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I am looking for Toronto relations.

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Lynne

Lynne Report 17 Oct 2017 19:08

Hi, I am looking for Susan Lavigne "nee Elliott" she has a son called Kevin.
Susan and her parents were immigrants to Canada in 1953.
Barry Rogers.

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 17 Oct 2017 19:42

Try the Canadian white pages

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Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 17 Oct 2017 22:19

Welcome to the boards, Barry.

There's an S Lavigne listed, but I can't say if that's Susan or not>

https://411.ca/white-pages/on/toronto/lavigne

Researching:
Old genealogists never die.....they just lose their census.

JoonieCloonie

JoonieCloonie Report 18 Oct 2017 19:09

Just for info I would use www.canada411.ca which is the 'official' site operated by the Canadian telecom providers ... 411.ca is a commercial site and is mostly clickbait, the listings are badly out of date. Someone I know is listed there at an address they moved from nearly 3 years ago, and is not listed in their new city.

The S Lavigne listing does not show at canada411 at present.

Even Kevin Lavigne is unfortunately not an uncommon name. If you use www.google.ca and search for the name, you will see several in results.

Is Susan a family member of yours? Do you know her husband's given name? Was she a young child or nearing adulthood when she emigrated?

Researching:
You remember me. :)

JoonieCloonie

JoonieCloonie Report 18 Oct 2017 20:16

If Susan emigrated in 1953 exactly (not 51, 52, 54 or 55, there are child Susan Elliotts emigrating each year) - parents Maurice and Ethel, no siblngs, aged 6 when emigrated, from Leicester?

Maurice (1988) and Ethel (2008) are buried in Toronto

https://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=145352710
https://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=145352711

(yes, they are in your tree)

Researching:
You remember me. :)

JoonieCloonie

JoonieCloonie Report 18 Oct 2017 21:10

In 1972 the Canada voters' list shows a Susan Lavigne in Scarborough Ontario which is where Maurice and Ethel lived (and are buried), her husband was Harold a letter carrier. ?

An H Lavigne is listed in Toronto ...
http://www.canada411.ca/search/?stype=si&what=harold+lavigne&where=ontario


Would this 2010 post at Ancestry
https://www.ancestry.ca/boards/surnames.lavigne/629/mb.ashx
possibly be about your Susan's husband?

"i am looking for the family of kenneth lavigne , they lived in scarborough ,, ont .. ..., ,, they had 4 boys, one son harold lavigne ,is dead"

It is about a Kenneth Lavigne in Scarborough who had a son Harold (deceased).

On the 1972 voters' list, Kenneth was a postal clerk in Scarborough and had a son Blaine a student.

Researching:
You remember me. :)