Thunder Bay - Family History & Genealogy Message Board

Re: Nicholas Dyer Frier Hurdon d. 1933

hurdons — 2009-11-06 20:01:33Z

I'm replying to a three year old post so I doubt I doubt I'll have any luck, but if it can be of any help...my grandfather was Lloyd, and he was the owner of the Chaples department store in thunder bay. He had three sons and one of them is my father Charles, who currently resides with me in Ottawa, Ontario.

Re: WIDNALL RESEARCH

footnotes1 — 2009-11-05 04:52:07Z

Hi, A Lance Widnall from Thunder Bay is also my father. I have not met him either, but have had some info. from my birth mother about him.

Re: Pic, Ontario - Rev. Blaker

RodBlaker — 2009-10-14 18:45:07Z

I have some information.

Rod.Blaker@Gmail.com

Thunder Bay Obituary Indexing Project Update

Daveresearch — 2009-10-07 02:14:58Z

The index for the Fort William Daily Times-Journal 1940-1949 is now online at http://my.tbaytel.net/pafwinfo/obituaries.htm

If anyone is interested in volunteering on the project (we are starting the 1950s) please email me at daveresearch [at] yahoo.com.

Dave

Re: George and Ellen (Bulock) Mutton Family

JudithMutton — 2009-10-05 21:05:26Z

The George you mentioned is my Uncle George Mutton who lived in Upsala, Ontario. He's the only one to move from Manitoba to Ontario

My aunt Eva died when was quite young (she had terrible asthma)and didn't have any children. Aunt Clara lived to a good age and died where she had taught for so many years, in Swan River Manitoba. Dad lived in Winnipeg and died of cancer there in 1980.

Obit and Headstone Photos needed for Vernon James & Ilda Arvesta Hefner Beghtel

MQuiltr2 — 2009-09-29 11:25:09Z

My husband's grandfather & his wife both died in Thunder Bay.

We are hoping someone will help us locate both obituary articles, the name of cemetery, and even take digital photographs of the headstones, before winter sets in.

He died as Vernon James Beghtel 7 Jan 1972
His wife Ilda Arvesta Hefner-Beghtel died 17 Feb 1973.

We would also appreciate information on how to send away for their death records from here.

Please contact us directly before investing your money, as we will need to work out a budget and how to send funds internationally.

Bud & Mary Ellen Beghtel
Florida
PhotoRestore54@aol.com

James Louisa Middleton

donaldridley70 — 2009-09-21 22:17:17Z

Anyone researching Middletons of Fort William probably 1930's.???

Lived Norah Street South.

History and Genealogy in the Thunder Bay area in the 1800's

AlLewis15 — 2009-09-06 15:00:10Z

Good morning, all:

I have just started a new web page for history and genealogy in the 1800's in the Fort William and Port Arthur area.

If you have ancestors who were in this area before about 1910, or are interested in local historical subjects, feel free to submit material (including photographs) to the web site. You can have your own web page(s) to document your early family history, etc.

The site includes all of those persons enumerated in the 1881 census of Fort William and Port Arthur, for starters.

The address is www.bytown.net/fortwilliamcensus1881.htm .

Al Lewis

Re: Charles and Marion McDonald Family of Port Arthur

Shaun_Hobson — 2009-08-30 13:47:04Z

Thanks for the suggestion. I have already tried that route and they have no record of him.

Re: Charles and Marion McDonald Family of Port Arthur

satch42179 — 2009-08-30 08:15:55Z

If John was an OPP is 1965, perhaps they would have a record of him if he was getting a pension from them.

Charles and Marion McDonald Family of Port Arthur

Shaun_Hobson — 2009-08-25 19:20:53Z

Looking for information on Charles and Marion (née Curror) McDonald family.

Charles Christopher McDonald was born Sept. 1891 in Sioux City, Iowa and died 18 May 1965 in Thunder Bay, Ontario. He moved to Canada about 1911 and was living in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in 1916 with his parents and siblings. He worked for Saskatchewan Wheat Board until retirement in 1957. He was an amateur ham operator.

Marion Thomson Curror was born 23 Dec 1889 in Kirkaldy, Fife, Scotland and died in 1972 in Thunder Bay, Ontario. She arrived in Canada in 1911 and was living in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in 1916.

Charles and Marion married in 1917 in Elstow, Saskatchewan and moved to Port Arthur about 1929. They lived at 39 Balsam Street. They had three sons:

Charles A. - born between 1917 and 1935. Lived in Palos Heights, Illinois in 1965.

