Another William James Sabiston from Manitoba.

[Spanish_Eyes]

This William James Sabiston was born in Fort Alexander and married Mary Catherine Fontaine who had children Jules James, Larry, Roland, Donald and Mary. I am trying to find birth dates and marriage date for William and Mary.

Jules who changed his name to Joseph is deceased and was born in 1947 and his brother Larry is deceased also. I am assuming that William James Sabiston and Mary Catherine Fontaine were born either very late 1800 hundreds or early 1900.

Thanks for any help......

[Jacquie in Canada]

I have found an obituary for William James Sabiston who was married to Catherine Fontaine (her maiden surname is mentioned in the obituary) and the names of his children match the names you listed. He died 2 Nov 1989 and the obituary indicates he was 73 when he died which would give him a birth year of about 1916.

There is also an obituary for Mary Katherine Sabiston who died 22 May 1962 when she was 39 which would be a birth year of about 1923. The obituary does say she was born in Fort Alexander.

This William with son Larry appear to be the ones I found references to regarding an incident in 1972. One of the newspaper articles indicates Larry's mother had died in 1962 which matches this information. As well, William's age in the 1972 newspaper articles match this William's age. Did this William have a sister named Catherine Rose?

Jacquie

[Spanish_Eyes]

Hi Jacquie,

This has to be the one I am looking for......I cant believe in one day I have found the 2 of them (William's). The information on Catherine sounds correct too....

Is it possible to send me the obits and newspaper articles so I can check them out?

Thanks' ..... George

[Jacquie in Canada]

If you PM me your email address I'll send the obituaries and some of the newspaper articles. There were quite a few articles from 1972 so I'll send the ones that are the most detailed, rather than all of them.

Was Roland killed in an accident in 1972? It may be an eery coincidence but on the same page as one of the articles regarding what happened in 1972 there is another article about the accidental death of a Roland Sabiston of Bissett.

Jacquie

[Spanish_Eyes]

Hi Jacquie,

I will send you my email address in a few minutes.....

I am not sure how Roland died but it sounds like the same person for sure. Perhaps you could send that article too.

Thanks' again, George

[Spanish_Eyes]

Hi Jacquie,

I have gone over all the information you emailed me and to say interesting is an understatement. I haven't ever come across a family line with so much tragedy.

I wonder if there is any way to find out who this William James Sabiston's parents were?

I wonder if there is an obituary for Larry (Lawrence D.) in the Winnipeg Free Press as he has supposedly died too.

George

[valeriec]

http://automatedgenealogy.com

You can look at the 1901 and 1911 census and original documents at the above site.

In 1911, there are only 9 surname Sabiston's in Manitoba and only 36 in Canada. At least it will give you some names to look at and try to piece together.

I think the 1916 census for the prairie provinces is available at ancestry.

The 1921 census will be available for transcription sometime after 2013. Although it will take some time for that to be transcribed and available, it is something to watch for as well.

the 1881 and 1891 census are available at
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/index-e.html
The original documents are also available to view at this site using pdf or jpeg.

[Spanish_Eyes]

Hi valeriec,

Thanks...... I have these census's and have useed them many times over the years and I did have access to the 1916 at ancestry but I don't have the access anymore.

The parents I am looking for would be for William James Sabiston born in 1916 and his sister Catherine Rose Sabiston born in 1912. There are probably more siblings but I don't know of them yet.

George

[Jacquie in Canada]

I did a number of searches of the 1916 census and couldn't find William or Catherine.

I did find an obituary for Larry David Sabiston (born 11 Nov 1948 - died 17 May 1994) but it only mentions two brothers - no parents or grandparents listed.

Jacquie