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Thanks Annette and Cosmac for your help and insight.  It's just as valuable to have a theory discounted as well as confirmed.  I didn't have access to the month of birth for the 76 birth and I agree I doubt that the census takers would get it wrong as well. I wish I had better information on her year of birth The information I have has her birth anywhere between 1874 to 1877. ( The pax list in 1906 has her age as 32).  I found out that The Ontario Archives have released her suspected year of death records on microfiche so I am going to try to go and view them sometime in the next couple of weeks as they may answer my questions.  I also realize that when the pax list states she is from Northumberland it might mean simply that she had spent a  certain part of her life there.  If the records don't give me the information I need than I will order the marriage certificate, because they might at least help me identify some other family members.

 I know what you mean about common names.  I have one line of my family that contains two lines of Madills both who have a father John and who share many names in common among their siblings and children. There seems to be a great deal of disagreement to which John the spouses belong two among within the family trees I have looked at, but that's a discussion for another thread. 

Thanks everyone for you help and If I do resolve this I will let you know, I of course still welcome any insight and help anyone can offer.

Bes

Bradford, West Gwillimbury, Inisfill

Local database with cuttings, articles, historical documents, and vital statistics which appear to be transcribed from obituaries.

http://www.ibidnet.ca/index.php

I am investigating a Sarah Elizabeth Johnson b 1876 Hexham Northumberland found through a findmypast.co.uk as a possible contender to be Sarah.  I think she is the same Sarah found living in East Halton, Yorkshire in the 1881 uk census ( familysearch.org)  with her father James and mother Ann b LIncoln 1843.   James is listed as 52 in 1881.  He may be deceased in 1902 and therefore may be the reason I can't find them on the registry.  I think that Sarah is living with Ann and her youngest brother James b cerca 1878 in Ince Cheshire in 1991.   She also has a brother Robert b1863. John b 1868 and a sister Mary ann b 1867.  I am trying to find out when James died.

bes

Thanks for posting the link Sandra!  I have requested that the moderator moves the thread listed above to the Canada forum.  I just added the above note to let those who have helped me before know that I have made some progress in my search.

bes

I found out through a pax list ( thanks Sandra for the look up ) that Sarah was actually born in Northumberland not in York as I thought, no wonder I could not find her!  I have to see if I can find her family using this information!

bes