Missing Schroeder!!

[amber39]

On behalf of a friend I am trying to find  what happened to an ancestor of his.

Vincent Conrad Huys Schroeder was born in 1910 in Islington,  London, England.  He emigrated when he was 15 on his own. I have him on a passenger list then and on two further  lists at the ages of 19 and 23 probably visiting home.
The last voyage his destination was Halifax.

I have been unable to find any trace of him subsequently.

Does anyone have him in their tree ? I would love to know if he married and had a family.


Regards   Amber39

[cosmac]

When he returned to Canada, arriving Port of Halifax 30 March 1930 on the Alaunia the passenger manifest shows that he had been in Canada from 1925-1929 at St. Gregor Saskatchewan.  He was returning there to his employer G. Eelse.

St. Gregor is a town between Humboldt and Engelfield, all of these towns east of Saskatoon.  A google map search will pull up its location.

http://www.ourroots.ca/toc.aspx?id=4440&qryID=974618ed-0208-4366-90b0-9af0ef1af8aa
An online local history book on Engelfield and there are references to Vincent Schroeder.  Not much information but it seems he stayed in the area from 1926 to the 1940s and then it was thought he went to Winnipeg.  If you put the Schroeder name in the search area it will pull up the references.  One is under his employer, George Eelse.

Debbie

[jeffster]

Hi

Found this, he is buried in Brookside cemetery in Winnipeg why they wait in burial...hmm. Oh J.J. do you live near Brookside cemetery??  There may be an obituary for him the paper, unfortunately not that late I'm afraid.

Schroeder  Vincent Conrade  75230  Ash Blk 1-0306-0  8/15/1979  5/3/1980 

Jeff

[jeffster]

Ooooo... he did have a wife...PM your email addy and I will let you link up to the obituary for his deceased wife (can't post it in here though)


Jeff

[amber39]

Many many thanks to  cosmac and jeffster  for answering my posting and for providing so much information.

I am having some difficulting in finding my way about the web site that you gave me, cosmac , but I am sure I'll get the hang of it eventually.

The obituary you sent me jeffster was very useful we now know he had a wife and family. All I could have asked for.
Like you I wonder why he was left 7 months before burial !!
Perhaps there- by hangs another story !!

Kinds Regards    Amber39

[J.J.]

Hmmm, missed this one when it came up... Peggy was born 1920 England
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=DESC&db=bobstrong&id=I191039

obit son in law http://www.obituariestoday.com/Obituaries/ObitShow.php?Obituary_ID=34421

[amber39]

Hello J.J.

Thank you for your reply,

The Obituary of Gary Spillett was  in particular very infomative, from having a single man ,Vincent Schroeder, I now have a man with a wife and 5 Children.

The only thing that still puzzles me is why was there 7 months between Vincent's death and his burial ?

Regards     Amber39

[J.J.]

If someone doesn't find anything online I can go see if I can find the newspaper microfilm but not right now as I won't go downtown for only one request..... There can be some very grave mistakes in those transcriptions  but that is a fair distance in time J.J.

[amber39]

Thanks for the offer of a look whenever you are in town I am most grateful.

I love the  'grave' mistakes  !!!

Regards     Amber39