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WW1 Letters Home - Mar 28, 1917

5/11/2022

 
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Charles Joel Draper and Gertrude Loretta Canniff

Author of Letter: Noah C Draper, 30 yrs old 
Dated:  March 28 / 17
Mailed from:  H.M.S. Bacchante 
Attached to: HMS Bacchante 
Profession:  Farmer, Temporary Sailor 
Rank: Ordinary Seaman, Royal Naval Canadian Volunteer Reserve 
Addressed to:  Mrs. N.C. Draper
Relationship: Wife 
Writing instrument:  Fountain Pen with Black Ink 
Writing Paper: 1 sheet 9" x 6" medium weight, smooth, linen-look, folded into a 4-page booklet form with the inside page written across the short width and then down the length like foolscap. The pages are not numbered. 
​

People mentioned in this letter:
Ethel* - Ethel Isabel Draper, 27 yrs old, Noah's wife of 6 yrs
​Alice* Prosser - daughter of Ethel's sister Sadie and Cecil Prosser 
George & Eliza - Noah's cousin George Draper & wife Eliza Hamilton  

Charlie**: Noah's cousin Charles* Joel Draper & Gertrude Canniff 
Mildred* aka Midge* - Noah and Ethel's eldest - born Sep 1913

Places/things mentioned in this letter:
Coast of Africa 
Texas

Word or Phrase Use:  
- 's - While posting these Courtship and WW1 letters, I have discovered that it was customary at the time to add an apostrophe and s ('s) at the end of a name to include the family. So when Noah asks about Charlie's, he's really asking how Charlie and his family are getting along.
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Legend: 
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  person/place/thing, or use the search box in the header at the top of this page
** see History Notes below
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H.M.S. Bacchante 
​March 28/17. 
Mrs. N.C. Draper,
     Keswick, Ont.
Dear Ethel;-
     Well we are in port 
again after 11 days trip 
along the coast of Africa I 
can not tell you where 
but will not be here I 
guess when you getthis, 
it is some change from 
Canada & I have been 
bare footed for 3 or 4 days 
& am getting so I like it.
     Have not been ashore 
yet. but hope to go before 
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we leave as I would like to see a 
little of each country we touch 
port at.
     I hope you are all well as this leaves 
me at present, how is Alice getting 
along I hope she is better before 
this. I suppose Cecil & Sadie 
have moved by this. & also 
George & Eliza have gone West? 
     How is Charlie's getting along 
& how do they like the Canadian 
winter? I have not written to
him yet but will send him 
a card.
     Well I see they have the German 
troops on the move if they can 
only keep them going it will 
be worth while, eh. Hope the 
U.S. soon makes up their mind 
to come in & do a little bit for 
the sake of humanity. you often 
hear them spoken of among 
the sailors as cowards whitch 
​we know is not so although it ​

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​does look as if they are 
to proud to fight on 
anything but paper. 
     Well I will be glad 
when a mail boat 
comes here as it will 
shurely have some 
mail for me, have not 
had a letter for over 
3 weeks, but we will 
get used to that I guess.
     Well I guess I will 
close for this time 
Tell Mildred I would 
like to see her calf but 
guess I will have to wait 
a while. Bye Bye. Love & XX N.C.
                                        Draper
​

History Notes​


​There is one History note for this letter of March 28, 1917
History Note 1 - Charlie Draper

Noah has once again mentioned Charlie in this letter: "How is Charlie's getting along & how do they like the Canadian winter? I have not written to him yet but will send him a card."

So when did Charlie return to Canada?

Charlie is Charles Joel Draper, eldest son of Stephen Draper and Martha Barnhart whom we explored in the last letter. 

Charlie was born about 1873 and moved down to Texas sometime after the 1891 Canada census. Although I can't find him on the 1900 U.S. census, nor the 1901 Canada census, the local newspaper that serves the Keswick area shared this tidbit in 1901 about Charlie gifting Stephen with a cowboy hat.

On Christmas Day, Dec 25, 1902, Charlie married Gertie Loretta Canniff, a New Yorker living in the Houston area. The License clipping on the right is the only announcement I've found of their marriage.

Charlie shows up in the 1903, 1905, and 1907 Houston city directories as a painting contractor.

