Roger Andrew Neilson, wife Edna Ina Lotitia Bourk

[Peggy13]

Roger Andrew Neilson is my 3rd cousin. He was born Nov 25, 1912 in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada and died Sept 28, 1967 in Red Deer. Edna was his second wife. They married Oct 12, 1938 in Fairholm, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Would like further info on Roger for the family tree.
Thank you.  Peggy

[crisane]

I'm not sure whether you are looking for his parents and going back or looking for information on his life. From a tree on ancestry

Father   Frederick Andrew Neilson (1889-1949)
Mother   Susan Mae Rogers (1891-1977)

Ah I see you have left a message for the owner of the tree.

So on April 6 1936 on his border crossing papers to US he was single, so where is the evidence for a first marriage ?

[Peggy13]

I am sorry to misspeak, crisane. Roger was Edna's second husband. Looks like they may have had 6 or 7 children. Someone called Gowrie has an extensive tree on ancestry but he didn't reply to my message so I don't know who he is or how he is DNA related to me. Or if he is still living.
I didn't find Roger's border crossing in 1936 but yes, he should have been single at that time. According to what I have been finding, Edna didn't die until Nov 28, 2011 in Red Deer, Alberta. Maybe she married for a third time after Roger's early death in 1967.

[Peggy13]

Looks like there may have been an obit for Roger in the Red Deer Advocate of Oct 4, 1967. I am able to read some of it saying he had 3 sons.

[crisane]

Hi Peggy
no worries about the marriages.

There is another tree on Geneanet  owner : Temi NEILSON (bellgirl ) I can't view any living people of course so no help with any children. The 1962 electoral rolls doesn't show any children living with Roger or his wife. Even she is listed as Mrs Roger Neilson!

[Peggy13]

Thanks crisane for the heads-up about the Geneanet tree!

[Peggy13]

I sent a message to Temi Nielson on Geneanet before I saw the message that she was removed from WikiTree due to no activity since 2013.

[crisane]

Oh what a bummer. I wonder if she is on social media or whether she is no longer doing genealogy or has died.

Gowrie's tree has an obit for one of Roger Andrews sons Garnet Robert Neilson who died in 2014. It names Garnet's four children and his two brothers W and B who are also named in Garnet's marriage report in the Canada, Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999

[*Sandra*]

Looks like there may have been an obit for Roger in the Red Deer Advocate of Oct 4, 1967. I am able to read some of it saying he had 3 sons.

Here you are Peggy. Might take a while to come through, internet not brilliant, living in Spain at mo.

Red Deer Advocate
Red Deer, Alberta, Canada 
Fri, 6 Oct 1967
Page 2

https://www.newspapers.com/article/red-deer-advocate/169106453/

Red Deer Advocate
Red Deer, Alberta, Canada
Wed, 4 Oct 1967
Page 11

https://www.newspapers.com/article/red-deer-advocate/169107430/

Sandra