In celebration of Canada Day, wikitree.com researched persons with roots to Canadian
notables.
I am:
22 degrees from Donald Sutherland - Canadian actor whose film career spanned over
eight decades.
17 degrees from Robert Carrall - helped with legislation to make BC part of Canada and
establish Canada day
16 degrees from George-Etienne Cartier - He is credited with the inclusion of "the
territory of the whole country...extend(ing) from the Atlantic to the Pacific" in the
Confederation
20 degrees from Viola Desmond - was a part of the Civil Rights Activist Movement.
28 degrees from Dan George - Chief Dan George was an actor, musician, poet and author and chief of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation.
16 degrees from Wilfrid Laurier - Sir Wilfrid Laurier, a lawyer, newspaperman, and
politician He was known as the 8th Prime Minister of Canada after Charles Tupper.
21 degrees from Charles Monck - Charles Monck was a member of the aristocracy in
Ireland.
19 degrees from Norma Shearer - won the 1929/30 Academy Award for Best Actress
30 degrees from David Suzuki - a Canadian environmental activist and science broadcaster.
16 degrees from Gilles Villeneuve - was a Canadian racing driver, who spent six years
in Grand Prix motor racing with Ferrari, winning six races and finishing 2nd in the World
Championship in 1979.
19 degrees from Angus Walters - was a sailor and sea captain who skippered Bluenose
(which appears on the Canadian dime) from 1921 1938.
19 degrees from Fay Wray - was an American actress.
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I have researched the ancestry for many persons interested in their family history.
Mike Dippel
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