The 1910 U.S. census shows Charles Draper, Painting Contractor, married to Gertrude, and residing in Harris County, Texas. Their household shows 2 children: Clyde S 6 yrs, and Charles J Jr one month. And although the census record shows Charlie as being born in the US, it's not an error to be concerned about since a neighbour might have volunteered the info when the census taker came along.
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And then I found a Border Crossing Manifest for a CJ and Gertrude Draper crossing from the US to Canada on April 15, 1916. The couple were coming from Texas with a destination of Keswick, Ontario. But there weren't any children travelling with them, and although their birth dates were close enough, the manifest stated that CJ Draper was an American born in the US.

That's interesting because a birth record for him hasn't shown up on any searches or family trees. Yet.

However, it was enough to confirm that Charlie and Gertie moved back to Keswick the spring of 1916. 
 
When Stephen Draper died in February 1919 his obituary stated that Charles J is on the old homestead. (see clipping on right) That confirmed that Charlie and Gertie are living with his mom at Cedar View Farm.

In the March 15, 1918 issue of the Newmarket Era, an article caught my eye because of the title, Houston Woman as Steamboat Pilot.
I was interested in the facts since I was researching female steamboat pilots at the time, but the final paragraph totally surprised me as it came out of the blue..."Mrs. Griffin is a sister of Mrs. C. J. Draper of "Cedar View Farm" at Keswick, Ont."

More research not only confirmed that Gertie's sister Maud E Conniff married George C Griffin, owner of a Houston sand and gravel business, but that Maud and George were married on that same Christmas Day of Dec. 25, 1902 as Gertie and Charlie.

Interestingly, another tangible piece of evidence we have that Charlie and Gertie Draper were now living in Canada is from the Newmarket Era who printed a series of letters received from families of local boys serving overseas. A letter from Fred Hepple was published on Feb 22, 1918 and is too long to display here, but it goes like this:
The following letter was received by Mrs. C. J. Draper of Keswick:
Jan. 1st, 1918 
Somewhere in France 
My dear mother, and Mrs Chas. Draper, and all at home... 
...I must not forget to thank Charlie and wife for contents of parcel, although I have never seen them and hold them as dear as you, and am waiting for that glorious day when I can have a good chat with Charlie."

It is signed, "Your boy, Fred Hepple."


I can only assume that the Hepples and Drapers are close friends in Keswick and that Fred was very young when Charlie, the oldest of Stephen and Martha's children, moved to the US. This would also explain why Fred mentions George and Eliza, Charlie, Stuart/Stewart, and Edith in his letters. (see WW1 Letters Home Mar 22, 1918 for more info on the family)

On the right, I'm posting a clipping of the second letter from Fred Hepple which was published in the Newmarket Era on Aug 23, 1918. In this letter, Fred is in Germany and in the final paragraph we find that he's sending his letters to the Draper family to be read to his own mom.

On April 3, 1919, following Stephen Draper's death, Ontario Land Records show that Cedar View Farm on Lot 3 of the 4th Concession at Keswick was left to Martha and the children they'd had together, with Charlie being considered the head of the family. The record also shows that in February 1924, Charlie paid off his siblings. The legal work was finalized on May 1, 1924 with the notation that George, Stewart, Almeda, and Edith had quit their claim...and Charlie was home to stay.

So how were the Charlie's getting along with our Canadian winter? I'll let you know when I find out. 
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Charles Joel Draper and Gertrude Loretta Canniff
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The Newmarket Era. August 23, 1918

WW1 Letters Home - Feb 23, 1917

3/6/2022

 
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The Royal Navy on the Home Front, 1914-1918. Stokers shoveling coal into the enormous boilers of a British battleship.

Author of Letter: Noah C Draper, 30 yrs old
Dated:  Feb 23, 1917 
Mailed from:  Liverpool 
Attached to: HMS Bacchante 
Profession:  Farmer, Temporary Sailor
Rank: Ordinary Seaman, Royal Naval Canadian Volunteer Reserve
Addressed to:  Mrs. N.C. Draper, Keswick, Ont. 
Relationship: Wife
Writing instrument:  Pencil
Writing Paper: 1 sheet 9" x 6" medium weight, smooth, linen-look, folded into 3 page booklet form, with the inside page written across and then down the length like foolscap. The pages are not numbered. 

