I would suggest someone change the subject line - to include some idea of the subject -- but not as it is at present. I had to make a choice to call it spam or to accept it, but recognized the name of Bill Limebeer. Muriel M. Davidson -- List Admin Brampton ----- Original Message ----- > > Today's Topics: > 1. Funeral Home-Undertakers at Alton village, Caledon Township > (Bill Limebeer) > 2. Re: Funeral Home-Undertakers at Alton village, Caledon > Township (Lorac) > 3. Re: Funeral Home-Undertakers at Alton village, Caledon > Township (Malcolm Moody)> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 13:59:55 -0800 > From: "Bill Limebeer" <Limebeer@sentex.ca> > Subject: [CAN-ONT-PEEL] Funeral Home-Undertakers at Alton village, > Caledon Township > To: "Peel County" <CAN-ONT-PEEL-D@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <006301c743f0$d0528730$fd2ffea9@home5a78689218> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Searching for the names of Funeral Homes/Undertakers at Alton village from > 1830's to 1960's. I presently have knowledge of one name, O.W. Cavan whom > I knew to be in business there in the 1940's. > > I wish, if possible to gain access to the burial records of this Funeral > Home for the period mentioned assuming that they are still available? > > Thank you for your assistance, > Bill > On.Can. > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 10:58:43 -0600 > From: "Lorac" <radford2@bellsouth.net> > Subject: Re: [CAN-ONT-PEEL] Funeral Home-Undertakers at Alton village, > Caledon Township > To: <can-ont-peel@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <000201c74559$10bd3630$6402a8c0@YOUR3053D11E21> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Oh yes, me too!! I hope that someone posts this to the list...I would be > very grateful...Perhaps then I would > have one more place to search for my great grandfather & possibly a cousin > or two...My great-grandmother, Jane Ferguson Dunne Sweeney who died in > 1919 > and buried at Forest Lawn, the service held at St. Peter's, I assume her > first husband (my great-grandfather Thomas Dunne who died in 1871) in > Alton > (Lot 3, Concession 18, Peel Township, Dist. 35; subdist B; Div 4; pg 45 69 > acres,) could/would been taken there...I have no burial place for him > either... > > Carol > In a frigid Tennessee. > > > > On 1/29/2007 3:59:55 PM, Bill Limebeer (limebeer@sentex.ca) wrote: >> Searching for the names of Funeral Homes/Undertakers at Alton village >> from >> 1830's to 1960's. I presently have knowledge of one name, O.W. Cavan whom >> I knew to be in business there in the >> 1940's. >> >> I wish, if possible to gain access to the burial records of this Funeral >> Home for the period mentioned assuming that they are still available? >> >> Thank you for your assistance, >> Bill >> On.Can. > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 13:46:56 -0500 > From: Malcolm Moody <malcolm@archivecdbooks.ca> > Subject: Re: [CAN-ONT-PEEL] Funeral Home-Undertakers at Alton village, > Caledon Township > To: can-ont-peel@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <df8032a210d2189e59ef8e3c8565b1c5@archivecdbooks.ca> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed > > Hi Bill, > That is quite a long period to be researching. My guess is that you > would be best off looking directories from the intervening years to at > least get the names you need. > > HOWEVER, I did a lookup in our CD publication of Lovell's Canadian > Dominion Directory for 1871, CA0192, just to test it out and there may > be a problem. At that time Alton has a population of 400 and there is > no listing for an undertaker. Well, think about it, you couldn't make > a living just undertaking for 400 people! Looking at a few other > villages of a similar size they didn't list undertakers either. Doing > an overall search (our CDs are fully computer search-able which is > ideal for situations like this) it looks as if the majority of > undertakers did it as a "sideline." The only dedicated ones were in > larger cities. From the search it looks as if mainly tradesmen and > merchants in the furniture business did the undertaking as a sideline. > (I guess it has to do with the supply of coffins.) > > Anyway, there is a listing in the directory for a George F. Bull > giving his occupation as "Cabinetmaker and Country Constable." > Obviously a multifaceted talent, so it is possible that he did the > undertaking too. There are also a couple of listings for sawyers and > shingle makers - less likely, but possible. I did notice a listing > for, Riddall K. Knight M.D. as Surgeon & Coroner, which would make a > neat package if undertaking were included, but then I doubt such a > person would need the extra income. > > I wish you luck in your search but this little piece of research > doesn't look too encouraging I'm afraid. > > Malcolm > > Archive CD Books Canada Inc. > President: Malcolm Moody > PO Box 11 > Manotick > Ontario, K4M 1A2 > Canada. > (613) 692-2667 > WEB SITE: http://www.ArchiveCDBooks.ca > On 31 Jan, 2007, at 11:58, Lorac wrote: > > On 1/29/2007 3:59:55 PM, Bill Limebeer (limebeer@sentex.ca) wrote: >> Searching for the names of Funeral Homes/Undertakers at Alton village >> from >> 1830's to 1960's. I presently have knowledge of one name, O.W. Cavan >> whom >> I knew to be in business there in the >> 1940's. >> >> I wish, if possible to gain access to the burial records of this >> Funeral >> Home for the period mentioned assuming that they are still available? >> >> Thank you for your assistance, >> Bill >> On.Can. >