Mary (1908) & Edith Thackray (1910) in B.C.

[Hemingbrough Historian]

I would be grateful to know if anyone is researching my two relatives, or anything about them. Their parents emigrated to Canada from Leeds and Bubwith Yorkshire shortly after their marriage in 1906.  I have traced the parents travels and deaths.
thank you

[valeriec]

In case you don't have this information

marriage
Edith Thackray
Richard William Veness
Oak Bay, BC
1934/05/12

Death
Richard William Veness
Victoria BC
1971/08/05

www.canada411.ca
has listings for Veness in BC

[Hemingbrough Historian]

Thank you, Valerie C
That is new information for me; all I knew was their names and birth years.
Very much appreciated
Greig

[valeriec]

from
familysearch.org
Richard William Veness
b. 29 Dec 1903, Carniege, Manitoba
m. 12 May 1934, Victoria, BC
d. 5 Aug 1971

wife
Edith Thackray
b. 31 Jan, 1910 Winnipeg, Manitoba
m. 12 May 1934
d. 17 Aug 1990

Greater Victoria Public Library - Ask a Librarian
http://gvpl.ca/e-resources/ask-a-librarian/

Hopefully, they can provide obituaries for the above and that could lead to living relatives.

[valeriec]

http://vitalstats.gov.mb.ca/Query.php
Births
Mary Elizabeth Thackray, 03/12/1907, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Mother: Hannah Markham
Edith Thackray, 31/01/1910, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Mother: Hanna Markham

http://automatedgenealogy.com
1911 Census of Canada
British Columbia/Nanaimo/7 Oak Bay/page 6
Frank Thackery, head, April 1882, age 29, b. England, imm. 1906, carpenter
Hannah Thackery, wife, Oct 1881, age 30, b. England, imm. 1906
Mary Thackery, daughter, Dec 1908, age 3, Manitoba
Edith Thackery, daughter, Jan 1910, age 1, Manitoba
Stanley Thackery, brother, May 1890, age 21, imm. 1909, plasterer

Note the alternate spelling of the name.

[valeriec]

the family search site show
Hannah Margaret Thackray
b. 1912, d. 01 August 1912, age 7 months
father: Frank Thackray, Mother, Hannah Markham

site that may be useful to you
http://deathindexes.com/canada.html

[Hemingbrough Historian]

Thank you, this is excellent.

From your help today, I have made contact with a relative of Hannah Markham's husband so I have been able to pass on your great information.  Many people have benefitted from your support.
Sincerely
Greg Markham

[susano]

I can look up the BC marriage and death registrations and provide transcriptions of the documents if you are interested in the details.  I most likely will not have this done before the end of March though.

You can search the BC Vital Events on the following site:
http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=allCollections&r=0
http://search.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/sn-1176DD0/gbsearch

The pilot family search site just gives a little more information than the Archives site.

Here's a link to some online BC City Directories
http://www.vpl.ca/bccd/index.php

Susan