Herbert Lewis Bibby

[oldohiohome]

Could this be Alfred Reid, working away from home?

1921 Mill Bay, Naas River, BC
Alfred John Reid, single, 36, roomer born in England, engineer, cannery, arrived Canada 1908, Church of England

http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1921&op=img&id=e002874476

That might not be him. There are a few hits for an Alfred John Read/Reed on passenger manifests
arriving Montreal 23 August 1907, a baker
arriving Vancouver from Sydney, Australia 7 April 1916 occupation: cook

 and there is this later:

Canada Voter Lists
Mrs Mary Ann Read, at 5701 Carleton Street, Vancouver in 1949, with Alfred, a baker

So he might not have been the engineer at the cannery.

[dbree]

Hi,

Vancouver Sun Newspaper June 5, page 26

Mary Ann Read, age 71, widow of the late Alfred John Read, survived by one son Alfred John Read,
one sister Mrs. Joanne Gordon, Lachute, Quebec, 3 brothers Jack, Boston Mass., Charles, Montreal
and Robert, 2 grandchildren......
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=ifIdVpG6JtcC&dat=19560605&printsec=frontpage&hl=en

Death of her husband Alfred John Read, b. Jan. 3, 1883, England, d. Feb. 9, 1955 Vancouver, wife Mary Ann Coult, father John Read, mother Sara (unknown), informant was son A.J. Read.
http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/16637f9f-16ba-4133-b32c-0d499b2eaf15

DB

[polarbear]

Image for Mary Ann's second marriage....Alfred was a Cook

http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/e64e370e-8b13-4ff1-a4d7-51813821f882

And her death....

http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/818c107e-4a83-46e5-a2b0-8f8f9ad66c47

PB

[polarbear]

Courtesy of Library and Archives Canada...

The writing is terrible and the name is transcribed Ness but I think this is the family in the 1921 census living in Vancouver. One can just about make out a possible Read as the surname. Lines 5, 6, 7.

http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1921&op=img&id=e002877422

PB

[dbree]

Good find PB. 

Marriage 25 Sept. 1937 of son Alfred, age 21, baker, born Vancouver B.C,, parents Alfred John Read and Mary Coull to Audrey Marsh, age 22, laundress, born Natal, B.C., parents John Marsh and Margaret Alice Bloomfield.
http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/c5c14427-999a-4027-9d03-167cb38236d0

DB

[dbree]

Hi,

Death of Audrey Read, b. July 28, 1915 Natal, B.C., d. May 19,1974, Surrey, B.C., husband
Alfred John Read, parents John Marsh and Alice Margaret Bloomfield, husband was the informant.
http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/15c079d7-b231-4f4f-8bd4-4dcb0174d5a2

DB

[RJ137]

Name:    Mary Ann Bibby
Gender:    Female
Spouse Name:    Alfred John Read
Spouse Gender:    Male
Marriage Date:    20 Dec 1915
Marriage Location:    Vancouver
Registration Number:    1915-09-080956
BCA Number:    B11379
GSU Number:    1983707

ancestry hints link her to a Mary Ann Read, age 71, died Vancouver 1 June 1956, obituary 5 June 1956. Perhaps someone with access to newspapers.com can see if this is really her and if it mentions children named Bibby.

Marriage Announcement

Vancouver Daily World
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
21 Dec 1915, Tue  •  Page 12

Marriage: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47737731/read-bibby-marriage/

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Alfred died in 1955

The Province
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
12 Feb 1955, Sat  •  Page 26

Death: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47737903/alfred-john-read-death/

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Mary Read in 1956

The Vancouver Sun
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
05 Jun 1956, Tue  •  Page 26

Death: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47738008/mary

[Darryl Nugent]

Hi All
A huge thanks to everyone who replied to my post. I now have a good idea of the brief life of Herbert when he emigrated to Canada. I think that, given the time from when he married to when he died, any children would be unlikely, although possible. I have also located his sister, who also emigrated to Canada a few years later. Both Herbert and his sister married Scots; perhaps there was a family link between Yorkshire and Scotland in the past.
Again, many thanks for all your help.
I have other queries about my family's Canada link which I will post separately one in particular which has perplexed me for a number of years.
Darryl Nugent