People mentioned in this letter:
Ethel** - Ethel Isabel Draper, 27 yrs old, (Noah's wife of 5 yrs)
the babies:
    - Mildred
* - Noah's daughter, 3 yrs old, aka Midge ​
    - J.D.* - Noah's son, James David*, 9 months old aka Jay in early months

Places/things mentioned in this letter:
rod  - old English measure of distance equal to 16.5 feet (5.029 metres
​mess - dining hall
​stokers** see history note below
​
Word or Phrase Use: 



Legend: 
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Liverpool Feb. 23/17
Mrs. N.C. Draper, 
     Keswick, Ont .
My Dear Wife & Babies 
     Well we are still in 
dock & will be heresome 
days yet I expect, but 
will be glad to get out 
to sea.
     Hope you are all well 
as this leaves me at 
present but am looking 
for that box hope it 
gets here before we leave 
for if it dosent there is 
no telling when I will 
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get it. Well it is raining again 
to day & was so foggy yesteraday 
​you could not see 10 rod. Just heard 
we are going to get four days 
leave hope it is so as I would 
like to see Liverpool & mabey 
go up to London for a day or 
so. Well there is not much to 
tell about when I do not get 
leave ashore. but expect to 
go out to night but can not 
be shure untill you hear it 
piped at noon. it is just 10.30 am 
now so you see we are not 
worked to hard. Well Ethel 
we are still in messes and I 
did not give you my mess no.
it is Mess 15 you had better 
put that in the corner of the 
envelope as it saves trouble 
in sorting the mail on the 
ship. there is 18 men to a mess 
here but the tables are all in 
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one room, that is for the 
ordinary seaman we 
are on the main deck 
​the stokers are on the 
next deck & the officers 
in a mess of their own 
it seems funny not to 
see a woman around 
but we are in a place 
where they would be in 
the way of the men 
unless they were cooks 
or something, & strong 
as a man. Well I guess 
I will close for this time
so Bye Bye. Love to all 
​     xxxxxx N.C. Draper
​

History Notes

There is 1 History note for this letter of February 23, 1917:

History Note -  Stokers in WW1

Basically, a stoker was someone who worked in the engine room with the goal of keeping the ship moving. Stokers were extremely important to the running of ship as they shoveled coal into the boilers that created the steam that kept the engines running. Over the years, as stokers became more experienced with the boilers and engine systems, they became the mechanics of the engine room. The stokers had their own deck to eat and sleep, worked their own shifts, and received more pay than the sailors. 

​In The Battlecruiser HMS Hood: An Illustrated Biography, 1916-1941, printed in 2008, the author, Bruce Taylor, says that stokers didn't have the attachment to naval traditions due to their lack of naval training in seamanship. He states, "Whereas boy seamen joined the Navy at sixteen, the stoker was often recruited in his twenties from the industrial and mining centres of Britain and consequently possessed a very different outlook and mentality." 
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Royal Navy Stoker Recruitment Poster, 1914.

WW1 Letters Home - Feb 16, 1917

2/20/2022

 
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HMS Bacchante, armoured cruiser, (1901-1920), Courtesy of wikipedia

Author of Letter: Noah C Draper, 30 yrs old
Dated:  Feb 16 (1917)
Mailed from:  H.M.S. Bacchante
Attached to: HMS Bacchante
Profession:  Farmer, Temporary Sailor
Rank: Ordinary Seaman, Royal Naval Canadian Volunteer Reserve
Addressed to:  Mrs. N.C. Draper, Keswick, Ont. 
Relationship: Wife
Writing instrument:  Fountain Pen with Black Ink
Writing Paper: 1 sheet 9" x 6" medium weight, smooth, linen-look, folded into a 4-page booklet form. Noah hasn't numbered the pages, and he's using a form he's used often before where his first page is the front "cover", then he's opened it and written on the right side, then moved over to the left side - turned the page sideways - and written there, and finally, he's closed it and written on the back. For clarity, I'm posting the pages in the order they were meant to be read. 