John P. - born between 1917 and 1935. Lived in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario between 1959 and 1965. Was an OPP corporal while living in Sault Ste. Marie.

Thomas W. - born about 1929 and died about 1999 in Ontario. He graduated from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario with a mechanical engineering degree. He was living in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in 1965.

Any information on this family or a connection to living members is greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Shaun

Re: Robinson - Fort William Cemetery look up?

satch42179 — 2009-08-24 22:43:24Z

Don't know if you have this or not or just want death information.
Marriage: John Robinson, 22, b Canada, living Darlington, farmer, s/o Richard & Eliza, married Jane Chapman, b Ireland, living Darlington, d/o Ralph & Margaret Jane, witn: Hartley Chapman & John Niddey both of Darlington, 16 Sep 1880, Darlington, Durham County, Registrtion # 007830.

1911 census Thunder Bay, Jane Robinson is a widow. George, Eva and Merrill are living with her.
1901 and 1911 census on www.automatedgenealogy.com

Death:
Jane Robinson, McKellar Hospital, 63 yrs b Ireland, widow,retired, d/o Chapman b Ireland, no mother given, Informant: R H Robinson,son, 227 Ross Street, burial: Fort William, died of arterio sclerosis and uraemia,30 Jun 1923.
Registration # 032977.

William John Robinson, b Sep 1881, b Enniskillen Ont, yardman in railroad, s/o Richard John b Oshawa & Jane Chapman b Ireland, informant: Francis Edward Robinson, brother, 227 Ross St, burial: Fort William, died 5 Dec 1921, crushed by car in the CNR yard in Port Arthur, Ontario, Port Arthur, Thunder Bay, Registration # 032318.

Marriages:
William John Robinson,36, b Enniskillen, married Henrietta Smith, 42, widow, 15 Sep 1917 at Fort William.

Francis Howard Robinson, 20, b Broadview NY?, living Thunder Bay, married Louise Lendrum, 21, 29 May 1905, Thunder Bay.

Here is a Thunder Bay site:
http://my.tbaytel.net/pafwinfo/

Try this site:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~murrayp/
There are some cemeteries in Fort William District that have been photographed. Great site.

Merrill Chapman Robinson was in WW1 and his mother is listed as next of kin.
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/cef/001042-100....

I never found them in 1901 census anywhere.

Robinson - Fort William Cemetery look up?

lunrau_1 — 2009-08-24 20:42:26Z

I am looking for records/transcriptions for the following people believed to be buried at Fort William:
Richard John Robinson b. 1858 Ontario
Jane Robinson (chapman) b. 1860 Ireland d. 1923
William John Robinson b.1881 d. 1921
J H Robinson b. 1884
Francis Howard Robinson b. 1885
Edith Robinson b. 1888
George Ralph Robinson b. 1889
Eva Mary Robinson b. 1892
Eliza Robinson b. 1894 d.1898
Alfred James Robinson b. 1897
Merrill Chapman Robinson b. 1898

If anyone could help me out with a look-up or two that would be terrific

Laura in BC

Re: George Dewey TAYLOR

wilma471 — 2009-07-30 09:07:03Z

Bonnie thanks for replying. I had forgotten about posting that query. I would be interested in anything that you might want to share.

My grandmother was the youngest child in the Babcock family and would have been an aunt to the Taylor children

Wilma

Re: George Dewey TAYLOR

wilma471 — 2009-07-30 03:45:19Z

Your line has jumped a generation of mine. Martha was born 28 Jan 1865 and Mary Emily was born 23 Sep 1876. Martha was married in 1889 & Mary Emily was married in 1898. My mother, Elsie Gerdis was born in 1902.

I looked up the birth records at Ancestory.ca & found them all except one. The records were not complete but now I have figured out how to get the complete record & will go back & get them. Here are the dates, etc. They are not in order.

Vera born 1 Sep 1895 in Sombra Tp Lambton Co
Dewie born 6 May 1897 [didn't find birth record]but I have him born in Sombra Tp Bothwell Co. Took the information fromthe 1901 census
Ferm born 18 Mar 1900 in Lambton Co
Martha born 16 May1891 in Sombra TP Lambton Co
Jessie born 6 May 1903 at Manitoulia
Don born 19 May 1905 at Perry Sound
Eliza born 26 Jul 1893 at Sarnia Lambton Co.

