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     Henry Caesar Childers was born on 23 November 1868.¹ He was the son of Robert Caesar Childers and Anna Mary Henrietta Barton.^2,1 He married Sybil Christobel Allen, daughter of Colonel Walter Harding Allen, on 7 June 1910.¹ He died on 19 October 1963 at age 94.¹
     He was educated at Harrow School, Harrow, London, England.¹ He was educated at Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Berkshire, England.¹ In 1899 he joined gold rush in Yukon.¹ He bought 480 acres opposite Kelowna, known as Bear Creek, which he named Annamoe.¹ He fought in the First World War, with Strathcona's Horse.¹

     Walter Robert Childers was born on 29 March 1916.¹ He is the son of Henry Caesar Childers.² He married Adeline Moore Crooks, daughter of A. Crooks.¹
     He graduated from McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, with a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)¹ He gained the rank of Captain in the Royal Canadian Artillery.¹ He was educated at Wisconsin Univeristy, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A.^G.¹ He fought in the Second World War.¹ He was Principal Scientist, Department of Agriculture.¹ He lived in 2003.¹

     A. Crooks lived at London, England.¹

     Adeline Moore Crooks is the daughter of A. Crooks.² She married Walter Robert Childers, son of Henry Caesar Childers.¹
     Her married name became Childers.

     Richard Spencer Childers was born on 24 July 1954.¹ He is the son of Walter Robert Childers and Adeline Moore Crooks.²
     He was educated at Ashbury College, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada^G.¹ He was educated at Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada^G.¹

     Elisabeth Anne Childers was born on 27 December 1956.¹ She is the daughter of Walter Robert Childers and Adeline Moore Crooks.²

     Marion Childers is the daughter of Henry Caesar Childers and Sybil Christobel Allen.²

     Anna Christabel Childers was born on 8 November 1912.¹ She is the daughter of Henry Caesar Childers and Sybil Christobel Allen.²
     She was educated at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada^G.¹ She was a school teacher at Nova Scotia, Canada.¹ She lived in 2003 at Toronto, Ontario, Canada^G.¹

     Peter Childers was born on 11 May 1950.¹ He is the son of Anna Christabel Childers.²
     In business admin.¹ He was educated at Seneca College, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.¹ He lived in 2003 at Toronto, Ontario, Canada^G.¹

     Robert Erskine Childers was born on 25 June 1870.¹ He was the son of Robert Caesar Childers and Anna Mary Henrietta Barton.^3,1 He married Mary Alden Osgood, daughter of Hamilton Osgood, on 5 January 1904.¹ He died on 24 November 1922 at age 52 at Beggars Bush Barracks, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland^G, shot at dawn by a firing squad.¹
     Robert Erskine Childers usually went by his middle name of Erskine.¹ He was educated at Haileybury College, Haileybury, Hertfordshire, England^G.¹ He graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England^G, with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)¹ He was Assistant Clerk of the House of Commons between 1895 and 1910.¹ He fought in the Boer War, with the Honourable Artillery Company (City Imperial Volunteers Battery.)¹ He wrote the book The Times's History of the War in South Africa, Volume V.¹ He was he helped run the Irish Bulletin.¹ He wrote the book The Riddle of the Sands, the classic spy story that foretold World War I.¹ He gained the rank of Major in the Royal Naval Air Service.¹ He fought in the First World War.¹ He held the office of Minister for Publicity, Dail Eireann in 1919.¹ He was member of the Irish Republican Delegation to Paris in 1919.¹ He wrote the book The Framework of Home Rule.¹ He held the office of Member of the Dail [Republic of Ireland] in 1921, for County Wicklow.¹ He was Principal Secretary to the Irish Delegation negotiating a Treaty with the British Government in 1921.¹ After the establishment of the Irish Free State, he supported those who refused to accept Anglo-Irish Treaty.¹ He was he was captured by Free State Forces and arrested by the Free State Government on charge of bearing arms on 10 November 1922.¹ He was tried by court martial (under emergency powers) and sentenced to death.¹