Subj : Featured Ontarians
To   : All
From : Mike Dippel
Date : Wed Jan 18 2023 09:59:56

This week, I received an email from wikitree.com that I am closely related to some 
famous people from Ontario, Canada.

I am:

19 degrees from Margaret Atwood - Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, and 
environmental activist.

16 degrees from Jim Carrey - Canadian-American actor, comedian and artist

17 degrees from Elsie Knott - Elsie Taylor Knot was the first woman in Canada to be 
elected as Chief of a First Nation.

24 degrees from Gordon Lightfoot - Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist

23 degrees from Alton Parker - the first black detective in Canada

22 degrees from Beatrice Tillman - famous Black History proponent

22 degrees from Jenny Trout - first woman physician licensed to practice in Canada

19 degrees from Justin Trudeau - Prime Minister

22 degrees from Edwin Boyd - Canadian bank robber and leader of the "Boyd Gang"

18 degrees from Barbara Hanley - Webbwood's first female Mayor

31 degrees from Fanny Rosenfeld - Canada˙s Female Athlete of the Half Century

It is always interesting to visit the past to see how we are related to each other.  I have 
some ancestors that were black, bank robbers, politicians physicians, detectives, actors, 
comedians.  I guess that I am a collection of all of them.

If you would like to find your connections to famous people, you can start by giving me 
some basic information by going to:
https://www.hobbyline.com/genealogy_web_design.htm and click on the 'Request Form' 
link.

I have researched the ancestry for many persons interested in their family history.

Mike Dippel
telnet/http hobbylinebbs.com
HobbyNet Hub
 
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