tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6231257453868183589.post676262243364695842..comments2024-02-22T10:16:38.304-06:00Comments on https://lynfenwick.blogspot.com: Are you one of 93 million descendants?Lynda Beck Fenwickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12363248580928472769noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6231257453868183589.post-7684057792509789962012-06-10T12:43:54.032-05:002012-06-10T12:43:54.032-05:00Much of the farm land in the Canadian Prairie Prov...Much of the farm land in the Canadian Prairie Provinces (Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba) was settled by homesteaders. The land was surveyed from the Red river west to the Rockies beginning in I think 1865 in time for an influx of Mennonites from Ukraine in 1870. My grandfather and two of his brothers took homesteads in 1906 when they came from Ireland.The Blog Fodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6231257453868183589.post-53051550565192287172012-06-09T18:05:47.291-05:002012-06-09T18:05:47.291-05:00Donna, So, your children are descendants of homes...Donna, So, your children are descendants of homesteaders on both the maternal and the paternal sides--Aaron and John.Lynda Beck Fenwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12363248580928472769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6231257453868183589.post-33622127707272088832012-06-09T11:50:46.560-05:002012-06-09T11:50:46.560-05:00Lynda, I am one of the 93 million decendants. My ...Lynda, I am one of the 93 million decendants. My gggrandfather John Koch homesteaded land west of St. Benedict, Nemaha, Kansas.<br />Donna Koch Beck.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18308401426941882752noreply@blogger.com