Another avenue may be the Workmen's Compensation Board, if in fact it was in operation at the time of his death. My grandfather worked for the Canadian Railroad also, and died in an accident while on the job, in 1922. I have the paperwork for the monthly payments to the minor children. Good luck! Kenee in California William & CJ Weber wrote: > Hi, > Can anyone tell me if I am in the right territory for Rainy River or > Emo?? > I have been searching to no end for infromation from there and have not > been able to get what I need! I am searching for the last child of 10 > and he died up in that area and then his wife remarried changing their > sons last name to her newly married name. Any help from anyone would be > so very much appreciated! I have to find him it is a promise I made to > his mother that I would bring all her children back home to her!! > I am also looking for an article in a newpaper from up there from two > others that died. It was the husband first he was burned badly by a > train and died in his sister in laws arms in the hospital and his wife > was then brought pregnant and very ill and she died two days later > leaving her two small children to be raised by her mother as his family > wanted to give them up as orphans. > This is what I have on them: > Samuel Tobin was an engineer for the Canadian Railway and was fatally > injured from an explosion on the train near Sleeman Hill. Samuel was 29 > years old at the time of his death at St. Boniface and was buried in a > double funeral with his wife Hazel in Rainy River. Samuel died December > 18, 1918, in Winnepeg, Province of Manitoba, Canada. His wife Hazel Rose > (nee Everett) Tobin died December 20, 1918, Winnepeg, Province of > Manitoba, Canada, at St. Boniface also. > I am sure my other is buried there also his name was August Kralewski > and he probably died somewhere between 1910 - 1915. He was most likely > buried in that same cemetery as Hazel and Samuel as Hazel was his neice. > His wifes name was Marie or Maria (nee Wachter) Kralewski, Hammel she > married a Mike Hammel sometime after Augusts death. > Thanks for any help you can give. > Connie Weber :-) > > ==== CAN-MB-WINNIPEG Mailing List ==== > Canada GenWeb Archives Project > http://www.rootsweb.com/~canwgw/cgwarchives.html > Primary Records for Canada -- ÐÏࡱá