census look up please

[frenchdressing]

I'd be grateful if someone who has access to the Canadian census transcripts could have a look for a William John Kerr.
He emigrated to Canada on the 08 /08/1894 sailing from Liverpool to Montreal on the ship Lake Ontario.
He seems to have been with his wife, Barbara, although I can't find a marriage for them in England.
William John was born in 1865 in Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland. No one has any info on them since they left England.

Also, his brother, James Kerr born 1871 in Birkenhead, Cheshire. He sailed from Liverpool on the 05/07/1906, destination, Montreal on the ship Victoria, supposedly  to join his brother.
I know that he died in Ferney, British Columbia in 1936 but between those dates, no info.

Thanks a lot.

French

[KarenM]

Hi French,

If you go to www.automatedgenealogy.com you will find William and Barbara living in Toronto in the 1901 census.

Karen

[KarenM]

Birth Reg. for:

Jeanie Kerr
Date of Birth:  January 9, 1901
Father:  William Kerr
Mother:  Barbara Carswell
County of York

Karen

[KarenM]

Marriage Registration for:

Jean Crawford Kerry
Spinster
Age:  23
Presbyterian
Residence when Married:  286 Bleeker (?) Ave., Belleville, Ontario
Place of birth:  Toronto
Father:  William Kerr, born Ayshire Scotland
Mother:  Barbara Carswell

Henry George Green
Occupation:  Butcher
Bachelor
Age:  29
Presbyterian
Residence when married:  173 James St., Belleville, Ontario
Place of Birth:  Belleville, Ontario
Father:  Charles Green, born Wiltshire, England
Mother:  Margaret Beatrice Elliott

Witnesses:  William Kerr & Margaret Green
Date of Marriage:  April 17, 1923
Belleville, Ontario, County of Hastings
Reg. No. 012728

Karen

[KarenM]

On the 1911 census there is a James Kerr married to Jessie living in British Columbia.  He lists his immigration year as 1904.

Karen

[frenchdressing]

I'm a bit confused if that is my James Kerr. I have his sailing date as the 05/07/1906. (It's the only one that fits with his age).

He was married in England but his wife left him and their three children. He left his children with his parents in law and went to Canada to join his brother, William John. If he did marry again he was a bigamist as I don't think he ever divorced (mind you, he was a long way from home)but I can find that out. He sent photos home but just of himself.

The story is that he and his brother fell out and he went to BC but no-one had any more news from William John...

French

[KarenM]

Well I wouldn't put to much on the immigration date on the census, cause it would be easy to be out a year or two 

He wouldn't be the first guy who did that, my gr grandfather was a bigamist as well   

Have you ordered the death certificate from BC?

Karen

[frenchdressing]

No, I haven't got a death cert. from BC. I never thought he could have married  someone else although he was a handsome man in his prime, so to speak... Maybe that's why he never sent for his children.

Do you know how to go about getting one? This is my first encounter with immigration.

French

p. Is it cold over there?

[KarenM]

Perhaps that's what the falling out between the brothers was 

Well, today in my part of the country it's only -11, but in the prairies it was in the -40's yesterday 

You can order the certificate on line......hang on must find the link