Toronto Annie and Fred Rothwell arrived 1912 from Lancashire

[millerhistory]

Carol

Ok Many thanks

John

[Lisa in California]

Welcome to RootsChat, John.

This looks like Fred's address in 1921 (472 Pape Avenue):
http://www.rootschat.com/links/097g/   
I choose "Read Online"

If the link works, additional "early" Toronto directories:
http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=toronto%20directories

[Lisa in California]

Perhaps there were two men living in Toronto with the same name who had the occupation of butcher?
http://www.rootschat.com/links/097h/   
This Frederick Rothwell was born in 1890 in Toronto.

There is one other Frederick Rothwell, but he was born in 1891 (in Lancashire, mother Catherine):
http://www.rootschat.com/links/097i/   

[Lisa in California]

If you are interested in seeing old photographs of Toronto (including the area around Yonge and Wilton):
http://www.toronto.ca/archives/photographs/index.htm

[millerhistory]

The Pape Av is a possibility, but as you say neither of the Fredericks' dates fit.

Wikepedia says about the Pape Av. area "Historically, the entire area was known as "Todmorden" ... named by John Eastwood, an early settler in the early 19th century, who believed that the landscape was reminiscent of Todmorden in Yorkshire, England."

Spookily I was born in Todmorden Yorkshire which is a few miles from my family home area in Lancashire where Fred and Annie Rothwell lived. Perhaps they chose to settle there because of the name reminded them of home and there were other Lancashire/Yorkshire people there!

I'm amazed by these coincidences or connections?

Many thanks Lisa

[Lisa in California]

John:

I was initially interested in your gt uncle, as one of my Mumford ancestors immigrated to Toronto in 1857 and his occupation was a butcher.  He owned one or two shops in Toronto, but not near where you Fred lived.  There's no connection with your gt uncle; I was just curious about him.

If you might have Fred's exact date of birth, please, it might help if we run across further records.

[Lisa in California]

I tried an internet search for Frederick Rothwell (born 1890 in Toronto, who stated he was a butcher) and it appears that his father was Alfred Rothwell and Emily Donelly.
http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~maryc/grey1923p2.htm
Frederick Charles Rothwell, age 32, residing at 148 Marguerette, Toronto, married Grace May Pinder, 19 September 1923.

Maybe your Frederick didn't remain in Toronto?

[jorose]

You could look at http://pagesofthepast.ca/  (Toronto newspapers)

http://www.islandnet.com/ocfa/search.php - there are a Fred and an Annie Rothwell indexed here as at Toronto Necropolis, no other clues to say if they're the right pair or not (you'd have to ask for the full info).

[millerhistory]

Thank you for finding the links


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