If you go to the NS Historical Statistics and look up Charles Ewart Tanner, you will notice at top of his birth certificate which was done for pension purposes, it says thet a copy was sent tc/oB of NS in Manzanville,Cuba. Evidently this is the one you spoke about Charlotte. Diane Hayman ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Tanner" <dave.tanner@ns.sympatico.ca> To: <can-ns-pictou@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 3:36 PM Subject: Re: [CAN-NS-PICTOU] Tanner > Charlotte - Thanks for the sharing about a Charles Tanner of Westville. > The > story rings no bells with me but I have these two Charles Tanners', one of > whom might fit your story. > > > Dave Tanner > =========================== > Charles Ewart (?) Tanner born at Westville in 1901 to Thomas and Margaret > (White) Tanner. He was still living in 1929 but no info after that. I > have > a note in his file that he never married and had no children, but no > source > for this. > ============================ > Charles Henry Joseph Tanner was born at Westville in 1896. His mother was > a > Melinda Tanner and he was connected to a "Hunt" family. I think he > married > a Mary Ann Gadson in 1921. He had a brother Arthur W. Both Charles & > Arthur > resigned from the railway in 1923 at New Glasgow. Nothing after that. > ============================== > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Charlotte Wood" <woody@ns.sympatico.ca> > To: <can-ns-pictou@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 6:30 PM > Subject: Re: [CAN-NS-PICTOU] Tanner > > >> Did you have a relative who was a bank manager in Cuba by any chance? My >> parents had good friends who lived in Cuba at the time of the Cuban >> Revolution. His name was Charlie Tanner and he grew up in Westville with >> my >> mother. They had two sons. One son was quite a famous artist who >> studied >> at McGill University and went back to Cuba. He eventually immigrated to >> maybe Montreal. The other son is also somewhere in Canada. I don't even >> know if the sons are living or not. Maybe someone on this list from >> Westville area might know who I am talking about. Charlotte Wood > ============================================ > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CAN-NS-PICTOU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Great detective work Diane, thanks. I missed that completely. Dave Tanner ===================== ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diane Hayman" <adhayman@ns.sympatico.ca> To: <can-ns-pictou@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 6:58 PM Subject: Re: [CAN-NS-PICTOU] Tanner > If you go to the NS Historical Statistics and look up Charles Ewart > Tanner, > you will notice at top of his birth certificate which was done for pension > purposes, it says thet a copy was sent tc/oB of NS in Manzanville,Cuba. > Evidently this is the one you spoke about Charlotte. > Diane Hayman > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dave Tanner" <dave.tanner@ns.sympatico.ca> > To: <can-ns-pictou@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 3:36 PM > Subject: Re: [CAN-NS-PICTOU] Tanner > > >> Charlotte - Thanks for the sharing about a Charles Tanner of Westville. >> The >> story rings no bells with me but I have these two Charles Tanners', one >> of >> whom might fit your story. >> >> >> Dave Tanner >> =========================== >> Charles Ewart (?) Tanner born at Westville in 1901 to Thomas and Margaret >> (White) Tanner. He was still living in 1929 but no info after that. I >> have >> a note in his file that he never married and had no children, but no >> source >> for this. >> ============================ >> Charles Henry Joseph Tanner was born at Westville in 1896. His mother >> was >> a >> Melinda Tanner and he was connected to a "Hunt" family. I think he >> married >> a Mary Ann Gadson in 1921. He had a brother Arthur W. Both Charles & >> Arthur >> resigned from the railway in 1923 at New Glasgow. Nothing after that. >> ============================== >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Charlotte Wood" <woody@ns.sympatico.ca> >> To: <can-ns-pictou@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2010 6:30 PM >> Subject: Re: [CAN-NS-PICTOU] Tanner >> >> >>> Did you have a relative who was a bank manager in Cuba by any chance? >>> My >>> parents had good friends who lived in Cuba at the time of the Cuban >>> Revolution. His name was Charlie Tanner and he grew up in Westville >>> with >>> my >>> mother. They had two sons. One son was quite a famous artist who >>> studied >>> at McGill University and went back to Cuba. He eventually immigrated to >>> maybe Montreal. The other son is also somewhere in Canada. I don't >>> even >>> know if the sons are living or not. Maybe someone on this list from >>> Westville area might know who I am talking about. Charlotte Wood >> ============================================ >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> CAN-NS-PICTOU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CAN-NS-PICTOU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message