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Research in Other Countries => Canada => Topic started by: Janed on Wednesday 02 August 06 15:34 BST (UK)
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Does any body know anything about Harriet and Walter Slee who moved from Barry South Wales to Mannville Alberta somewhere in the early 20th century. The only reason that I know they moved is a google search that produced a query from one of their descendants. Unfortunatly this was about 5 years ago and I cannot make contact now. I cannot find the Slees in the 1911 census.
Mannville when they moved must have been real frontier land and as inexperienced farmers they must have moved on to BC quite fast.
Anybody heard of the Slees?
JAne
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hello
in 1929 a Walter Slee (age 40) and his wife Ethel Slee and family Enid, Harold, Trevor and Margaret arrived in Canada
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/02011802_e.html
If you know more about the Slee family let me know and I will dig around.
There is mention of a Slee family in a local history book about Manville - I will look the next time I am at the library
A Walter George Slee died in BC in 1956 age 67 and Ethel Slee died in Cranbrook in 1972 at age 83
http://search.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/sn-27EF99B/gbsearch/Births,Marriages,Deaths
Here is a phone book for Canada - there are Slee's listed for BC
http://www.mytelus.com/phonebook/index.do
I will look around more later if you think this is the right family
Thelma
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Hi Thelma
Thanks for the reply.
My Walter Slee would have been 60 in 1929 but his son Walter George was born in 1888 so it could be him. I'll try and find his marriage. My connection is actually through Walter's wife Harriet nee Hicks
I had thought they left Wales earlier but who knows. As I said all this info comes from reading somebody else's posting s on a family search site. I'll fid it again and send you the info.
Where have you seen the book on Mannville? I found Walter on one site about landholdings there but am stuck on where to go now.
Although I live in Vancouver I have done virtually no Canadain research as I had throught we were the first generstion here. That is why this family sparked my interest.
Many thanks
JAne
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Hi there
the book is in the catalogue of my public library
http://www.calgarypubliclibrary.com/
it is a reference only book so cannot be signed out or loaned to another library unfortunately.
As you live in Vancouver if you go the Archives (address should be on the site I listed in the first email) in person you can look at the actual death registration (on microfilm) and that should list the deceased person's birth date, birth place and names of parents, etc.
That should help figure out if there is a connection to your family
Thelma
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Success
I found the marriage of the younger Walter Slee to Ethel S K Morgan in Cardiff in 1911!!
Alos on the immigration records is one of his cousins Arthur Slee who came via Vancouver.
Many thanks this a major step onwards
Jane
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Hello Jane,
You can find BC Vital Events at
http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/textual/government/vstats/v_events.htm
and another useful site is
http://www.islandnet.com/bccfa/cemlist.html#E
You will find a listings for many cemeteries there.
Beth
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Hello Jane
Check out the following website www.ourroots.ca and key in the book title" Trails To Manville &Districts". You will find a write up on the Walter G Slee Family.
Hope this helps and good luck in your search.
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As this is not a common surname, I will throw in the only thing I know, which is this:
there was a woman named SLEE who attended and graduated from the University of Western Ontario around 1970 or so. She married and they moved to Ottawa, I think, and had children.
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Many thank s for all the help. The article in the book was wonderful.
Jane
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Dear Jane,
I may be able to help a little with your search. I am the great-granddaughter of Walter Slee (Harold's granddaughter). I am new to this forum, so please feel free to message me if there are any questions you have.
Thank you,
Caroline
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Hi Carol. Welcome to RootsChat. Jane hasn't been on this site since February 2008. As long as she hasn't changed her e-mail address she will get a prompt that you have posted here. I hope that is the case & that you are able to connect.
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Thank you for letting me know! I will keep my fingers crossed.