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Craik/Turnbull family enquiry/Bramshott Chase - Dr Emily Mayhew (4th Jun 2014  17:44:17) I am a historian of the Great War and I am looking for a family that lived in Bramshott Chase in 1915. If anyone knows any details of these people, could they please let me know. The relevant names are: James CRAIK, Jean CRAIK, Jean McKERROW, Jean TURNBULL. This is for a new book I am writing about the families of doctors in the Great War. Jean McKerrow was married to an RMO. Many thanks.

Craik/Turnbull family enquiry/Bramshott Chase - Hamish McNaughton (26th Sep 2020  17:26:32) I am currently writing about Jean Craik. Her mother was Mary Leck, my great grandmother's younger sister. James and Mary both originated in south west Scotland. My understanding is that Jean married McKerrow, but he was killed. She then married John Turnbull, a Canadian. John and Jean then went to live in Ontario Canada and bought a farm which they called Bramshott. If you are still interested, please contact me. John was born in Nova Scotia in 1894. As a boy he enjoyed the outdoors and learned to hunt and shoot. He served in WWI, was awarded the Military Medal for Bravery and was wounded at Vimy Ridge. Upon returning to Canada, he entered the Faculty of Forestry at the University of Toronto and graduated in 1922. In 1930 he bought the 385 acre Cunningham farm on Lake Couchiching and named it "Bramshott Farm". Bramshott in England was the location where large numbers of Canadian troops were stationed. John's future wife Jean Craik, worked as a volunteer in a hospital at Bramshott. This is where they met and were married. John chose the name "Bramshott" for his farm because of this and also because he knew that other Canadian veterans would recognize the name.

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