James Alexander Lamb - 1911 Census

[Laurina]

No problem.

Don't think I'd have risked it either but I guess she had no choice ... I'd be non too pleased at being deserted so close to the birth on number four!

What a wonderful lady.

Laurina

[IndisVanyar]

Here are the results of library trip #2!

Marriage of Mary Leslie Lamb and Thomas Howard Macfarlane

Mary - occupation waitress, spinster, 21 yrs, denomination United Church of Canada, residence Vancouver, born St Andrews Scotland, father James Alexander Lamb born Glasgow Scotland, mother Mary Leslie Downie born St Andrews Scotland.  Bride could read and write.

Thomas - occupation trainman, bachelor, 28yrs, Roman Catholic, residence Camp 3 Bloedel, born Vancouver, father John Howard Macfarlane born Kilkenny Ireland, mother's surname Rothe born Alsace France.  Groom could read and write.

1901 census April 11-12 1901
British Columbia
District - Yale and Cariboo
Greenwood City
John H Macfarlane, male, head, married, 12 Aug 1861, age 39, born Ireland,

year of immigration 1869, Irish origin ,Canadian national, Church of Eng,

Miner, employed, can read write and speaks English (does not speak French)

Mother tongue English
Lena M Macfarlane, female, wife, married, 12 Nov 1876, age 24, born

Germany,year of immigration 1897, German origin, Canadian nationality,

R.Cath, can read, write and speaks English. Mother tongue German
(Alsace has had a history of belonging to either France or Germany over the course of history http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alsace)

I think that this may also refer to
Thomas Howard Macfarlane's father:
Canadian Genealogy Index
1901
John Howard Macfarlane
Greenwood, British Columbia
Occupation Civil engineer
Source - Henderson's British Columbia Gazetteer and Directory and Mining
Companies for 1900-1901.

Nell

[IndisVanyar]

I had a trawl through the online BC Vital records but could not find either a marriage entry for John Howard Macfarlane, nor a birth for Thomas Howard Macfarlane.
There are these two births in Greenwood however and I wondered if they fitted in somewhere.
Thomas Hinks Macfarlane
14 April 1902

Charles Barnett Macfarlane
11 October 1903

I wonder if LemonMallie could double check next time she is in a library? (Not possible for me to do it from here in the UK of course )

Nell

[Laurina]

Thanks again for all your help, that's really useful.

Laurina 

[IndisVanyar]

I have found the following on find my past:


There is a record of a Lina Rothe aged 21, travelling with Ernst (or Erush) Rothe, 56, (Farmer) and Hulda Rothe ,45, (all classed as foreigners on the ships records) travelling on the Yainui from Glasgow to New York on 27 November 1899. That would give her a birth year of 1878 - close to that given in the census.

It is the nearest so far but who can say whether or not it is the correct Lina

I still have not found mention of her after the 1901 census - where did they go? Nowhere that I can trace them apparently

Nell

[Patches1]

Hello, I believe that you are looking for some of my relatives.  I live in British Columbia, my Father was Charles Barnet Macfarlane and my uncle was Thomas Hinks Macfarlane who married Mary Lamb who I knew as "Auntie May".  I'm not sure how best to connect in to the group as I am relatively new at this.  I've looked on line occasionally but this is the first time I've gotten this far.  They all grew up in Greenwood BC, and my aunt and uncle later moved to Port Hardy and Quatsino Cove. 
Lina Roth would have been my grandmother - My mother told me her name was Helena Rothe.
Looking forward to finding out more.  Regards, Patches1

[J.J.]

Unfortunate you hadn't seen this sooner...In case notification was turned off I have messaged the poster, Laurina...but she's not been on here for years. Hopefully the email is still the same & you can meet up on here. J.J.