The Poppy Trail is an article about genealogist Jerri Grimley’s search for information about her grandfather, Joseph Henry Down, who died at the 2nd Battle of Ypres on April 24, 1915, and the resources she discovered to help her trace her grandfather’s life in Toronto’s east end.
The article was first published in the January/February 2017 issue of Toronto Tree, the newsletter of the Toronto Branch of the Ontario Genealogy Society, and now Ms. Grimley has made it available on her blog, Meehan My Family.
Ms. Grimley began her research about her grandfather to commemorate the 100th anniversary of his death and to prepare for a trip to Ypres in April 2015. She wanted to learn about the man she never knew, “from cradle to grave.”
In the article, genealogists learn about where Ms. Grimley found a baptism record and links to Toronto city directories and Canadian military resources.
