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25-11-2015, 9:07 PM #21
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Vulcan XH558 - “Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.”
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25-11-2015, 9:17 PM #22
Brilliant, it is definitely him then. I cannot see all the newspaper article on FMP just the transcript (although I will be subscribing again soon).
Great find on the family search site.
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25-11-2015, 9:32 PM #23
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Another brilliant find. Another 'thank you'.
As a British Citizen he would still have been on the Electoral Roll with a right to vote wouldn't he (sorry if I've missed some posts - trying to keep up...)
I'm not sure what the rules were about voting back in the 1920s if you were living overseas. Perhaps it depended on whether you intended to come back, or whether you'd emigrated permanently. Perhaps he was still entitled to vote because he had dependents (his wife, and his four children youngest children born 1913-1919) still living here.
PamVulcan XH558 - “Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.”
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25-11-2015, 9:42 PM #24
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Your first paragraph has been answered by Mrs Poppy in post #20.
Bearing in mind the 'in memoriam' notice and the fact that Thomas' funeral was organised by a brother-in-law, I doubt that the family fell out. Probably a case of Thomas going out to see what opportunities there were, and then the time (or cost) never being quite right for the rest of the family to follow him. In one of the 1930 electoral registers (presumably the Autumn one) there's no Thomas listed, but wife Mary is now living with her mother who subsequently died two years later aged 90. Of course, by then Thomas had also died so Mary couldn't go out to him.
PamVulcan XH558 - “Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.”
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25-11-2015, 9:59 PM #25
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This looks like a case where the newspapers are more right than the "official" document. My grandmother died in BC in 1968. The informant ( non-family) managed to combine the names of her first and second husband, so if I had not already known the details, I would never have sorted it out and identified her as the one I wanted. So glad that this query has been solved for you. pwholt
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25-11-2015, 10:17 PM #26
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26-11-2015, 12:32 AM #27
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Now you know why this smilie was put on the list especially for me.
To all my Canadian friends (and relatives, as I think five of them now have citizenship) I humbly apologise, and I will try to remember in future.
Be gentle with me though - I've had a lot to absorb between three and ten o'clock.
Once again, to everyone who has contributed to this thread, my very grateful thanks.
PamVulcan XH558 - “Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.”
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26-11-2015, 11:22 AM #28janboothGuest
What a fantastic result for you, Pam. It just shows how valuable Newspaper articles can be in tracing details about our ancestors and probably one avenue of research that isn't used enough.
Janet
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26-11-2015, 12:56 PM #29
It has been very interesting and some useful pointers made in previous posts.
A pity he never managed the visit home as planned (as stated in the newspaper article) but you have bought him home in a way now.
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27-11-2015, 2:40 AM #30
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I quite agree, Janet. It's also surprising what minute details newspapers of old - and not so old - have. Especially re funerals and weddings. Even as late as the 1950s, possibly 1960s, you'd get (for funerals) a list of mourners and how they were related to the deceased, and then who sent floral tributes. And for weddings, a description of the bride's dress, names of the bridesmaids and descriptions of what they wore, where the happy couple went on honeymoon, and sometimes a list of wedding presents.
After reading a report of my cousin's wedding where I was a bridesmai I took him roundly to task for me being 'little Pamela' when I was actually 'young Pamela'. Little? - I was seven (and two months!) for goodness' sake.
It also proves the necessity to keep checking records every twelve months or so, because I'm sure I'd looked for Thomas in the newspapers before. On the other hand, I might have only checked The Times digital archive and we're not the sort of family to make The Times.
I would love to find the cemetery where's he's buried in Prince George, and so I've spent the last hour finding out about the place and how long and how much it would cost to fly there from Halifax (Nova Scotia). Three changes of plane going WestJet; either very early departures (7am) or late arrivals (10pm); a lot of time sitting on a plane; and about five hundred quid at today's exchange rates. Am I nuts?
PamVulcan XH558 - “Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.”
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