Alexander Neish family 1911 census - Winnipeg?

[patrexjax]

Hello Rootschatters! I am trying to find the Alexander Neish family in Winnipeg in 1911 census. Alexander was born in Scotland as was  his wife, Mary (nee: Patterson). They had a daughter, Ellen Mary Neish who was born abt 1889 (accounts vary on the year, but she was supposed to have been born in Killkaren, Ayrshire; there was also a younger daughter named Ina (nickname???). I am positive the family was in Winnipeg in 1911 census because in November 1911 the older daughter, Ellen Mary Neish, married.  I have had difficulty navigating the ship's lists but I think I may have found the Mother, Mary and younger daughter, Ina, entering Canada on 7 June 1910; if that is them, Mary was age 40 in 1910 and Ina was age 11. I could not find Ellen or her Father on the same ship, Southwark.  In any event, I think the census will be more helpful to me at this point. Can anyone find them in 1911 in Winnipeg?  Thank you kindly.  Pat

EDIT: FATHER's NAME IS ALEXANDER.....

[Spanish_Eyes]

Here is the census for the Canadian Provinces, I looked in Manitoba and Ontario and I saw Neish's in 1901 and 1906 but nothing in 1911.

(http://automatedgenealogy.com/census/index.jsp)

They may have missed the 1911 census or moved on somewhere else.

Spanish Eyes

[Spanish_Eyes]

This is the site to Manitoba Statistics, I only found 4 Neish's under marriages and none match the names you have here.
It seems they may have moved on or never made it to Manitoba.....

(http://web2.gov.mb.ca/cca/vital/Query.php)

Spanish Eyes

[aghadowey]

there was also a younger daughter named Ina (nickname???).

Ina is often a nickname for Catherine or names like Robina, Georgina, etc.

[patrexjax]

Hello Rootschatters! Thank you one and all....It appears my Neish family will continue to be elusive.     Pat

[Spanish_Eyes]

Maybe they changed the spelling of their last name?? Nash Nish??

Spanish Eyes

[Janice M]

Here are some books free to read online that mention members of the Neish family.


Ourroots - (Neish)
http://www.ourroots.ca/e/search.aspx?field=Page&key=Neish


Western Land Grants
(Other Neish's mentioned, but not John)
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/02011102_e.html

Janice

[patrexjax]

Hello Janice M, Thank you for the information; I suspect that what happened is that John Neish died sometime after their arrival in Canada; I know for sure that he was deceased by 1927 because the Ellen M. Neish's husband (William A. King) took Ellen and their 5 sons to Chicago to seek medical treatment for Ellen's ovarian cancer. In the 1930 census in Chicago, Ellen is deceased (died a few months earlier) and Mary, Ellen's Mother, is living with the widowed husband and the 5 children and Mary herself is listed as a widow.  Insofaras the younger daughter, Ina -- oral family history was that she reamined in Canada and married possibly several times; her last husband was supposed to be named Walsh  and Ina worked in some capacity for the Prime Minister.    Of course, I have been unable to verify any of that information!  Thanks for your interest; I sincerely doubt that the Neish family left any written legacies, unless Ina herself may have.  Pat

[Janice M]

Illinois Statewide Death Index - 1916 - 1950
There is a Mary Neish as well as a James Neish
http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/databases.html

Janice