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Title: Death records
Post by: Granard19 on Sunday 01 May 11 04:41 BST (UK)

Trying to find death record of Alexander Cathcart
Born 1708 in Longford Ireland
Died April 28, 1862 Montreal Canada
Any idea how to go about looking it up?
thanks

Title: Re: Death records
Post by: cosmac on Sunday 01 May 11 07:26 BST (UK)

In the Montreal parish served by - Methodist East End Lagauchetiere -  a death for Alexander Cathcart on the date you provided is entered.  He was buried on the 30th and his age at death was 64.  No other information is given except the names of the two witnesses.  One is John Millen and the other ?.

Debbie

Title: Re: Death records
Post by: danuslave on Sunday 01 May 11 14:39 BST (UK)

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Born 1708 in Longford Ireland
Died April 28, 1862 Montreal Canada

So, 154 when he died - good going   :) :)

Linda

PS  Welcome to RootsChat Granard19

Title: Re: Death records
Post by: Granard19 on Monday 02 May 11 04:17 BST (UK)

Sorry
Alexander Cathcart was born in Jan 1798
and died April 28  1862
If you do have the records please let me know how to see them

Title: Re: Death records
Post by: polarbear on Monday 02 May 11 04:51 BST (UK)

Hello there and welcome to RootsChat  :).

This answer will generally relate to your other queries as well.

The records, with images, can be found in the Drouin Collection of Ancestry.ca or Ancestry.com, which are paid subscription websites. If your local public library subscribes to Ancestry Library Edition you would have access to the records that way as well.

When searching for the Cathcarts some of the records are found indexed with only the last name.

You can also trace the Cathcarts in Montreal in directories at this link. Start at Serie principale and it is generally English after that.

http://bibnum2.bnquebec.ca/bna/lovell/index.html

Polarbear