Hi guys,
After several years on researching ancestors who never moved more that 10 miles from their birth place, I have finally got an off shoot who have connections to Ontario. I would appreciate any help, advice and hand-holding through Canadian archives!
The story is as follows:
There had been a family legend that my gt grandmother's cousin was a Governor of a province which, after much searching, simply couldn't be proven. However this afternoon, I stumbled across a passenger manifesto which showed his profession to be retired Police Chief. With the aid of google, I have found that Robert William Worm (born 1889, Kings Lynn reg dist) was the Police Chief of Wallaceburg, Kent County, Ontario.
I haven't been able to find when he originally went out to Canada (sometime after 1901) or whether he was married, or when he died (after 1959).
However, it appears that possibly his father had been out in Ontario (York County). His father was also called Robert Worm (bn c. 1821, Norfolk - possibly Stratton Strawless). He married Mary Ann Abbs in 1844 in Stratton Strawless, but then disappears from the radar until he marries my gt gt grandfather's sister (gt gt gt aunt?) Ada Tomes in 1886, in Norwich. I haven't got their marriage cert, so I don't know if he says he is a widower.
On the 1881 Candaian census, there is a Robert and Mary Worm, both aged 59, born England, living in Brockton, York West, Ontario.
Is there anyway I can find out how long they had been in Canada, when Mary Worm died, and whether they had any children?
Thank you for reading!
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