Researched comments by Mike Melen

  • By: Mike Melen (not verified)
    Jan 10, 2025 - 07:54

    From his online death record it says that he was born 11 July 1872 in Elgin, New Brunswick. His Father was John Harbell and Mother was Dianah Jonah. At the time of his death he was single and was living in the Vancouver area for 25 years. It is noted that he had a brother Hugh Wellington Harbell living in BC as well. Hugh passed on 23 Sept 1966.

  • By: Mike Melen (not verified)
    Jan 8, 2025 - 18:09

    From his online death record, It states he was born on 6 October 1884 in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba. His Father was John James Hewitson and his Mother was Mary Jane Vick. There is some question about the name of Mother. On the Manitoba Vital database it says his Mother was Euphemia Swinton. He was Single and worked as a Longshoreman. No obit was published on his death

  • By: MikeMelen (not verified)
    Jan 3, 2025 - 18:46

    From his online death record, it says that he was born 16 March 1870 in Ontario, Canada. It was noted that his Father was Andrew Weir and his mother was noted as UNKNOWN. At the time of his death he separated. Searching the BC online marriage records found a marriage for Samuel and a Elma Etta Callbeck on 28 July 1930, in Bruce County, Ontario. This confirms the name of Sam's mother being Mary Armstrong. The marriage record says that Sam was already a widower in 1930, and Elma has never been married. Elma passed in April 1964. There was a obit in the Vancouver Sun on May 2, 1964. There is no mentioned of family,or sons or daughters.

  • By: Mike Melen (not verified)
    Jan 2, 2025 - 17:29

    There isn't much info on her online death record. It only has her date of birth being 12 August 1866 in England. She is a Single woman. It isn't 100% true/accurate but according to a birth record on Ancestry there is a Helena Croft that was born 12 August 1866 in Kent England to Thomas Edward Croft and Emily? There is no fixed address to where she was living or how long she has been in Canada or BC.

  • By: Mike Melen (not verified)
    Jan 2, 2025 - 14:19

    From her online death record, she was born on 15 April 1868 in Rossmackwinnie, Ireland. She was single at the time of her death. Her Father was listed as Francis Carson and her Mother was Catherine Kerr. She has been in BC for 38 years

  • By: Mike Melen (not verified)
    Jan 2, 2025 - 11:09

    From her online death record, she was born on 6 July 1885 in Dornoch. Scotland. Her Father was Samuel Clark and her Mother was Jane Marshall. At the time of her death she was married to a Peter Brown.

  • By: Michael Melen (not verified)
    Dec 28, 2024 - 17:36

    According to his online death record, He was born July ? 1878 in Perthshire, Scotland. His Father was noted as David Henry and Mother was Charlotte Alexander. He was Single. He has been in BC for 46 years. Before being a resident at Woodlands, He lived in Smithers, BC

  • By: Mike Melen (not verified)
    Dec 24, 2024 - 11:55

    According to her online BC Death record, She was born 11 Oct 1878 in Germany. Her Father was Rudolph Fehmel and her mother was ? Gardner both from Germany. At the time of her death she was a widow. Her husband was James Cotton. He was born in 1875 in Scotland and passed away in 1 April 1949 in the Victoria, BC area. They both came to Canada in 1904. There were no surviving children

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    By: Mike Melen (not verified)
    Dec 13, 2024 - 14:17

    According to her online death record... She was born on 6 August 1925. She was born unknown Saskatchewan . Her Father was Alfred Hamilton and Mother was Selina Thiboult. She married Oscar James Braem on November 25. 1945 In Vancouver and later divorced him 11 June 1948.

  • By: Mike Melen (not verified)
    Dec 8, 2024 - 18:38

    According to online Death record, She was born on 21 January 1895 in Strathclair, Manitoba. Her Father was John Edward May from Sheshire, England, and her Mother was Britton Spear from unknown Ireland. Lena and Phillip were married 16 December 1916 in Kelowna, BC

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