Please feel free to email me directly.

Wilma
whsmith@mts.net

Re: George Dewey TAYLOR

xteacher97 — 2009-07-29 22:39:34Z

My mom and dad (Alex McLeish) attended the funeral for my Grandmother Vera. Dad has passed away but Mom said that it was definitely in Fort William and was at a funeral home, not a church. I imagine Uncle Dewey would have been buried in Fort William too.

I have Gramma's place of birth as Lambton County in Southern Ontario, not in Dryden. I know she lived in Dryden because that's where my dad was born. I also have Fern and Martha being born in Lambton County, Jessie on Manitoulin Island, and Don in Parry Sound. I haven't found Aunt Eliza's place of birth but assume it could be Lambton.

Does any of this agree with what you have found?

So, your grandmother was the young sister of Martha Babcock, my great grandmother??

Re: George Dewey TAYLOR

xteacher97 — 2009-07-29 14:14:58Z

I have some info that may be of interest to you. I am the eldest grandchild of Vera Taylor. My Grandfather was James. My dad was their oldest child. If you reply to this I will offer up some details.

Bonnie (McLeish) Thomson
x_teacher97@hotmail.com

Re: Hurdon; Thunder Bay

2009-07-17 11:50:09Z

Hi Paul: My Mother's name was Dyer-Hurdon she used to write Basil and Lloyd Hurdon then May Seaman. We are trying to compile all the Hurdon and Dyer-Hurdon families that went up to Thunder Bay. I need your help if you would please. Can you give a family background of your branch Please? Miss Pat Carson

Re: Cuculic, Cuculick

2009-05-28 11:39:48Z

hello my name is zeljko cuculic im born in the netherlands and im bussy to relocate family of my all over the world im also busy tomake my family tre complete as posible i will look for you if i can find the name youre looking for i also hope that you can give me also some info about youre name

Re: Cuculic, Cuculick

2009-05-28 11:39:25Z

An indication of dates and places in Thunder Bay District would also be useful to allow others to help you with your query.

Hicketts

2009-04-05 00:43:38Z

hello, i'm looking for anyone out there with the same surname as me. i'm told there are possibly some people living in thunder bay, canada. descendants of sarah hicketts, (not her maiden name), she lived in Eden Vale, Westbury, WILTS, England. i am told it is possible that one of her sons moved to canada by name of joe, i guess this would have been around the time of ww2.
if you have any information on any of my ancestors or are connected to my family i would be very pleased to hear from you via e-mail.

Re: John Robinson of Fort William

satch42179 — 2009-06-18 11:50:48Z

HICKS 1851 census @ca.on.244 page 299 line 19
@ca.on.ontario_county. whitby_township film C11742 lds0349229
19 HICKS Richard m 30 Eng Bible_Christian labourer married
20 HICKS {?} Eliza f 20 Ont Bible_Christian married
21 HICKS Margaret f 6 Ont Bible_Christian
22 HICKS Thomas m 5 Ont Bible_Christian
23 HOSKINS Susana f 16 Eng Bible_Christian servant
Whitby in OGSPI by ogs Durham Region Branch
Margaret & Thomas may not have belonged to Eliza. She would only have been 14 when Margaret was born.

On 1861 census it gives, William Henry's age as 9 which would make him born around 1852 although on 1871 census he is 16.
Mother's name is enumerated under LEMON on 1871 census.

BURR 1851 census @ca.on.244 page 115 line 22
@ca.on.ontario_county. whitby_township film C11742 lds0349229
22 BURR James m 55 Eng Christian labourer married
23 BURR {?} Hannah f 43 Eng Christian married
24 BURR Mary A. f 11 Ont Christian
25 BURR Alfred m 9 Ont Christian
Whitby in OGSPI by ogs Durham Region Branch

This is likely Eliza's parents.

1851 census Peterborough County, there is a Richard Hicks, 29, carpenter. Indications are that he is married. Also on the same page are two families of Robinsons.

Elizabeth Hicks, 20, b Reach Tp, living Cartwright Tp d/o Richard & Eliza Hicks, married William Evens, 28, b Ireland, living Cartwright Tp, s/o Francis & Mary Evens, witn: Misses Williams of Port Perry & F Martin of Prince Albert, 26 Feb 1876, Reach, Ontario County, Registration # 007864.
Elizabeth Ann is on 1881 census in Whitby East.
Son Thompson Evans was born in East Whitby 1878.

