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Peter Anderson Symington born Scotland ,sent to Canada 1913 as an orphan .Last heard of 1921 in Manitoba any help appreciated
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Have you tried contacting Quarriers (the organization that brought him to Canada)?
https://quarriers.org.uk/about-us/genealogy/ (https://quarriers.org.uk/about-us/genealogy/)
Jacquie
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Thank you for your reply Jacqui.yes I have what little information Quarriers have on him and it is only the circumstances that led to him being sent to Canada .Sadly nothing after
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Is the Andrew who travelled with him his brother?
PB
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Yes he is ,Andrew travelled to the US in 1921 Peter stayed behind as far as I know
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Even if this is the right Andrew/Peter Symington, it may not be much help, although every hint can be important:
Andrew Symington military attestion, showing a brother Peter as next of kin:
http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/personnel-records/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=261807
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I could not find anything for the brothers (aside from what has already been mentioned).
Have you tried to find the uncle, Peter Symington, who was apparently living in Minnesota during Andrew's 1921 visit? I didn't exhaust all possibilities for the uncle, but I couldn't find him after spending quite a bit of time looking for him in the states. Perhaps you know where uncle Peter and brother Andrew were after 1921? Could their whereabouts shed any clues about Peter? :-\
The border crossing for Andrew is difficult to read, but Hamilton, Ontario was mentioned. Could the brothers have returned to Ontario at some point?
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If the CEf record is for the correct Andrew....
Both Peter and Andrew were living near Ottawa Ontario at the time Andrew signed up.
Library and Archives Canada (LAC) are in the process of digitizing all the WW1 CEF records and they will be available for free through the LAC website. They are not up to S quite yet. The records may contain addresses for Peter if he was assigned to receive Andrew's pay. Peter may not have stayed in Cobden for the duration of the war.
Andrew arrived in Canada from the war 27 Mar 1919 on the Minnekahda with a destination of Ottawa.
Both brothers are proving to be very elusive beyond 1921.
PB
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It's so frustrating it's as if they vanished after that date ,they maybe never married but they obviously died at some point so there has to be a record of this somewhere surely .My Dad was left a small bequest in a cousins will and I do believe that solicitors tried in vain to find my uncles at this time as the too were beneficiaries but no joy
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I cannot verify that uncle Peter Anderson Symington ever went to the United States ,so why he would be named as Andrews contact there is beyond me .I know for certain that he marries in 1907 in Scotland had 5 children ,and ran a painting and decorating business in Scotland along with his father ,He died in Scotland in 1960 so I cannot understand why he would be in the States
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The Canadian National Railway CNR has a railcar sorting facility in Winnipeg called Symington Yards. Wonder whom it's named after.
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Symington Yards named for Herbert James Symington 1881-1965, a CNR director.
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In the 1921 Canadian census in the RM MacDonald Manitoba there is an Andrew Symington, 23, born Scotland, parents born Scotland, Presbyterian, emigration 1912, farm labourer for Walter Cross.
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Yes that is Andrew on the 1921 census Peter was also there at a place called lisgar with a family called Checkley.
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Can anyone read the address for Uncle Peter, on the border crossing card, please? I can't read it. :-\
Andrew Watson Symington
Arrival date 21 February 1921
International Falls, Minnesota
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LAC military record for Andrew Symington is now available online.
http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/personnel-records/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=261807
It takes a little while for the whole military file to download...
Quick look through shows that his full name was Andrew Watson Symington (see page 33/48). Parents - he doesn't know if they are alive. Next of kin is brother Peter Symington c/o Thomas Hill, Cobden, Ontario.
On page 9 of 48, it says that the new next of kin is Miss Sarah Symington c/o Mrs Robertson, 13 Park Ave, Dundee Scotland. On page 39 of 48, it says that the next of kin is "sister" Miss Sarah Symington c/o Mrs Moyce, 25 Rosefield St, Glasgow.
Hopefully, this military record can help you determine whether this Andrew and Peter are yours.
RK
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I have now found Andrews death in Wichita Kansas in 1928.I have no evidence that Peter ever left Canada and there must be a record of his death somewhere .Maybe the next census release will help pin him down.
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Hopefully the next census will help you find Peter.
For those looking...here is some information about Andrew Watson Symington - death 1928
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=820248.0
RK