Canadian Records

[Coomera]

I have an ancestor - Arthur Burke b:1890 - who left Liverpool in July 1929 on the "Duchess Of Atholl" - her maiden voyage - bound for Montreal, with Canada given as his place of future residence. Problem is, he does not seem to have arrived there - the Montreal records have no record of him being admitted and I cannot find a marriage or death for him in Canada at any date.Could he have been lost overboard? This happened to another family member in Victorian times, but in British waters and his death was fully recorded. Given that the Wall Street crash happened a few months after his arrival could he have returned? The Canadian shipping records are a bit vague on travel to Britain. Any suggestions or advice appreciated.

[lhorosko]

On Ancestry I have found Canadian passenger list showing an Arthur Burke born 1890 in Australia who left Liverpool on the Atholl and arrived in Canada on 19-Jul-1929.

So he landed.  No obvious other records for him - might find him when the 1931 census is opened.

Regards, Linda from Canada

[Coomera]

Thank you Linda. This information explains a lot, eg. why I have never found him in the English census or birth records. I am awaiting his marriage cert which may answer some questions. He left a wife and five children in England and it looks as though he may have been on his way back to Australia. Glad that you also could not find him in Canadian records - I have had huge success in the past with them  and was dismayed when I could not find him.
thanks,  john.

[sami]

Hi Coomera

Don't know if this helps at all but I managed to find the Passenger List for his arrival in Canada.

Library and Archives Canada - Passenger Lists: Quebec City (1925-1935) Mikan Number: 134839, Microform: t-14756, page 48 of 668.

http://www.rootschat.com/links/01ihy/

Not sure if you will be able to open the link. The passenger list gives the following details:

Arthur Burke, 39,
Country of Birth - Australia, Tungaman
Race or People - Irish
Passage paid by - Employers
Occupation - Broker
Occupation in Canada - Broker
Employer in Canada - Brit. Can. Fruit Asson. Ltd. Kentville, N.S. (Nova Scotia)
Nearest Relative in England - Wife, Mrs. G. Burke, 24 Raynham Avenue, Didsbury, Manchester
Passport - 342291 London, 31.3.21
Money in possession - 100 pounds
Travelling inland on - CPR
Admitted 3 month visit, non-immigrant

sami

[jomcd967]

There is a birth record for an Arthur Leslie Burke in 1890, of Tungamah, Victoria, to parents to Richard Herbert and Elizabeth Burke, available to purchase and instant download here..
https://online.justice.vic.gov.au/bdm/indexsearch.doj?viewSequence=200&language=en&trxId=IDX&commandAction_displayDetailsAction%3DD55881B94CE65D21A02FEA7181529AF0

Jo 

[jomcd967]

There is a passenger list in 1933, from London to Buenos Aires, aboard the Avila Star,  for Arthur Leslie Burke, 43, director and his wife Gertrude, 50, previous address was 24 Raynham Avenue, Didsbury, Manchester.

Jo 

[jomcd967]

An Arthur Leslie Burke of Sydenham died 13 October 1942 - noting that further passenger lists gave an address in Lambeth.

A newspaper notice of his death in The Hull Daily Mail, "on October 13 1942, Eliot Lodge Sydenham Hill, Arthur Leslie Burke, after a long illness borne with great courage."

Jo 

[dbree]

Hi,

UK Incoming Passenger Lists has him returning to England via New York September 15, 1929,
on the ship "Adriatic" New York to Liverpool.
Burke, Arthur age 39, fruit broker, 24 Raynham Ave., Didsbury, Manchester, Country of intended
residence: England.

Cheers,
DB

[dbree]

Hi,

From the UK Incoming Passengers Lists he was a frequent traveller to Buenos Aires.

Mar. 1930, Jan. & Aug. 1931, Mar. & Oct. 1933, Dec. 1934, Feb. 1936, Feb. & Dec. 1938,
and one trip from Java, Indonesia Feb. 1934.
Sometimes on his own, and others with Gertrude. His occupation was varying..commercial,
merchant, and the latter being company director London Fruit Exchange.

Cheers,
DB