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Hello,
Could someone point me in the right direction please?

Is there a U S Census after an April 1902 birth that i could access to find out a Sheldon Angus May born in Minnesota.

I am trying to find him and who his parents were.

Alan S.

there are 1910, 1920 and 1930 censuses available at Ancestry

http://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/rectype/default.aspx?rt=35

listed by date in the scrolling list there

you can search for free but not see the details

someone with paid access will probably respond to your post soon !

This looks like your guy



1911 Census of Canada
about Sheldon May
Name: Sheldon May
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Age: 9
Birth Date: Apr 1902
Birthplace: United States of America
Relation to Head of House: Son
Father's name: Archibald May
Mother's name: Mary May
Immigration Year: 1908
Tribal: Scotch (Scotish)
Province: Alberta
District: Strathcona
District Number: 6
Sub-District Number: 4
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Archibald May 55 FARMER
Mary May 50
James May 25
Norman May 23
Sheldon May 9

Chrissiex,

Ok and thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

Well I do hope that some kind person with access to The site you mention notices my plea.

Alan s.

look up, Alan, look waaay up, lol

while i was one finger typing Ginny answered my query....Yippee!

Parents names too for me to work on.


Thanks Ginny. Ala S

And here just before Sheldons birth


1900 United States Federal Census
about Archibald May
Name: Archibald May
Home in 1900: Lakeside, Aitkin, Minnesota
[Malmo, Aitkin, Minnesota]
Age: 48
Birth Date: Jul 1851
Birthplace: Scotland
Race: White
Gender: Male
Immigration Year: 1866
Relationship to head-of-house: Head
Father's Birthplace: Scotland
Mother's Birthplace: Scotland
Spouse's name: Mary L May
Marriage Year: 1878
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 22
Occupation: View on Image
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Archibald May 48
Mary L May 39
Walter May 19
Florence May 17
Agnes May 15
James May 14
Norman May 11
Robert May 7

A tree on Ancestry has Archi marrying a Mary Wylie.....


1880 United States Federal Census
about Archie May
Name: Archie May
Home in 1880: Hampton, Rock Island, Illinois
Age: 25
Estimated birth year: abt 1855
Birthplace: Scotland
Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head)
Spouse's name: Mary L. May
Father's birthplace: Scotland
Mother's birthplace: Scotland
Neighbors: View others on page
Occupation: Farmer
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Cannot read/write:

Idiotic or insane: View image
Household Members: Name Age
Archie May 25
Mary L. May 19
Daniel H. May 5m
Orrvin Wiley 27

Bingo!


Illinois Marriages, 1851-1900
about Archibald May
Name: Archibald May
Gender: Male
Spouse Name: Mary Wylie
Marriage Date: Jan 01, 1879
Marriage County: Rock Island
Comments: This record can be found at the County Court Records, Film # 1428580 - 1428581.

And this looks to be Archi before leaving for the US


1861 Scotland Census
about Archibald May
Name: Archibald May
Age: 7
Estimated birth year: abt 1854
Relationship: Son
Father's name: Duncan May
Mother's name: Mary May
Gender: Male
Where born: Campbelton, Argyll
Registration Number: 507
Registration district: Campbeltown
Civil Parish: Campbeltown
County: Argyll
Address: Drumbemble
Occupation: Scholar
ED: 13
Household schedule number: 49
Line: 2
Roll: CSSCT1861_69
Household Members: Name Age
Duncan May 31
Mary May 48
Donald May 25
Mary May 10
Archibald May 7
Euphemia May 5
Agnes May 3

New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
about Archibald May
Name: Archibald May
Arrival Date: 29 Jun 1871
Birth Year: abt 1852
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Ethnicity/Race­/Nationality: Scottish (Scotish)
Place of Origin: Scotland
Port of Departure: Glasgow, Scotland and Moville, Ireland
Destination: United States of America
Port of Arrival: New York
Port Arrival State: New York
Port Arrival Country: United States
Ship Name: Australia
Search Ship Database: Search the Australia in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database

Travelling with


Mrs. John May 29 Jun 1871 abt 1850 21
Duncan May 29 Jun 1871 abt 1800 71
Marion May 29 Jun 1871 abt 1814 57
Jno May 29 Jun 1871 abt 1849 22
Mary May 29 Jun 1871 abt 1851 20
Euphemia May 29 Jun 1871 abt 1857 14

Thank you for all your kindness and interest in my Query.