Sorry, cannot find anything else on them. If John Robinson was working in Thunder Bay for the railway in 1906, look in Manitoba records as well.
http://vitalstats.gov.mb.ca//Query.php

John Robinson is such a common name that without a definate birth year [or even a close one] I cannot look up 1906 or 1916 census.

Re: John Robinson of Fort William

satch42179 — 2009-06-18 03:36:15Z

The only birth I can find for a Frank Robinson is the following:
Frank Harold Robinson, b Town of Whitby, 4 Mar 1880, s/o John Robinson, barber, & Mary Jane Kendall.

Re: Kytomaa family - new surname?

e8047007 — 2009-02-24 16:57:38Z

Well, my Kytömaa's come from Kauhajoki, but the surname exists also on other places.
This Felix who died in Salmon Arms, was obviously born 1886
(from cemetery data) KYTOMAA Felix 1886 - 1948 At Rest
There is another Felix, born at Thunder Bay 1902, see http://www.automatedgenealogy.com/census11/Test9.jsp?id=5648...
I do not have suitable Kytömaa's born 1886 in my diagram.

/Esa

Re: Cuculic, Cuculick

CuculicFamilyAtGmailDotCom — 2009-05-28 11:40:04Z

Hi, Zeljko!
I found your message at Ancestry.com
Searching with you, as you know...
Enjoy,
lg
CuculicFamily@Gmail.com

Mckellar Ladies Auxiliary

MicheleBrown96 — 2009-03-09 21:22:09Z

I am looking to find some information on the "Mckellar Ladies Auxiliary. My great grandmother was a member and was honoured in 1956ish...a few years before she died. Any information would be a great help.....I don't even know where to start looking or who I should contact.
Thanks.

Re: Otis Marshall Johnston

kwbagnall71 — 2009-06-03 03:10:51Z

Otis was my Great Grandfather and I have some information and photographs of our family. Contact me at panigwun@gmail.com if you'd like and I'd be happy to share what I have.

= Kyle Bagnall
Midland, Michigan

Re: Coombs Descendants in Fort William Port Arthur (Thunder Bay)

dirvine1_1 — 2009-03-11 17:07:25Z

Clarence Edmund Coombes 1881 - 1966 was my grandfather. b
A cousin in Saskatchewan is currently preparing an up-to-date Coombes family history for our 'branch' of the family.

Re: Descendants of George Wilbert White and Ethel Mary Dominia Coombs

bluejetta20011 — 2009-03-07 22:40:27Z

I am a grandson of Ethel's brother, Clarence Edmund Coombes. Ethel and Wilbert had no children. They ran a furniture store in Toronto for many years. Ethel had another brother, Nelson. I am presently assisting one of Nelson's granddaughters in putting together a family tree. She has been able to track the Coombes (some spell it Coombs) family back to the Isle of Wight. Ethel was a Coombes.

Re: Kytomaa family - new surname?

rhmaki — 2009-02-06 16:10:53Z

My source that knew the Salmon Arm Felix said that Felix came from Ontario and that he had worked in the woods there. As far as we know there were no other members of his family here.

Do you know from where in Finland the families originated? A search on Hiski could be made if we knew that location. Another possibility is obtaining a copy of his death certificate from B.C.Archives. There may be parents listed there and maybe a location of birth.

Richard

Ukraine Immigrants early 1900

grammatj8 — 2009-04-05 17:30:04Z

Can anyone tell me how they came over and at which port they came over to. Thanks

Pete Kotchan

grammatj8 — 2009-04-26 22:57:47Z

I am looking for any information I can find on a
A Pete "Kuochan" or "Kutchan"... in Port Arthur ...hard to decipher the handwriting on the 1911 census...
but he was born 1881 / Austria / Polish / R.C. / immigrated in 1907...works in a freight shed. He is listed in the 1911 census in Port Arthur.
What I am looking for is where he went from here. I am wondering if he is a brother to my Grandfather George Kotchan and his brother Johan Kotchan. Both brothers worked in Fort William, which I believe is around the same area. Any help would be appreciated.

Re: Coombs Descendants in Fort William Port Arthur (Thunder Bay)

wilfc_1 — 2009-02-11 21:26:36Z

I am a direct descendant of Clyde Wilfred Coombs my grandfather he was married to Margret Ashcroft from Montreal. My father by the same name, Clyde Wilfred Coombs passed away in 1992 married twice Irene Lennox died in 1967 and Ruth Shaw.

