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Topic: Elphinstone Forrest Struthers Mather - Editor Winnipeg Telegram (Read 539 times)
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daval57
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Hi,
I'm unsure if this is the correct place to post this.
Trying to find descendants of Elphinstone Mather born 1889 in Glasgow, Scotland.
I believe his wife was Kate E Mather (I don't know maiden name), who was living at 1657 Haro St., Vancouver at the time of his death in 1918 (killed in action in France).
I'm unsure when he emigrated to Canada but was still in Glasgow on the 1901 census.
I live in Glasgow and have no knowledge of how to trace Canadian genealogy so any help would be appreciated.
I'd also be interested in any info about his time as editor of the Winnipeg Telegram.
I have Elphinstone's maternal grandmother's line (Forrest) back to circa 1750 and thought someone might be interested.
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------------------- FORREST (Glasgow, Stirlingshire, Dunbartonshire) BORTHWICK (Midlothian) ROONEY (Glasgow and Co Down, Co Antrim) ANDERSON (Moray, Caithness, Glasgow) FORTUNE (East Lothian) BARKER (Midlothian / East Lothian) SIVES / SIBBES and variations (East Lothian) ROCHEAD /ROCHEID and variations (Dunbartonshire) OR VISIT MY SITE FOR MORE NAMES http://daval57.tribalpages.com/access code: aldav5257Census information is Crown Copyright |
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liverpool annie
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Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
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Do you have this already ??
In memory of
Captain ELPHINSTONE FORREST MATHER
who died on April 9, 1918
Military Service .....
Age - 29
Force - Army
Unit - Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division - 8th Bn.
Additional Information -
Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Mather, of Glasgow, Scotland - husband of Kate E. Mather, of Vancouver. Editor of the "Winnipeg Telegram" prior to enlisting in 44th Bn. C.E.F., 1915. Passed Cambridge Staff College course with honours, 1917.
Commemorated on Page 468 of the
First World War Book of Remembrance.
Burial Information ..........
Cemetery -
ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais,France
Grave Reference: 1917. VI. L. 11.
Location - Mont St Eloi is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 8 kilometres north-west of Arras. The village stands on high ground overlooking the battlefields of Vimy and Souchez and the main Bethune-Arras road, and the ruined towers that rise from it were used as an observation post during the French attacks at Neuville-St Vaast and Givenchy in May 1915. Ecoivres is a hamlet lying at the foot of the hill, to the south-west and about 1.5 kilometres from Mont St Eloi on the Arras-St Pol line. The ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY is on the D49 road.
Annie
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daval57
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Karen,
You are amazing 
Thanks for the info and the tips.
I do have the CWGC info and all info about him before he left Scotland but the rest of the info you're giving me is new. TOO fast for me to keep up. I'll need to take time to digest it all.
Really appreciate your help. I should have had higher expectations!
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------------------- FORREST (Glasgow, Stirlingshire, Dunbartonshire) BORTHWICK (Midlothian) ROONEY (Glasgow and Co Down, Co Antrim) ANDERSON (Moray, Caithness, Glasgow) FORTUNE (East Lothian) BARKER (Midlothian / East Lothian) SIVES / SIBBES and variations (East Lothian) ROCHEAD /ROCHEID and variations (Dunbartonshire) OR VISIT MY SITE FOR MORE NAMES http://daval57.tribalpages.com/access code: aldav5257Census information is Crown Copyright |
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daval57
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Annie, sorry, never saw you creeping up on me there 
With all the replies from Karen in quick succession, I just assumed the next one would be from her as well.
Are you stalking me now?
Dave
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------------------- FORREST (Glasgow, Stirlingshire, Dunbartonshire) BORTHWICK (Midlothian) ROONEY (Glasgow and Co Down, Co Antrim) ANDERSON (Moray, Caithness, Glasgow) FORTUNE (East Lothian) BARKER (Midlothian / East Lothian) SIVES / SIBBES and variations (East Lothian) ROCHEAD /ROCHEID and variations (Dunbartonshire) OR VISIT MY SITE FOR MORE NAMES http://daval57.tribalpages.com/access code: aldav5257Census information is Crown Copyright |
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daval57
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Cheers guys.
I already have the CWGC image of the remembrance page.
http://www.cwgc.org/search/certificate.aspx?casualty=65776
Think it will be the same as the one on the site you mention.
A photo of his actual grave would be amazing.
Dave
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------------------- FORREST (Glasgow, Stirlingshire, Dunbartonshire) BORTHWICK (Midlothian) ROONEY (Glasgow and Co Down, Co Antrim) ANDERSON (Moray, Caithness, Glasgow) FORTUNE (East Lothian) BARKER (Midlothian / East Lothian) SIVES / SIBBES and variations (East Lothian) ROCHEAD /ROCHEID and variations (Dunbartonshire) OR VISIT MY SITE FOR MORE NAMES http://daval57.tribalpages.com/access code: aldav5257Census information is Crown Copyright |
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