Cemeteries in Lovett, Alberta (ghost town)

[lilybell]

Hi Red

Information for D A MacAuley age 30 and E M MacAuley age 18. known as Donald Archibald and Effie from the 1916 Canadian Census. Donald born Cape Breton and Effie born Nova Scotia.

I wondered where they went and the following website indicates that.

www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cagha/cemeteries/stanislaus/modesto

Look up on Find A Grave Modesto Pioneer Cemetery, Modesto, Stanislaus County, California

Along with the first website you will find headstone pictures.

I love Find A Grave one of my favourite sites.


Doing the happy dance,LOL  

Lilybell

[RedMystic]

  Lilybell! Thank you.

[lilybell]

Hi Red you are very welcome.

Took a look at the 1916 census and found  Donald and Effie MacAuley and a Alexander  and Katherine McLeod on same page. Do you think Alexander and Katherine  were the parents of baby Angus ?

I am having difficulties with the 1921 census, was going to take a look and see if the McLeod's were still there.


Lilybell

[RedMystic]

You rock Lilybell!

I'm looking at the David (Archibald) MacCauley in 1916 / 1921. The age and name doesn't align with the David Alex MacCauely in the cemetery in California. I can see from his headstone that he was born in Canada. I can't open the link (darn Surface, I'm sure it would work on my desktop). Do you have more that makes you think the two are one & the same?

Alexander & Katherine certainly look like the most likely possibility for baby Angus McLeod.  My only question is when was Lovett's census taken. Was it before or after the date of the baby's death on 25 Apr 1916? Hmmmmm

[lilybell]

Good morning Red

The 1916 Canadian census was started in June 1916. They had no children yet on that census

Something to keep in mind census records had quite a few errors. Depends on who gave the information.

I had trouble with the Modesto link also so I went back and keyed in Effie MacAuley Alberta genealogy. Let me know if you are still having problems.

I am out and about today so will pick it up tonight.

Lilybell

[lilybell]

Had time to sneak back to my computer and give you this info .

Check on A****try there appears to be a Naturalization record for Effie,a Border Crossing record and Family Tree info.

I cannot look as my membership has expired. Maybe you can find more info to indicate this is the right person.

Her burial info indicates she was born 1918, census says  she was 18 so that makes her year of birth as 1898 and Donald  age 30 making his birth year1886 . His burial info says DOB as 1881 off by 5 years.


Must run.
Lilybell

[RedMystic]

Hi Lilybell, I really appreciate the California MacAuley connection, but think I have found an alternatie.

 In 1921, the census shows the family in Edson. He is working for the railway. They have 2 children: George (b1920)  & Mary Ann (b1917). I think, in 1949, the Voters' list shows them in Coalspur, Jasper, Alberta, where he is working as a locomotive foreman.

There is a book on Jasper graves indexes. It is available through the AB Genealogical Society. I'm not a member. Is anyone here?

Also, I think, that the father's birth info may be:

Donald Archibald MacAulay
Birth 1 Aug 1886 in Catalone, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada

If so, his father would be:

Neil Torquil MacAulay m Mary Ann Johnston
Birth 15 Oct 1836 in Catalone, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada   
Death 24 Mar 1919 in  Catalone, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada

Val (or others with access to NS data) can you please do a look up for this family in any books to see if it says anything about this family?

Thanks again to all to all the sleuthing. 

[sami]

…...who was Red Boboboh?

Hi RM:

Have you found the answer to that?
I'm wondering if it is this man listed in (of all places ) the 1921 Lovett census:

http://www.rootschat.com/links/0x22/

The transcription reads 'Red Bosch' but it looks more like 'Red Bobich'.

sami

[RedMystic]

That's brilliant info on Red Boboboh, Sami.  Thanks. It looks like there were a number of Serbians in Lovett/Edson at the time, doesn't it?

I wonder what happened to Mike Tomovitch's wife in Serbia.  (That's a rhetorical question as we are likely to never know. )

BTW, I have reported Mike Tomovitch to the Book of Remembrance. Maybe we can have him recognized before the 2014 recognition of John Lloyd so both can get a memorial.

On the MacAulay front:
I'm quite sure I've found the MacAulay family. In 1945, the family is still together with their 2nd son in Coalspur. Father is a foreman with the railway. Son, the 2nd George, is a trainman. The parents are still in Coalspur in 1949.

There is a Find A Grave for Jasper, but no MacAulays are shown. Lilybell had a friend check the Jasper cemetery index. There are no Donald Archibald & Effie M MacAulay.    Thanks for the look up. 

2nd Son George MacAulay (brother to the Lovett Cemetery George MacAulay) died in Edson 1973. I don't see his wife in the cemetery, but she may not have died at the point it was photographed (or could still be alive).

I haven't found George MacAulay's (from Lovett Cemetery) sister, Mary Ann. I'll try to get the 1973 obit for George to see if that gives any hints. I need to take another look at that California link Lilybell provided. There my have be a coincidence with the names - there is a Mary Effie in Modesto who could be Mary Ann. There is a Donald, but the birth age is 5 year earlier.