Hi Dianne and all ....My family all went from Ontario to Montana where they homesteaded. We know that William sold his land to one of his brothers and returned to Canada only not Ontario but Rochester Alberta. He was the only one in the family who didn't prove his land for Homestead but his father then willed his land to him in 1917 and this is the land he then sold his brother. We don't know the reason for this but I'm wondering if William possibly took care of his Dad's land for him, as a newspaper clipping we found says Andrew, his father, had rheumatism and then a stroke which he never recovered from. William was said to be very artistic and moulded clay faces. Sincerely Linda B.C. >Your Shaw was likely at rochester, Alberta because he was >homesteading---or working on building roads or the railway!! > >where in the States did he end up? I have an Emily Rabchak that >married ??Shaw and lived in Ney York, NY > >Dianne Rabchak