Martha McCammon and family 1910

[JaneyCanuck]

No need to reply to all individually! (That's actually a bit of an annoying thing newbies do, reply to messages one by one. Best to absorb everything added and then give a global reply. )

The 1930 US census has Margaret (McCammon) St John and her husand Edward and son Edward aged 2, with sister-in-law Rachael Mc Cammon (before her death) living with them, in Cleveland.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X43R-9J5

And they are in the 1940 census with another child, William aged 10.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KW65-NKF

That gives you two male people with a fairly unusual surname; you might be able to track down some rellies in that branch! There are three people with that surname in Ohio at present: http://www.whitepages.com

[RedMystic]

Please forgive me for not using this site and replying as is polite to each but I normally don't use chat sites. This site and all of you on this site have been amazing. Thank you so much for all of your assistance.
William likely did come to Canada for at least a while to work. The railway in Winnipeg was providing much needed stable work. Reason both the McCammons and Johnstons were there. Martha stated she was going to her father . She landed up working in Alberta for a while at the Banff Springs hotel. This is family verbal history. There is no reason to believe he divorced and remarried. I will be taking out the dates of death for both Nancy Agnes and William as they are not verifiable.
Again many thanks to you all!

I have some good contacts with the Fairmont Hotels (the firm that owns the Banff Springs) who may be able to confirm this employment, but they would likely (if it's even possible for them to do a look-up) need to have a time frame. Would that be of benefit & if so, are you thinking she worked there shortly after the 1911 arrival?

[Johnston mccammon]

would be 1911 to 1913. Post cards from 1912 are post marked Banff. Thank you!

[RedMystic]

Hi, My Fairmont contact came through, but it's just a lead on the Banff Springs employment, not a confirmation. Here is his response:

Wow…….now there’s a challenge!  In that early period of the 20th Century and up until  the late 70’s or so, the hotels were owned and operated by the Canadian Pacific Railway. After that they were owned by CP Limited,  and eventually independently owned  by various corporate entities and operated by the management company, Fairmont,  in the late 1990’s. 

The Banff Springs was a summer resort only, from 1888  until 1969. The individual hotels have no employee records that far back, but the Canadian Pacific Railway has a significant  archive of its own history, which included the hotels of course. The archives consist of an extraordinary collection of photos and memorabilia and they are located in Montreal  and to the best of my knowledge are open to the public. Certainly accessible by appointment.

Hotel staff pictures were very common in the day when the hotels operated seasonally and there would be many in the archives.  Personnel records might be more difficult to source but who knows!

So, the lead is to contact Canadian Pacific Railways archive in Montreal to place an inquiry. Given the date of her marriage, it appears that Martha would only have worked in Banff the summer she arrived in 1911 (possibly) and then (more likely) the summer of 1912.

This is the inquiry e-mail address for the CPR archives.
archives@cpr.ca

This is the website that provides a bit more info on the CPR archives.
http://www.cpr.ca/en/about-cp/our-past-present-and-future/pages/default.aspx

Good luck.