure in heart and the sincere of soul. Do not think the peace of the world an ideal impossible to attain!
Nothing is impossible to the Divine Benevolence of God.
(Abdu’l-Bahá, Paris Talks, p. 29)

Feel free to leave your comments. I hope to publish the book soon.