George Orton Shirley (b. March 11, 1879 in Chatterly, Longport, Wolstanton, Staffordshire) was the son of Louisa Hillman and William Shirley, a commission agent. He emigrated to Canada (ca. 1905) and worked on trains and as a bookkeeper in gold mining towns. He was a pioneer in my hometown of Red Lake in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. He served in the First World War, and died in a veteran's hospital in 1965 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

On one mining employment record dated 1941, he listed his next-of-kin as "Mrs. William Adams, Llandudno, North Wales."

One pioneer thought he had a married son in eastern Canada, who visited Red Lake ca. 1960. Since George had possibly a son and at least one sister, I would very much like to find any of his family so as to share information I have gathered.

Sincerely,
John Richthammer
archivesguy@hotmail.com