Thomas Dickson born about 1885 Scotland

[holly129]

Thomas Dickson entered Canada at St John (where is that?) March 1911. Would he be on the 1911 census? Maybe at Calgary, Alberta.  And did he have a wife? Could someone help? Very much appreciated.

Also 1916 census for Calgary, Alberta?

Thank you very much.

[KarenM]

Hi Holly,

St. John is in the Province of New Brunswick.

You can search the 1911 Census for free at www.automatedgenealogy.com

Karen

[KarenM]

Could this be his attestation papers for WW1? 

http://data2.archives.ca/cef/gpc002/291675a.gif

http://data2.archives.ca/cef/gpc002/291675b.gif

Karen

[Jacquie in Canada]

Here's a link to another thread of Holly's on Thomas Dickson.
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,431835.0.html

Holly, for future reference, it isn't necessary to make threads in both the Canada forum and the Canada Lookup forum regarding the same person. Those of us who do lookups check both sections of the forum and having multiple threads usually just leads to a duplication of efforts.

Jacquie

[Jacquie in Canada]

Those attestation papers are not for the correct Thomas. I found his birth registration at Scotlands People and he was born 5 Dec 1876 in Coldstream, Berwickshire. On the registration his parents are listed as George Dickson, carter, coal line and Helen Matthews. Their marriage date is on the registration as well - 15 Jun 1870 in Edinburgh.

Thomas is on the 1881 and 1901 Scotland census in Coldstream living with his parents (his mother is listed as Ellen in 1881 and 1901 and as Helen in 1891). His occupation is listed as carter on the 1901 census.

Thomas likely won't be on the 1911 census. I believe I found his arrival under the name Thomas Dixon on the Virginian which departed from Liverpool and arrived in Quebec on 2 Jun 1911. He claimed to be 27 on the passenger list. His occupation is listed as being a carter and he was heading for Calgary. The passenger list does indirectly say he was born in England (ditto marks from an entry about 8 lines above the one he's on so it easily could be wrong). Here's a link to the passenger list at Library and Archives Canada (near the bottom of the page):
http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/e/e143/e003570056.jpg

Jacquie

[KarenM]

Thanks Jacquie

[holly129]

Jacquie
Sorry, I put message in look ups and in Canada general, thanks for telling me