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Canadian Lookups Please - NEW INFO and REQUEST

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MargaretM

MargaretM Report 4 Sep 2010 16:37

Daughter Kathleen?

Births Mar 1914 (>99%)
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VEACY Kathleen R N Smith Hampstead 1a 1079

Helen in Bucks

Helen in Bucks Report 4 Sep 2010 16:36

ooh Margaret, I hadn't looked at who was travelling with her, however I did find the Veacy Atkins marriage on freebmd and looked for a Smith Veacy marriage, but couldn't find one, although its probably a name that is commonly mistranscribed ... will keep digging, thanks, Helen

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 4 Sep 2010 16:30

Was Mary Jane, perhaps previously married to a Veacy and the children from her first marriage?

Marriages Jun 1918 (>99%)
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Atkins James E O Veacy Brighton 2b 465
Veacy Mary J Atkins Brighton 2b 465

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 4 Sep 2010 16:27

If I'm looking at the right passenger list Mary Jane seems to have 2 children with her, Ruth Evelyn Veacy Atkins, 8, and Kathleen Rose Naomi Veacy Atkins, 6, wirh her.

Helen in Bucks

Helen in Bucks Report 4 Sep 2010 16:21

at least I'm geting somewhere on this one now, for years all I've had to go on is a photo of "Aunty Mary who went to Canada", but no surname and no real confirmation of whose aunt, or great-aunt or cousin she might have been ....LOL

Debi Coone

Debi Coone Report 4 Sep 2010 16:18

No worries ...... Why on earth our ancestors didn't leave us more clues to help us I will never know lol

All the best Helen

Helen in Bucks

Helen in Bucks Report 4 Sep 2010 16:15

Debi, thank you very much.

Unfortunately this one isn't my relative.

I've found her on a passenger list (thanks to the free use over the Labor day weekend), travelling to Canada in 1920 as Mary Jane Atkins to join her husband, with correct date and place of birth (1891, Towersey, Bucks) and correct father's name (Thomas Smith). However I can't find an England/Wales marriage for them. I don't know if maybe he as a Canadian serviceman in WW1 and their marriage may have been registered differently, or indeed, if they really did get married.

However her passage was listed as paid by the Canadian Govt so I would have thought the marriage would have been above board.

Thanks anyway.

Helen

Debi Coone

Debi Coone Report 4 Sep 2010 16:06

Hi Helen

There is NO IMAGE to view... this is the information:

British Columbia Marriage Index: 1872 to 1924 about James Atkins
Name: James Atkins
Gender: Male
Spouse's name: Mary Jane King
Spouse Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 25 Mar 1915
Location: Victoria
BCA Number: B11371
Registration Number: 1915-09-029238
GSU Number: 1983528


Source Information:
Ancestry.com. British Columbia Marriage Index: 1872 to 1924 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001.
Original data: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency. British Columbia, Canada. British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency: P.O. Box 9657, Stn Prov Govt, Victoria, BC V8W 9P3.

Helen in Bucks

Helen in Bucks Report 4 Sep 2010 15:54


EDIT - Please see new info (marriage cert) on last page (posted 4th Feb 2011) and request for any more Canadian help if at all possible, thanks, Helen



Please could someone be kind enough to look up the detail of the following marriage:

I searched for marriages for James Atkins, 1915 +- 10 years, spouse first name Mary.

One has come up in the British Columbia Marriage Index 1872 to 1924, between James Atkins and a Mary Jane, however I can't see any more of the info as I only have Premium subs not Worldwide.

Would be very grateful if someone could have a look and give me the rest of the info.

Many thanks in advance

Helen