Thanks Carol! That gives me something more to go on. His daughter Mary was my grandmother and they were living in Innisfail in 1916. I'll follow up on Abraham Lincoln Hibbert. I know I saw his name on one of the censuses. That probably was his son as Bernard's father's name was Abraham.
It's possible that the 81 yr old Bernard was the same one as his daughter's husband died in 1936 leaving her with several children still at home.
I'm also looking for Bernard's passage to North America. He left England sometime after the 1881 census and I can't find him on any passenger lists to the US or Canada. But his daughter, Mary J was born in the USA and came to Canada with her father (Bernard) in 1903 at the age of 16.
Thank you so much for that information! It is much appreciated
