Ontario Records

[kennyg]

Wow!

Karen, thanks for all the information.  I'll take some time to digest and then come back if I'm confused! 

I'm not sure about the Michigan link - appearing as widowed in 1920 is strange as his ex-wife (Jean Main) lived until 1957!  The border crossing information seems to fit.

I don't have the birth registrations - dates yes but no documentation.

Kooran, thanks for registration info on marriage - much appreciated.

Very much appreciated.

Kenny

[Janice M]

On Family Search Labs you will find information & certificates.

http://labs.familysearch.org/

There is a William Haining, born Scotland c1876, year of immigration 1903 living in Highland Park, Wayne, Michigan in the US 1930 Census.  He is a chaufeur and married to a Jeanette.

The above is William Haining & Jeanette Wakeman.




Janice

[KarenM]

Great find Janice.  So then that would rule out the Michigan William Haining as he lists his father as James Haining and mother Mary on the marriage certificate to Jeanette.

Karen

[kennyg]

Thanks Janice - it's just as rewarding to narrow the field through definite exclusion as it is to find new possibles.

Family Search Labs looks like a potentially valuable resource for us all.

Thanks again.

Karen, all your hard work on my behalf looks like it's pointing to the BC death - I'll be ordering the certificate and will keep you informed.  Looks like he might have conveniently knocked a few years off his age at marriage!

Kenny 

[Janice M]

I hate being the bearer of bad news. 

Have a look through this site, as there are Haining's mentioned. Not sure if any are related, but always good to have just in case.

Our Roots
http://www.ourroots.ca/e/

Janice

[Janice M]

In the 1905 Directory for Toronto, William's occupation is given as "carpenter".

He was living at 174 Major, Toronto. There was only 1 other "Haining" living in Toronto at the time, and her name was Nellie Haining living at 682 Gerrard, Toronto. (Page 530)

http://www.archive.org/details/torontodirec190500midiuoft

In the 1903 Directory for Toronto, there was only a Mary Haining (widow of Thomas) living at 19 Maplewood, Toronto

http://www.archive.org/stream/torontodirec190300mighuoft

In the 1906 Directory for Toronto, only Nellie Haining was living in Toronto.

http://www.archive.org/details/torontodirec190600midiuoft


Here is a link for all of the directories online at the Internet Archive.
http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=toronto%20directories

Janice

[Janice M]

Just for interest.

Here are some links for modern day Major Street.
http://www.thinktorontohomes.com/recently-sold-listings/on-major-street-toronto-prime-south-annex.html

http://flickr.com/photos/may_jon/235002868/


Here is a site that has old photos of Major Street
http://tinyurl.com/9gam2

[kennyg]

Hi Janice,

Thanks for the information but I'm fairly certain that carpenter WH is not mine.  At his wedding in 1904 and the birth of his children in 1905 he is a Coachman.  I believe both he and his wife were 'in service' (to a railway magnate?) and so wouldn't appear in City directories.

Thanks anyway.

Would anyone reading this thread happen to know if there were any records of ships leaving Canada to go to UK?  I think it was between 1905 and 1908 that Jean Haining (Main) took her children back to UK.

Thanks again,

Kenny

 

[kooran]

From what I have been able to see, there are currently no inbound passenger lists to the UK on-line.  One website states

"There are British inbound passenger lists, but they are not indexed, nor microfilmed. The original inbound lists reside at Kew.

All ships carrying passengers in or out of any British port were required by law to deposit an official passenger list with the relevant port authorities

The records for all these ship passengers travelling between 1890 and 1960 survives within the collection of original British Board of Trade passenger lists. The only place they can be seen is at the Public Record Office in Kew, England.

These lists are not filmed, not indexed and they are not available on-line."

Another says they are being indexed:

http://blog.dearmyrtle.com/2007/09/uk-inbound-passengers-1878-1960.html