My name is Wilfred John Coombs and I am living in London, Ontario. I have two brothers Clifford Lennox Coombs and David Harold Coombs plus two sisters Juanita Joyce married and divorced from David Holland and Christine Louise married and divorced from Tom Newman

Re: Hicketts

jvanwees — 2009-05-11 10:32:40Z

Hi,

I live in Thunder Bay & my mother's maiden name was Hicketts. There is a Joseph Hicketts born about 1793 in our family tree. He was married to a Sarah Cliff. They had a son Joseph, born about 1826. Joseph, born in 1793 had a brother Matthew who would have been my great, great, great grandfather. I have a Kay Hicketts listed in my family tree who is or was married to John Hyde. Would that be you? I don't have any dates for Kay. If we are related I would love to correspond & be able to trade family tree information with you. You can email me at: jvanhome@tbaytel.net
Janice

Re: Port Arthur obituary index 1940-1949

BevSymons — 2009-03-26 13:21:04Z

What a gift this website is! You are a treasure. I found a dozen obit entries (McPhalen, Smith, Lee, McKinley, Symons) in the Fort William Daily Times Journal and was grateful for the opportunity to look through the social notices in Port Arthur (even no listing provides information :-))
Thank You!!
Bev Symons

Re: Hicketts

loom_tuner — 2009-04-01 19:21:56Z

Edgar Hicketts was my Mothers brother, my Uncle Ed. he lived with us for some time and died while living with my Mum and Dad. I am Ivan Clark, my mother was Dorothy Alice Hicketts.

Re: Hicketts

loom_tuner — 2009-04-01 19:16:44Z

Hello Andy, can you please tell me who your father was ?
I am Ivan Clark, born in Westbury and still here.
My Mother was Dorothy Alice Hicketts, she was also born in Westbury, in fact, in the same house as me No 60 Eden Vale,
my grandmothers house, Sarah Hicketts

Cuculic, Cuculick

erbisgod — 2009-05-28 11:39:10Z

any info regarding a croatian settler by the name of antoni and andrina cuclick or cuculic would be appreciated

Re: John Robinson of Fort William

psnam — 2009-06-17 11:55:36Z

Name: John Robinson
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Age: 40
Birth Date: Jul 1861 - if he is 40 in 1911 this may be 1870's
Birthplace: Ontario
Relation to Head-of-house: Head
Tribal: English
Province: Ontario
District: Thunder Bay and Rainy River
District Number: 123
Sub-District: Fort William
Sub-District Number: 25
Place of Habitation: 318 Cameron
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
John Robinson 40
Elsie Robinson 30
Clarence Robinson 12
William Robinson 9

1911 Census shows he was a yardmaster for the railroad

Name: John C Robinson - shows middle initial 'C'
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Age: 31
Birth Date: 5 Jul 1869
Birthplace: Ontario
Relation to Head-of-house: Head
Racial or Tribal Origin: Irish
Nationality: Canadian
Religion: Presbyterian
Occupation: Tel Operator - (Telegraph Operator)
Province: Ontario
District: Brockville (Town/Ville)
District Number: 47
Sub-District: Brockville (Town/Ville) North/Nord (Ward/Quartier)
Sub-District Number: C-3
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
John C Robinson 31
Elsie Robinson 27
Clarence Robinson 2
Alice Reynolds 61
Lizzie Reynolds 30

Ontario Marriages - 1896

Name: Elsie Stuart Reynolds
Birth Place: Brockville
Age: 22
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1874
Father Name: James Reynolds
Mother Name: Alice Reynolds
Spouse Name: John Clande Robinson - middle name Claude
Spouse's Age: 27
Spouse Estimated Birth Year: abt 1869
Spouse Birth Place: Farrans Point Ont - (Farrans point is in Osnabruck Twp, Stormont County)
Spouse Father Name: Martin Robinson - (may be adopted father?)
Spouse Mother Name: Mary Van Van Steenberg Robinson
Marriage Date: 3 Jun 1896
Marriage Place: Leeds
Marriage County: Leeds

