Merry Christmas!

Ivan Hector Culbert (1918-1979). This photo was taken on Christmas Day 1940 in Brighton, Sussex, England on the sun porch of one of Ivan's billets.

Ivan Hector Culbert (the great-grandson of John Culbert and Mary Ward) is pictured above in 1940 on his first Christmas away from home. 

Ivan joined the Royal Canadian Regiment in January 1940 and was sent overseas. He returned home to Lucan, Ontario, Canada in 1946 with his Welsh war bride, Elvira Hutchings, and they had four children.

Merry Christmas, Culbert descendants everywhere!

Ivan Culbert Receives a Christmas Parcel from Atkinson’s School, and Writes a Letter from England

The following letter, written by Ivan Hector Culbert (the great-grandson of John Culbert & Mary Ward) was published in the Exeter Times-Advocate on 19 March 1942.

During the Second World War, while Ivan was overseas, he received a Christmas parcel from the pupils of S.S. No. 2 Biddulph, also known as Atkinson's School, and their teacher, Mr. Skinner.

S.S. No. 2 Biddulph also known as Atkinson's School in Biddulph Township, Ontario, Canada.

Ivan replied to the teacher and pupils with a letter, sent from a dug-out somewhere on the coast of England.

IVAN HECTOR CULBERT'S FAMILY TREE:

Ancestors:

John Culbert & Mary Ward (great-grandparents)

Richard Culbert & Jane Eleanor Fairhall (grandparents)

Myron Manford Culbert & Effie Pearl Taylor (parents)

Ivan Hector Culbert (1918-1979)

Descendants (Children):

Victoria "Vicky" (Culbert) Schloendorf

Ian Richard Culbert

Phillip Myron Culbert

Elizabeth Christine Culbert (1955-2020).