Canadian Enough

My grandmother was always under the impression that her family had been in Canada for 8-10 generations.  I never questioned this while growing up.  I assumed we had been in Canada longer than it had even been Canada.  Turns out she was only partly right.

Tonight, while working on her file it occurred to me that 6 out of 8 of her great grandparents were immigrants (4 from Scotland, 2 from England) and the other 2 were 1st generation Canadians.   All 16 great great grandparents were born outside Canada.  The first ancestor born here was her great grandfather Charles Burnham in 1815 in Port Hope when it was still the British colony of Upper Canada.  So "we" really haven't been here that long at all, but it was pre-Confederation... I sure hope she wouldn't be disappointed!!  200 years is pretty respectable!