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Research in Other Countries => Canada => Topic started by: Geordie daughter on Tuesday 12 March 19 14:23 GMT (UK)
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I'd be grateful if anyone could help me to find out a little bit more about this individual. He was born in England in 1872, and spent some time in South Africa, but by 1919, was settled in Edmonton. He was a salesman in men's wear by this time and had married a lady called Edith Emily (nee Lancett) in Leeds in 1905. He died in Edmonton in 1929, and his wife died in Vancouver, B.C., in 1957, but that is virtually all I know about their life in Canada. I'd particularly like to know whether they had any children, but any other details, including those about where they lived and the business/es George worked for, would be lovely.
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1916 census Suite 11, Derwas Court Edmonton Alberta
George Beart 42 born England. Imm 1914. Merchant. Clothing. Working mon own account.
Edith Beart 38
Sandra
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The obituary for Edith does not mention children
The Vancouver Sun (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) 20 Jun 1957, Thu - 26
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29429189/edith_beart/
Sandra
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Obituary George Beart - with photograph
Edmonton Journal (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) 17 May 1929, Fri - 13
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29429318/george_beart/
Sandra
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Edmonton Journal (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) 17 May 1929, Fri - 24
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29429354/george_beart_death_notice/
Sandra
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Edmonton Journal (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) 11 Dec 1920, Sat - 10
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29429524/kays_lts_george_beart/
Sandra
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Edmonton Journal (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) 8 Aug 1940, Thu - 12 (with photograph)
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29429746/mrs_george_beart/
Sandra
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Edmonton Journal (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) 20 May 1929, Mon - 7
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29429882/george_beart/
Sandra
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Star-Phoenix (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada) 14 May 1935, Tue - 15
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29429988/edith_beart/
Sandra
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Sandra, thank you so much! You are a miracle worker, and the cherry on the cake, for me, was the newspaper clippings with their photos attached. It never ceases to amaze me how a few short sentences in a newspaper can turn a simple name into a living, breathing person. The Bearts seem to have been attracted to strong, capable, independent women judging by what I've found on their wives, so far. Interestingly, one of George's nephews had a mother-in-law who was a professional tennis player, and played the game at around the same time as Edith, though in this instance, in South Africa.
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Pleased to help. Saw that she was a golf player in a few other articles. ;)
Sandra
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1926 census in Edmonton...
http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=census1926&op=img&id=e011260308
RK
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The Province (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) 31 Jul 1920, Sat - 29
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29462109/mrs_george_beart/
Sandra
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Edmonton Journal (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) 24 Sep 1917, Mon - 9
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29462132/mrs_beart/
Sandra
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RunKitty, thank you for unearthing that census return for me.
Sandra, I'm amazed at how much you've been able to find, and are still finding. I followed up on that "KAYS LTD Per George Beart" clue, and I think it might be a catalogue company that was based in Worcester, England from the late 1880s. It sold "functional workwear" (such as overalls) and household items originally, but moved into mainstream fashion in the 1920s, apparently, so it looks as if George was acting as an overseas agent and taking orders for the company, rather than working in a store, which is what I'd originally assumed.