Good Morning Ruth, It is quite possible that Thomas Crawley - may have gone over to Comox - to be with family members - or a nice place to retire. You know that Ethel (married name?) was the informant on the Death Registration for Thomas. Do you have a copy of the registration? Does it give Ethel's address. If you don't have the regl. I can take a look at the death registration for information. and check the Vancouver Papers for possible obituary. I am going to the Library today - to clear up some lookups - and do some research into an old murder case which should take a good part of the afternoon. You Mention That Thomas Crawley - married Ann McDonald - Had she remarried after being married to Thomas Smith Cassidy? or was McDonald her maiden name. I have been searching for marriage regs. with 0 results so marriage may have occurred after 1926 if they married in B.C. 2 Name: THOMAS CATLIN CRAWLEY Event Date: 1962 11 13 (Yr/Mo/Day) Age: 85 Gender: Male Event Place: COMOX Reg. Number: 1962-09-013611 B.C. Archives Microfilm Number: B13259 GSU Microfilm Number: 2033501 7 Groom Name: THOMAS C CRAWLEY Bride Name: HULDA VICTORIA MANSON Event Date: 1906 9 15 (Yr/Mo/Day) Event Place: VANCOUVER Reg. Number: 1906-09-052382 B.C. Archives Microfilm Number: B11373 GSU Microfilm Number: 1983530 PROBATE RECORDS: Have attempted to obtain Probate Records - Not every estate goes through probate - but might be worth a try. This would give you current information - at the time of death. Names and addresses of beneficiaries etc. Provincial Archive may be able to help. Please Help with the Post 1901 Census Campaign.for Canada. We may never see the 1906 -1911 > census - An important issue to others Worldwide who may find they have Genealogy Interests in Canada. Letters and Petitions would be a great help. http://www.globalgenealogy.com/Census/index.htm Happy New Year 2002. Cheers, Stella At 08:27 AM 1/8/02 -0700, Ruth Staal wrote: >Hello all, >I am searching for information regarding Thomas Catlin Crawley and his >two families. He was born in Guelph, ON in 1877 and died in Comox, BC >in 1962. Why was he in Comox? He's my father's birth father but did not >raise him. He maried my father's mother, Hulda Victoria Manson, in >Vancouver, BC, in 1906 but they separated soon after my father was born, >and he married Anne McDonald at a somewhat later date. She had childen >by a previous marriage to Thomas Smith Cassidy (Ethel, Phyllis and >Oswald) and Ethel was the informant at Thomas Crawley's death. Does >anyone now anything about Ethel, Phyllis or Oswald? I know this seems >like I know a lot about the family, but I can't find any trace of Thomas >Cassidy, Anne or their children or anything more about Thomas Crawley. I >know my father was born in Lynn Valley, BC and his father worked there >for some time. Why did he die in Comox? My main interst is finding >someone who knows anything about the family. I have no known living >relatives - there must be someone out there who knows something about >either family. I'd sure appreciate anone who can make me feel part of a >family. Thanks! Ruth Staal > > >==== CAN-BRITISH-COLUMBIA Mailing List ==== >Every two months or so, please repost your interests, >telling us what you know and where you've looked >and what you still need to find out.