Help with two Winnipeg death dates please

[Jacquie in Canada]

manawakian, Christina died in Saskatchewan.

Jacquie

[RedMystic]

Thank you to both.

Mother Christie did indeed die in Saskatchewan in her daughter Flora's home in her 101st year. Flora married a distant cousin in 1928 & went to the farm to raise his 13 children. I've tracked all of Flora's sisters except Dolina. My mum thinks her married surname MAY have been Munro or something similar (hence my look at Murdo).

So far, I've arrived at nothing new &  am still looking for Dolina.

Thanks again.

[Jacquie in Canada]

You probably have done this but I'll ask anyway...Have you checked obituaries for any of her sisters to see if she is mentioned? I know Johanna died in 1975 and there is an obituary in the Calgary Herald. Have you seen it? If not, do you have her exact date of death?

Jacquie

[RedMystic]

Thanks for your participation, Jacquie.  I have been working on just that. 

I came across Dolina's sister Flora's obit. (Happy dancing here.) It's from the Moosomin paper which is un-indexed, but where there's a will, there's a way. 

It confirms that my mum's recollection of surname Munro is correct but still no first initial as the "D" in the obit stands for Dolina.   

The death date (according to FaG) for the youngest sister Johanna Sommerville nee McDonald was 4 Feb 1975 in Calgary. If I can find her obit, I may have a better lead for Dolina.

I recall that some of the Calgary Herald papers are on-line for that period, but I've not been able to find the site. I don't see the Calgary Herald in the Peel Collection or (for that period) in Our Future Our Past. Might you know where I can see the Calgary Herald on-line?   

Back to the search. Thanks again for your interest.

PS  Go Mum for correctly remembering the Munro surname! I'll have to call her later today to let her know that her memory is still in well-oiled working condition. 

[RedMystic]

I got into the on-line Calgary Herald obits for 1975 through Googlenews. There are 5 papers digitized for February 1975 all between 1st and 7th of the month. Johanna died Feb 4 and there is no obit for her on the 5, 6 or 7. There are no papers for the month on-line after that.

Back to the drawing board to find Johanna's sister's husband's first name again it seems.

Ever hopeful.

[Jacquie in Canada]

I found the death notice for Johanna in the 4 Feb 1975 edition but it was no help. Here's the link (to the left of the "In Memoriam" heading:
http://www.rootschat.com/links/01a14/

I think we must be using different Google News sites because there were a number of editions after the 7th listed when I searched. Here's a link for the Google News Archives list page I use in case it is different from the one you have:
http://news.google.com/newspapers

At least we have some perimeters to work within since Flora was married in 1928 and there was mention in the Free Press that D. McDonald attended a wedding shower for her and we know Dolina predeceased Flora.

Jacquie

[RedMystic]

Thanks for your help, Jacquie. Why oh why is Dolina such an enigma?  Still looking.

[Jacquie in Canada]

I found a name for Dolina's husband. Kate McDonald Eccles of Wapella died in Winnipeg and there is a brief obituary in the 29 May 1951 edition of the Free Press. It mentions that she was survived by Mrs. Thomas Munro. Looks like we've narrowed her death to between 1951 and 1972.

Jacquie

[RedMystic]

Jacquie - that's brilliant!

It never occurred to me that Katherine was buried in St Paul's. I've walked that cemetery twice in my life: once when I went back to Saskatchewan with my mum when I was 18 and and then the summer of 2012 when I made my husband drive for 2 days across the bald a** prairie in pouring rain in search of family history. I never noticed an Eccles headstone (but it wasn't on my surname list  ) & it isn't listed in the FaG site today, but you've got me doing a two step in my kitchen.

So, on to Dolina. It's a Thomas Munro we're seeking is it?!!! Listen up Mister Munro & wife Dolina - I'm going to find you. Ready or not.

I can't thank you enough, Jacquie.