A few weeks ago, I posted a note about a William Thomas OKE, who was employed as a railway conductor (Grand Trunk Pacific, later CNR) on the "Coal branch" line SW of Edson from possibly 1908 - 1935. Although Edson was a major railway divisional point, there seems to be no trace of him in the Edson area. I am wondering if perhaps he lived in Edmonton and worked out of that city on the Edmonton-Jasper run through Edson. He had previously lived in downtown Toronto for twenty years, so perhaps he would have preferred to live in a larger city if his work circumstances permitted. To recap, Wm. T. OKE was born in/near Bowmanville, Ontario circa 1863, s/o Thomas M. OKE and Mary Jane WITHERIDGE. By 1886 the family had moved to Toronto and he became employed by the Grand Trunk Railway, first as a brakeman and later advancing to Conductor. In 1907 he seems to have moved west to take up employment with the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, leaving his wife Olive Mary (SPACEY) and probably a daughter, Olive Elizabeth OKE, behind. Mrs. Olive OKE disappears from the Toronto directories in 1908, my assumption being she went west to join her husband. His widowed mother also seems to have disappeared from Toronto at the same time and may have gone west to reside with her son. In 1935, a William Thomas OKE reappeared in Toronto as a salesman for the "Jasper Hard Coal Company" suggesting he had left the railway and was living in the east again. He continued in this line of work, later for the "Alberta Coal Co." until 1950 when he disappears from the directories again. (He would have been 87 years old - so no surprise if he simply passed away then !) The usual questions: Is there any trace of a William Thomas OKE & family in the Edmonton city directories of that era ? Is there a death or burial record, etc. in Alberta for his mother, Mary Jane WITHERIDGE) OKE, b. abt 1842 ? Likewise for his wife, Olive Mary (SPACEY), b. abt 1865 ? Could his daughter, Olive Elizabeth OKE, b. abt 1895, have married in Alberta say about 1920 onwards ? One possible name is a (Mrs.) Helen LESLIE whom William T. OKE resided with in Toronto 1935-1950 who might logically be his daughter. Any help or suggestions for further research much appreciated. Jim Oke Winnipeg, Man. (Researching OKE most anywhere, esp. Canada, Devon and Cornwall.)