1891 Census - Osnabruck, Stormont

Name: John Robinson
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Age: 20
Birth Year: abt 1871
Birthplace: Ireland - (earlier census shows Ontario)
Relation to Head-of-house: Son
Religion: Church of England
French Canadian: No
Father's Birth Place: Ireland
Mother's Birth Place: Ontario
Province: Ontario
District Number: 56
District: Cornwall and Stormont
Subdistrict: Osnabruck
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Martin Robinson 58
Maud Robinson 26
Mary Robinson 24
Lilian Robinson 22
John Robinson 20
William Robinson 18
Fred Robinson 16

1881 Census - Osnabruck Stormont

Name: John Robinson
Gender: Male
Age: 11
Birth Year: 1870
Birthplace: Ontario
Religion: Church of England
Nationality: Irish
Province: Ontario
District Number: 101
District: Stormont
Sub-District Number: A
Subdistrict: Osnabruck
Division: 1
Household Members: Name Age
Martin Robinson 45
Maud Robinson 17
Mary Robinson 15
Lillie Robinson 13
John Robinson 11
William Robinson 9
Frederick Robinson 7

1871 Census - Bruce County

Name: Richard Hicks
Gender: Male
Age: 50
Birth Year: abt 1821
Birth Place: England
Marital Status: Married
Religion: Meth W
Origin: English
Province: Ontario
District: Bruce
District Number: 28
Division: 02
Subdistrict: Elderslie
Subdistrict Number: d
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Richard Hicks 50
Elize Hicks 38
Margaret A Hicks 25
Thomas H Hicks 23
Joseph J Hicks 21
Hubert W Hicks 18
Mary E Hicks 13
Emelia J Hicks 11
Elize G Hicks 10
Mary A Hicks 8
Phebe H Hicks 2
Herbert F H Hicks 6m

I hope this might help??

Re: Port Arthur obituary index 1940-1949 (Coombs)

psnam — 2009-02-09 12:43:58Z

Do you have the text for the obituaries of the following people listed in the News Chronicle 1940-1949:
Coombes, Isaac 2 December 1941 p.3
Coombs, Elizabeth Maude 9 June 1945 p.1
Coombs, Jabez 27 September 1948 p.1
(My records for Jabez indicate 27 Sept 1947)

Re: Port Arthur obituary index 1940-1949 (Coombs)

psnam — 2009-02-09 12:44:37Z

Dave
Thanks for that. I wonder if the headstone guy got paid? Jobez Coombs & Elizabeth Maude Coombs (Taylor) were my great grandparents. Isaac, I believe was a brother and Charles may have been a son. I have a birth record for Charles but had always wondered what happened to him. I never met, and my grandfather never spoke of a brother Charles.
Thanks again

John Robinson of Fort William

lunrau_1 — 2009-06-17 11:54:46Z

Hello;

I am looking for any information on a John Robinson who was an engineer for the railroad living in Fort William around 1906. He was actually born John Hicks between 1850-1860 in or around Oshawa to parents, Eliza Burr and Richard Hicks. When Richard died John was adopted by a Robinson family and that's all the information I have, other than he may have had a son named Frank. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Laura in BC

Re: John Robinson of Fort William

lunrau_1 — 2009-06-17 13:53:58Z

Thankyou very much for your reply, I appreciate it! Unfortunatly I don't think those could be right. John Robinson's birth mother remarried in November of 1861 to Joseph Leaman (Lemming) and of the three children her and Richard Hicks had, I've found William Henry lving with his Grandparents James and Hannah Burr in East Whitby twp on the 1861 census (Family lore says William Henry went to live with his grandparents for awhile after his father Richard Hicks died), so with that in mind John Robinson would have been at least concieved before August 1861. I can't find Eliza and Elizabeth Ann on the 1861 census' anywhere but most likely they would have been in the Oshawa area and John would have been taken in by the Robinsons by then (or not yet quite born). By 1871 William Henry and Elizabeth Ann were with their Mother and her new Husband in Cartwright, Durham West. I have been unable to locate Richard and Eliza Hicks on the 1851 census (they married in 1850) but they very likely could have been living in Oshawa town and the census for 1851 is missing for Oshawa. William Henry was born in Oshawa 3 Feb 1856, Elizabeth Ann about 1857 but since I haven't be able to find birth records for the kids I don't know if John was older or younger than his birth siblings. Any suggestions on where I might go from here to unravel this mystery?

