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Hi Kathy -

Just checking in, wondering if you will be able to check at the library any further.  Although it is past time, I still haven't heard back from the NA yet on my records request.  Kind of stuck.  I appreciate all you have done, so if it is too much to ask, I understand.

BAK

Hello -

Where can I go from here?  I've found my grandmother & her sister on separate passenger lists from Liverpool to Canada, destined to Maria Rye, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario in 1895.  They were 15 & 13 when their father died a few weeks earlier (mother already deceased).  I found the sister in the 1901 census in Toronto and my grandmother was in New York State by the 1905 state census.  What agency should I contact, what more can I find out about their lives until they were "on their own"?

BAK

Hi Kathy -

Herbert's father was in the Army in India and I believe that is where all the children were born.  The first signs of them back in England are around the 1920's I believe, so I think the children were all likely married in England.  Parents Sydney & Georgina, both born in England, are buried in Southampton and that is where I've found some leads to other children.  Maybe Herbert's occupation took him to Grantham?  I imagine Monica was born in England.  I tried searching for a Herbert-Monica marriage, with no luck.   I'm hoping you will find their life story written up in the local news  !!


BAK

Hi Kathy -

Just wondering, if we (well....you) can find a death date for Herbert or Monica, will local newspapers have a death notice with surviving children?

I volunteer at a 170 year old Victorian cemetery locally and am always amazed by the information you can find.  Of course, I wish my family had written their life stories in stone, but that would be too easy, wouldn't it?

Thanks for all your input.
BAK