People mentioned in this letter:
Ethel* - Ethel Isabel Draper, 27 yrs old, Noah's wife of 6 yrs
Eva - Evaline Amelia Perrault*, 40 yrs old, one of Noah's sisters (out West)
Mother - Sarah Sophia Deverell* Draper, Noah's widowed mother (out West)
Alice - Alice Alma Prosser*, born June 1915, daughter of Ethel's sister Sadie 

Places/things mentioned in this letter:
Bacchante** - HMS Bacchante
Birkenhead - Town across the River Mersey from Liverpool, England
Liverpool - 
maritime city in northwest England
​tobacco**
fruit cake** 
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Word or Phrase Use: 
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Legend: 
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H.M.S. Bacchante, Feb 16
Mrs. N.C. Draper,
   Keswick, Ont.
Dear Wife & Babies;-
   Well Ethel I am on board 
H.M.S. Bacchante at Birkenhead 
on draft so you do not want 
to be alarmed if you do not 
hear from me for 2 or 3 months 
or even longer as you can 
never tell where we will be 
sent. nor yet if you receive 
a telegram for if by any 
chance I should go to Canada 
I would let you know at  
once, adress my letters in 
future to N.C. Draper R.N.C.V.R. 
H M.S.Bacchante, c/o 
​London, England and they  
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will be fowarded on to me.
   There was about 20 out of
our hut drafted on here &
the rest will soon be sent
some where else, I have been
here 2 days now commisioning
ship & it is some job. I can
tell you.
   Well I will be glad to get to 
sea again to feed the fish
Ha Ha. there is agreat deal
of confussion connected with
taking on stores & it takes
a couple of days at sea
before things get in proper
working order again,
   I got a letter from you
Eva & mother, Wed. before I
left Chatham they were

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all well, but I suppose you have heard
from them since the 17th of January.
​that was when mine was writen. but
one is glad to get mail even if it is
old, so dont forget to write often, well
​I hope Alice is better by this time, 
am shure you must be having a fine 
time, but you know, Ethel you have
a home of your own, & friends in the 
West who will be glad to see you at 
any time, dont let expences stand
in the way of your enjoyment of 
life, as we only live once and when 
we die we will be a long time dead.
​                                      Ha. Ha.

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to morrow is my after noon out
so will try & see something 
of a new town am only about
5 minutes ride out of Liverpool
so will go over there mabey 
tomorrow, afternoon, dont think 
I will come in untill Sunday 
morning at 7 a.m. have never
stayed out overnight yet so 
think I will have a change 
and get a feed. I hope that box
comes along before we leave
port, but I would not send
anymore tobacco if I were
you. a good rich fruit cake
that will not dry out is as 
good as anything. Well I guess 
I will close forthis time so
Bye Bye. Love to all. N.C.D..
​                XXXXX

​

History Notes

​There are 3 History notes for this letter of February 16, 1917:


History Note 1 - HMS Bacchante (see image at top of post)

Noah is finally on board a ship, HMS Bacchante, which is taking on stores before heading out to sea. The Bacchante was built for the Royal Navy and launched on Feb 22, 1901. She was a First Class Armoured Cruiser, Cressy class, which provided naval gunfire support to Anzac troops during the Gallipoli Campaign. She remained in the Mediterranean until late 1916 before returning home to England.



History Note 2 - Fruit Cake

Rationing during wartime meant butter, eggs, and sometimes sugar, were in short supply. Due to their longevity, fruit cakes were often sent to the troops where they would store them in their ditty boxes and treat themselves, and sometimes others, to small portions at a time - a piece of home for comfort.

​I searched my cook book collection and in my Five Roses Cook Book, 1915, Lake of the Woods Milling Company Limited, Montreal, found this wartime recipe for Fruit Cake that doesn't use butter or eggs:
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History Note 3 - Tobacco

Noah has mentioned Tobacco and specifically Player's Navy Cut Cigarettes, their cost, etc, in WW1 Letters Home - Jan 25, 1917
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The Morning Leader, Regina, Saskatchewan, Sep 7, 1911

WW1 Letters - Mr Butts to Ethel Feb 11, 1917

2/13/2022

 
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Ethel Draper with 5 working horses, spring of 1912. From Noah & Ethel's Album

On Feb 11, 1917, the same day that Noah was writing his letter to Ethel who was staying with family in Ontario, John Butts, their hired man back in Saskatchewan, was also writing a letter to Ethel:

Author of Letter: John Butts, 60 yrs old according to the 1916 census record
Dated: Feb 11th, 1917
Mailed from:  Grand Coulee, Saskatchewan
Profession:  Hired Man/Stockman
Rank:  N/A
Addressed to:  Dear friend (Ethel Draper)
Relationship: Ethel is the wife of Noah Draper, the farm owner
Writing instrument:  Pencil
Writing Paper: 2 pages,  5" x 8" lightweight writing paper with faint blue lines and light texture. John Butts has written on the front of both pages, but left the backs empty. 

