This site tells the story of Arthur Searle and Isabella McGinn, providing the generations that descended from them a historical record of their lives and the lives of their ancestors.
Arthur Searle and Isabella McGinn were both born in the Guelph, Wellington County area in Ontario in the late 1800s, moved separately to Saskatchewan in the early 1900s, got married in 1915, and had 9 children from 1915 to 1938. The family returned to Guelph following Arthur's death in 1940. Isabella lived in Guelph with her children and grandchildren until her death in 1979.
The main stories of Arthur Searle, Isabella McGinn, the Searle's, and the McGinn's do not contain links to most of the historical documents that helped inform the stories. If you are interested in the historical documents, please visit the individual biographies of each ancestor: each biography provides a story or link to the story of the person as well as a list of the historical sources related to them.