On Mon, 17 Dec 2007 22:35:34 +0000, Charles Ellson <charles@ellson.demon.co.uk> wrote: >On Sun, 16 Dec 2007 11:30:49 -0500, Jane Benn ><nospamplease99@rogers.com> wrote: > >>On Sat, 15 Dec 2007 18:57:48 -0800 (PST), thebushmanswife@cpws.net >>wrote: >> >>>John Fox of Cobourg, Ontaqrio, Canada. Husband of Ellan Christina >>>Farry. The Canadian cencus records show him as head of house in 1901 >>>but in 1911 the cencus shows his wife Ellan as head of house. Is their >>>any way to find out how he died? Thank you. Dee >> >>You might try the cemetery records. They may not have that >>information, but it can't hurt to ask. >> >>Cobourg is in Hamilton township, Northumberland county. >> >>http://www.islandnet.com/cgi-bin/ms2/jveinot/search >> >Unless there is a specific description of "widow" in a census it isn't >always safe to assume that the husband is deceased, he might only have >been absent from the household at the time of the census. True. I have found people formerly living with families but listed as residents in hospitals in a subsequent census. However, someone listed as a husband in 1901 is certainly dead by now, and I saw a few names in the Catholic church cemetery in Cobourg that might have been this family, so it is still a reasonable place to look, even if you don't know exactly when he died. -- Jane