My great great grandfather was John Poole. I have all the information for the Poole side from their marriage on. John Poole, our great great grandfather was born in 1824, location or exact date is unknown, he resided in Channel, Newfoundland. His first wife who he married in 1848 or 1849 was Harriett Strickland born in 1830, they had seven children; Thomas (my great grandfather) 1849, Martha 1852, William 1853, Israel 1859, Clara 1862, Alexander 1863 and James 1867. Our great great grandmother Harriett Poole (Strickland) died in 1869.