Census record search for Brooks alberta

[Lisa in California]

Also, given that the Blackfoot nation reserve is very close to Brooks lends credence to the original story.  However, not finding them in the 1921, 1926 or 1931 census is troubling.

I wonder if it is possible that the family didn’t continually reside in one place, but periodically lived among Denver’s mother’s people when Albert was trapping (and somehow missed being recorded on census returns, vitals documents, etc.)?

I once believed that an ancestor was an only child because there was no mention of siblings.  We (with amazing RootsChat help) eventually found out that she had quite a few siblings.  Did Denver have siblings who remained in Canada?    Although Albert was young when he supposedly died, Denver could have had one or two siblings who just were not mentioned.

[Lisa in California]

I didn’t thoroughly search, but I didn’t see any reference to Albert or Denver:

http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/index.html

[eileenwilson]

Also it would seem to me that he was likely in the military which is how he ended up in the UK without showing up on an incoming passenger list.  if so, obtaining the service record (if he's been deceased for more than 20 years) is worthwhile, but it does take quite some time to receive it.