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Hi all,
It's been a long while since I picked up on Walter. To be honest I kept hitting brick walls and lost my enthusiasm for the search. Decided to get back on the horse and see what is new.
I thought I would look at death records starting in the US as that's where I last saw him and eliminate them one by one.
I have found a record on familysearch.org that I can't rule out as follows:

Name: Walter Reynolds
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 15 Nov 1927
Event Place: Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio
Address: Columbia Hotel
Sex: Male
Age: 40
Race: White
Birth Year (Estimated): 1887
Burial Date: 18 Nov 1927
Burial Place: St. Josepha-New
Record Number: 13
Record Number: 13

I also attach a copy of the certificate.

His name is an exact match.
His age is down as 40?. He would have been 33 so not a million miles out.
Cause of death myocarditis chronic mitral insufficiency (I think). So a heart attack .
All the rest is unknown.

Not much to go on but nothing to completely rule it out.

So my questions:
Would there be any reason for a miner to end up in Ohio/Cincinnati? I can't find and mining link.
Also what the heck was he doing for the 4 years from arriving in Painsdale? I can find no sign of him at all.
Not a perfect fit I know but it's about the only link I can find that isn't obviously wrong.
Any thoughts on why he might have ended up there appreciated.

Hi All,
I just want to bump this thread to see if anyone has any new ideas.
I have been sidetracked for a while but have been plugging away at it from time to time.
I am up against a brick wall looking for what happened to Walter after he left Windsor,Ontario headed for Painesdale, Michigan on 1 August 1923.
I have been following several leads provided by all you kind people here but found nothing conclusive.
I have also had a great guy on http://www.raogk.org/ researching in Painsdale itself for me. Sadly he has drawn a blank as he can find no record of Walter in Painsdale or in the local mining co. records.
So, the last documented fact I have is a US Immigration record showing him en route from Windsor, Ontario to Painesdale, Michigan on 1 August 1923. His passage was paid for by the copper Range mining company. The only other possible relevant fact is that his wife/widow Lilian remarried in Cornwall in 1930 declaring herself a widow.
As I said above there doesn't seem to be any record of him in Painsdale so my trail has gone cold yet again.
I have searched ancestry (although I don't have worldwide membership) and can't find anything obvious.
I would dearly love to find out where this old chap ended his days but I really don't know where to look next.
Any ideas or possibilities, however remote would be greatly appreciated.

Regards
Clive

Hi all,

I've just been given another sniff of a lead.
He may have ended up working for either the Quincy Mining Company in Hancock, Michigan or Calumet & Hecla Mining Company in the same area. Both I believe in Keweenaw county.
Does anyone have any information on these or know if there are any employment and or accident records for them covering 1920's onwards.

Regards
Clive

Hi All,

Still no sign of him on any of your links Trish  Thanks for trying though 
I can't see any sign of the Copper Range Co. elsewhere at the moment either Erato but thanks for the idea.

On another slant. Has anyone use or have experience of this site http://feddeathrecords.com/?
I have just stumbled across it. It's claims are far reaching but I am wondering if it's worth the subscription? Is it likely to have the period I am looking for (1920's onward) and does it give me the full information?'Will it have more than Ancestry? If anyone can tell me before I try it and get disappointed I'd appreciate it.

Regards
Clive