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Research in Other Countries => Canada => Canada Lookup Request => Topic started by: eileen? on Sunday 28 July 13 12:37 BST (UK)
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Hi
I am trying to locate the death notice for:
Emma Spencer, 232 East Francis Street, Thunder Bay, Ontario. Died: 21 September 1921. Her husband was George Arthur Spencer.
I am hoping that her death notice would say if they had children.
Any help would be great.
Eileen
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Hi,
No it doesn't give information on any children. Informant was George Spencer. 243 E Francis Street. Burial :- Fort William Ontario Sept 22 nd 1921. Father George Brearley.
Sandra
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Looks like George Arthur Spencer remarried again 27 January 1923 Thunder Bay. Still living at 243 E Francis Street.
Charlotte Maud Boulter was a spinster aged 33 years.
Sandra
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Hi Sandra
Thank you so much for your reply. Yes, I saw that he had remarried but it is the children (if any) of George & Emma that I would like to trace.
Emma's sister, Olive (my g grandmother) died young leaving one daughter Doris who moved to Ireland 1915. We know little of the Brearley family and would love to find out if there are decendants in Canada.
thanks so much for your help
Eileen
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Perhaps the 1921 census will help when it eventually appears. Otherwise you are restricted by the privacy laws in Canada. There are no Central registries/indexes in Canada for BMDs. Canada has very strict privacy laws and each province imposes its own even further. Additionally, some provinces are more research friendly than others so researching in Canada can be challenging. The last available Canadian Census was 1911 apart from Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta which was 1916 and 1921 being indexed at the moment and due soon............ (maybe) As a guide BMD Records are only available for births more than a 100 years ago, marriages 80 years ago and deaths 70 years ago. An Obituary for George Spencer may help if one could be found.
Sandra
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Hi Sandra,
Emma Brearley was 38 when she married 1914 so maybe they did not have children.
George Arthur Spencer died December 7, 1943 in Thunder Bay. I found information on George which states ' Lodge: Sons of England at Fort William' would you have any idea what that is?
Eileen
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It would be the Grand Orange Lodge of Canada and there was a chapter in Fort William, Ontario
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Have you contacted the library at Thunder Bay to see if they could locate an Obituary for George ?
Can always "ask" -
http://www.tbpl.ca/article/local-history-and-genealogy-169.asp
Sandra
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Grand Orange Lodge of Canada!! That puts yet another slant on the family tree, I look forward to investigating that. I have sent an email to the Thunder Bay Library (thank you for that link) hopefully they will be able to give me some information.
Sandra, thank you so much for your help.
Eileen
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Always worth asking - hopefully you will receive an acknowledgment tomorrow - fingers crossed they can help you.
Sandra
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Valeriec,
Sorry, did'nt notice your name on reply, thanks for taking the time to let me know about the Lodge. It is brilliant when another piece is added to the puzzle of the Brearley family. I don't know anything about the Orange Lodge but I have heard of it. Seems like a few more hours online is ahead of me.
Many Thanks
Eileen.
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The Thunder Bay District Obituary Indexing Project has an index of obituaries that appeared in Fort William, Port Arthur and Thunder Bay. It indicates there is a notice regarding Emma's death in the 23 Sep 1921 issue (page 3) of the Fort William newspaper. There are also two notices for George including one on 7 Dec 1943 (page 16) and an estate notice on 7 Feb 1944 (page 13). This website will provide a copy of the notices for a small fee in case you don't hear back from the Thunder Bay Library. Here's a link to their website:
http://my.tbaytel.net/pafwinfo/obituaries.htm (http://my.tbaytel.net/pafwinfo/obituaries.htm)
Jacquie
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Jacquie
Thanks for the link and for taking to time to search.
Still waiting to hear from the Library but will check out the notices too.
thanks
eileen