Oh, bother! My first thought is that this isn't my Walter SCOTT -because he had a son-in-law who registered his death. But looking at the details again, he could just have had a son-in-law! If Walter's comapnion had been pregnant when they disappeared in about 1905, they could've had a child of 17-18 years of age in 1923. So, yes, please Stella, will you check the Obits for me to see if this is my Walter SCOTT. Many thanks, Ann. ----- Original Message ----- From: Stella Stanger <sstanger@sfu.ca> To: Ann McClean <ann-mcclean@mid-wales.net> Sent: 04 December 2001 6:08 Subject: Re: [CAN-BC] BC Vital records - Walter SCOTT - details > Hi Ann, I checked the death registration for: > > SCOTT, Alice - dcd July 4, 1965 - Burnaby B.C. > Her husband is listed as Michael Sydney Scott > Her Father was Joseph Webster - Her mother not known. > > The registration for Walter SCOTT does not give enough information to > determine whether this is your Walter Scott. > Place of Death: Burnaby. > Name: SCOTT, Walter. > Address: 3874 East Pender Street, Burnaby B.C.] > Sex: Male. Race: English - Marital Status: Married. > Place of Birth: England > Date of Birth: 1865 Age: 58 years. > Occupation: Landscape Gardener > At Place of Death: 12 years. > In Province: 20 years. > Father: Mr. Scott Place of > Birth: England > Mother: No Record. > Informant: Andrew YOUNG, Relatinship: Son In Law. > Address: 3998 Keefer Street, Burnaby, BC. > Date of Death: April 18, 1923. > Dr.Attended: April 9, 1923 - April 18, 1923. > Cause: Thyroidtoxicosis How Long: 6 weeks. > Undertaker: Mount Pleasant Undertakers. - 11th Avenue and > Kingsway - Vancouver > Burial: Ocean View Burial Park - Imperial & Patterson - > Burnaby BC > > I was not able to search for an obituary - the film needed was not in the > file. I can take a look at this the next time I am at the library. > The Death Registrations are the least accurate of all registrations since > the information depends totally on the knowledge of the informant. > This Registration for 1923 - does ask the marital status - but does not ask > the name of the spouse - On later regs - the maiden name of the spouse is > requested ( not always known). > Sorry I could nt be more helpful. STella > > At 09:57 PM 12/3/01 +0000, you wrote: > >OK - here goes - > > > >Walter SCOTT bn 6 October 1867 in > >Christchurch, Upwell, Isle of Ely - now North Cambridgeshire, U.K. > >He has no middle name. > >His parents were John SCOTT & Hannah DONCASTER of Christchurch. > >(I have a copy of his birth certificate from the GRO.) > >His siblings were Frederick, bn 1870, and Emily, bn abt 1873. > > > >When Walter did his "runner", he was [allegedly] accompanied by the local > >school mistress - possibly called Alice GOODHALL or even A. SPRAGG; > >or it could have been his children's nursemaid! I won't know her name until > >the 1901 UK Census is released in January.