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Historic Honeymoon Destination
When my husband and I were married in 2oo1, the only place we even thought about going was Niagara Falls. We had no idea why, maybe because it is traditional, or close, but we were drawn to the area.
We went to all the usual historical tourist attractions in the area,
Laura Secord's monument
General Sir Isaac Brock's monument,
scene of the Battle of Queenston Heights,
Fort George in Niagara-on-the-lake,
and the locks at the Welland Canal.
I started researching my family history four years later, and …
We Met For The First Time ...... Again
My husband in front of Butler's Barracks,
Niagara-on-the-lake, Ontario
I met my husband for the first time in April of 1998, but something about him seemed so familiar, like we've known each other all our lives. As I started researching my family history, I researched his family, the Bradts. I discovered that several of his ancestors were Loyalists, and they served in John Butler's Corp of Rangers. As a matter of fact, John Butler was married to Catherine Bradt.Niagara-on-the-lake, Ontario
I soon was reading all about the Bu…
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