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JOhn wants to blow his brains
John says "if Polly is not allowed to marry me then I will blow my brains out" this gives us the first insight into what John is like. -
John and Polly get married
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John and Polly have their first child
John and Polly have their first child. A boy named George, this is what Polly has wanted in life. -
John sails to Canada, specifically Saskatchewan
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John and Polly have a second child
John and Polly have their second child a daughter named Helen. She was named after her Grandmother, they call her Ella though for no confusion. -
World War 1 was declared
-Britains ultimuatum to Germany demanding it's withdrawl from Begium expired
-The British empire, including Canada was at war
-During this time Saskatchewan was very busy due to the need for wheat and food from the farmers
-Farmers at this time worked very hard due to a loss of workers because of the war -
John joins the RNWMP in hope to be sent over seas
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John moved to Blaine lake
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John invites a new mountie home for supper and there he meets Jessie Patterson, a willowy 16 year old
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John tires to enlist for a second time, but yet was rejected again
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Tuberculosis
-John recives the news that he has tuberculosis
-Back then only 10% of people survived this disease
-This disease was a death sentence in the early years
-John spent the long winter of the year 1917-1918 looked after primarily by Jessie Patterson -
Polly arrives in Halifax
-The Mauretania was the boat Polly ook over sea
-People were cheked as they were leaving the bost
-Once Polly got of the boat she took a train west
-The year Polly arrived was a year after the Halifax explosion -
Polly finally arrives in Regina
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John and Polly see each other for the first time in 6 years
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Polly realizes she has become pregnant with another child
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John is moved to Saskatoon
John gets moved to Saskatoon. In charge of a subdivison of the military policie, with a total of 34 men under him. -
John buys a shovel
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John kills Polly
-Johntells Polly he wants to shot some geese but hen Polly looks John is pointing the gun at her
-John shot Polly right in the face and her brains spilt out
-When John shot Polly he also killed the child they were expecting
-After John kills Polly her leaves her body in a feild -
Johns car ends up on fire
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John marries Jessie Patterson
