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Title: In 1910 census Minnesota, not in 1920, alive 1930s in Canada:detective needed
Post by: charlotteCH on Wednesday 02 July 08 09:57 BST (UK)
I'm trying to find out the married name of someone and all ideas, help etc very welcome.

In 1910 census in Minnesota Inez Cornelia PILSON, 13, is listed with her family in Long Prarie, Todd, Minnesota.
In 1920 her widowed mother is in her son-in-law's house in Washington State but Inez Cornelia is not there.
She tended to use Cornelia  as her name.
She was alive somewhere, as in 1930s she was married [married name unknown & whether marriage was in US or Canada unknown] & was living in Moose Jaw , Sask.Canada. Maybe she was a radio announcer at a local MJ radio station.
So how do I find her married name?

1. Can US 1920 census be searched by first names & age?  if so this should settle if she was in US, single or married.
2. Border crossings? Are there US to Canada records for 1911-1935 & searchable by first names?
3 Are there searchable records for marriages in Canada say 1917-1937?

Note:
 in US census the surname PILSON has been mistranscribed as Ritson[1910] , Bilson [1920 for her mother]. 1900 is correct as PILSON.

Any ideas help much appreciated.
Thanks.
charlotte



Title: Re: In 1910 census Minnesota, not in 1920, alive 1930s in Canada:detective needed
Post by: aghadowey on Wednesday 02 July 08 10:30 BST (UK)
You can use Ancestry to search 1920 census (but need subscription to view information). Put in first name, years of birth +/- 1 yr, place of birth if you know it...
Title: Re: In 1910 census Minnesota, not in 1920, alive 1930s in Canada:detective needed
Post by: charlotteCH on Wednesday 02 July 08 11:33 BST (UK)
She's not there in USA 1920 a realiable searcher told me.
 I suspect that by 1920 she'd gone to Canada- she would have been  aged 23 and could well have been married in either country., which is why I am wondering about border crossing records.

Thanks for your input.

charlotte
Title: Re: In 1910 census Minnesota, not in 1920, alive 1930s in Canada:detective needed
Post by: aghadowey on Wednesday 02 July 08 13:12 BST (UK)
There are some border crossing records (Canada to US) on Ancestry so you could try searching them.
Title: Re: In 1910 census Minnesota, not in 1920, alive 1930s in Canada:detective needed
Post by: charlotteCH on Thursday 03 July 08 02:29 BST (UK)
Problem with that is that I don't have a sub.  to ancestry. So any search as you suggest just brings up a lot of stuff that  may or may not be relevant.

Thanks for your reply.

charlotte
Title: Re: In 1910 census Minnesota, not in 1920, alive 1930s in Canada:detective needed
Post by: aghadowey on Thursday 03 July 08 08:37 BST (UK)
If you put in the details you have and keep narrowing down the criteria you can often get very close to the information there.
Title: Re: In 1910 census Minnesota, not in 1920, alive 1930s in Canada:detective needed
Post by: kooran on Thursday 03 July 08 13:06 BST (UK)
Here is a British Columbia death:

Inez Cornelia Hargreaves
Female 
Age: 77 
Death Date: 7 Feb 1975
Place of Death: Victoria 
Registration #: 1975-09-002844 
BCA #: B13340 
GSU #: 2050440

You would have to order the registration from the BC vital statistics to see further details.

http://www.vs.gov.bc.ca/genealogy/index.html

Karen
Title: Re: In 1910 census Minnesota, not in 1920, alive 1930s in Canada:detective needed
Post by: charlotteCH on Thursday 03 July 08 13:13 BST (UK)
Karen,
  Thank you for that.  I knew she died there and with that surname in use. -In 1939 she left Moose Jaw and went to live in Toronto and started to use Hargreaves as her surname, then in 1948 went to Victoria.

She was going by the surname Hargreaves then, but that had not been her married name when she lived in Moose Jaw in the 1930s- and that surname  is what I'm trying to track down.

Thank you for the lookup and your help,
charlotte