Good morning, Ruth, have you tried to look for an obit at whatever newspaper Comox had at the time? That might give you a clue as to what he did there. Ines At 08:27 AM 08-01-02 -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. Ines (IBSSG) Ines.Mannhardt@cadvision.com