Thirteenth Generation (Continued)
Thirteenth Generation (Continued)
Family of Fanny May Bell (965) & Frederick Raymond Freeman
2189. Ralph H. Freeman (Fanny May Bell12, George Henry11, Anna Mary Sarah Heyson10, Ann Elizabeth Mason9, Maria Eva Wamboldt8, Johann Adam7, Johannes Wambold6, Johann Peter5, Jakob4, Peter3, Martin2, Dieter1). Born on 9 May 1899 in Milton, Queens Co., Nova Scotia, Canada.10 Ralph H. died in Milton, Queens Co., Nova Scotia, Canada, on 23 Nov 1940; he was 41.10 Buried on 27 Nov 1940 in Milton, Queens Co., Nova Scotia, Canada.10

Ralph Freeman was a sign painter. He died by accidental drowning in the Mersey River at Milton, Queens County, Nova Scotia. His body was found in the river.10

2190. Marie Rawson Bell Freeman (Fanny May Bell12, George Henry11, Anna Mary Sarah Heyson10, Ann Elizabeth Mason9, Maria Eva Wamboldt8, Johann Adam7, Johannes Wambold6, Johann Peter5, Jakob4, Peter3, Martin2, Dieter1). Born on 15 May 1901 in Milton, Queens Co., Nova Scotia, Canada.10

2191. Edith Margaret Freeman (Fanny May Bell12, George Henry11, Anna Mary Sarah Heyson10, Ann Elizabeth Mason9, Maria Eva Wamboldt8, Johann Adam7, Johannes Wambold6, Johann Peter5, Jakob4, Peter3, Martin2, Dieter1). Born on 1 Jan 1904 in Milton, Queens Co., Nova Scotia, Canada.10 Occupation: Music Teacher.

On 9 Jun 1927 Edith Margaret married Thomas Head Raddall OC in Milton, Queens Co., Nova Scotia, Canada.10 Born on 13 Nov 1903 in Hythe, Kent, England, United Kingdom.101 Thomas Head died in Liverpool, Queens Co., Nova Scotia, Canada, on 1 Apr 1994; he was 90. Occupation: Wireless Operator, Bookkeeper, Historian, Novelist.

Thomas H. Raddall was a prolific writer of Canadian history and historical fiction. He received the Governor-General’s Literary Award for three of his books: The Pied Piper of Dipper Creek (published 1939, award for fiction in 1943), Halifax: Warden of the North (published 1948, award for non-fiction in 1948), and Path of Destiny: Canada From the British Conquest to Home Rule, 1763-1850 (published in 1957, award for non-fiction in 1957). In 1971 Thomas Raddall was appointed an Officer in the Order of Canada. He was a founding member of the Queens County Historical Society in 1929. He was instrumental in the restoration of the Simeon Perkins House in Liverpool, Nova Scotia and in the preservation of the Diary of Simeon Perkins which has been published in five volumes by the Champlain society. He also worked with the Historic Sites Advisory Council of Nova Scotia and the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada. The research centre at the Queens County Historical Society is named from Thomas Raddall.

Prior to his literary career which took off in the 1930s, Thomas Raddal had been a wireless operator and a bookkeeper at a paper mill in Queens County, Nova Scotia.

Thomas Raddall’s bibliography:
• At the Tide's Turn and Other Stories - 1959
• The Cape Breton Giant and Other Writings
• Courage in the Storm
• The Dreamers - 1986
• The Governor's Lady - 1960
• Footsteps on Old Floors: True Tales of Mystery - 1968
• Halifax, Warden of the North - 1948; revised edition - 1971
• Hangman's Beach - 1966
• His Majesty's Yankees - 1942
• In My Time: A Memoir - 1976
• The Markland Sagas, With a Discussion of Their Relation to Nova Scotia
• The Mersey Story
• A Muster of Arms and Other Stories
• The Nymph and the Lamp - 1950
• Path of Destiny: Canada From the British Conquest to Home Rule - 1957
• A Pictorial Guide to Historic Nova Scotia, Featuring Louisbourg, Peggy's Cove, Sable Island
• The Pied Piper of Dipper Creek and Other Tales - 1939
• Pride's Fancy - 1948
• Roger Sudden - 1946
• The Rover: The Story of a Canadian Privateer - 1958
• The Saga of the "Rover"
• Son of the Hawk - 1950
• Tambour and Other Stories
• This Is Nova Scotia, Canada's Ocean Playground
• Tidefall - 1953
• The Wedding Gift and Other Stories
• West Novas: A History of the West Nova Scotia Regiment
• The Wings of Night - 1957


(Soucres: Encyclopædia Britannica, The Dictionary of Canadian Biography, and Wikipedia)

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