Hi; Thanks for your reply. I have the information you mention; Tracy's middle name is definitely Lawrence. His oldest boy, who also passed away from the Spanish flue in 1918 was named Lawrence Walker. I believe the "G" in the 1911 census was a mistake on the part of the enumerator. Can you tell me where I would go to search adoption records? regards, Tracy walker ----- Original Message ----- From: "D.O. Conlin" <conlin2004@hotmail.com> To: <can-ont-simcoe@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 9:56 AM Subject: Re: [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] Hezekiah GILBERT > Good Morning: > > The 1881 Census shows Tracy Gilbert living with Thomas Walker and family and > clearly the name Gilbert was used. The Ontario birth records through > Ancestry.ca did not show anything recorded under Gilbert, Beatty or Walker. > Mary-Ann was only 15 when Tracy was born and 1881 Census shows her as a > student, while Hezikiah was 5 years older. > > You show Tracey's middle name as Lawrence, however the 1911 Census in > Alberta shows "G" as his initial. > > Perhaps the adoption process was underway in 1881 and that is why subsequent > documents show Tracy as Walker. There should be an adoption record and > enough time has passed that it would be available... I think. > > Cheers! > > Doreen > ========= > From: Tracy <tracwalk@shaw.ca> > Reply-To: can-ont-simcoe@rootsweb.com > To: can-ont-simcoe@rootsweb.com > Subject: [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] Hezekiah GILBERT > Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 09:18:06 -0800 > > I am looking for someone who can offer information about my great > grandfather, Hezekiah Gilbert, born 31 May, 1860, in Osprey Twp, father > William Gilbert, mother Jerusha Beazer both born and married in England. > Hezekiah married Mary Anne McLean Beatty in 1885, but they had a child, my > grandfather, Tracy Gilbert, born out of wedlock in 1880, at Stanton, Mulmur > Twp. Tracy changed, or had changed, his surname, to Walker sometime after > 1880, and appears on the 1901 Census of Mulmur as Tracey Walker, living with > the John Ewing family, not far from Stanton. As far as I know, he never > lived with his birth parents, though they were married and living close by > and eventually had several more children. Instead, he was raised by his > great uncle, Thomas Walker and wife Margaret, claimed them as his parents > and took their surname. He appears on later census listings as Tracy > Lawrence Walker and died in 1918 at Wetaskiwin AB. > As far as I know, his birthname of Gilbert was not known to any of my > immediate family, and all of his children -- my mother, aunts and uncle -- > are now deceased. I would dearly like to know more about the facts of his > birth, adoption and early life in Mulmur. > > Tracy Walker > > ------------------------------- > > _________________________________________________________________ > Windows Live Hotmail gives you the control you need to help you keep your > e-mail private, safe and secure. See for yourself! > www.newhotmail.ca?icid=WLHMENCA147 > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CAN-ONT-SIMCOE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Here is the info source on Adoptions in Ontario: http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/english/geneal/genmajor.htm "Adoptions Until Ontario's Adoption Act (8 April 1921), guardianships (child custody without the right of inheritance) were granted through the Surrogate Court. While not listed in the Indexes, guardianship actions are recorded in the Registers, and later for some Counties, in separate Guardianship Books. For adoption files, you must contact the: Adoption Information Unit Ministry of Community and Social Services 2 Bloor Street West, 24th Floor Toronto, Ontario M7A 1E9 " If you can go to an LDS centre and view the film of the 1891 Census you could look for Tracy to see what surname is used and if there is a reference to his being adopted. By that you can pinpoint the time frame. You might also want to check this site for info on marriage registrations in Alberta. Having a copy of the marriage certificate or licence might also provide more information. http://www.afhs.ab.ca/registry/regab_marr.html ........... Cheers! Doreen ======= From: Tracy <tracwalk@shaw.ca> Reply-To: can-ont-simcoe@rootsweb.com To: can-ont-simcoe@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [CAN-ONT-SIMCOE] Hezekiah GILBERT Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 13:40:30 -0800 <snip> _________________________________________________________________ See Fireworks On Live Image Search http://search.live.com/images/results.aspx?q=Fireworks&mkt=en-ca&FORM=SERNEP