John Blair and Jane Callander Shaw - New Westminster, British Columbia

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Thanks for all that information Sandra.

Would the deaths of John Blair in 1931 and Jane Callander Shaw (wife) in 1938 at New Westminster, B.C. be available online also?

Tom

[*Sandra*]

William Thomas Abercrombie - father of Elizabeth Gertude Abercrombie/Clark

FIND A GRAVE

   
Mountain View Cemetery
Vancouver, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada
Plot   HORNE1/4/03/017/0001

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25239499

Sandra

[*Sandra*]

John Blair - 31-12-1931  (aged 64 years)  No death certificate online.

http://www.rootschat.com/links/01mtu/

Jane Callender Blair - No death certificate online.
Burial -    Saint Peter's Roman Catholic Cemetery (Memorial removed from find a grave)

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLGT-NHV


Sandra

[bbart]

Would the deaths of John Blair in 1931 and Jane Callander Shaw (wife) in 1938 at New Westminster, B.C. be available online also?

The familysearch site index for John's death lists John's parents as John Blair and Mary Mcclymont, and his birthdate as 26 May 1867, which might help narrow down a search for his birth on the Scotlandspeople site.

Although neither John or Jean/Jane's death are online, a library not overly far from me carries most of the microfilms, so in the next week or two, I can pop in to see if they have the pertinent films, and hopefully can get copies.

Mr. and Mrs. John Blair, travelling with child Sybil Shaw, arrived at St. Johns, New Brunswick on 02 Aug 1911, from Bermuda, on ship Oruna.  John is listed as a merchant, and they are headed to Vancouver.  Whether this was a holiday trip on the way over from Scotland, or business related, I cannot tell, but I have had merchant ancestors stopping in Bermuda on the way over as well, in the same time period.

[*Sandra*]

UK return passenger list showed Sybil Shaw aged 22 years - teacher - going to 1 Seafield Girvan Ayrshire - Quebec to Liverpool arriving 13 July 1924 on the Doric. Intended future residence Canada.

Sandra

[dbree]

Hi,

A few more passengers lists, from Library and Archives Canada, and they can be very slow to
load.

Canadian Passenger List from Sydney, Australia to Vancouver March 30, 1921 on the ship Makura
Blair, John, age 52, b. Scotland, merchant, in Canada 10 yrs., destination New Westminster, B.C.
Page 8
http://www.rootschat.com/links/01mtx/
In 1921, that passenger list also included a separate form (30A), page 3724, going to 243 Richmond St.
http://www.rootschat.com/links/01mty/

Uk Incoming Passenger list from New York via Boston to Glasgow June 17, 1930 on the ship Cameronia
Blair, John, age 62, merchant
Blair, Jean, age 58, housewife
going to Seafield, Girvan, Ayrshire

Canadian Passenger List arriving Montreal from Greenock Sept. 27, 1930 on the ship Doric
Blair, John, age 62, b. Girvan, Scotland, retired
Blair, Jean C., age 58 b. Thornhill, Scotland
going home to 243 Richmond, New Westminster
UK address 1 Seafield, Girvan
Page 477
http://www.rootschat.com/links/01mtz/

DB

[bigt]

Thanks Sandra and dbree.

Seafield, Girvan, Ayrshire, is the home of Jane Shaw (or Blair's) sister Henrietta Shaw.  Sybil's father is William Shaw, brother to Jane and Henrietta.  What interests me is that Sybil has gone to Canada with her aunt at the age of 10, while her parents and 6 brothers and sister head to Australia.

Tom

[dbree]

Hi,

Hmm.. it is interesting. I am not seeing a passenger list for Sybil from Australia, just the one
for her Uncle.

Sybil returns to Canada Oct. 8, 1924 on a New York Passenger List from Southampton to New
York on the ship Homeric.
Shaw, Sybil, age 22, teacher, going to Uncle John Blair, 243 Richmond, BC, friend in UK James
Smith, Girvan, Ayrshire
On the same voyage,
Blair, Jean, age 52, housewife, going to husband J. Blair, and the same UK friend James Smith.
There are 2 pages, so click forward to the next page
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9PR-B937?i=453&cc=1368704

DB

[dbree]

Would the deaths of John Blair in 1931 and Jane Callander Shaw (wife) in 1938 at New Westminster, B.C. be available online also?

Although neither John or Jean/Jane's death are online, a library not overly far from me carries most of the microfilms, so in the next week or two, I can pop in to see if they have the pertinent films, and hopefully can get copies.

Very kind of you bbart.