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Wondering if anyone can help me find obits for the following father and son:

Benjamin Carman, b. 15 May 1838 in Burwash, Sussex, died 23 Sep 1915 Ancaster, ON;

and the wonderfully named

Ferguson Nightingale Carman, b. ca Jul 1870, Etchingham, Sussex (mother was Ann Nightingale), and according to Find-a-Grave, is buried in Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, dying 7 Aug 1949.

Am looking for the specific origins and parentage of James Swift who died in Toronto 23 Nov 1911, b. ca 1834.  He married Teresa (several spellings) McCarrey (several spellings) in York, ON 3 Feb 1864 (on Ancestry there is just a "card" rather than the full entry). 

James was b in England, according to the censuses I have found him in.  He is with Teresa in 1871, in Toronto, age 36, she is 26.  They have two children James 5 and Annie 3.  Teresa and children b. USA. (The 1891 gives the kids' bp as Ontario, but I have find no record)

On the 1901 census James is with his daughter Annie, widowed.  He is living at 53 Huntley Street, Toronto, and he declared he came to Canada in 1850.  I cannot find him on the 1851 or 1861 censuses.

I have traced his son James' marriage and Jr.'s wife's death in 1942, at 53 Huntley Street, so am pretty sure I have this right!  No death for James Jr. and cannot find a marriage for Annie or a death for her in Ontario.

Wondering if I have missed a source for finding James Sr.'s biirthplace or parentage.

Have had no luck finding Elsie Coghlan, registered Mar 1910, in Blackburn.  In the 1911 census she appears with her mother Sarah (nee Hibbert), a widow. 

Sarah was the widow of George Henry Coghlan who had died in 1908.  In 1911 she is living with Richard S. Heathcote as his servant.  He is listed as married, and had mistakenly entered his number of children, those alive, as had Sarah.
Sarah had just the one child, Elsie, obviously not Coghlan's child, but possibly Heathcote's, who was taken to court in 1909 by his wife Elizabeth, claiming desertion and abuse.

Elsie, as Hibbert, is with her mother in 1921, no sign of Richard, and very likely Sarah died in 1926 in Blackburn.  I cannot find any trace of Elsie after this, and have checked under all three surnames.  Perhaps fresh eyes might find her for me!

I have been looking for years for earliest paternal line's origins (and his first wife, also my ancestor)
Joseph Hibbert was b. ca 1799, Lancashire, died 1852, Salford.  He married ca 1819, Ann ?.  I have not found his baptism or his first marriage, but have his second marriage to Ellen Clare.

Something I was hoping to give me a clue was the fact that his daughter, Harriet Hibbert Fletcher, b. 1824, and full-sister of my ancestor William, was living with Mary Kernon in 1851 (am quite sure Harriet's husband, William Fletcher, was alive but cannot find him in 1851, Harriet is listed as married).  Also with them is Harriet's son John.  They are at 5 Sykes Court, Hulme, Lancs.

In 1861 Mary Kernon is living next door, at 6 Pitt St., Hulme and Harriet is next door at #4.  Both ladies have 19 year old female lodgers with them, and Harriet has her two surviving children, John and Elizabeth Ann.  William died in 1858, and two other children died as infants.

Through doing a lot of digging, I am confident that Mary is the Mary Brownlow who married John Kiernan (notice difference in name) in 1838, daughter of Robert Brownlow.  I found a marriage 1 Apr 1862, of Mary Kiernan, widow, daughter of Robert Brownlow, address is 6 Pitt Street, Hulme. She marries Joseph Wakefield.

Mary's age fluctuates a bit, from being born ca 1805 to ca 1812. 

I found them living in Cheshire (Church Coppenhall) in 1871 and 1881.  Their exact deaths are a bit hazy, but I think he is the Joseph who dies in Congleton dist. in 1888.  Mary I am not sure about.

My hope is that Mary is somehow related to Harriet, but proving it might be impossible.  I have not evidence that Mary had any children, so that means a DNA match is unlikely.  Hoping someone has these folks in their tree.