People mentioned in this letter:
Ethel* 
- Ethel Isabel Nelson, 26 yrs old, Noah's wife of 6 yrs 
Mildred* - aka Midge, Noah & Ethel's daughter, 3 yrs old 
Baby -  James David Draper*, 9 months old, aka Jay in early months
Percy* - Percy Roy Draper, 33 yrs old, Noah's older brother, lives nearby
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​Places/things mentioned in this letter:
- Keswick - where Ethel is staying with family

Word or Phrase Use: 
John Butts is articulate, but has a habit of not using punctuation at the end of sentences.
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Grand Coulee. Sask
​Feb 11th 1917
     Dear friend
                    Just a few lines to let you
know I have not forgotten you. I received
a few lines from you when you sent the
Photos and thanks for the same I received
a letter from Noah and was much
pleased to read it He got away sooner
than I expected I'm glad he arrived safely
and hope he will return all right. but (my)
it is an awful war, but I think this sum-
mer will finish it How are you enjoying
yourself down there Hope you are all
well I did feel lonesome for a time after
​you left I didn't know I thought so
much of Mildred until she left I did
miss her Hope she is getting along all
​right also Baby Their Photos are good
You are all nicely taken I often take 
a look at them

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​Percy told me you wrote as you would
probably come back in the spring Well I
must tell you there is no person would
be more pleased than I to see you come
Remember it is your home and I feel sure
every person that knows you would be glad
to see you back You were better there perhaps
the last three weeks for it has been desperate
cold here just as bad or worse than last 
winter and as you know it started before
the summer was over so we are in for
a long winter but it will soon be all over
You mentioned in your few lines about
your Brooch It was here all right after 
you left but dissapeared mysteriously
That is all, until I see you, I shall 
say about it Tell Mildred I often think
her she must come back as quick as she
can to get my meals Hoping you will come
soon                 I remain your friend John
                                                           Butts


Written sideways across top of page 2:
excuse
pencil
I have
no ink

The stock
all look
well
and I did
not tell
you but
I am well
myself

Hope you
will come
​soon

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​History Notes

There is 1 History note for this letter:

History Note - Hired Man, Stockman

When the Province of Saskatchewan came into being in 1905, many of the settlers were from the eastern and southern parts of the Province of Ontario and not used to the months of harsh winter winds that blew unceasingly across the prairies. Like many others, Noah and Ethel spent the winter months with family and friends "back home." Soon after harvest, they would head east by train and not return to the west until it was time to get ready for spring seeding.

All the fieldwork was done with horses. Each farm would have had a cow for milk (shown as a milch cow on census records), or at least access to a family or neighbour's milk supply. The farms would have had poultry for eating and egg production, and other livestock for food and work. 


Unfortunately, the 1916 agricultural census records (schedules) have not been preserved, however, on the 1916 Census of Prairie Provinces cumulative report, it shows that the average Saskatchewan livestock amounts per farm were:
Horses 3 yrs and older - 6-9
Horses under 3 yrs - 1-3
Cows Milch - 1-3
Other cattle (oxen, maybe beef cows) - 6
Sheep - 1-2
Swine - 5
Hens & Chickens - 44
Turkeys - 1
Geese - 4
Ducks - 6

Although we don't know how much livestock Noah and Ethel owned when they left Saskatchewan in Oct/Nov 1916, we know they had enough to keep John Butts employed as their hired man. In the post, WW1 Letters - Percy to Ethel Jan 1, 1917, Noah's brother, Percy, wants Ethel to confirm that Mr Butts is to receive $20 per month, because Mr Butts has said he's been reckless with his money and is owed forty dollars. Percy's letter is interesting as it mentions that Mr Butts was out 'celebrating' and talking about quitting.

