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to RCMP at his door one night in 1945. A communications clerk from the Soviet Embassy in Ottawa had just defected. My grandfather was a local lawyer and the powers that be in Ottawa wanted international/constitutional legal advice on what to do with this guy Gouzenko (in fact the powers that be in Ottawa just wanted it all to go away because they were afraid it would start a war with the Soviet Union and it did in fact start the cold war).
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Tell us some famous event an ancestor of yours was involved in? My grandfather found [View all]
applegrove
Jan 2012
OP
That is so neat that you have a photograph from that time. I didn't know photography was even
applegrove
Jan 2012
#7
My other grandfather was a country doctor in rural Nova Scotia. He was on one of the first
applegrove
Jan 2012
#10
I am distantly related to James Oglethorpe, who helped found what is now the State of Georgia
OmahaBlueDog
Jan 2012
#14
My ancestor was on the 'Sea Adventure' ship which was sent to rescue the starving Virginia colony
Waiting For Everyman
Jan 2012
#23
My grandfather went with General Pershing to Mexico to chase after Pancho Villa
Art_from_Ark
Jan 2012
#24
I would imagine that the guys in the Pershing expedition were a pretty close-knit group
Art_from_Ark
Jan 2012
#83
My grandmother on mom's side was a cousin to Michael "Mick" Collins, revolutionary in Ireland.
monmouth
Jan 2012
#51
Different versions of Langdon Smith's poem were published in 1895 & 1909.
Lionel Mandrake
Jan 2012
#62
Adonijah Peacock. Explosive Expert for George Washington during the American Revolution.
kaiden
Jan 2012
#71
The very loud unexpected night noise that broke windows in town: a true story!
struggle4progress
Jan 2012
#72
Great Great Grandfather fought at the Battle of Stones River in the Civil War.
greendog
Jan 2012
#79
Grandfather - Yukon Gold Rush, 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, WW-2 Murmansk Convoy
ThoughtCriminal
Jan 2012
#96
My Great Uncle was the longest reigning Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the world
MrScorpio
Jan 2012
#104