My grandfather George McCracken was born March 1,1880,in County Donegal,Ireland,Town and parish of Raphoe.Georges father,James McCracken married Anne McConnell and over time had thirteen children,two died in infancy.In 1883,James moved his family to Ottawa,Canada and later started a merchant tailor shop.Grandfather got married in Montreal,where he met my grandmother,who was from the same town as he.After the marriage,they left for Dauphin,Manitoba where my grandfather worked for the railroad.They had five children in Dauphin.In 1917,grandfather moved the family to Kamsack,Saskatchewan where he still worked for the railroad.They had seven more children here,my mother being the youngest.