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Re: Disappearing Grandfather
« Reply #9 on: Thursday 28 July 16 18:03 BST (UK) »
Christian Milnes Allan - St Mervyn Spennithorne Rd Urmston - baptised 1 January 1907 - Flixton, St Michael - father James Milne Allan and Mother's name Lilian Allan. 29 Albert Grove. Father was a salesman.

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« Reply #10 on: Thursday 28 July 16 18:07 BST (UK) »
Christian Milner U Allan - Q2 Apr/May/June 1906 - Barton Lancs. 8c 683

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« Reply #11 on: Thursday 28 July 16 18:13 BST (UK) »
Christian M M Allan married September 1932 - George M Pickard - Barton I - 8c 1586

Christian M U Pickard 1907 - passed away March 1948 - Harrow Greater London - 5f 361

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Re: Disappearing Grandfather
« Reply #12 on: Thursday 28 July 16 18:26 BST (UK) »
Just spoke to the Alberta Archives in regards to death records for Alberta and you can request a long copy of James's death record.

Contact  pao.gov.ab.ca. It is a 2 page form 1st page contains medical information and 2nd page is the actual death registration. Only fee involved is for the photo copying.

Records older than 50 years are open records.

When you contact the Archives give your name,contact info and name of person you are researching  and his date of death.



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Re: Disappearing Grandfather
« Reply #13 on: Thursday 28 July 16 18:37 BST (UK) »
How brilliant everybody, especially about the obit...that is a real clue. Will keep persuing, we did know about the child by second marriage....namely Christian.  Now to find out what the heck he was doing in Canada all those years.    FYI, he left home one day and never came back, said he was going for cigarettes!!!!

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« Reply #14 on: Friday 29 July 16 01:16 BST (UK) »
From Peels Prairie Provinces Henderson Directories Calgary

1930
Allan James M chf clk Man Rolling Mill Co Res 7013 18th Ave
1935
Same info as above but  h 1615 16 St E
 1939
Same as above
1940
Allan James M acct Man Rolling Mills h 708 15 St w
1943
Allan James M clk Calgary Rolling Mills h 2208 14A St S W

Info for Lillian Allan
1945 Allan Lillian seams H B Co 1235 12 Ave w
1949
Mrs. Lillian Allan seams HBC r 1619 14 Ave W
1952
Mrs. Lillian Allan seams H Williams 1619 14 Ave W

No records found for James Allan before 1930 in Calgary

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« Reply #15 on: Friday 29 July 16 03:55 BST (UK) »
https://therecents-d0a57e093a6c32.sharepoint.com/Calgary1939-2001V3/default.aspx#Tile=Calgary1939-2001&View=Calgary1939-2001%20List

This is a pay site but there is an obituary for a Lillian Gordon Allan that you can obtain whose death was in 1960.

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« Reply #16 on: Friday 29 July 16 15:18 BST (UK) »
The Calgary Herald- Google News

Allan December 16 Mrs. Lillian Gordon Allan aged 74 years beloved mother of Mrs. Willard ('Rene') Neilson 1623 14 Ave. SW
Services at "The Little Chapel on the Corner" JACQUES Funeral Home Tuesday at 2:15 p.m. Ven. C Swanson officiating.

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Re: Disappearing Grandfather
« Reply #17 on: Friday 29 July 16 17:14 BST (UK) »
Hi,

Just adding on to lilybell's find, there is an expanded obit. for Lillian Dec. 17, 1960. It adds that she
was born in Manchester, England and came to Calgary 31 years ago, also survived by a sister and
brother in England.
Page 42,
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=Hx6RvaqUy9IC&dat=19601217&printsec=frontpage&hl=en

Cheers,
DB