Every generation has faced the prospect of leaving the Island and starting life elsewhere. In previous generations, the U.S., Massachusetts, in particular, was the most common destination. Recent generations have tended to move to central and western Canada. 

 

We have some fascinating out-migration stories to discover. 

 

As examples: 

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• One MacAulay migrant married the son of the founder of one of the first black colleges in America. 

• Another married what looks like a likely Holocaust survivor, a woman who grew up in a home for orphaned Ukrainian Jews. 

• Quite a number of MacAulays and Powers joined the military and served in the U.S. Armed Forces during World War I and II and the Korean conflict. 

• A cluster of migrants all worked together in the same shoe factory.

 

Exploring the family tree on Ancestry.ca will flesh out these stories. 

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You likely have your own out-migration story to tell. Please send it along for inclusion on this page or write something in the Blog. 

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