Laura in BC

Re: John Robinson of Fort William

lunrau_1 — 2009-06-19 12:07:03Z

Hi;

I don't think the following one could be the right family, I believe I found them on a later census so I've ruled them out:

HICKS 1851 census @ca.on.244 page 299 line 19
@ca.on.ontario_county. whitby_township film C11742 lds0349229
19 HICKS Richard m 30 Eng Bible_Christian labourer married
20 HICKS {?} Eliza f 20 Ont Bible_Christian married
21 HICKS Margaret f 6 Ont Bible_Christian
22 HICKS Thomas m 5 Ont Bible_Christian
23 HOSKINS Susana f 16 Eng Bible_Christian servant
Whitby in OGSPI by ogs Durham Region Branch
Margaret & Thomas may not have belonged to Eliza. She would only have been 14 when Margaret was born.

The others are all for sure the correct people. It looks like I'll just have to leave poor ole John Robinson to himself. He would be my ggrandfather's brother so it would have been nice to be able to track him, but I just haven't got enough information...yet. I'm still looking for birth records of some sort for all three kids, so there's still hope!

Thanks ever so much for your help!
Laura in BC

Re: Hurdon; Thunder Bay

Daveresearch — 2009-07-17 04:50:18Z

Re: 1. They had a baby boy that died Jan. 11th, 1933. This baby died after 18 hours of life. It had severe congenital deformities. The baby is buried in Riverside Cemetery in Thunder Bay. Than it was the City of Fort William.

Please note: Riverside Cemetery was in the former city of Port Arthur, Ontario, NOT Fort William.

Re: Port Arthur obituary index 1940-1949

Daveresearch — 2009-03-26 17:35:59Z

Thanks Bev, glad the site was useful for you. We have about 20 volunteers working hard finishing up the obituaries for the FW DTJ 1930-39 (will be online in April 2009) and have started the 1940s. Since we are just indexing the basic information, the newspaper notices on microfilm might provide more information for your family history.
It is sometimes easier to find information over 100 years old, which is one of the reasons why I wanted to see the index online. I wish other communities would do similiar projects (hint, hint).

Regards,

Dave Nicholson
Thunder Bay, ON
http://my.tbaytel.net/pafwinfo

Re: Port Arthur obituary index 1940-1949 (Coombs)

Daveresearch — 2009-02-09 12:44:15Z

Jobez Coombs died in 1948, the headstone is incorrect. You might want to confirm with the cemetery records.

Dave Nicholson
Thunder Bay, ON
my.tbaytel.net/pafwinfo

Re: Mckellar Ladies Auxiliary

Daveresearch — 2009-03-10 14:18:58Z

You might want to contact the Brodie Library via their reference questions or by phone (contact info at www.tbpl.ca) as she might be listed in their local history index with a possible reference to a newspaper article in the Fort William Times-Journal.

Or contact the Thunder Bay Museum at info@thunderbaymuseum.com
(site: www.thunderbaymuseum.com) as they have many clipping files that are not listed on their web site.

Regards,

Dave Nicholson
Thunder Bay, ON
http://my.tbaytel.net/pafwinfo

Port Arthur obituary index 1940-1949

Daveresearch — 2009-02-08 01:42:55Z

The Port Arthur News-Chronicle index of death notices, obituaries, estate notices and In Memoriams for the years 1940-1949 is now available online at http://my.tbaytel.net/pafwinfo.

The Fort William Daily Times-Journal index for 1930-1939 will be online in April 2009.

Dave Nicholson
Thunder Bay, ON

Luce [Lumena] Lemire;Thunder Bay and Rainy River Port Arthur Search

wasmer07 — 2009-04-24 17:49:41Z

I am looking for my grandmother's Aunt Luce[Lumena]Lemire the following information is the last information of her whereabouts. She was also godmother to her nephew in 1911 along with William Friday in Port Arthur.

We do not know if she married or died in Ontario ???
I have been looking for her for the past 10 years and am desperate for any suggestions. I have searched on Ancestry records with no success !!!

William Friday/Vendredi[Godfather]
Lumena Lemire[Godmother]

Name: Lucy Lemien
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Single
Age: 23
Birth Date: Jan 1888
BIRTHPLACE: United States of America
Family Number: 59
Relation to Head of House: Nurse
Immigration Year: 1909
Tribal: French
Province: Ontario
District: Thunder Bay and Rainy River
District Number: 123
Sub-District: Ward 1
Sub-District Number: 32
Place of Habitation: 35 Algona St
Census Year: 1911

Thank You,
Norma
nwasmer@charter.net