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Hi julesmom,

Could you please clarify what information you do have?  Do you know when the marriage took place?  Do you have the certificate?  If so, what does it say in terms of her date and place of birth? 

How do you know the Leiperts came from Russia?  Have you found them in any census records yet?

I tried to do some quick searching, but it would help if you could clarify a bit more.

Thanks,

MJP

Hey Rootschatters - long time no see. 

I'm facing a brick wall in Montreal and would love some help.  Here's what we have to start with:

Earl Charles Taylor (may have gone by "Charles" - not sure)
b. 24 Apr 1905 (according to family - haven't found birth cert yet)
Place of birth unknown (somewhere in Canada)

Father Charles, mother Rachel (maiden name unknown)

Charles senior was apparently from Glengarry County, Ontario (near Dunvegan), but later moved to Montreal
Rachel was apparently from Nova Scotia.

Charles and Rachel are supposedly buried in Mount Royal Cemetery, Montreal.  Rachel died circa 1941.

I don't know when Charles moved to Montreal and so don't know where the marriage and Earl Charles' birth took place.

Earl Charles apparently worked at Eaton's in Montreal.

What I've tried:


I can't find any sign of them in the 1911 census (when Earl Charles should be age 6), or any earlier census for that matter.  There are only a few Taylor families in Glengarry County, and none named Charles.

I've had a look through Lovell's Montreal Directories, but there are too many Charles Taylors to be sure of anything.  There was an Earl Taylor, salesman at Eaton's, in 1938, 1939, and 1946, but that doesn't really get us anywhere - no Charles living at the same address that might be his father. 

There are no appropriate BMDs in the Ontario records or in the Drouin collection on Ancestry.

There is a Rachel Taylor in the database at Mount Royal Cemetery who died in 1940, but the year of birth given would make her 53 when Earl Charles was born in 1905.  There is a Charles Taylor also, who died in the 70s at age 99. 

I think my next step will have to be to order up those records from Mount Royal Cemetery and see what they say.  I suppose it would also help to get Earl Charles' marriage certificate - but I will have to ask the family I am doing this for if they have it or if they want to order it.  I'm not up to speed on the privacy rules for Quebec vital records.

Any other ideas???

From the same database:

George Castlenova
Age 10
Arrived at Quebec on the Lake Manitoba 12 September 1911
Destination: Wellington Ontario

Not to the same place - how sad!!

Enter the arrival and ship info at the passenger list site (above)
He is on page 35.

This means they both missed the 1911 census - that complicates matters, doesn't it!!

MJP

Great news Sharon!  It's always nice to hear how these things turn out. 

MJP

Hi Sharon,

Sounds like you are doing it right.  The street directory is organized by Street, so you would have to know what street you were looking for. The Alphabetical directory section is by surname - that's where I found him in 1924/25.  The entry says

Tiberi Guilio asst eng 59 Britannia

which I interpreted to mean he was an engineer, but I could be wrong. 

And yes, Forfar would be the name of the street or road in that case.  They don't seem to ever include St or Rd or anything else. 

Here is the link to the database where Karen found his military papers. 

http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/cef/index-e.html

When you search for him in the database and then click on the icon next to his name in the results list you will get a page that has these documents on it, as well as a link to get instructions on how to order the full file.  It is definitely worth the cost of photocopying. 

MJP