Richard Madeley Investigates His Canadian Heritage | Who Do You Think You Are
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Richard Madley heads home to discuss his family history with his Canadian mother. He learns about his maternal grandparents and how their roots were firmly Canadian.
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Having reached a turning point in his life, Good Morning Britain presenter Richard Madeley decides to find out more about his family roots, and in particular the Canadian side of his family. He traces his extraordinary lineage back to the earliest Canadian and, to his surprise, American pioneers.
The trail leads Richard back seven generations to the first settlers of the then wild and largely uninhabited province of Nova Scotia. As he pushes back further, Richard discovers that the trail leads to America and New England. In Massachusetts, Richard discovers one ancestor striking a blow for women's rights, 300 years before women got the vote in America.
In Rhode Island Richard finds out that his eighth great-grandfather, Ezekiel Woodward, fought in a war between New England colonists and local Native Americans. In a moving and emotional encounter with a member of the Narrangansett Indian tribe, he discovers the role his ancestor played in one of the bloodiest ever massacres on American soil.
Richard's trail finally leads him to Boston, where he finds ancestors who travelled from England in search of religious freedom in the early 1630s, and discovers that they were among Boston's very first settlers and part of the birth of modern America.
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"When she was growing up, Saskatchewan was the agricultural heartland of Canada." I dare say it still is today too. It is Canada's Breadbasket after all.
I love Canada
Nothing wrong with hard working , disciplined (essential to farming) ancestors. 🥕🥔🍞
@jlp2061
3 жыл бұрын
Truth
Saskatchewan is A lot colder than Nova Scotia in the winter.
@TheCanadiangirl4
3 жыл бұрын
I was thinking the same thing. lol
@isd4154
2 жыл бұрын
🐖💨🇨🇦
@lindadechiazza2924
2 жыл бұрын
1 word Winnipeg
@TheCanadiangirl4
2 жыл бұрын
@@lindadechiazza2924 I think you mean winterpeg
There’s a background story to this. Earlier the British expelled the French inhabitants of Arcadia ( l’Arcadie), in Nova Scotia , and some of les Arcadiens ended up in Louisiana where they are called Cajuns.
After a man retired, he was sometimes listed as a “gentleman” because he didn’t have an occupation any more.
Hum any more on this one? Canadians want to know
@WhoDoYouThinkYouAre
3 жыл бұрын
Subscribe to catch highlights from the rest of the episode.
Watching from Nova Scotia lol
@MrSimonmcc
2 жыл бұрын
Me too.
@MrSimonmcc
2 жыл бұрын
Actually watching from Bridgetown!
@mustangmagster
2 жыл бұрын
@@MrSimonmcc I'm in Cape Breton 😁
1800 acres. Holy hell...
This is the first time I've seen him on TV without his mother.
I had no idea Richard was half Canadian.
28 September 2011
Can’t stick him this is the only place you can get a comment at him he’s protected by itv too much you’ve got to be a Pratt to work for them.
All I know about him was that he was on Calendar TV programme and then became notorious for committing shoplifting
I really do not like this guy. A long time ago I remember him interviewing some Professor and would hardly let him get a word in edgeways. 'Unfortunately' the cameras rolled for a while after the interview and the Professor laid into him. Madeley just said he should have been more assertive. Totally unacceptable. 1. He did not have the experience on TV. 2. He had been invited to give an expert opinion. 3. That was denied, we just heard what Madelyey's view. 4. Madeley did a complete disservice to journalism. 5. Sorry must say it, but, 'What a complete barsteward,' and he is still in the media. 6. Have not had time for him since.
Not gangs they were seasonal workers . Such labels rich label poor people shame
@MrSimonmcc
2 жыл бұрын
I think you're projecting your connotation of a gang into the narrative. They were referred to as work gangs, nothing wrong with that.