Canadian Marriage

[carol80]

Trying to find the Marriage of John Alfred Fletcher and Meggy Stonehouse somewhere in Canada.  This is what i have so far:
John Alfred Fletcher d December 1966 age 73 Vancouver B.C
Meggy(Meggie) Fletcher nee Stonehouse b 1902 England,Came to Canada in 1930, Married John, had a least 1 child. Meggy died Oct 1967 age 64 in Vancouver ( i have her death registration )
I am trying to find out Where and when she married. Can anyone Help?
Regards
             Carol in New Zealand

[jorose]

Unfortunately most of the provinces will not release marriage info that late.  For example, BC, which only releases marriage info after 75 years.  It looks from the immigration info that Maggie Stonehouse emigrated along with Chris G. Stonehouse, aged 24 (brother?) and Mary A. Stonehouse, aged 55 (mother?) - do you know where they went?  You can get the ship list from the National Archives that would say where they were headed when they arrived.

Meggy's death registration should list how long she's lived in Canada, how long she's lived in BC, and how long she's lived in the place where she died.  The other possible thing to do would be to ask for a obituary lookup for John and/or Meggy from RAOGK: http://www.raogk.org/bcolumbia.htm  Sometimes obituaries will give you some idea about the marriage (i.e. 'married 33 years' and so on).

[carol80]

Yes Chris G was her brother (i can not find him) and Mary was her widowed Mother.( I can not find her) They all went to Canada at the same Time. A brother Thomas went to Canada a year earlier.(Found him) I do not know where they were headed. Thomas died in B.C. Meggy was on his Death Registration as Sister. So have been going from There. I am guessing Thomas Led the way for the rest of the Family but am sure he must have had someone to stay with when he arrived.
On Meggy's death registration it states 18 yrs in Municipality,35 Years in Province and 58 yrs in Canada(which is wrong). This is the only lead i have to finding the rest of the family. Chris G and Mary A have dissappeared.
Regards
           Carol in New Zealand

[jorose]

If you have found their immigration on the National Archives site, it explains how to get the ship list.  I have done this and they only charge you for photocopying + postage, it is not very much considering.  You have to write to them supplying the information from the index and your method of payment, the details/address are on the site.  That would tell you where they were headed.

[carol80]

I have just found in my notes a list showing where Thomas was going but all i can make out is Ont---o. This was sent to me from RAOGK. It is unreadable.
If i wrote to them would they send me a better copy? Thomas ended up in Vancouver.

[jorose]

I'd try the obituaries first, since hopefully they'll list living relatives and give you an idea of what happened to Chris perhaps - sounds like Thomas started off in Ontario, though.

If you write to the archives what they'll give you will be an actual photocopy of the list, so I guess it would depend on what the quality of the original was like.

[carol80]

I think mine is a photocopy. Looks like it.
I have sent a request through RAOGK for orbits for Meggie, Thomas and John. Hopefully this will give me a few more Leads
It is just that  trying to find Chris and his Mum are driving me Nuts
Thanks for your help
           Regards Carol
Merry Xmas and a happy New Years to you and yours

[Josephine]

>> Ont---o <<

Looks like Ontario (the province) to me.

Regards,
Josephine

[loo]

You could try the Vancouver Public Library for obits, city directories, etc.
http://www.vpl.vancouver.bc.ca/finditnow/