The British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa has produced a database of almost 2,000 names of Canadian Militia personnel who served in 1907 and were born outside Canada.
The publicly available database is an alphabetical index to a list of 1,991 foreign-born Canadian militia personnel in the permanent or volunteer force in 1907. Nearly three-quarters of the men — 1,467 — were born in England, 266 were Irish, and 149 were Scottish. The next most numerous birthplaces were Wales, India, the United States, Australia, the Channel Islands, France, and Newfoundland.
The index contains surname and forenames or initials, rank, age, country of origin, military division, page on which the name is found, and a link to an image of the original table.
Start your search in the British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa’s Foreign-Born Canadian Militia 1907 database. Perhaps your elusive ancestor is hiding in this database.
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