Thank you to Shirley and Kevin for your helpful replies. I'll follow-up all of your suggestions. It would be nice if there is an obituary. I don't know whether Eric married again or had children in Canada. He left a wife and daughter in Wales and his youngest daughter Amy went to live with him in Canada. She died a spinster in Victoria BC in 1983 Yes Kevin, I have found the passenger manifest from Liverpool to Canada. Thank you. Kind regards, Jill On 6/10/07, Kevin Podgursky <kpodgursky@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Jill, > > Have you already fround the passenger manifest for his trip from > Liverpool to Canada? > > I'm not sure if people from South Wales had to be Naturalized > http://www.collectionscanada.ca/genealogy/022-505-e.html > > or if they needed to register for the 1940 National Registration > http://www.collectionscanada.ca/genealogie/022-907.006-e.html > > You can also try > http://www.freebmd.org.uk/ > which aims to transcribe the Civil Registration index of births, > marriages and deaths for England and Wales > > Kevin > -- > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~podgursky/ > > > On 6/10/07, jwyze1@gmail.com <jwyze1@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello Everyone > > After seven years of searching it's possible that I might have found the > > death record of my great grandfather. Eric Lionel ARMSTRONG left > Maesteg, > > South Wales in March 1912 and went to Stellarton to work as a coal > miner. > > The Registration of Death states that an Eric Llewellyn ARMSTRONG age 71 > > years and 11 months died in November 1951. He was a coal miner from > Wales > > and a widower. > > > > When Eric ARMSTRONG left the port of Liverpool for Halifax, Nova Scotia > in > > 1912 he was 31 years of age, a coal miner from Wales, travelling to > > Stellarton, Pictou. He also lived in Minto, New Brunswick for a while > > before returning to Stellarton. > > > > The death of Eric Llewellyn ARMSTRONG was registered by a neighbour so > it's > > possible that Llewellyn could have been Lionel. The dates, age, > location > > and occupation all seem to fit, so I'm almost convinced that I have > found > > the right man. > > > > Please can anyone tell me whether it's possible to find any more > information > > for Eric and where to look? Or suggest the name of a reliable > researcher. > > > > Thank you. > > Jill >