Saturday, 10 October / 10:00 am to 11:30 am
Jane Simpson will tell the story of her ancestor Charles MacDonald, an officer in the British Army, on his journey of chance, spanning three continents and experiencing a number of precarious circumstances. Jane one day stunned her grandmother by asking an inconvenient question and the answer was not altogether convincing. Fifty years later, she had her answer, finding many surprises and shocks for her MacDonald relatives.
Jane Simpson attended elementary school in Ottawa. She completed her baccalaureate at the University of Ottawa and Masters at McGill University. A retired nurse, she lives in Kanata, researching and writing, in addition to singing in choirs. Her book about the MacDonalds in Belleville, Soldier, Settler, Sinner: The Remarkable Journey of Charles MacDonald was selected as staff pick in Chapters/Indigo in Belleville. Jane enjoys talking with other family historians through attendance at and presenting at workshops. Archives are some of her favourite places. She holds memberships in the United Empire Loyalists Association of Canada – Quinte Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society – Quinte Branch, Hastings County Historical Society and the 7th Town Historical Society in Prince Edward County. In Ottawa, she is a member of the Ottawa Independent Writers Group and Capital Crime Writers.
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