« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 04 January 11 21:37 GMT (UK) »
If he stayed in Ontario, the BMD registrations from the time period you are referring to are protected by provincial privacy laws.
From what I can tell, Hornby is now part of Halton Hills, Ontario. If he stayed in the area then maybe the Halton Hills Library can help find an obituary or something. Here's a link to their website:
http://www.library.hhpl.on.ca/home.aspJacquie
Canada: Patterson, Brown, Haidenger/Heidinger, Meyer, Johnston(e), Gorsuch, Kitchin/Kitchen
United States: Patterson, Smith, Brown, Vance, Bower(s), Newberry, Best, Love, Gorsuch
England (Northumberland): Brown, Whitfield, Henderson
Scotland (Glasgow, Edinburgh, Fife, East Lothian): Johnston(e), Bell, Galloway, Campbell, Robertson, Williamson, Thomson, Crawford
Germans from Russia: Haidenger/Heidinger, Meyer, Meach, Lorenz