Re: Emma M.Mortimer move to Canada from Bromley

[Josephine]

Eeek, J.J., I didn't even notice!  Have we made a boo-boo?

(J.J., I owe you an email; it's coming soon!)

All the best,
Josephine

[jorose]

http://www.newspaperarchive.com
seems to have something about a death, obituary in Winnipeg Free Press Sep 15 1959, excerpt on Google (with some messing about to get as much of it as I could:

JAMES REID 70 Man pioneer farmer who died Sept 8 in Hospital was juried in Wawanesa Cemetery owing funeral service in St Anglican Church Rev RW English officiated Mr Reid came to Canada in 1912 farmed in Wawanesa and Cypress River and retired to in 1956 His wife the former Emma Marion Mortimer survives also hree daughters and one son by a (something missing here?) Mrs Richard Mrs Percy Barry and Mrs Siggi Storm and John D and 13 grandchildren

As this has been churned out by some sort of automatic text scanner (hence things like 'hree' and missing words), it may be worth seeing about getting a full version. I think perhaps the children, or some of them - maybe just the son -  were by a former wife?

There's a marriage in Manitoba (specifically in Wawanesa), for James Reid to Ruth Beatrice Robertson, and then a death in 1929 for Ruth Beatrice Reid, RM Oakland, aged 35. Possibly after that he remarried to Emma?

[J.J.]

yeah, jorose it is type recognition, so it has it's moments...but saves them a lot of transcription time I should imagine...
...we now have this available at the library, so I'll do a lookup for the full copy if you wish, Wendy...

(duh, couldn't get on to change the obvious brain blip....) J.J.

good hunting jorose!!!!

[moggie57]

yes please ,  for a full lookup!!! i am tears this sunday morning. i have looked a long time for emma but with so little info on her i had nothing to go on...this is a day for rejoicing....!!!!! . i might even have some new relatives ,though i'm not sure emma had any children...still its early days yet and the son might have been hers..thankyou so much for every ones help... i do admit i hadn't been on this site for ages...so apologies those who waited for a reply ..

[moggie57]

if you send me your list of people to look up on the burial index...i will look for you. i must point out that its only cemetries and churches that have donated their records and not everyone will be on the burial index.. say like my ancestor hugh hamilton mortimer died in south london ,i looked everywhere for him ,turns up he was buried in sussex..(south coast england)...he wasn't on the burial index that i have..but on the sussex burial records.anyway if you give me everyone you looking for. i will do my best..from wendy xx

[J.J.]

Just saw your reply...Will do the lookups next trip out...  J.J.