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Canada / Re: Alice jane Bates in Saskatchewan?
« on: Saturday 15 April 17 09:38 BST (UK)  »
I found her!!! Joined Myheritage.com & again could find no sign of her, then I searched newspaper articles & voila! She married an Archibald Cunningham April 21st, 1920 in Moose Jaw Province, Sasketchewan. He must have resided in Paris, Kentucky USA or originally came from there as the wedding was reported in The Bourbon newspaper May 25th, 1920.
They are buried together in Woodlawn Cemetery in Saskatoon. They died years apart, she was older than him. Even with this information, cannot find much else about them.
Still, a great breakthrough!
Thanks again for your contributions.  :)

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Lancashire / Re: Alice jane Bates (nee Harris)
« on: Sunday 13 March 16 03:40 GMT (UK)  »
Well a long time between posts! We finaly got the divorce record from National Archives & we can eliminate Thomas Duckworth as the record shows that this was a different Alice Jane Bates. :'(

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Lancashire / Re: Alice jane Bates (nee Harris)
« on: Wednesday 11 April 12 06:20 BST (UK)  »
oops! Thanks Val. Yes, I'd better do my maths. ::)

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Canada / Re: Alice jane Bates in Saskatchewan?
« on: Wednesday 11 April 12 06:10 BST (UK)  »
Can't give all as I'm not paid up on Ancestry, however I found this one and some things line up. Birth date is the same, Born in Lancashire (other source says Ashton Under Lyne, close to Manchester, was it part of Lancashire then or now?), we have his attestation for military service where he lists his next of kin as a Mrs Johnson, Hamilton, Ontario, the Ancestry lists his marriage as being at Wentworth, Ontario (no date for free search) which is a part of Hamilton if one looks at Google maps. The attestation shows him as unmarried as of 1914, Alice Jane was divorced in 1917, maybe just co-incidences but all we have to go on. Free searches of course leave out some details.

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Canada / Re: Alice jane Bates in Saskatchewan?
« on: Wednesday 11 April 12 05:52 BST (UK)  »
Many thanks. I found an Alice Bates that travelled from Liverpool to Halifax Nova Scotia in 1905. She may have returned to Liverpool from Belfast after the marriage failed before embarking for Canada. It was on findmypast.co.UK. I'll have to pay up to get the details.

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Canada / Re: Alice jane Bates in Saskatchewan?
« on: Wednesday 11 April 12 05:36 BST (UK)  »
Found a Thomas Benjamin Duckworth that fits the birthdate, area of birth & later in Canada.

Also, sorry, didn't answer an earlier question, Alice jane was born I believe in or around Liverpool UK in 1873 to Henry & Alice Jane Harris.

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Lancashire / Re: Alice jane Bates (nee Harris)
« on: Tuesday 10 April 12 23:13 BST (UK)  »
OK. Have found only one Alice Bates of the correct age emigrated from the UK to Canada in 1905. Departed Liverpool for Halifax Nova Scotia. I can only guess that when the marriage went pear shaped she went home to Liverpool to her family before departing for Canada.

     Are we correct in assuming Duckworth would have been her new man, given that he is the co-respondent in the divorce?

     I have started the order process for the divorce papers from National archives. It appears it will take at least a coupe of weeks.

     I did try to find a marriage in Canada, but none so far.

     My mother recalls that her brother had a copy of a letter from a Canadian law firm to Thomas Bates requesting some documentation on Alice's behalf. Divorce papers perhaps? My uncle tried to write to the law firm 20 years ago but it came back as no such address. I have appealed to my cousins to please find said documents but they have not as yet. :-[



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Lancashire / Re: Alice jane Bates (nee Harris)
« on: Monday 09 April 12 23:35 BST (UK)  »
A huge thanks people! Sorry got the Dublin bit in rather than Belfast. Some info is a bit sketchy as my grandmother Mary Maude passed away in 70s & most of my mother's siblings have also now gone.
Alice Jane's eldest sibling was Clara (Conde) Born 1859. Her daughter Alice Jane Conde was listed as living with Henry Harris & Alice's sister Maude at Bamber Street West Derby 1901.
 
Can I assume correctly that in the 1911 Census, Alice Jane isn't listed at the same address?

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Canada / Re: Alice jane Bates in Saskatchewan?
« on: Monday 09 April 12 14:20 BST (UK)  »
Thanks. Will order the divorce papers. I think the divorce was finalised after she left so i guess your suggestion will help us advance on this issue. I believe Alice Jane's last child with her husband was born in 1908.

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