Graham Boulton  (Cousin of Major C.A. Boulton: see Boulton Family)
    - Submitted in 1999 by William S. Boulton (Grandson)

    I was delighted to come upon your history site dealing with Russell and Asessippi. I am a grandson of Graham Boulton who is mentioned in your Asessippi history. He married Elizabeth Gill, whose brother was John A. Gill. My grandfather homesteaded in Beaconsfield, Manitoba in 1879, then moved to Russell in 1882, where he settled and eventually married my grandmother. My father was born in Asessippi in 1893. My grandfather and his family moved to Seattle in 1898, the reason being a disastrous crop failure.
    I possess my grandfather's story of his move from Beaconsfield to Russell, also the diary kept by Jack Gill when he went to the Klondike gold rush in 1898. I have placed both of those documents on my web site, as well as a few chapters of Major Boulton's book, "Reminiscences of the North West Rebellions", a copy of which I have. In addition, I have placed several chapters of my grandfather's sister's autobiography, dealing with, among other topics, the time when she kept house for him in Beaconsfield and the time when she served as a teacher for Major Boulton's
children.  These are available on my web site, wsb.datapro.net.
    I would be honored if you would place on your site a link to mine - some of the stories might be of interest. I would like to place on my web page a link to your Russell and Asessippi pages, with your permission.

Very truly yours,
William S. Boulton

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