Jan 17
1706 Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston, Mass.
1839 Sir John Colborne took the oath of office as Governor General of British North America.
1850 Elizabeth Simcoe, wife of John Graves Simcoe, first governor of Upper Canada, died at Wolford Lodge, England.
1899 Al Capone, American Gangster, was born in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Jan 18
1788 The first English settlers arrived in Australia's Botany Bay.
1854 Thomas Watson, American telephone pioneer and shipbuilder, was born.
1912 English explorer Robert F. Scott and his expedition reached the South Pole, only to discover that Roald Amundsen had gotten there first.
1919 The World War I peace conference opened in Versailles, France.
Ottawa Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society (OGS) is responsible for Carleton, Lanark, Renfrew, Prescott and Russell Counties. Our mission is “To encourage, assist and bring together all those interested in the pursuit of family history.” If you want to discover more about your family origins, or how and where to locate information about your ancestors, our members will be there to help you.
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