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Can anybody suggest how to find a relative,
Joseph Osbaldiston served in The CEF, born in England 1888, arrived in Newport Vermont 28th Nov. 1921, his wife in England later remarried so I'm wondering if he divorced in Canada, and he must have died there. He signed on the CEF on 1st nov 1915 in Ottawa
any help would be appreciated;
Thanks SC
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Can anybody suggest how to find a relative,
Joseph Osbaldiston served in The CEF, born in England 1888, arrived in Newport Vermont 28th Nov. 1921, his wife in England later remarried so I'm wondering if he divorced in Canada, and he must have died there. He signed on the CEF on 1st nov 1915 in Ottawa
any help would be appreciated;
Thanks SC
See here: http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/first-world-war-1914-1918-cef/Pages/image.aspx?Image=559003a&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fdata2.archives.ca%2fcef%2fgpc013%2f559003a.gif&Ecopy=559003a
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Hi Mcauley1
Thanks I have that, I was wondering if there is any way of finding out where he went after he left the CEF. As I don't think he came back to England for a divorce.
Thanks SC
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Hi,
Hmmm...I wonder if your chap has had a bit of a name change, there is a WW2 Draft
Registration;
Joseph Oswald Diston, b. January 6, 1888, Bradford, England (matches CEF attestation)
56 Pleasant Street, Leicester, Worcester, Mass. (matches his 1921 border crossing)
If you look at signatures CEF/WW2 they do look similar.
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-11133-115606-11?cc=1861144
Cheers,
DB
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Excellent research DB. ;D
and here he is on the 1930 census Florence Avenue Avalon, Allegheny, Pennsylvania.
Joseph Diston 41 Born England. Father England and Mother Ireland. Married. Immigrated 1921. First papers. Shoe Proprieter. First married at 34 years.
Bodil Diston 35 Born New Hampshire. Father and Mother Sweden. Receiver. Shoe Repairing. First married at 27 years.
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCHH-JST
Sandra
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White Birch Street Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts 1940
Joseph Diston 52 Retail Salesman.
Bodil Diston 85 (should read 45 years.)
Son Diston 8 Born MA. (Still living in California or Arizona)
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4JQ-RT8
Sandra
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Bodil Ingjerd Diston - (Bodil Ingjerd Lindquist) - 10 September 1894 New Hampshire - died 24 May 1984 Orange California. Father Lindquist and Mother Anderson.
http://www.mocavo.com/Bodil-Diston-1894-1984-Social-Security-Death-Index/09998517996460279337
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPJH-K9M
Sandra
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Ancestry tree shows a marriage in Massachusetts 1928 (details yet required it says)
Wife listed as Bodil Tregierd Linquist. (No details) A son listed as private (no details) married with 2 sons and a daughter. They give details of a daughter called Dawn Rae Diston 1953-1954
There is a death of a Dawn Rae Diston in North Carolina - parents listed is the same name as the son on the 1940 census. Birth was 11 November 1953 - death 11 November 1953 :'( Camp Lejeune, Onslow
Burial Jacksonville NC
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FPC2-NM2
Sandra
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Thanks Sandra ;D
1930 Census - shoe repairing...another match to his attestation papers. ;D
There is a 1922 Marriage Index Worcester Massachusetts Volume #62, Page 529
Joseph Osbaldiston. Same volume # and Page # Bodil Ingjerd Lindquist.
I'm starting to think that this is him.
Cheers,
DB
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Hi,
On his attestation papers he gives his nok as Mrs. Florrie (?) Osbaldiston, Coteau Junction,
Quebec. Not seeing a marriage but,
There is a baptism on December 11, 1914, Parish Ste. Cecile, Valleyfield, Quebec of Joseph
Albert Osbaldiston, son of Joseph Osbaldiston and Florrie (?)artley. He signs...and it is the
same signature as his attestation papers.
Perhaps that's why he had a bit of a name change. ???
Cheers,
DB
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There is a City Directory entry for Joseph in 1941 and the WW2 draft 1942 but nothing for Joseph so far after that date. ???
Regards
Sandra
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Hi Everyone
thanks for all that info very interesting I reckon
Well done he must have divorced, maybe came back to England to do so as his first wife remarried also.
Well done thanks so much
Regards Sc ;)
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You're very welcome. It would be nice to find the death record but records for that time frame are not available in some states. Or even find him on a UK return passenger list.
Regards
Sandra
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Hi Sandra yes it would be nice to find the death then that would finish that relative off.
Thanks again to you all
SC ;)
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Hello Silver Cloud,
I found these posts and was fascinated to read the information. I am descended from Joseph and his first wife, Maria Smithies. Their daughter Clara was my grandmother. Clara was born in Horton, Bradford in 1912, just a year before Joseph left for Canada. The fact he left England at all only became known to me this morning, so the further information that I have learned has come as quite a surprise. It is sad to learn that my grandmother never had the chance to know her father. I have learned something of Josephs family history, going back to the mid 1700's.
I have several names I am interested in at the moment, and now know that relatives on both my mothers side and my fathers side moved to Canada and the US.
Kind regards,
Penny
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Hi Penny
Its me Kim , I have posted the info as I am silvercloud. If you want to know anything else ,Just ask.