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http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,354967.msg2325567.html#msg2325567

Hi, I'm back again.

I confirm that the info you have all sent me, except that about a possible marriage to "Mary", is correct for my uncle Gerald.  I already knew that he went to Canada on the Virginian on 01-10-1910. & Mother said that he "started a ranch".  I have a photo of him with his siblings in Vancouver which was sent to his mother, maybe he just visited them there.  He joined the Canadian expeditionary force and served in France in C coy,8th batt.  He married Elizabeth A. Newmarch 26-04-1919 .  He must have left his wife behind when he went to America in 1922 Or perhaps he had already divorced.  Mother said that he was , by now, a master builder & apparently "built Schools".  He lost his money in the Wall Street crash, went to Vancouver, built a boat, & chartered it to carry passengers & post to logging camps along the coast.  As you have said he came home in 1934, married Evelyn (who was a" childhood sweetheart") & they emmigrated to S.Africa  in 1946 where they stayed until they both died.  I have had his army papers for many years as I have for the other brothers,  (Henry Cooper KIDWELL,William Cooper KIDWELL & Osmond KIDWELL)  Lydart is helping me to trace another brother who went to (I think) Peru and joined the Royal Flying Corps in W.W.1. I,m very new to this way of researching my family, I've been at it for nearly 40 years, but on the hoof!  Spent our holidays where the family had lived, haunted the record offices & churchyards for the information etc.  & I find this almost too quick to cope with.  ( I,m only just learning to use a laptop too so this is a steep learning curve for me) However I,m most gartefull for all the help I,m getting  thank you all very much.
                                  Pyewacket. 

This was my uncle who went to Canada in October 1910.  He went with his brother Alfred.

I have found Alfred on the 1911 Canada census, but not Gerald.

I have been helped via RC over Alfy and his death at Prince Rupert, but apart from knowing Gerald joined the BEF (C Co. 8 Batt) I cant find him on a census !

Can anyone help please !

Thankyou Annie & Karen for your help.  It was interesting to see that tow of his companions were English too.  About 20 or so years ago I managed to get the war records of 4 of my mothers brothers who had all gone to Canada in about 1910, only Ozzy died & of course there was no record of how he died.  Your help has closed the book so to speak.

                                            Pyewacket.