This morning I had a visit
with Harry Ferguson, the founding chairman of the Scottish Studies
Foundation and he told me that it was a Chisholm (a direct descendant of
the chief of the clan) that founded Oakville and so we headed out to find
the evidence :-)
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Here is myself and Harry Ferguson and to the
right the original house of the Chisholms
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And here is the evidence :-)
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You are not allowed to take photos in the
museum due to some daft reason but on the left is a family tree and on the
right the castle of the clan back home in Scotland
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There is a book about the Chisholms in the
museum but most of the information is to be found in another building
hosting the historical collection
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And as you can see some very worthwhile
information for researchers
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I might add that this is a marvellous
collection of Maritime history, one of the very best in Canada
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And just to show one of the reasons for
building the house here.. to build a harbour
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And then we had to rush back to see the
England v Portugal football which as I type has just gone to penalties
after playing extra time so I'll hang on to report the final score :-)
Well sorry to say Portugal won with the Portugese goalkeeper scoring the
final penalty |