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Hello

Here is some Info about the 622 Squadron:
http://www.raf.mod.uk/bombercommand/h622.html

Here are some more Infos about their Stirling
and the fate of Robert Harper after the crash:
http://www.lostbombers.co.uk/bomber.php?id=167

Here is some Info about Sly Arthur Ernest:
http://www.warmemorial.firstworldwarrelics.co.uk/html/raf_wwii.html

Here are some details about the life oft the Pilot Officer W.J. Morcombe
http://www.rootsweb.com/~auschs/cw6.html

There are also some details about the life of his cousin Frank Keith Morcombe.
He was also in the Royal Australian Air Force and died in a flying accident in 1943
http://www.rootsweb.com/~auschs/cw5.html

Greetings
Svenja

Hello

In summer 2006 I was in France on the traces of both World Wars.
In the Argonnen (near Verdun) I saw this Memorial Stone
(It was in front of the French Military Cemetery Lachalade):

622 Squadron Royal Air Force

P'O Morcombe William James
F'S Richards Harold 2nP
F'S Smith Donald Sinclair NAV
Sgt Thomas Stanley Alan WO P
F'S Conroy Reginald Matthew
Sgt Ough Alan Andrew RG
Sgt Sly Arthur Ernest FE
Sgt Harper Robert BA WO
évadé, capturé, déporté
à Buchenwald, décédé en 1977

1943

Perhaps someone is searching for this names. I don't have any
other Infos about this men and I don't know why there is written
décédé (died) en 1977. Buchenwald is situated near Weimar in
East Germany. If someone is interested in a photo of this Memorial
Stone I could send it by Email.

Best regards
Svenja

hello jorose and J.J.

First I would like to thank you for your answers.

I know that it is very difficult to search in Alberta. I don't think that I can find the marriage oder death certificate. I don't know the places where this events happened. In Germany and in Switzerland you can't obtain this documents if it's not a direct relative. I think that Xavier didn't live for all his life at the same place, but I don't have any proof. I also don't know if Xavier and Anna have got any children. I have just sent an email to the Alberta volunteer asking her if she could do the lookup in the book for me. I will let you know if there is a result. I saw that the most recent censuslist which can be seen on the internet ist the one of 1911. Xavier came to Canada in 1929, so the first censuslist with him should be the one of 1931. I'm wondering if there are some address-books or newspapers of the Jarvie-Westlock area (1930-1967).

Best regards

Svenja

Hello

I'm new here, this forum was recommended to me by Berlin-Bob, who I know from
another Forum where I'm moderator for the board of the emigration to America. ^(*)

I have many ancestors who emigrated from Switzerland to the United States.
My special project which contains all Iten-Families who emigrated in the 19th century
can be read on my own website.

Actually I'm searching for an ancestor who emigrated from Bavaria to Canada.
This is what I could find out about him until now:

- Xaver or Xavier Beinberger, born in Peiting/Bavaria/Germany in 1906.
- He was married with an Anna, but I don't know her familyname and where
  she came from. I also don't know when and where the marriage took place.
- They both died 1967 in Canada, but I don't know where exactly. I'm wondering
  if there were some newspaper articles or an obituary.
- They are both mentionned on the tombstone of the Beinberger-Family on the   
  Cemetery in Peiting/Bavaria but they are not buried there.

Recently I have found him on a shiplist:
Beinberger Xaver, 23 years old, Germany,   
Date of Arrival: 1929/07/05 (YYYY/MM/DD)
Port of Arrival: Halifax , Nova Scotia
Ship: YORCK , North German Lloyd or ALCOA PLANTER , Alcoa

In the "Alberta Digital Archives" in the "Local History Book Index" I found in the book
"Jarvie Our Continuing Legacy - Westlock" a Xavier Beinberger. So I think he lived in
Jarvie in the Westlock County in the State Alberta, but I don't know since when and
for how many years he lived there. I also don't know what is written about him in this
book. Does someone know how I can find out this?

I have found several links to websites about genealogy in Alberta (also here in this forum)
but they were not helpful for me. I also looked up on the GenWebProject but there are not
many facts about Alberta. Generally on the internet one can find a lot of genealogical
information about the Calgary Region but not about de Edmonton Region. The Westlock
County is situated in the north of Edmonton.

I hope someone could help me to find more traces of him and his wife in Alberta.

Thank you and greetings from Switzerland

Svenja


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