Wow, this is so funny. Your grandfather was my Uncle. So you must be Marla's grand child. All the other grand kids I think would know the Gus and Lydia story but maybe I am wrong.
Your Grandfather was named after his dad who was killed in a train accident in Sleeman Ontario.
There were a lot of kids. In order of age
Gus, Ted, Helen, Earl, Violet, Edgar, Russ, Ross,(Russ and Ross were twins Ross died as a baby) Buddy was born to a diferent father (Hoover). He was named Ross after the twin that died but everyone called him Buddy. Gus was married to Rose Lefebvre. When Gus was killed in the accident they had to leave their homestead. They almost starved to death the first winter after Gus was killed. That is when Ross died.
Your GF married Lydia. She was quite a character. Your Gus had a glass eye and he used to put it in a spoon and scare us with it when we were little. He was living in Geraldton, when he died. He was my favorite Uncle.
I just gave all my family research stuff to my daughter she is working on a college project. When I get it back I will send you some pictures I have of them. You can e-mail me at
deer1ru2@yahoo.com