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Title: Reginald F Tovey
Post by: john ritchie on Monday 13 September 10 10:40 BST (UK)
Hi  Iam Looking to find some info on Reginald f Tovey  b1913\14
 he came to Canada 1930 age abt 15yrs to farm?? Winnipeg Canada 

Could anyone help

yours Helen
Title: Re: Reginald F Tovey
Post by: valeriec on Monday 13 September 10 14:04 BST (UK)
www.canada411.ca
has 2 Tovey's listed for Manitoba, maybe they are relatives.
Title: Re: Reginald F Tovey
Post by: john ritchie on Tuesday 14 September 10 13:20 BST (UK)
hi Valeriec
Many thanks for the information

yours Helen
Title: Re: Reginald F Tovey
Post by: john ritchie on Tuesday 14 September 10 23:04 BST (UK)
Help Required

Reginald F Tovey   arrival in Halifax Canada   14 April 1930 came from Liverpool England   to Nanitoba Argricultural College  cnn466 not sure what this means

 Can anyone tell me how to obtain there records 


yours  Helen
Title: Re: Reginald F Tovey
Post by: gortonboy on Tuesday 14 September 10 23:22 BST (UK)
Births Sep 1914 
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Tovey  Reginald F   Ashton  8d 990

mothers mn weare
Title: Re: Reginald F Tovey
Post by: gortonboy on Tuesday 14 September 10 23:23 BST (UK)
Marriages Dec 1913   
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Tovey  Percy R       Ashton  8d 805   
Weare  Bertha A    Ashton  8d 805
Title: Re: Reginald F Tovey
Post by: susano on Wednesday 15 September 10 00:02 BST (UK)
Hi Helen

The following website contains a brief history of the Manitoba Agricultural College, which is now part of the University of Manitoba.  At the very bottom of the page is contact information. 

http://umanitoba.ca/afs/overview.html

I think the cnn466 is actually C.N.R. 466 which refers to the Canadian National Railroad which would be their means of transportation from Halifax to Winnipeg.

Susan
Title: Re: Reginald F Tovey
Post by: john ritchie on Wednesday 15 September 10 07:48 BST (UK)
Hi Susan  Thanks for this found the webpage yesterday  but maybe the need to contact  local studies for more information

Also research the travel to canada this is where found info 
now looking for family of Reginald F Tovey

dont know how to get bmd in Winnipeg

yours Helen
Title: Re: Reginald F Tovey
Post by: john ritchie on Wednesday 15 September 10 07:50 BST (UK)
Hi Gortonboy  Many thanks for info  Have this  on the family just need
to find out what happened to Reginald after he arrived in Winnipeg Canada


Many Thanks  Helen
Title: Re: Reginald F Tovey
Post by: susano on Wednesday 15 September 10 08:08 BST (UK)
Hi Helen,

Unfortunately, I don't think you are going to find much in the way of BMDs for Manitoba.  There is no central registry as there is in the UK -- each province handles its own records and some provinces are more research-friendly than others.  Also, Canada has very strict privacy laws and they vary from one province to another. 

In Manitoba, the only public records are births more than 100 years, marriages more than 80 years and deaths more than 70 years.  The vital stats site is http://vitalstats.gov.mb.ca/Query.php

The Winnipeg Free Press has a subscription archive site where you can search old newspapers for articles or notices of births, deaths and marriages.  I think there is a weekly subscription plan for around $10 Cdn.  The site is http://archives.winnipegfreepress.com/

I'm afraid I can't think of any other avenues for you follow than what I've mentioned already.  Good luck with your research.

Susan

Title: Re: Reginald F Tovey
Post by: john ritchie on Wednesday 15 September 10 08:18 BST (UK)
hi susan shall have alook at what you sent me

many thanks helen
Title: Re: Reginald F Tovey
Post by: Soltown on Tuesday 22 March 11 20:15 GMT (UK)
Did you manage to trace his family??

