Hi JoAnn, Thanks for that explanation, certainly makes sense. That just leaves the questions of: 1. Where were they in 1911? 2. What happened to their son John? Thank You. Dean Scapolo. ----- Original Message Follows ----- > Dean, > > Not that it matters, but I don't think they were Canadian > citizens in 1919 as in the area on the manifest which asks > if you had been in Canada before, James states he was in > Alberta abt 3-1/2 yrs before. The form can be confusing > as the officials were very sloppy in filling in the > spaces. > > > On Sat, Apr 16, 2016 at 10:31 PM, scapolo.dean > <scapolo.dean@clear.net.nz> wrote: > > > > > Hi JoAnn, > > Thank you so much for that. It answer much of my query. > > The shipping list you provided shows they were Canadian > > Citizens when they went to Canada in 1919, I can only > > surmise that they were there at some earlier stage, when > > , i don't know. And there is no sign of John, their son. > > Probably married by the 1921 census, would have been > > about 26/27. That is, if he survived. > > > > > Dean Scapolo Newlands, Wellington, New Zealand NZ Chart Consultant (Informal)