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Research in Other Countries => Canada => Canada Lookup Request => Topic started by: pollypush on Sunday 07 July 24 20:21 BST (UK)
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I’m trying to find out about my Grandmother Enid Lavinia Julia Watson ( she changed her name to Margaret Enid Watson) and moved to Canada with John william Gilmore where they married in 1923.They joined her Father in Canada who had already eloped with Alice hood leaving his wife.i have found from the 1931 Canada census that they had 3 children in Canada in the years 1924 (a son now deceased), 1926 a daughter and 1928 another son. Enid Lavinia also had a son in 1917 in England before she met John william Gilmore who was my Father, she gave him away when he was born.
There are a lot of postings about the Watson family on rootschat England but not about enid Lavinia so I am really trying to find out when she died and any information about her children that could help me
Thank you
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It helps if you say where in Canada they were. I found the 1923 marriage in Niagara Falls, Ontario-
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:27DL-BV3
Where did you find them in 1931?
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The 1931 Canada Census has a Margaret Gilmore married to John William Gilmore with children Roy, Margaret, and Kenneth. They lived in Welland, Ontario. Is this the right family?
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Yes it is the correct family , thank you
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In 1925, Margaret Enid & son Roy (aged 4 months) travel home to England bound for 153 Beverley Road, Hull. They travel back to Canada a couple of months later bound for 84 Glenholme Drive, Niagara Falls.
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John William makes a return visit to England in September 1959, indicates he was born 20 October 1899, retired, married, bound for 100 Bean Street, Hessle Road, Hull.
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Kenneth may have died in 2009.
https://www.morseandson.com/memorials/Gilmore-Kenneth/270015/obituary.php
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No mention of mother?
https://www.newspapers.com/article/niagara-falls-review-1954-engagement-roy/150887969/
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Oh that is interesting, strange no mention of Roy’s mother. If she had died you would have thought they would have said “ and the late mother Margaret”
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It was usually the bride's family that submitted the engagement announcement to the newspaper so that may explain why his mother wasn't mentioned. An article about the actual wedding may give more detail but it also depends on the usual format of such announcements in that newspaper in that period.
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1953 Voters' List at 764 McDougal Cres. only shows John Gilmore, operator, with no Margaret Enid; however, there is a Mrs. Rose Thompson, housewife, also living in the household. Margaret may have already passed away or the couple have split.
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Obituary for Margaret Geraldine in Hamilton:
https://www.dermodys.com/memorials/Fraser-Marguerite/2051014/obituary.php
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From the Hamilton Spectator newspaper:
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From the Niagara Falls Review on November 17, 1969. A "You Said It" opinion article:
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1972 Voters' List at 5114 Bridge Street, Niagara Falls:
Thompson, Mrs. Rose, housewife
Burns, James, operator
Gilmore, John, retired
Phillips, Thomas, security guard
Likely a boarding house situation.
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Niagara Falls Review - August 31, 1948
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Niagara Falls Review, September 22, 1978:
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And finally found Margaret -- Hamilton Spectator, January 20, 1988:
https://www.newspapers.com/image/1011107446/?match=1&terms=%22gilmore%2C%20margaret%20e%22
As living relatives are noted, have posted link instead. Says she died January 1, 1988 in Hamilton in her 93rd year. Mother of Roy and Geraldine.
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Wow haven’t you done well, I can’t believe you’ve found them , that’s amazing , thank you so much, I need to digest all this new information now !!