Hi Bonnie: Although you have Charles Arthur McQuarrie born in 1885, the CEF site states that he was born 23 May 1892. I looked up his birth registration in Ancestry.ca and found the following: Ontario, Canada Births, 1869-1907 - Registration No. 010484 about Charles Arthur McQuarrie Name: Charles Arthur McQuarrie Date of Birth: 23 May 1888 Gender: Male Birth County: Grey (Feversham, Div of Osprey) Father's name: John Laughlan McQuarrie Mother's name: Marian Dand Roll Number: MS929_87 ............ Children of John Laughlan McQuarrie & Marian Dand, (in case you don't have this): William Harvey McQuarrie 18 Jun 1880 Male Grey - John McQuarrie & Marion Dand Sarah Estella McQuarrie 29 Aug 1882 Female Grey - John McQuarrie & Marian Dand John James McQuarrie 30 May 1885 Male Grey - John Laughlan McQuarrie & Marian David Charles Arthur McQuarrie 23 May 1888 Male Grey - John Laughlan McQuarrie & Marian Dand Thomas McQuarrie 26 Mar 1891 Male Grey - John L McQuarrie & Marion Dand .......... Ontario, Canada Marriages, 1857-1922 about Sarah E McQuarrie Name: Sarah E McQuarrie Birth Place: Tp Osprey Age: 16 Father Name: John McQuarrie Mother Name: Marion McQuarrie Estimated birth year: abt 1882 Spouse Name: Richard Redpath Spouse's Age: 27 Spouse Birth Place: Tp Melancthon Spouse Father Name: Thomas Redpath Spouse Mother Name : Annie Redpath Marriage Date: 22 Jun 1898 Marriage Place: Simcoe Marriage County: Simcoe Family History Library Microfilm: MS932_97 Source: Indexed by: Ancestry.com ......... So if Charles Arthur McQ died in 1943 he would have been about 55 years old and likely still working. As he joined the CEF in SK, then that is where he would have been returned to when his tour was finished. There isn't anything but bush and lakes in the neighbourhood of Sioux Lookout, so hard to know what kind of work he was doing. Perhaps he was a cook at a logging camp and perhaps also his CEF paper might help to find what kind of duty he had in WWI. Best of luck, Doreen ========== >From: Trunthsams@aol.com >Reply-To: ontario@rootsweb.com >To: ontario@rootsweb.com >Subject: [ONTARIO] How to find an obit after 1945 >Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 22:54:59 EDT > >I am off on an eastern Ontario quest, but I just saw Ancestors in the Attic >when I was in Canada and it brought to mind one huge brick wall. > >I know that Charles Arthur McQuarrie was alive in 1943 and living in >Vellore, >ON. It is near Sioux Lookout. Vellore doesn't exist any more. I >believe >that "Art" was working at a mill. In a letter found he mentions going to >the "Sioux" and the "Peg" which I think means Sioux Lookout and Winnipeg. >There is no one alive who might know when Art died. He was a WWI vet so >he may >have been buried by the vets. Otherwise, I am sure he had no one else to >bury >him. I believe his contact was my father in Saskatoon, but I am sure that >if this was known that Art was buried where he died. > >Art was born in Feversham, ON in 1885 and did have a few relatives around >Osprey. > >Besides paying for a death cert. search in 5 year increments beginning I >guess in 1943 (at great govt. charge), is there any coroner data base or >any other >way to find him? > >Bonnie >in California _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live Hotmail is the next generation of MSN Hotmail. Its fast, simple, and safer than ever and best of all its still free. Try it today! www.newhotmail.ca?icid=WLHMENCA146