If your relative was burried by military there would be a stone. My father was a ww11 vet and is burried in scarb and has has a stone , he is burrried in a military burial grounds Soo could mean either one US or Canadian When did he die maybe a census would tell you were he lived only a suggestion Happy Hunting ----- Original Message ----- From: "joyce stevens" <joycestevens@twmi.rr.com> To: <ontario@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2007 11:36 PM Subject: Re: [ONTARIO] McQUARRIE > By any chance does the reference to the Soo really mean Sault Ste. Marie, > either side of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and Ontario Canada. The > "Soo, it nickname. > I have looked at government records found online. Also, there are > military > sections of cemeteries in Ontario. > > -----Original Message----- > From: ontario-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ontario-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On > Behalf Of Trunthsams@aol.com > Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2007 7:20 PM > To: Ontario-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [ONTARIO] McQUARRIE > > Because Remembrance Days makes one remember, my cousin has just written > me > about her goal of finding the only missing member of the family. > > Charles Arthur McQuarrie born in Feversham May 23, 1888. He was a WWI > vet. > He was around Collingwood in 1934. He had a sister in Singhampton ON and > Vancouver. He was in Valora ON in 1943. In a letter we have, written > from > > Valora in 1943, he was working in a mill. He talked about going to "the > Soo" > and "the Peg". He was known to have visited family in Saskatoon SK but > due > to > circumstances he was always put back on the train to ON when he wore out > his > welcome. > > My question is- I need suggestions in how to search for "Art". He is not > buried in Saskatoon, Valora doesn't exist any more, and I don't think he > is > > buried in Collingwood or Feversham. Would the veterans administration > know > if > he was buried as a vet? I am sure he was indigent so no cemetery stone. > > Where should my cousin start? Suggestions please. > > Bonnie > in California > > > > ************************************** See what's new at > http://www.aol.com > > *********** > Search Ontario Genealogy & Resources at > http://olivetreegenealogy.com/can/ont/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ONTARIO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > *********** > Search Ontario Genealogy & Resources at > http://olivetreegenealogy.com/can/ont/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ONTARIO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >