Mitchells in Canada

[IainW81]

Hi. I'm looking for some distant relatives of mine who appear to have emigrated to Canada sometime around 1920. Maria Armstrong Mitchell born 1893 and married to a Sgt of the 75th Canadian battalion called George Brown, who was born in Edinburgh like Maria around the same time. On their Edinburgh marriage certificate his address is down at what looks like 1531 Queen Street East, Toronto. I can't find her after that on Scotish records, so I'm thinking she's moved to Canada with her husband.

Then there's her brother William Armstrong Mitchell born 1902, who I also believe to have moved to Canada around the same time to the same area.

Hopefully somebody will be able to shed some light on them, as I'm not too clued up on international genealogy.

[crisane]

William Armstrong Mitchell
age 21 born abt 1903 at  Juniper Green
Date of arrival 27 Apr 1924 at Quebec
Port of departure Edinburgh
Ship - Metagama

William is Prebyterian, he paid his own fare and is going to his brother-in-law Mr George brown c/o the Bank of Montreal Bentley, Alta
His nearest relatve in Scotland was his father David Mitchell  Lanark Road Junper Green.
Marital status single and he had 10 pounds.

[crisane]

This record is not as informative as that for Willam
Marie A Brown
Age 26 born abt 1893
Date of arrival 21 Aug 1919 at Halifax Nova Scotia
Ship -  Baltic
Port of departure - Liverpool, England

Religion Presbyterian and born in Scotland.
She is a housewife, has never been to Canada before and is intendng permanent residence.

I can't see George on the same page as her so maybe he emigrated earlier.

[IainW81]

Thank you that's brilliant.

On their marriage certificate, George is already a Toronto resident while serving in WWI, but Maria is still living in Juniper Green at that time.

[Jacquie in Canada]

There is a Form 30 for Maria Armstrong Brown, 30, born Edinburgh who arrived on the Metagama. The date of sailing for the Metagama was 18 Apr 1924. The Form 30 indicates she was returning home to her husband George Brown, c/o Bank of Montreal, Bentley, Alberta.

Jacquie

[crisane]

There is a choice of 5 for George with birthdate 1893 +/- 10 years and arrival date 1919 +/- 5 years.
One has middle initial P, one arrived 1920 (after Maria) Another has been in Canada before. All except this one are single


George Brown age 33
born abt 1886 in Scotland
Date of arrival -20 Mar 1919 at St John New Brunswick
Ship -Corsican
He is on his way to Singapore F M S (no idea what this means) via Seattle
Port of departure Liverpool

When did George and Maria marry?

[IainW81]

So perhaps she was just visiting in 1919?

Interesting to see the SS Metagama met it's end only 2 months after the Mitchells had sailed on her.

George was born around 1892 according to his marriage certificate. They wed in October 1918 in Edinburgh.

[Jacquie in Canada]

Here is a link to the Form 30 that I was referring to:
http://www.rootschat.com/links/0ovw/

Here's a link to the Baltic's passenger list (Maria is on line 12 on a page for military dependants):
http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/e/e244/e006087198.jpg

Jacquie

[crisane]

No sorry, still can't get a definte on George.