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- ↑ England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837–1915
- ↑ 1921 Census of Canada
- ↑ Correspondence from Thomas Raddall Archived June 30, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Obituary of Charles Malcolm Merritt Grantmyre Archived July 16, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
