Accidental death 1911

[ems girl]

Wow!!!!
Mat that is the most amazing help and I am going to work now a very happy person.
J.J...thank you for finding when he emigrated, we haven't been able to find that. Or the fact that his sister was there before him. I know a sister ended up in Canada later.
I again can only send my thanks and very best wishes to you all xx

J.J...I cant get on that link:0(((....can I ask whicch sister he is with please?

[J.J.]

Sorry,  ems girl ...

By the sister being in Toronto, I meant from Mat's entry...

The deceased was 23 years old and leaves one sister in Toronto.

Unfortunately, he was a roomer/lodger...but I am sure if you do some sleuthing you can figure out a surname ...( unless she's checkett still and also badly written or transcribed...      J.J.

[ems girl]

J.J,
No worries :0))
I did eventually get to see the entry...many thanks for the link.

Mat is going full out on this for me...I just cant stop saying thank you to you all.
I'll be doing the lottery this week and once I've won, shall be booking a flight to Canada!!
Lots of little family mysteries are now coming to light through this search.x

[matildakin]

I just checked a few Toronto city directories.  Turned up nothing useful but did find a puzzle.

1910, 1911 - no Checketts or Chicketts

1912 - Checkett James B, wtr, b 739 King w
A check by address has "Tear Geo, rest" associated with 739 King St W where this Checkett is a boarder.

1913, 1914 - nothing

1920 - Checkett Jas, rms 444 Gerrard e
1922 - nothing
1924 - Checkett Jas, h 5 Currie pl

So there's no trace of the sister and no certainty that the Checkett at 739 King is yours.

Interlake Tissue Mills was started in 1912 according to http://www.cellutissue.com/about-interlakepaper.html.
There's a picture at http://www.nfpl.library.on.ca/nfplindex/show.asp?id=101111&b=1 which is dated as "ca 1910".

mat

[ems girl]

Mat,
You are a treasure!!
Thank you for the time and effort you have spent on this.
I had planned on leaving James untill our 1911 census was released...glad I didn't now :0))

[aghadowey]

I just checked a few Toronto city directories.  Turned up nothing useful but did find a puzzle.
1910, 1911 - no Checketts or Chicketts
1912 - Checkett James B, wtr, b 739 King w
A check by address has "Tear Geo, rest" associated with 739 King St W where this Checkett is a boarder.
1913, 1914 - nothing
So there's no trace of the sister and no certainty that the Checkett at 739 King is yours.

Wonder when the directory was actually published. When I was a librarian the directories came out say in Sept./Oct. dated with the following year (i.e.: 1975 directory might come out in Oct.1974 with details that were compiled much earlier in the year).

[JDC]

Hi Matildakin,

You may want  to try the Toronto immigration datadase at http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/english/db/hawke.htm.

I did a quick search on FindMyPast website and found the following in hope any of them may be your rellie.

CHECKETT Annie  Adult F 1910 Glasgow Canada Saint John Nb VIEW  VIEW 
CHECKETT Catherine  25 F 1921 Liverpool Canada Quebec VIEW  VIEW 
CHECKETT Eleanor  24 F 1908 Liverpool Canada Quebec VIEW  VIEW 
CHECKETT William  27 M 1924 Liverpool Canada Quebec VIEW  VIEW 

I am not a member so if you know one they may be able to get the records for you (not sure what the cost  of the info is on this website.

Hope this helps you out.

JDC

 
 

[ems girl]

Hi JDC,
I have all those Checketts, plus a few more and the only one who is closely related is Catherine. I was hoping to find her going earlier than 1921. She also went in 1924 and then to Hong Kong in 1927!!

At least I now know with the fantastic help here...what happened to James.
Thank you for your post xx

[ems girl]

Just wanting to put my thanks publicly for Mat for the wonderful post I received.
Truly superb and I'm so glad I posted this thread in the first place.
What a helpful lot you are on the Canada boards!!!