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Offline Pizel

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Looking for Uncle
« on: Tuesday 15 December 09 22:39 GMT (UK) »
Hello,
          I'm looking for my uncle, Francis Shields who emigrated to Canada around 1957,he was last heard of in Hamilton, can't seem to find him in the white pages!!
 he was born in Lochore in Fife Scotland to Helen Hemsley Martin & Francis Shields, any help in locating him would be appreciated.
Thanks
Pizel

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Re: Looking for Uncle
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 17 December 09 05:10 GMT (UK) »
Hi Pizel:

Because there is a good chance that he might still be alive, it would probably be a good idea to remove his date of birth (for his privacy).  ;)

After checking around the internet and reading your posts, I see that he either last lived in Toronto or Hamilton.  I checked MapQuest, and it appears that his street address was a Toronto address.

If you haven't already done so, perhaps you could contact the Toronto Public Library and ask if they might check Toronto Directories for the years 1970, 1975 and 1980 (or three other similar years).  You may ask for up to three lookups per request.  If he is found in Toronto, at the address you have mentioned in other posts, you could try writing to the TPL again, with three additional, later years.  This could help pinpoint when he either left that address, or confirm that he stayed for some time.
http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/ask_adu_index.jsp

I wish I could offer more suggestions, but Canada has strict privacy laws, so it is difficult finding "recent" information.
Ellison: Co. Wicklow/Canada       Fowley: Sligo/Canada       Furnival: Lancashire/Canada       Ibbotson: Sheffield/Canada       Lee/DeJongh: Lancashire & Cheshire       Mumford: Essex/Canada       Ovens: Ireland/Canada       Sarge: Yorkshire/Canada             Stuart: Sligo/Canada       Sullivan: Co. Clare/Canada      Vaus: Sussex/Surrey      Wakefield: Tuam or Ballinasloe, Ireland              (Surname: Originated/Place Last Lived)  (Canadians lived in Ontario)

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Re: Looking for Uncle
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 17 December 09 05:23 GMT (UK) »
Have you tried searching the name in Toronto using www.whitepages.ca or www.canada411.ca?  I get one hit.

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Re: Looking for Uncle
« Reply #3 on: Saturday 27 February 10 22:58 GMT (UK) »
Thank you for your help, sorry I've taken a while to get back to you,
but had an eye op so was not using my computer.

Pizel


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Re: Looking for Uncle
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 28 April 10 00:57 BST (UK) »


SHIELDS, Francis A. St John's Roman Catholic Carleton Osgoode OT-86-17

SHIELDS, Gail Francis Forest Lawn, Orangeville Dufferin Mono DU-RAYBURN

SHIELDS, Mary (w/o Francis Bole) Thornbury-Clarksburg Union Grey Collingwood BG-G-037