WW1 Letters Home - Feb 11, 1917

2/6/2022

 
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Rochester Cathedral and Castle Across the River Medway
 
Author of Letter: 
Noah C Draper, 30 yrs old
Dated:  Feb 11, 1916 (should be 1917 as Noah only joined in Nov 1916) 
Mailed from:  Chatham, England 
Attached to: HMS Pembroke (Royal Naval Barracks)
Profession:  Farmer, Temporary Sailor
Rank: Ordinary Seaman, Royal Naval Canadian Volunteer Reserve
Addressed to:  Mrs. N.C. Draper, Keswick, Ont. 
Relationship: Wife
Writing instrument:  Fountain Pen with Black Ink
Writing Paper: 1 sheet 9" x 6" medium weight, smooth, linen-look, folded into a 4-page booklet form. Noah hasn't numbered the pages, and he's using a form he's used often before where his first page is the front "cover", then he's opened it and written on the right side, then moved over to the left side - turned the page sideways - and written there, and finally, he's closed it and written on the back. For clarity, I'm posting the pages in the order they were meant to be read. 

People mentioned in this letter:
Ethel* - Ethel Isabel Draper, 27 yrs old, (Noah's wife of 6 yrs)
Alice - Alice Alma Prosser*, born June 1915, daughter of Ethel's sister Sadie* 
Katie - unknown at this time


Places/things mentioned in this letter:
- U.S.A. entering the war (USA entered WW1 on April 6, 1917)
​- hut - the barracks
- ditty box with shaving kit & little things like photos
- Rochester* - city in Eastern England
- Rochester Cathedral (see postcard at top of post)
- English church** - the Church of England
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Word or Phrase Use: 
ect - the abbreviation for the Latin phrase of et cetera which means "and all the rest" or "and so on and so forth." Modern dictionaries say it should be abbreviated as etc and that ect is simply a spelling error. However, I've noticed that many senior members of our society, as well as those on the other side of the pond, both in Great Britain and in Europe, spell it as ect like Noah does. 

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Feb 11/16.
Mrs. N.C. Draper,
   Keswick, Ont. Canada.

My Dear Wife & children;-
   Well Ethel Sunday is
around once more & I am not
sorry to see them pass as
it brings this war so
much nearer to an end.
   Well I suppose by the
time you receive this
​the U.S.A. will be in the
war. I hope so in the
​interest of humanity.
   I hope the children
are all well also Allice
is out of all danger,
   there is three men 
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out of our hut in the Hospital
but they are all improving.
   Have not received any photos
yet suppose you have sent
them before this. the photoes
of us just fit nicely in my
ditty box, I keep my shaving
outfit & little things in it
but there is a place in
the lid for photoes w.
​paper & ect. so I can
keep them clean.
   Well I have not heard from
the others yet but expect 
to soon. No I have not
got Katie's adress yet & 
do not think I will have a 
chance to see her even
​when I do get it. as we will

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have no more leave. only Sat. after noons
or else Sunday from 9 am. untill
Monday at 7 30 a.m. so one can not go
very far. Well I walked up to Rochester
again today (alone) and went to the
cathedral it was built about 400 years
​before America was discovered & is
a grand old place. I could enjoy
spending a few months here in peace
time with you, but don't think
we will ever do it. as train travelling 
is about your limit. Ha.Ha.
   Well if ever you get a chance
to go into an English church you
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you want to go. and see the
form of course it may not be
the same there as hear. but
they always read the prayers
out of the prayer book & always
the same ones just now. & it
seems funny to me I can
assure you. after being used 
to our churches. This after-noon
I went up to see the boys in
the Hospital & stayed with
them for an hour or so then
came back to Chatham & went
to the photographers to get
some pictures for a fellow
& they were good so I got
some taken, Snapshots & will get them
tomorrow night. & will send
some in my next letter well
I guess I will close for this
time Bye Bye love to all.
from your loving husband N.C. Draper
                             xxxxx

​

History Notes

There is 1 History note for this letter of February 11, 1916 (1917):

History Note - English Church

Noah is a Presbyterian and states several times in his letters that he would prefer not to go to the English Church because they read the same prayers over and over from the same books, whereas he's used to prayers spoken from the heart instead of by rote. He calls the Church of England the English Church which was also used on Upper Canada and Canada West census records, as well the records of the vast prairies called the North-west Territories before they became individual provinces.

Previously, Noah has mentioned the English Church when he attended St George's Chapel at HMS Pembroke, as well as the Presbyterian Church in Chatham, which he said is about a mile and a half from the barracks. For more information and images, see:
- WW1 Letters Home - Jan 7, 1917
- WW1 Letters Home - Jan 14, 1917
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