Marion - does this strike any chords with you? Obituary for Arlene Louise Ritter RITTER, Arlene Louise - At the North Bay General Hospital on Monday January 29, 2007 at 59 years of age. Dear wife of 36 years to Fred. Loving mother of Carl (Kathy), Tammy Perkin (Steve) and Tina Beaudry (Mike). Sadly missed by grandchildren Elizabeth and Zachary Perkin, Jeremy Harrison and Venessa Beaudry. Survived by her sisters Betty Doughty (Bruce) of North Bay, Corinne Bell (Glen) of Orangeville and Heather Newdick (Dennis deceased) also of Orangeville. Predeceased by her parents Aubry and Margurite Burgin and by her brother Al Burgin (Vivian surviving) of Orillia. Also missed by her father and mother-in-law, Fred and Florence Ritter and by her extended Ritter and Huffman families. Friends may call at the MARTYN FUNERAL HOME (across from city hall) on Friday from 7-9 pm. The funeral service will be held on Saturday at 1 pm in the chapel. Spring interment at the Forest Lawn Cemetery. If desired donations to the Canadian Diabetes Association will be gratefully acknowledged. 10527476 Cheers! Doreen ========== > CC: [email protected] > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] Robert Burgin and family > Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:51:58 +0100 > To: [email protected] > > Thank you again, Doreen. > > Indeed, thank you everyone for all your help. > > I reckon any rellies I might have in Orillia (if they stayed in the > city) would be about my age, or a bit older, and I'm sixty five. > Aubrey Burgin was born in 1913 and died in 1972, so I'd guess he > would've married in the 1930s, way out of Canadian records access > periods, sadly. Never mind though, I'm delighted to have found my > grandfather's brother at all. When he was missing from the English > 1911 census published two years early this year because of pressure > on our government by family history fanatics, :) I wondered what on > earth had happened to him and his family, and now I know. > > I doubt if the family was posh enough to have put their children's > births in the local newspapers... but it is certainly worth a try. > > All the best, > > Marion nee Burgin in England > > On 11 Sep 2009, at 20:41, Conlin wrote: > > > There are two things you can do about finding those children: 1) > > look up birth announcements in their local newspaper; and 2) go to > > your local LDS Family History Centre as they have the films, > > although nothing is available for births after 1911/12 at this > > time. Each year though Ontario will release another year to LDS. > > > > You might also look for the death announcement in the paper to see > > who survived Aubrey. > > > > I guess you know that Robert J. & Ann Burgin are buried in Lakeview > > Cemetery, Tay Township, Simcoe County. Perhaps you should write to > > them to see if there are other persons buried in the plot. > > > > Good Luck > > > > Doreen _________________________________________________________________ New! Faster Messenger access on the new MSN homepage http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9677406