INSIDE ICOMMUNITY EVENTS B2 '. a " fortunately, I REG HOE ; -. Tracing _ my roots INCE MY last story about how I found a distant relative of my grandmother De La family name back to 1700, several people have asked me if my family history Te- search has progressed any further. | am pleased to say that it has. Like everyone else, I have eight great- grandparents so there was lots more to do. After the above mentioned success, I turned my attention to grandma De La -Haye’s husband’s side of the family. 1 was able to find the name of his mother - and her parents on a census form the Channel Islands, Unfortunately, the census listed their place of birth as ‘‘England.”?. None the less, I was heartened by the fact that Coyde is an unusual name, except, as I discovered, in Devon. In this small county, there are hundreds of Coydes, I had no idea which ones were my an- cestors. Last summer, I joined’ the Channel Is- lands Family History Society, They pub- __ lished a bi-monthly magazine and in it. “they. publish the ‘names’ of: members. and . the family names which those members . . are researching . Shorily “after my name appeared, I received a letter from a man in Guernsey who had done some work on the Coyde name. As he lived in the town where my grandmother had been born, I was op- timistic and replied to him with the details Ihad of my Coydes. Several weeks later, he wrote back to say that my Coydes were in fact’ his Coydes, My great-grandmother was his great-grandfather’s sister. And yes, he had our Coydes traced back to 1696. So far he has only provided me with information back to 1756 but I have written to him re- questing the rest, so the search is hopeful. Meanwhile, I decided. to pursue gtandma De La Haye’s mother’s side of the family, the Villains. Once again, a census gave their names but listed. their place of birth only as ‘'France.’”* I was at a standstill until I received a let- ter from a woman in Jersey who had read my name in the Family History Joumal. She was a Villain, I quickly replied to her letter, To our mutual surprise, I am ‘sure, it turned out that we were related on both sides of my grandmother’s family. She is both a De La Haye and a Villain, as Iam. Correspondence with her is still in an ear- ly stage, but I am hopeful it will bring more information about. the Villains, In the meantime, I told her that we have a *. mutual cousin who lives on the same Street as she does; I wonder if they know each other. In spite of all of this activity, I am still left with one more great-grandparent from the Channel Islands to track down and there is always the other side of my -fam- ily. They come from London, England, where the boundaries change so regularly it is almost impossible to find someone, even if they don’t move around. Un- very mobile. As always, my wife continues to slay one step ahead of me, She is now working on her seventh generation ancestors. She has found them all except for James Alexander Stewart from Scotland. He remains elusive, as does William Brown (sixth most common last name in En- gland). She has two William Brown’s who live on the same street, are the same age, and both have a wife "named Mary. Of course, the original documents on this - family are stored in the William Brown Street Library, Dr. Reg Horne is a mamber of the Uni- . versity of Northern. British “Columbia. Faculty of Natural Resources and En- vironmenial Studies. based in Terrace, Haye, who had traced that know these people “were, The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, November 15,.1995 - B41 ~ SECTION B ‘CRIS LEVKAUF "638. 7283 IF YOU closed your eyes, it sounded like any other Remembrance Day parade — marching feet, bag pipes, children’s voices and barked commands, But the annual parade and ceremony this year marked the snowiest Remembrance Day in memory, Despite the blowing snow and five-foot high piles of the white stuff along malin street, the parade marched on, with a full contingent of represen- tatives from the legion, RCMP, war veterans, air cadets, firefighters, scouts and more, But the bravery award should go to the Ter- race Pipes and Drums mem- bers, stepping through deep drifts with thelr bare knees and dress shoes._ LAST YEAR nearly 300 children in Terrace might not have had Christmas if it. weren’t for the generosity of the city’s residents. The Children’s Christmas Tree Campaign is a joint campaign be- tween Kmart, the Terrace Co-op and the Terrace Anti-Poverty Society. Because of this’ campaign, 295 children. were given Christmas gifts last year. The anti-poverty society ‘gives the two: stores the children’s _ namics, ages, sex and size, .This information is then put on tags_ which are tied to ‘branches in Christmas trees on the two stores. Shoppers choose a name, buy a _ gilt, and retum the gift to the tree. Christmas is a difficult time for the poor, says Helga Kenny of the anti-poverty society, and she says. this year might be even worse, “T expect this will-be'a fairly” grim Christmas for a lot of people,’’ says Kenny. She is réferring to upcoming welfare cuts which she says will resulf in an even larger number of people needing extra help this ° December, The cutoff date for parents or ' caregivers to sign up their chil- ° dren's names is December 8. This infomation is kept confidential, stresses Kenny. - ' When asked how she determines whether or not parents really need ‘help over the’ holi- days; ; Kenny. says: she accepts what people tell her at face value, Christmas is for children ue to add to that.” Out of the 295 names the anti- poverty society received last year, they only questioned the necdi- " ness of one family. **So the abuse rate is not an is- sue,’’ says Kenny, Trees with the children’s names will go up in Kmart and the Ter- race Co-op this week. Would-be Santas should bring back gifts to the stores by December LI. Ed Burmey, who is in charge of the Christmas tree-at the Terrace Co-op, says it’s the names of the younger children who tend to dis- appear first off the tree. But he reminds shoppers that teenagers deserve Christmas presents too: Many families who sign up with the anti-poverty society have children of a variety of ages. ‘‘Nothing would be-worse than having your younger brothers and sisters get presents, while you get _ hothing,’’ says Burney. However, none of the children who are signed up with Terrace anti-poverty will go. without presents. -. Last year the staff al the Terrace Co-op cleared 30-40 names off the tree themselves, says Burney. And Kmart has a similar policy. ‘{*Ef there are any names left on the tree by the deadline, Kmart will buy. them Presents,” says ~_ Kenny, The anti- -poverty society will _ deliver the gifts from Dec. 18-22, and is-in need of Volunteer Santas “People havé so... maiiy: ob- ' stacles to. face daily, I don't waat to help out, If you can ‘give them ds hand, call Helga at 635- 4631. . 4 HELGA KENNY of the Terrace Anti-Poverty Soclety checks a child's name on the children’s Christmas tree in the Terrace Co- op. The tree lists the names of Terrace children from families who are having financial difficulties this Christmas. The trees. went up this week at the Co-op and in Kmart. ff. you choose a name, off one, ec the trees, be sure to bring a aft back Py Dee.