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Research in Other Countries => Canada => Topic started by: southportgirl on Friday 11 August 17 21:29 BST (UK)
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i have recently received some great help about my grandmother who we believe was born in canada before coming to belfast. ive been told her parents were born in belfast then went to canada then returned when her father was part of the canadian expeditionary forces. i only have her baptism cerficate when she was aged 14.my mother was told that her birth certificate was destroyed in canada hence the need for the baptism certificate. who do i need to contact to find out about her place of birth?
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If you give her name and the Year you think she was born, somone may be able to help you.
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Name is in the previous thread - Agnes White - born 7-8-1914
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=775621.msg6291969#msg6291969
Sandra
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i have recently received some great help about my grandmother who we believe was born in canada before coming to belfast. ive been told her parents were born in belfast then went to canada then returned when her father was part of the canadian expeditionary forces. i only have her baptism cerficate when she was aged 14.my mother was told that her birth certificate was destroyed in canada hence the need for the baptism certificate. who do i need to contact to find out about her place of birth?
Previous topics-
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=775632.msg6292007#msg6292007
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=775621.msg6291943#msg6291943
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=485056.msg3433827#msg3433827
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=401369.msg2708076#msg2708076
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southportgirl,
Having Agnes's date of birth is a big help.
If that is her father in the WWI attestation papers, and her parents in the marriage record, then it seems possible that Agnes was born in London, Ontario.
It appears that Ontario birth records on FamilySearch.org only go up to 1912 and on Ancestry up to 1913. However, birth records go up to 1917 at the Archives of Ontario.
http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/en/tracing/the_records.aspx
1) You could wait a year and see what gets added to Ancestry and/or FamilySearch.
2) You could post a look-up request on the Canada board asking if anyone is going to the Archives of Ontario (it's in Toronto) and if they'd be willing to look up Agnes's birth record for you. Include her mother's maiden name.
The marriage record states that the groom was Presbyterian and the bride was Church of Ireland; does that mean Anglican? It also says they were married by a Baptist minister. So it's hard to narrow down where Agnes might have been baptized (if she was baptized as an infant).
What kind of church was Agnes baptized in when she was 14?
3) You could search online and see if it is possible to request a search for Agnes's baptism from the appropriate church archives for London, Ontario.
Good luck!
Josephine
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thanks everyone,i feel a bit awkwardasking others to dothe work for me. yes church of ireland is anglican/protestant. i have the baptism certificate so i'll get a look later. thanks again