Sunday 18 December 2022

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).

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