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Lewis Walton Cumberland died on Jan 19, 1931.  Interment Assiniboine Memorial Park Cemetery.  There is a short obit in the Winnipeg Free Press... doesn't list family members and is extremely hard to read

RK

Hi,

Looks like their son Stewart Lewis Cumberland died in Victoria BC on June 10 1974.  He was born in Winnipeg on April 10 1916.  Informant was his wife. 

http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Genealogy/DisplayGenealogyImage?k=ad505ce3-523a-464a-bbd3-c0f707d1140f

RK

1921 census - transcribed as Turkington.  In Broadview, Sask.

George 72, born England.
Alice 65, born England.

Year of immigration in 1906.

Next family on the census is probably his son

Thomas W Talkington (also transcribed as Turkington), 26, born England, arrived 1906
Lillian, wife, 26, born England, arrived 1919
Patricia, daughter, 5, born Saskatchewan

Both George and Thomas are labourers.

Hi

2 references in the Brandon Manitoba paper - 1918 and 1919 - saying that Mrs J L White of Brandon was visiting her parents, Mr and Mrs G Talkington of Broadview. 

RK

Hi,

I found obituaries for Alexander Edgar and his wife Lily.  Neither mentions Jane/Jeanie 

Alexander Arthur Edgar died on July 13th 1953.  His address was 187 Elmwood Ave in Willowdale (this is the north central/east part of Toronto).  He was the husband of Lily Kear, father of Elsa (Mrs A Thorpe) and grandfather of S.  Interment York Cemetery. 

Sarah E (Lily) Kear Edgar died in Toronto on Oct 22, 1974.  She was a retired 25 year employee of the Robert Simpson Company.  She was the wife of the late Alex Edgar, mother of Elsa (Mrs A Thorpe), and grandmother of S (Mrs R. Longmuir).  Interment York Cemetery.

RK