Category Archives: Kirby family

Daisy Kirby and Thomas Trigg

Daisy Kirby (1876-1934) was the daughter of John Kirby (1838-ab. 1883) and Elizabeth Gardener (1841-1918) and the sister of Eliza Kirby and Charles Kirby, both covered in other posts. Daisy married Thomas Robinson Trigg ( 1877-1933), born in Gloustershire but … Continue reading

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James Radley Slee and Eliza Kirby (1875-1928)

James Radley Slee (1878-1958) was the son of James Slee (1850-1918) and Ellen Radley (1852-). J. R. Slee was born in Devon but moved with his family to Swansea around 1880.  The family later moved close to Birmingham and it … Continue reading

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Slee family of Devon – Wales – Solihul – Canada

As noted in other posts, Charles Kirby (1880-1944) married Elizabeth Helen Radley Slee (1883-1955)  in Broadview, Saskatchewan.   So, I need to say a little about the Slee family.  The Slee family name was, and is, very common in Devon, Britain.  … Continue reading

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Charles Kirby and Elizabeth Slee

As we saw from the post on the Kirby family of Warwickshire, Charles Kirby (son of John Kirby (1838-abt. 1883) and Eliza Gardener (1841-1918)) was born in 1880 in Birmingham and died in 1944 in Broadview, Saskatchewan.   During his youth … Continue reading

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Kirby family of Warwickshire, UK

Now time to get a little closer to my family.  My grandfather was Charles Kirby (1880-1944), born in or near Birmingham, Warwickshire in 1880 and in 1906 arrived in Canada and by 1907 settling in Broadview, Saskatchewan.  See the post … Continue reading

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