Thanks for his Shirley. I will correct the information on the war memorial as soon as I read the obits; I am very confident I have it right. yes the elderly grandparents raised him yet his perants were alive. Whether too ill, poor or something else is a mystery. TB was common then so perhaps they were incapacitated. The family arrived in Saint John on the Sidonia in 1874 from Scotland ( Thanks to Daniel Johnson) I ve just asked someone to check the Archives for obits but if they cannot; I'll try your suggestions. One time somebody gave me a simple look up as a random act that opened the floodgates to my irish family. I dont want to overuse it; it a fabulous resource. Thanks again beverley On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 10:10 AM, S. Olfert <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Beverley, > > The War Memorial showing his father as Charles William may have > been submitted by a family member. My GrUncle is also on this > site with no information on parents so I was able send in their information > as well as his marriage which was then added to the site. You will > probably > > be able to contact them and correct the error. > > Charles B. is with his Grandparents on the 1901 & 1911 censuses. > www.automatedgenealogy.com > > Since you have exact dates, I would contact the nearest local library to > where they had been living. They may be able to send you the obits > or you could try going on the boards to see if someone would be kind > enough to retrieve them for you. > > As well, Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness is a great website. It' > currently > showing that there is someone who goes to the NB Archives and will copy > Vital Records. > http://www.raogk.com/newbrunswick.htm He helped me a while back. > > Good luck! > > Shirley > > On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 3:18 AM, Beverley Clarkson <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > Thanks all for your help and suggestions. Jay, I didnt know about the > train > > wrecks; what an awful homecoming for those poor boys after all they d > been > > through. Has anyone written about them? I did wonder if he had been > > wounded and finally died at home or en route. Anyone know how I could > check > > the battles of the Canadian Expeditionary Force in the spring of 1918? > > > > Shirley, as all the other evidence points to Charles Benjamin, including > > his > > attestion card naming his grandmother Sarah as next of kin, I think the > War > > Memorial is in error. He was the son of Judson and isobella Barker. There > > are a number of sources for this. Thank you for double checking. > > > > I will try to get the obits next trip to Fredericton. I live in NS so its > a > > long way to PANB. > > > > Beverley > > > > On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 11:01 PM, S. Olfert <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > One other thing... his burial is shown on the New Brunswick Archives > site > > > under "Cemeteries" but his > > > death year has been inaccurately transcribed as 1916. > > > > > > Charles B. BARKER (Cpl) > > > > > > > > > > > > http://archives.gnb.ca/APPS/NBCemeteries/Details.aspx?culture=en-CA&Key=26072 > > > > > > On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 7:58 PM, S. Olfert <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Beverley, > > > > > > > > The War Memorial online shows a Charles BARKER d. 13 Mar 1918; s/o > > > Charles > > > > William > > > > BARKER. Could this be him?? It shows his birth place as North > Devon, > > > York > > > > Co., age > > > > 26 - right age, same place of birth as on his Attestation papers and > > that > > > > he was buried > > > > in the Nashwaaksis Douglas Rural Cemetery. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=collections/virtualmem/Detail&casualty=2755847 > > > > > > > > It shows that he is on page 363 of the 1st WW Book of Remembrance - a > > > copy > > > > of the page is > > > > on this site. The actual Book is in Ottawa with military guards > > > attending > > > > the various Books of > > > > Remembrance. If this is him (although father's name is different > than > > > > what you are showing), then > > > > you can email to the address shown on "to order a copy of this > page..." > > > > and they will tell you > > > > which day of the year page 363 is turned and you can be there at that > > > time. > > > > > > > > Shirley > > > > On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 11:37 AM, Beverley Clarkson < > > [email protected] > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > >> I am tracing down the family of *John S Barker* ( 1831-1912) and my > > > great > > > >> great aunt,*Sarah Love Barker* (1840-1937) and their grandson > *Charles > > > >> Benjamin Barker* who was killed in WWI in 1918, less than 2 months > > after > > > >> joining up. His parents were *Judson Barker*( 1861-1925) and > *Isobella > > > >> Bain*(1867-1918) who died three weeks after her son. i recall my > > > >> grandmother > > > >> telling me some 50 years ago that there was a tragic story there and > I > > m > > > >> wondering if anyone can tell me. I ll be thinking of him on Nov 11 > as > > it > > > >> seems noone else is likely to. But perhaps there were others in the > > > family > > > >> or someone might know where he was taken down. > > > >> > > > >> I ve done PANB, Veterans Affairs and Ancestry so am hoping someone > has > > > >> more > > > >> personal infomration. > > > >> -- > > > >> Beverley Clarkson > > > >> Sambro Head, Nova Scotia > > > >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > >> List Announcements can be found at > > > >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~nbcharlo/nblistann.htm > > > >> ------------------------------- > > > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > > >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without > > > the > > > >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > List Announcements can be found at > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nbcharlo/nblistann.htm > > > ------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > > the > > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Beverley Clarkson > > Sambro Head, Nova Scotia > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > List Announcements can be found at > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nbcharlo/nblistann.htm > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List Announcements can be found at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nbcharlo/nblistann.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Beverley Clarkson Sambro Head, Nova Scotia