Obituary look up please New Westminster BC Completed thank you

[rosie99]

Hi
Not sure what is available but I wondered whether there was an obituary notice for Ebenezer George Harris Marshall aka George Ebenezer Harris Marshall who died in New Westminster 31st July 1948, he was born c1874.
Also for a Gertrude Marshall who died Essendene 31st Ocober 1945, she was born c1883.

Many thanks
Rosie

[LemonMallie]

Do you already have the BC death registrations for these two?  Obituaries are really hit and miss and sometimes hard to track down if they were placed in smaller, community newspapers.  Based on my experience, published obits for us common folk weren't very popular in Vancouver until the late 1950s onwards.  The BC registrations contain quite a bit of information so depending on what you are looking for, you might find it there.

If you don't have the registrations, please let me know and I will look them up for you.

Regards,
Lynwen

[rosie99]

Hi Lynwen,
Thank you very much for your reply.  I have the death for Ebenezer/George (which I have filed in a safe place and can't lay my hands on at the moment) but the person reporting it was a George Edward Marshall and that is all I know about this family. My mother recalls at least one female child visiting England around the 1930's but could not recall her name. They emigrated c1910 but I can't even find when/where they sailed, I was just hoping that perhaps somewhere there was some more information on them.
I would be grateful for any guidance.
Many thanks

Rosie

[LemonMallie]

Hi Rosie,

I'll have a look for the obit the next time I am at the library.  In the meantime, you could try emailing the New Westminster Public Library as they hold a lot of local genealogical resources.  They might do a lookup for you if you mention you live far, far away!

http://www.nwpl.ca/nwheritage.org/heritagesite/genealogy/library.htm

I did a quick search on FindMyPast and there is a G.E. Marshall arriving in 1910 on the Victorian, departing Liverpool on 15 Apr 1910.  The incoming list contains very little info but you could trawl through the Canadian passenger list to see if it holds any more detail that will help confirm or eliminate him.  Be warned, the quality of the Canadian images is appalling.  Here is the link to the list on the Canada Archives site:
http://www.rootschat.com/links/07fz/

It isn't indexed so you will have to squint your way through 59 pages.

Lynwen

[rosie99]

Hi Lynwen

Thank you for your offer.
I will do as you suggest and email New Westminster.
I must look at FindMyPast passenger list, I don't know how I missed that one. I will also trawl through Canada Archives, I've just got some new glasses so they should help.   
Thank you

Rosie

[J.J.]

I believe this might be the right couple although your age for him doesn't fit... Wife is Gertrude ( surname is Feaver, Lynwyn, so if that matches, you have the right couple)
http://www.automatedgenealogy.com/census11/SplitView.jsp?id=9047  Says immigrated in 1910

[rosie99]

Hi JJ

Thank you so much for the census, his wife certainly is Gertrude Feaver,           You have made my day. They married  12th March 1910 in England so obviously didn't hang around long before going out to Canada.

I wasn't convinced that the burial record in 1945 Essenden was his wife and was hoping obit would give more info.

I will have to look again at the shipping records as I didn't spot them first time round. 
 
Rosie

[J.J.]

They are in Calgary Alberta, the next Province over in 1911...If someone can look they might also be found in 1916, and see if there are any children in the household
also...Essondale is not all that far from New Westminster....

[J.J.]

Here's his birth, I imagine...
George Ebenezer H Marshall  birth reg MarchQ 1876 -   vol.3b  p.50_   Chesterton, Cambridgeshire

added...humph. just realized the death information probably pointed to 1874, thus date in original query...