Hi Marg. Duncan was born in 1804 and Helen in 1808. This according to their stones, and both born in Perthshire, Scotland, and as far as I know both died in Kenmore, Ontario. Can you suggest any other way that I might find this information? I have contacted the Osgoode Twp. Historical Society & Musuem but they have nothing on them except for the pictures of the stones. Thank you very much for your help. Beverly On Monday, March 27, 2006, at 03:47 PM, marg mcfarlane wrote: > Hi: > Only one I could find close in date. You didn't mention a birth year > or birthplace which would help when searching: > > Ontario, Canada Deaths, 1869-1932 Record > > County of Victoria, Division of Eldon > > Name: Duncan McArthur > Death Date: 12 Mar 1882 > Death Location: Victoria Age: 75 > Occup; Farmer > Religion: Presbyterian > Gender: Male Estimated Birth Year: abt 1807 Birth Location: Islay,Sct > Reg. #017528 > > Couldn't find Helen/Ellen at all, no matter how I searched. May be > indexed very badly, not registered at all, etc. > > Sorry! > > Marg in Sunny Alberta > Beverly wrote: > >> If Death Registrations for 1881 and 1887 are available, could some >> one please see if >> Duncan McArthur who died in 1881 and his wife Helen McLaren who died >> in 1887 are >> shown. >> They lived in Kenmore and are buried in Springhill Cemetery. The two >> dates came from >> their Head Stone. >> Helen is shown as Ellen McArther in the 1881 in Osgoode, Russell, >> Ontario and also >> is listed as a widow. >> Any help will be very much appreciated. >> Thanks >> Beverly >> >> >> ==== CAN-ONT-CARLETON Mailing List ==== >> Remember -- no query is ever too small, >> someone may have the answer to add to your >> family group sheets >> >> ============================== >> Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. >> New content added every business day. Learn more: >> http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx >> >> > > > ==== CAN-ONT-CARLETON Mailing List ==== > Genealogy is the heritage of all people -- > History of the decade being researched helps us > understand how our ancestors lived and worked. > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx >

Hi Bev: If the deaths occurred and were indeed registered in Ontario, they should be available at your local LDS family history centre. If the LDS does not have the Ontario death index films in stock, they will order them for a nominal fee. You have to get the registration number from the index film for each of the deaths that you find, then with that number you can order the actual death reg. However, they may not have died in Ontario at all. Perhaps they went to live with a relative in another province or state. Or they may have died in Ontario but the deaths were never properly registered with the Province. Registration was supposed to begin in abt 1869 but there were tons and tons of people who never did register their family births, marriages and deaths. Sometimes it was the local assessor, surveyor, a neighbor, funeral home or clergyman who reported these events. And sometimes, they just didn't get reported at all. If that is the case, the only record you may find will be the tombstone or perhaps if the cemetery office or church that they attended has records back that far, you might find an entry that way. The newspaper obit was a good suggestion but back then, unless you were a prominent person, it was usually just a on-liner, if anything at all was published. Have you tried contacting the relevent branch of the Ontario Genealogy Society, main page here: http://www.ogs.on.ca/ Click on Branches to find the one that covers the area you are interested in. You could ask them if they know if any church records still exist for that time period, assuming you know which denomination they were. Sorry! Marg Beverly wrote: > Hi Marg. > Duncan was born in 1804 and Helen in 1808. This according to their > stones, and both born in Perthshire, Scotland, > and as far as I know both died in Kenmore, Ontario. > Can you suggest any other way that I might find this information? I > have contacted the Osgoode Twp. Historical Society & Musuem but they > have nothing on them except for the pictures of the stones. > Thank you very much for your help. > Beverly >

Hi Marg, I want to thank you so much for your help. I sent an email to the Ottawa Genealogy Society and hope to hear from them soon. Thanks again for your help and for the suggestions. Beverly On Monday, March 27, 2006, at 06:46 PM, marg mcfarlane wrote: > Hi Bev: > > If the deaths occurred and were indeed registered in Ontario, they > should be available at your local LDS family history centre. If the > LDS does not have the Ontario death index films in stock, they will > order them for a nominal fee. You have to get the registration number > from the index film for each of the deaths that you find, then with > that number you can order the actual death reg. > > However, they may not have died in Ontario at all. Perhaps they went > to live with a relative in another province or state. Or they may > have died in Ontario but the deaths were never properly registered > with the Province. Registration was supposed to begin in abt 1869 but > there were tons and tons of people who never did register their family > births, marriages and deaths. Sometimes it was the local assessor, > surveyor, a neighbor, funeral home or clergyman who reported these > events. And sometimes, they just didn't get reported at all. > If that is the case, the only record you may find will be the > tombstone or perhaps if the cemetery office or church that they > attended has records back that far, you might find an entry that way. > > The newspaper obit was a good suggestion but back then, unless you > were a prominent person, it was usually just a on-liner, if anything > at all was published. > > Have you tried contacting the relevent branch of the Ontario Genealogy > Society, main page here: > > http://www.ogs.on.ca/ > > Click on Branches to find the one that covers the area you are > interested in. You could ask them if they know if any church records > still exist for that time period, assuming you know which denomination > they were. > > Sorry! > > Marg > > Beverly wrote: > >> Hi Marg. >> Duncan was born in 1804 and Helen in 1808. This according to their >> stones, and both born in Perthshire, Scotland, >> and as far as I know both died in Kenmore, Ontario. >> Can you suggest any other way that I might find this information? I >> have contacted the Osgoode Twp. Historical Society & Musuem but they >> have nothing on them except for the pictures of the stones. >> Thank you very much for your help. >> Beverly >> > > > ==== CAN-ONT-CARLETON Mailing List ==== > Genealogy is the heritage of all people -- > History of the decade being researched helps us > understand how our ancestors lived and worked. > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >