england to canada

[ladym]

hi  looking for any info on a Beatrice A Salkeld born 1903 Portland Dorset England
she left England Southampton port on the ship Scandinavian set for saint john NB Canada on march17th 1922 as a domestic, never to be heard of again, any info  marrage death etc would be most helpful thank you.
regards

[RunKitty]

Hi,

There is a marriage for a Beatrice Ann Salkeld to a Frank Bolton in London, Ontario, Feb 1, 1924.    Here is the transcript.  The entries are organised by groom's name, so scroll down to Bolton.  Then age, place of birth, place of residence, parents, etc are listed. 

http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~maryc/msex1924.htm

If you want to see the full marriage certificate, it will be on Ancestry.  If you have a subscription, or if your library has access to the free version, you will be able to view it. 

ADDED - I just took a peek at the original on A## and I see that the groom's birthplace is really Brownsville Ontario, not Bowmanville Ontario.  The transcribers on the free site have made an error. 

RK

[RunKitty]

Do you have her Form 30A Ocean Arrival immigration paper?   (Free on the Library and Archives Canada site)

http://www.rootschat.com/links/0d4s/

RK

[ladym]

hi RK
 thanks so so much thats her!!
you are all so helpful thanks again. regards

[RunKitty]

On a side note, it looks as if she would have helped to look after this fellow in 1922:


http://www.staplesswain.com/joe_bio.htm

RK

[RunKitty]

Their marriage certificate says that they intended to live in London, Ontario.  Here is a link to the London Library. 

http://www.londonpubliclibrary.ca/genealogy

The Middlesex Co OGS:

http://londonmiddlesex.ogs.on.ca/
(some useful links at the bottom of the page - under the enormous map)

Canada's privacy laws are pretty strict, so you won't find any birth records for this couple - 1924 is too recent.  Your best bet would be to find a newspaper announcement for any births (the main paper would be the London Free Press).  The above links might help you find cemetery information/city directories etc.   The Directories would be very useful - to see if they continued to live in the London area.   

I know the Toronto Public Library has some City Directories for London Ontario.  If you have no luck with your search, let me know and I can check next time I am at the downtown Toronto Reference Library (in a few weeks).

RK   

[JDC]

Hello ladym,

As RK says, the London Free Press is the main local newspaper and you may want to contact them or the public library who has  archived the Free Press for local notices and announcements in the paper. You may want to try some of the surround town newspapers as well such as Strathroy, Lucan, and St Thomas although they are in surrounding counties. The public library does have the city directories there as well. I believe one of the librarians there deals with genealogy, so I would ask for this person. I believe the info you are looking for would be at the central branch.

The Weldon Library archive at the University of Western Ontario may have info there as well. The university has 3 church based colleges (United, Anglican and anorther which I don't recall at the moment) on campus each with thier own libraries  you may want to query as well.

I found the marriage reg for Beatrice Ann Salkeld. This is the info I found:
Birth Place: Dorset England, Age: 21, Estimated Birth Year: abt 1903
Parent's  Names: Thomas Salkeld & Sarah Davis
Spouse Name: Frank Bolton, Age: 34, Birth Place: Brownsville Ont
Parent's  Names: James Bolton  & Hannah Robinson
Marriage Date: 1 Feb 1924 & Location: Middlesex Co
Registration district: Middlesex, Archives of Ontario Microfilm: MS932_683

I found a family tree on ancestry for Frank Bolton, bn in 1888, and living in Dereham, Norfolk, Ontario (near London).  His parents are James Bolton and Hanna Matilda Robinson which ia good match to the marriage info. .There is not any wife shown for Frank in the tree, but your Beatrice fits the timing and location :-)

Hope this helps,

JDC

[JDC]

Hi again,

Forgot to mention that Brownsville is in Dereham Twp near Tillsonburg, Ontario. Tillsopnburg is on the county lines of Norfolk, Oxford and Elgin Counties.

JDC

[JDC]

It's me again,

I found Frank's attestation papers  to serve in the Great War. You can get a copy of the doc for free from Library and Archives Canada as well as his service file for a fee to copy and send the file. These dox always have interesting info :-)


Canada, Soldiers of the First World War, 1914-1918
Name: Frank Bolton
Residence: Brownsville, Ontario
Birth Date: 14 May 1888
Birth Location: Brownsville, Ontario
Relative: Abraham Goff
Relationship: Uncle
Regiment Number: 675748
 
OR

Canada, Soldiers of the First World War, 1914-1918
about Frank Bolton
Name: Frank Bolton
Residence: Brownville, Ontario
Birth Date: 14 May 1888
Birth Location: Brownville Ontario Canada
Relative: Wm Bolton
Relationship: Brother
Regiment Number: 127552

Not sure if one or other or both are for your fellla
 
Household Members in 1901 census:
Hannah M Bolton  - 44
Abrahaw D Bolton - 19
James E Bolton - 15
Frank Bolton - 12
Wm E Bolton - 10
Chas H. Bolton - 5
Province of Ontario, District of Norfolk (North/Nord), District Number: 93, Sub-District: Dereham, Sub-District Number: B-6

Frank possible in 1911 census:
Name: Frank Bolton
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Age: 23
Birth Date: May 1888
Birthplace: Ontario
Relation to Head of House: Lodger
Province: Ontario

in 1911 census an Emma Bolton there as well with Frank - is she married to Frank or is she a rellie?
District: Oxford South
District Number: 107
Sub-District: Dereham
Sub-District Number: 5
Place of Habitation: Dereham

Haven't seen any children for Frank either with an Emma or Beatrice. Will keep looking :-)

Frank died in an accident in 1932:
Death Date: 17 Jul 1932  & Location: Elgin Co @ Age: 41
William Bolton is informant and brother to deceased
Est Birth Year: abt 1891 & place: Ontario
Archives of Ontario Microfilm: MS935_439

Hoping this info helps you,

JDC