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Janie Riley is an avid genealogist with a habit of stumbling on to dead bodies. She and her husband head to Salt Lake City Utah to research Janie's elusive 4th great-grandmother. But her search into the past leads her to a dark secret. Can she solve the mysteries of the past and the present before disaster strikes? Available now on Amazon.com and Amazon.ca

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The Fenian movement sought to bring about Irish independence from Britain. At the end of the American Civil War, Fenians in the United States determined to recruit veterans of the war, invade and capture Canada, and force Britain to negotiate the independence of Ireland.

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° Fenian Raid of John O'Neill near Niagara This scenario is based on the events of June 2, 1866 being only a small skirmish and Col. Booker (Canadian) not advancing the QORs and the 13th alone but waiting until additional troops arrived
Fenian Letters
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° James Stephens
° Alfred Booker
° John Stoughton Dennis
° Michael Doheny, Fenian Leader
° Michael Murphy
° John O'Mahony
° John O'Neill
° William Roberts
° William O'Donohue
° Sir John A. MacDonald
° William Smith
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° The Fenian Movement in The United States by William D'Arcy
° Fenian Heroes and Martyrs by John Savage
° The Last Invasion of Canada by by Hereford Senior
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° Canadian General Service Medal (1866 - 1870) The medal was awarded to members of the Imperial and Canadian forces who had taken part in the suppression of the Fenian raids and Riels' first rebellion, the latter being generally referred to as the Red River expedition.
Fenian Raids 1866, 1870
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