This family was featured on tuesdays edition of Heir Hunters and Reginald was the only line they could'nt trace, all they said on the programme was that he went to Canada in 1930 they could not pick up the trail

George
Title: Re: Reginald F Tovey
Post by: john ritchie on Wednesday 23 March 11 19:23 GMT (UK)
 Hi George  Yes I tryed to trace Reginald in Oct of last year   and found he went to canada to some college  for farming

I had seen his sister will was up for Grabs and their was only Him too find  i could not find anymore


But A Big Company like Fraser & Fraser should have been able to find him  or held the money tilll he was found

The Research they done was wrong  and Vera & Reginald  Had Half sister from Their Mum  and  their was also children from this Half Sister  which should have been consider


Yours Helen
Title: Re: Reginald F Tovey
Post by: Adrian Cameron on Tuesday 25 November 14 23:00 GMT (UK)
Have you found any info on Reginald F. Tovey?  I may have a connection.
Title: Re: Reginald F Tovey
Post by: john ritchie on Wednesday 26 November 14 12:09 GMT (UK)
Hi Adrian  No Did not find Reginald as Yet do you know where he went to


Yours Helen
Title: Re: Reginald F Tovey
Post by: *Sandra* on Wednesday 26 November 14 14:02 GMT (UK)
A Reginald Fawcett Tovey (AL Reginald Blake) born 1914 Duckinfield Cheshire crossed the border from Canada to the USA 10 November 1935 at Blaine Washington. Sister Vera Tovey 9 Caulfield Road Swindon Wiltshire. Had landed Halifax April 1930 on the Albertic. Had never been in the USA - going to California - to reside and work. Scar L 3rd finger.

Vera Tovey was born September 1916 Ashton - 8d 747 to parents Tovey and Weare.

Sandra
Title: Re: Reginald F Tovey
Post by: john ritchie on Wednesday 26 November 14 14:40 GMT (UK)
hi Sandra do you know where he is now helen
Title: Re: Reginald F Tovey
Post by: *Sandra* on Wednesday 26 November 14 15:11 GMT (UK)
Have you got an exact date of birth ?  That would help us to check against the SSDI in the USA - particularly if he has changed his name  ???

Sandra
Title: Re: Reginald F Tovey
Post by: john ritchie on Wednesday 26 November 14 15:21 GMT (UK)
Hi Sandra Dont have correct birth date but born July\Sept  I914  helen
Title: Re: Reginald F Tovey
Post by: *Sandra* on Wednesday 26 November 14 15:35 GMT (UK)
Unfortunately it needs to be the exact date - not just the quarter he was born in.  :-\

Sandra
Title: Re: Reginald F Tovey
Post by: john ritchie on Wednesday 26 November 14 17:17 GMT (UK)
hi sandra shall check some papers and get back to you helen
Title: Re: Reginald F Tovey
Post by: Adrian Cameron on Thursday 27 November 14 00:57 GMT (UK)
hi,
I am just wondering why you are looking to track him down, and what your connection is to him?  Sandra, you seem to know he had an alternative name, Blake.  How did you discover this?   Also, how do you know exactly where he was born?
Very interesting,
Thanks
Adrian
Title: Re: Reginald F Tovey
Post by: john ritchie on Thursday 27 November 14 11:42 GMT (UK)
Hi Adrian   Check the records on Ancestry ,  When i was looking for him before  his Sisters estate needed to be Claimed   Reginald Was in Care before he went to Canada , as was his sister Vera Their Father Had Died and Mum needed to go to work to Look after them  i am not related to Reginald   Just wanted to make sure he got what was his by right 

Yours Helen
Title: Re: Reginald F Tovey
Post by: Adrian Cameron on Thursday 27 November 14 11:52 GMT (UK)
Yes, I saw that the estate was featured on Heir Hunters.  I understand he changed his name in Canada, married and had a number of children.  I am his grandson, he passed away in 1998.  I never knew much about him, but just started doing some digging lately.  Would like to know when, and why he changed his name.
Adrian
Title: Re: Reginald F Tovey
Post by: john ritchie on Thursday 27 November 14 12:00 GMT (UK)
Hi Adrian  If you are his Grandson did you make a claim on this Estate  and where do you live what did he change his name to   can you send me Private message helen
Title: Re: Reginald F Tovey
Post by: *Sandra* on Thursday 27 November 14 12:33 GMT (UK)
hi,
I am just wondering why you are looking to track him down, and what your connection is to him?  Sandra, you seem to know he had an alternative name, Blake.  How did you discover this?   Also, how do you know exactly where he was born?
Very interesting,
Thanks
Adrian
Hi Adrian,

Just to confirm that the name Reginald Blake was listed on the border crossing for Reginald in reply 15.

Regards
Sandra