Hi all,
I hope some of you good people can point me in the right direction. I am searching for my Grandfather Walter Reynolds between 1923 and about 1930 (or possibly later). I have been all over the world looking (via this site and others).
The family story had it that he went to Australia after the birth if his son, my father, and died in a mining accident before they could join him. I had everyone on the Aus section here searching high and low for him (heartfelt thanks to all of them). No one could find any trace of him. I was also manually searching the passenger lists at Kew and also Had no luck.
Then, when the passenger lists were published on line, I found him Yipee!!,, On a passenger list to Canada
. He travelled alone and landed in Quebec on 19th July 1923 headed for Windsor, Ontario.
So ding ding, round 2. I got some help and paid research done in Canada expecting to find him no problem now.... Wrong!
All I have come up with so far as an absolute certainty is that on 1 August 1923, just weeks after arriving in Canada, he crossed the border into the US.
According to the US Dept. of Labour Immigration Service form that I have, he was heading for Painesdale, Michigan to the Copper Range Co. who I think paid his passage.
From there the trail goes cold again.
I can't find him in the 1930 Census so I am looking at the possibility that there is some truth in the family story that he died (possibly in a mining accident) before or during 1930 when his wife remarried in Cornwall declaring herself widowed.
So, I'm looking for pointers to resources that will fill in the gaps. Is there a Death recorded between 1923 and 1930 that could be him. And/or are there any mining records that will show his employment and possibly injury/death in an accident. Of course I can't rule out the possibility that he lived beyond 1930 and settled out there possibly starting another family.
Any pointers greatly appreciated. I have posted all the data I have on him below.
Regards
Clive
Name: Walter REYNOLDS[1]
Sex: Male
Father: Charles REYNOLDS (1849-1902)
Mother: Frances BUNT (1853?-aft1901)
Birth 4 Nov 1894 ,,Camborne, Cornwall, England(*2)
Census 31 Mar 1901 (age 6) ,Tuckingmill, Camborne, Cornwall, England(*3)
Occupation Dec 1922 (age 28) Tin Miner Below Ground(*4)
Residence (1) 9 Dec 1922 (age 28) ,Weal Genny Square, Cambourne, Cornwall, England(*5)
Spouse Lilian Maud KEAST (1898-1957)
Children Robert Charles REYNOLDS (1923-1990)
Marriage 9 Dec 1922 (age 28) ,,Redruth, Cornwall, England(*11)
Emigration (1) 19 Jul 1923 (age 28) from ,,Camborne, Cornwall, England to ,,Windsor,Ontario,Canada(*6,7)
Emigration (2) 1 Aug 1923 (age 28) from ,,Windsor,Ontario,Canada to ,,Painesdale, Michigan, USA(*