I was asked how do I know if Lillian Balfour was from Dalhousie and all I have are memories of my father's and of my own. The photo shows the long hill down to the harbor and I recall her telling me how she would slide down it in the winter. The reverse side I believe would date the time as after 1915.
It was addressed to my uncle who must have remained in school while she traveled. She refers to the boys as been well ( I'm inferring she's referring to my other uncle and my father as being with her). The ages of the brothers at this time would be about 11,9 and 2. The first child was born in Boston in 1904, so I'm guessing a marriage around 1902 or 1903, coming to the U.S. maybe around 1900 or 1901. I recall she worked in Boston and probably met my grandfather there. He was a railroad engineer whom I have posted about before. I find no record of her prior to 1910 (Census 1910 Webster Ma.)
P.s. I Googled H.V. Henderson and found him listed with (1920-1960) .If compared to other publishers the dates would refer to the time in business.
This would now date my postcard as post 1920. The site I found is
http://www.metropostcard.com/publishersh.html
The boys ages would now be at least 16,14, and 7.
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Who's H.V. Henderson? I missed how that would help you identify the time of post card?
On the back side of the post card along the edge the publishers info is given. The postcard site i posted gives dates various postcard markers were in business.
Hello again Les,
I just noticed your beautiful Dalhousie postcard. I had posed the question about what led you to believe that your Balfour was from Dalhousie but I hadn't noticed your post over here. Sorry!
Perhaps if you reposted here (or on my site) with the basic info about Lillian we could try again.
One possible hunch I have is that there might be Quebec documents relating to her.
I have multiple ancestors who moved between northern Quebec (the Gaspe) and New Brunswick.
Evelyn in Montreal
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