Hi Bonnie, I will take a look at the City Directories { I believe I already did - to see who was living at the 3047 Granville Address - - I seem to remember another womans name being mentioned as being there. I don't recall a C.H. - but will check again .Depending on the weather - and family commitments - perhaps tomorrow. Re Charles Obit. Not everyone mentions their relatives in the obits. [in so many cases - the wife is only listed as the loving wife -with no name] Sons are usually mentioned - and many times the daughters are mentioned under their husbands initials or given name /Surname. Nieces and nephews, if they are mentioned - are listed as just that with not much ,if any detail. I did search for Stella's obituary - and didn't find one in the Vancouver paper - although I could have missed it on the first try - I always seem to be at the library - when there are students who are researching the newspaper microfilm - or who need the machines. I don't have the heart to not give up the machine to them, homework comes first. - and most of the students really seem interested in whatever they are researching . At 04:38 PM 10/19/01 -0400, Bonnie Slade wrote: >Hi, > >First of all I would like to thank all the people who so generously have >assisted me in my quest for knowledge. The people on this listserve have >been amazing and, like Imogen from England, I feel like my faith in human >nature (especially at this difficult time) has been given a boost. > >I am researching my great grandparents, Charles Alexander Chatterson and >Sarah McKnight who lived in Vancouver from 1923 until their deaths. They >operated "Mary Jane Candy Company" in Vancouver. It is rumoured that this >company was bought out by Laura Secord. I am also interested in my gg >aunt Stella May Chatterson (d. Sept 1, 1942, age 84). Thanks to the >lovely people on this listserve, I now know have the death registrations >and the obituaries for Charles and Sarah. Stella died at Essondale after >having been institutionalized for 8 years. She died on September 1, 1942. >I requested her medical records and I was shocked to find listed on her >visitor record a C.H. Chatterson. He was listed as her son. As far as I >know, she didn't have any children nor did she ever marry. I was thinking >that it might be a mistake since her brother's initials are C.A. but on >one form both men are listed. The address for C.H. Chatterson in 1936 is >given as "3047 Granville St. Vancouve! >r.Bay 5350", the same as C. A. I was thinking that perhaps it was her >nephew rather than her son but in Charles' obit, it only mentions one son, >Walter James. I don't know if there would be an obit for Stella as she >was buried in "Asyllum Cemetary" at Essondale. From her death certificate, >it doesn't look like there was any family involved in her death as all of >the information about her comes off of her committal papers and there is >no "informant" listed. > >Does anyone have any suggestions about how I might find out whether or not >there was a son? > >Thanks, >Bonnie > > >==== CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA Mailing List ==== >Check the list's archives out at >http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/CAN/CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA.html