Why can't I find an Ontario death? SOLVED!

[Gadget]

China

Did you do anything about this:

China -

I've found what might be a John Patersen death  in the  GRO Marine Deaths Index 1855 - 1860. It's page 371. The writing is appalling so can't quite make out what the surname should be    Not sure how you can find out more. I assume you'd have to contact the GRO:

http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/


Gadget

[chinakay]

Hi Debbie, I'd seen that, yes...it could be him. We'll never know, I guess...

Hi gadget...I did try to order the cert but didn't get far. Without a year it's not possible, and I can't even find the Marine Deaths index. Got a link??

Cheers,
China

[Jacquie in Canada]

You can search the GRO Marine Index at FindMyPast to get the details needed. It's in the Deaths at sea 1854-1890 database of the BMD section. Here's a link to the website (it's a pay site):
http://www.findmypast.co.uk/

Jacquie

[chinakay]

Ah. Thanks Jacquie...I don't have FindMyPast at the moment. I only bought a month's worth of Ancestry as it was...

Cheers,
China

[Gadget]

You have to get to the Deaths Overseeas rather than Deaths at Sea

Then select GRO Marine Indices  1855-1860 from the list

Full listing comes up as:

GRO Marine Indices (1846-1902) 1855-1860    (It's a Free to search list!)

A person who might me Patersen, John  Page 371  comes up.

It might also be Petehen or Petshen or Patelen but these aren't surnames. It's worth having a look or getting GRO to check.


Gadget

[chinakay]

Thanks Gadget, i'll try it tonight...I have stuff to do today.

But....I just heard from the gal at the cemetery, and she said the burial card actually says "Longue Point". She assumed that was in Ontario.

I looked Longue Point up and guess where it is...Longue-Pointe is right in Montreal, near the Lafontaine Tunnel if you're familiar with Montreal. It's about 10 miles from Verdun where the Paterson family lived.

That makes a whole lot more sense!!!

Thanks for helping, everybody

Cheers,
China

[chinakay]

Just found a reference to the Longue Pointe Home for Incurables. So, a hospice, I guess

[chinakay]

On second look it would seem to be the St Jean de Dieu Asylum for the Incurably Insane. Imagine being walled up in a place like that, no matter how sympathetic and caring the staff (nuns, in this case)...

[chinakay]

Just fixing this in case someone else is searching for the Longue Pointe Home. It is NOT the St jean de Dieu asylum. It is the Moore Convalescent Home in Longue Pointe, Montreal. There is some information on it here:
http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/hospitals/search/arch.php?id=630