Goldie said "He did not need a passport to come from Scotland to Canada he was a British subject"   Thanks Goldie, I  did not realize that he did not need a passport being British. So far I have had no luck finding out exactly when he arrived in Canada but now I would put it between 1906 - 1915 so I will have to go back and re-check. His Attestation Papers gave me a street address in Vancouver B.C. and this morning I mailed a letter to the Library & Archive Canada for a complete copy of his record but I don't know if that will only be his army record or if it will have other info. I did search the 1911 census but I may have been doing something wrong as it was telling me that I has to go to 1901 first.I came across 2 Charles Summers born in the same year in Scotland in the B.C. Death Index so I will have to see if I can send away for them also.   Adeline    

Can you leave this with me for a few days? I may be able to get his death cert if he died here.....I'm in BC also....Goldie ----- Original Message ----- From: "MISS ADELINE MARTIN" <martin8118@sbcglobal.net> To: <aberdeen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2010 12:06 PM Subject: [ABERDEEN] RE-LEGAL NAME Goldie said "He did not need a passport to come from Scotland to Canada he was a British subject" Thanks Goldie, I did not realize that he did not need a passport being British. So far I have had no luck finding out exactly when he arrived in Canada but now I would put it between 1906 - 1915 so I will have to go back and re-check. His Attestation Papers gave me a street address in Vancouver B.C. and this morning I mailed a letter to the Library & Archive Canada for a complete copy of his record but I don't know if that will only be his army record or if it will have other info. I did search the 1911 census but I may have been doing something wrong as it was telling me that I has to go to 1901 first.I came across 2 Charles Summers born in the same year in Scotland in the B.C. Death Index so I will have to see if I can send away for them also. Adeline ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ABERDEEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Having sent for, and gotten a WW1 Army record, I can tell you it will contain even his rate of pay and if some of it was being sent back to his wife, where and when he had leave and if he was injured or in sick bay. Send me the name as it was on the Attestation Papers, and I'll see if I can get the death cert. That should settle the question....provided of course, that he died here in BC. And I agree with the Lister who questioned the fact he signed up at age 39....seems a bit odd, but something is telling me that they would take men under 40. I don't know where I got that idea from though!! Goldie ----- Original Message ----- From: "MISS ADELINE MARTIN" <martin8118@sbcglobal.net> To: <aberdeen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2010 12:06 PM Subject: [ABERDEEN] RE-LEGAL NAME Goldie said "He did not need a passport to come from Scotland to Canada he was a British subject" Thanks Goldie, I did not realize that he did not need a passport being British. So far I have had no luck finding out exactly when he arrived in Canada but now I would put it between 1906 - 1915 so I will have to go back and re-check. His Attestation Papers gave me a street address in Vancouver B.C. and this morning I mailed a letter to the Library & Archive Canada for a complete copy of his record but I don't know if that will only be his army record or if it will have other info. I did search the 1911 census but I may have been doing something wrong as it was telling me that I has to go to 1901 first.I came across 2 Charles Summers born in the same year in Scotland in the B.C. Death Index so I will have to see if I can send away for them also. Adeline ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ABERDEEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Go back to the 1911 census, and find this fellow. Then go up to the top of the page he is on and you will see 'split view'.....click on it. When it loads in it is going to show you the original document and then find him again on the page. You can enlarge the page so you can read it. You will be able to find out when he came to Canada, his country of birth, bith month and year, etc. And IF Mary was with him, you can find out the same for her. The link to the 1901 census is only telling you he MAY be on it as well. Just ignore it for this exercise, but I would check it out 'just in case' after you find this info. If he is on it, and you know he wasn't here in 1901, then you've hit on someone else, right? Goldie ----- Original Message ----- From: "MISS ADELINE MARTIN" <martin8118@sbcglobal.net> To: <aberdeen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2010 12:06 PM Subject: [ABERDEEN] RE-LEGAL NAME Goldie said "He did not need a passport to come from Scotland to Canada he was a British subject" Thanks Goldie, I did not realize that he did not need a passport being British. So far I have had no luck finding out exactly when he arrived in Canada but now I would put it between 1906 - 1915 so I will have to go back and re-check. His Attestation Papers gave me a street address in Vancouver B.C. and this morning I mailed a letter to the Library & Archive Canada for a complete copy of his record but I don't know if that will only be his army record or if it will have other info. I did search the 1911 census but I may have been doing something wrong as it was telling me that I has to go to 1901 first.I came across 2 Charles Summers born in the same year in Scotland in the B.C. Death Index so I will have to see if I can send away for them also. Adeline ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ABERDEEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

There are 3 Charles Summers on the 1911 census for British Columbia - Charles aged 25 born Feb. 1886 living in Nanaimo Charles aged 26 born Jan. 1885 living in Vancouver Charles S. aged 8 living in Vancouver Hopefully you can find the correct one by hus birthdate. Good luck Kathy On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 3:06 PM, MISS ADELINE MARTIN < martin8118@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > Goldie said "He did not need a passport to come from Scotland to Canada he > was a British subject" > > Thanks Goldie, I did not realize that he did not need a passport being > British. > So far I have had no luck finding out exactly when he arrived in Canada but > now I would put it between 1906 - 1915 so I will have to go back and > re-check. > His Attestation Papers gave me a street address in Vancouver B.C. and this > morning I mailed a letter to the Library & Archive Canada for a complete > copy of his record but I don't know if that will only be his army record or > if it will have other info. > I did search the 1911 census but I may have been doing something wrong as > it was telling me that I has to go to 1901 first.I came across 2 Charles > Summers born in the same year in Scotland in the B.C. Death Index so I will > have to see if I can send away for them also. > > Adeline > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ABERDEEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Adeline said: Thanks Goldie, I did not realize that he did not need a passport being British. So far I have had no luck finding out exactly when he arrived in Canada but now I would put it between 1906 - 1915 so I will have to go back and re-check. His Attestation Papers gave me a street address in Vancouver B.C. ------------------------------------- Adeline: I suggest you contact the Cloverdale Library as they have what are called "Henderson's Directories". These are organized by the surname of individuals and by street addresses. I am not certain if they have 1906 but I recall looking up 1910 for my family (the year they arrived in Canada) and then found them in 1911. Cloverdale Library is located outside of Vancouver, B.C. and are on the internet. They have a very active and extensive Genealogy section and excellent staff. I live in Edmonton and won't get to Vancouver until the summer time. Ed. Campbell