DOUG GENT'S
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I was raised on the Gent/Sherman farm,
1 mile south of the small coal mining town, Bienfait Sask.
  My other "roots" are Estevan Sask.
I am now officially retired as of Nov 26, 2004.
 

    GENEALOGY

My family tree maker file is 20,000 names.
 I now know what our ancestors
 did to keep warm at night,
around the turn of the century!

      AREAS OF INTEREST

1.    Bienfait, Estevan, Neudorf, Melville,
 and other SE Sask. towns 
 (for the Gesell, Wendel & Gent  family names)

2.    Galicia, Austria (now Ukraine),
towns of Gassendorf, Brigidau and Drohobyz
  (for the Wendel name)

3.    Somerset County of England ,
 towns of Aller, Langport, Taunton,
and East Lambrook areas
  (for the Gent, Blackmore and Davey names)
4.    Camrose AB, and Winnipeg MB,
 as well as County Cork in Ireland
  (for the Twomey name)

    SEARCH MY SURNAME LIST

    GARDENING

 As far as gardening is concerned
 we plant just about every kind of perennial,
 but specialize in Roses.

I have over 75 roses in my gardens,
and most came from T&T Seeds.
Maureen's brothers Kevin and Brian,
operate the family seed business.
Maureen's uncle Jerry Twomey,
is a rose breeder who lives in San Diego,
and has developed some of the roses,
 they sell, and I have.
He has won many National awards,
well deserved from what I have seen.
I have approx 3/4 of an acre
 to keep weeded and planted,
which takes a lot of my time.
The back of my lot overlooks
 the Skeena River and Ferry Island. 
 We have a picnic site at the river edge
 which we enjoy throughout the year.

   UNION AFFILIATION:

 I am now an Associate Member of the TWU
 (Telecommunications Workers Union of B.C.)
 I was a past President, and Secretary-Treasurer of Local 33

    My Local 33 Home Page