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Research in Other Countries => Canada => Topic started by: garydevine on Tuesday 22 December 20 02:18 GMT (UK)
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Hiya,
I was hoping someone could help me find info on Robina Gray and Samuel Alston Kay. Believe to be in Canada, I don’t know anything of Samuel but Robina was born in 1906 in Blantyre, Scotland to John Gray and Elizabeth Neil, she was one of nine. Will also make a post about her sister Barbara who also went to Canada. We think the family were around Ontario. My aunt says their children are dead now but can’t remember who they were
Regards
Gary
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Robina and Samuel were covered in the other post
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=841807.0
Sandra
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Background. Samuel Alston Kay with his family in 1911 16 Frances St Darwen Lancs.
RG14 Piece 25139
Aaron Kay 53 Drawer In Of Cotton
Harriet Kay 40
Samuel Alston Kay 13 Reacher In Of Cotton
John Aaron Eric Kay 11
Cora Eveline Kay 9
Alice Kay 8
Bertram Kay 4
Sandra
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Canada Ocean Arrivals Form 30 A - Samuel Kay born abt 1898 Darwen Lancs.
Age 25 - Date of Arrival 25 Mar 1923 - Port of Arrival Halifax, Nova Scotia on the ship Regina.
Returning home. Had lived in Alberta. Previous entered St John New Brunswick 1 st May 1921 left St Johns January 1923 to visit relatives. Going to Hughenden Alberta.
http://hughendenab.ca/
Sandra
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US Border Crossing - Samuel Alston Kay 1897 Darwen Lancs - aged 38 years -Departure Contact Wife Robina 867 Western Road, Weston. Ontario.
Arrival Date: 26 Jul 1935 Niagara Falls, New York
Accompanied By Brother-in-law George Fergerson - Arrival Contact Sister Mrs Cora Dias
Sandra
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The sister of Samuel - Cora Eveline Kay born about 1901 Darwen Lancashire married York Ontario 22 December 1927 -aged 26 years . Silk Weaver. Living Weston Ontario.
Father Aaron Kay Mother Harriet Greenfield - Spouse Ralph Marcy Dias. Ralph was 35 years old.
occupation manager.
couple appear on 1930 US Census - Ithaca, Tompkins, New York.
Ralph Dias 38 Head. Manager. Newspaper Industry.
Cora Dias 28 Wife. Born Eng. First Papers.
Sandra
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Samuel passed away 25 January 1947 at Christie Street Hospital, last of Falstaff Street West, Weston, Ontario (now part of the City of Toronto); buried at Prospect Cemetery; son of Aaron Kay and Harriet Greenfield, husband of Robina Gray, born 4 January 1898, carpenter; informant was his wife Robina.
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Find-a-Grave has an inscription for Robina Kay, mother of James, born 1906, died 1994 in London, Ontario:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/171701413/robina-kay
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Have you checked the other thread listed in reply 1 Eileen. ;)
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=841807.0
Merry Christmas
Sandra
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Robina and Samuel were married in Weston on October 27, 1928; parents are as noted; Robina is 22, a spinster, working as a domestic; Samuel is 30, a bachelor, working as a carpenter.
Robina took a trip home to Blantyre in 1955 for a six-week visit. Robina had originally arrived in Canada in 1922 to work as a domestic (c/o Salvation Army).
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(going to copy and paste this cause both sisters have threads and info has been shared on both)
Hiya,
Thank you so much getting the info for me. I’ve managed to get in touch with Barbaras grandson who’s father passed a couple years ago. I’ve also found a grand daughter of robina as well that I’ve messaged.
I was wondering about passenger lists though if there were more and what ships perhaps they were on
Gary
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Back again!
Is there anyway to find out if Robina came back to Scotland in the mid 1920s, as said before she went to Canada in 1922, but its now come to light that she had an illegitimate daughter Elizabeth Gray in 1927 in Blantyre (Elizabeth Gray married John Scanlan which i previous posted as well so the mystery is solved there on who she is which is why the Gray and Scanlan marriage from 1950 she is also listed as Elizabeth Kay). It was just to find out if there was a possibility that she fell pregnant in Canada and then came home because she had went over because of the Salvation Army in 1922 and maybe was involved with them and if they found out wouldn't approve etc, or if she came home and then fell pregnant
Gary
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Sorry didn't come across anything else in the time frame.
Sandra