Canada look up request - george crichton in Montreal and British Columbia

[J.J.]

http://www.simt.co.uk/index.html   ( Sheffield Industrial Museums )

Better, yet...the original Sheffield steel originated out of England, right....so they
may have shut down production since and that's why i can't find anything recent...So perhaps the archives at Sheffield might help ?
Grasping at straws perhaps...but one never knows who has this information...

[zil]

Thanks, J.J.  I sent my query to the general Sheffield Steel Headquarters and asked to be re-directed to the appropriate branch....if one exists.  George Crichton worked in the English plant before emigrating. I don't know when he moved to Canada, but I'll make some enquiries.  His niece can remember him coming back to the UK with his wife, Helen Ross and 2 children.  She may be able to pinpoint when that was.....she thinks he may have married in Canada but Helen came from Ross-shire in Scotland.  That's what makes it interesting that George married K- , who came for that part of Scotland too, although born abroad.  ( I know he knew K-'s first husband too........info gleaned from that great article in the newspaper)   Zil

[polarbear]

Hello

You may be able to find George in Lovell's Montreal Directories. This is an English directory that is published yearly and is so far available on line up to 1950. It is free! It lists heads of households, addresses, and occupations. There is a link under Canada Resources in Research Links: Directories (sorry, I don't know how to attach links). The headings for directories up to 1930 are in English; they are in French after that. The French heading for the alphabetized last-name section is "annuaire alphbetique montrealais". You may need to be a bit creative with spelling; you may find changes from year to year. Once you have an address, you can also look that up year by year to see who is living there, as a cross-reference; households get missed some years.

The Research Links: Directories resource also contains links to business directories but I haven't used them yet and thus don't know what they cover.

Happy hunting.

Polarbear

[zil]

Hi Polarbear......will try that out.....my French is a bit rusty but have a friend who is quite fluent.  Many thanks, Zil

[J.J.]

Got the obit...Not extensive but we have names of 2 offspring !!!

daughter and son-in-law, J____ and D_____Calder, of West Vancouver,
son and daughter-in-law, R__ and M_____ Crichton of Montreal
5 grandchildren. 

Will p.m. the full wording...

[J.J.]

http://findaperson.canada411.ca/  No Ross but there are 2 Donalds...
Never know what dropping a line can do...

[zil]

That's great, J.J.    Many thanks. I'll follow up the D-   Calders in West Vancouver.  I keep hoping that someone on the site will recognise names.  Thanks to you and your friend, we are now one step further on.  I'm still trying to find a contact in Montreal......but it's a big place!!!!!!!  George's niece was delighted with the DC info and can remember George and his wife Helen (Ross) being in the UK with their daughter, J-  round about 1944 - 1948, she thinks.  She would so love to have contact with any members of the family, as she is George's only Crichton niece still alive.

Zil

[J.J.]

Hi, Zil...Hope you managed to find more...Is this thread completed, now?

Polar Bear...Do you know how to put a link into the messages, now? Simply a matter of copy and paste...
If they are too big ( wide) to fit on the page...Just go to tinyurl.com,,,,paste it in there, and voila... a small url to paste into the replies...

all the best, J.J.

[polarbear]

Hello J.J.

Thank you for the directions regarding links; hints were still needed. I will try them next time I want to add a link to a message.

PolarBear