Fort Frances Family Home - The Tierney House

Bernard Blastorah (II) lived in Fort Frances with his family starting around 1911 until 1924 when his wife died. During some of that time I believe they may have lived in the Tierney House at 250 Church Street. Today, that address belongs to the Royal Canadian Legion. This is a comparison between an old photo, which I think may be the old house, and the property as it looks today:

This is only a guess. I'm making this guess based on two other documents I have. One is an old school book which belonged to Iva Tierney. This book is dated January 20th, 1913 at the address 250 Church Street, Fort Frances, ON. It seems the book was then used further by Catherine Blastorah, daughter of Bernard Blastorah (II) who wrote from Harwood ON in March of 1926:

In several letters dated from the year 1921, Bernard Blastorah made moves to purchase the Tierney residence from the Conmee estate:

It is my belief that Bernard Blastorah bought the house where the family lived until moving back to Harwood. Catherine found or was given the schoolbook of Iva Tierney which she then brought back to Harwood. I'm thinking that the property in the black and white picture is the same property which now belongs to the Legion. These are all inferences on my part, and if anyone has any further information, photos, or documents, please let me know! Or feel free to discuss them below.

Jen

Sealo the Seal Boy

This personalized postcard was found in Bernard Blastorah's things. I believe the card was addressed to his son, Leo Fredrick Blastorah. Can anyone tell me who Dorothy is?

Read about Sealo here:
Sealo the Seal Boy

This is the Beginning

Dear Family, friends, and any other interested people. This blog will be used by me to post information about an ongoing project I'm working on which deals with Blastorah family history. For the purposes of this blog and my research I want to document all that I come across, and I ask that if you have any stories, pictures, or documents to share, PLEASE do so! It's my hope that this collection will be used to do an even bigger project later on, but first I need to know that I have all the information that is still available to me.

I'm mostly interested in the period between circa 1824 (birth of the first known Blastorah) and the post-WWII period when the fourth generation began. So if you have anything you would like to share, particularly that which pertains to this period, everyone may be able to benefit from it (especially me! :)
So keep in touch and have a look at the blog once in a while.
Thanks so much,
Jen Blastorah.