Well it's a night of fitting it altogether and putting it on file.


Alan S.

1871 Scotland Census
about Archibald May
Name: Archibald May
Age: 16
Estimated birth year: abt 1855
Relationship: Son
Father's name: Duncan May
Mother's name: Mary May
Gender: Male
Where born: Campbelton, C Argyle
Registration Number: 628
Registration district: Cambusnethan
Civil Parish: Cambusnethan
County: Lanarkshire
Address: 13 Coltness Cottages
Occupation: Coal Miner
ED: 10
Household schedule number: 118
Line: 24
Roll: CSSCT1871_120
Household Members: Name Age
Duncan May 71
Mary May 56
John May 22
Mary May 19
Maurice May 14
Archibald May 16
David Wardrep 7 MO ...This boy was on the ships record too Grandson for Duncan

You're welcome, I'll leave you to ponder and if you need anything further just come back to your thread

x

There's this story on a tree on Ancestry:

Sheldon May His story1908 to1980 , Vermilion Ab.,dawsonCreek B.C.
Sheldon May was born in 1902 the youngest child of Archibald and Mary May near Malmo mn.In 1908 he came with his father ,mother, and three brothers to the new provence of Alberta. his father and three brothers filed on homesteads but as he was only six years old he was too young. Schooling was a problem but as he had a cousin with school age children he was sent to live there during the school week.How ever this didnt work that well as he didnt belong in that school district and was to pay a penny a day to be taught .Pennys were hard to come by as a result Sheldons schooling was sketchy at best.It didnt stop him from getting into mischief . one day a friend and him took the wheels off the teachers buggy and changed the front for the back. The teacher never noticed until some one told him . dad and his friend were never caught .By the way they were nine years old at the time. By the time he was ten years old he was out of school and doing what he could on the farm. Sheldon had the equivalent of a grade three education. When he was fifteen he worked all summer to get a saddle only to have the saddle burned in a fire .That winter his brother Jim took him to work in a lumber camp with him .For the next twenty five years Sheldon worked offand on in the lumber industry. In 1928 the homesteading bug hit them and Jim ,Sheldon, and a friend went to Doe river B.C and filed on homesteads. In august of that year my mother and Sheldons Mother packed up from Vancouver B. C.and came to Grand Prairie where they were married in the Anglican rectory. My mother said their supper that night consisted of greasy bear meat and burned potatoes. The next twelve years were spent in poverty as it was the great depresion. Sheldon and his brother Jim always looked after their mother.No matter how bad things were or how poor they were thier mother always had a home. mMy dad was a great story teller we knew when he would say Imind one time we would hear a good story. Many were about the lumber camps and his life as a young person on the farm. Afterthe death of his brother mom and him descided we needed proper schooling and there was a school on the land grandma owned at Vermilion they descided to move there. after we all grew up dad and mom retired to Emderby B.C.Both dad and mom passed away there .
mrustandadded this on 11 Jan 2008

According to the tree on Ancestry Sheldon married Susan Louisa Shuard (1903-1994) and had 4 daughters only one of whom is named because she's deceased, Agnes Doreen May (1935-2000) who married Lawrence Maxwell Habstritt

searching vital records in British Columbia

http://search.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/sn-1B26E1F/gbsearch/Births,Marriages,Deaths

Name: Sheldon Angus May
Place Enderby
Reg. Number: 1983-09-013337
Copy Available
Date: 1983 8 28 (Yr/Mo/Day)
Age: 81
Event: Death
Microfilm #: B13632 (GSU # 2073149)

there's no other May death in Enderby up to 1989

(British Columbia is unusual for how late it gives access to deaths, but births are only to 1903 and marriages to 1934)


Alberta does not have records available on line

Mad dog & Chrissiex,


Thank you for all your input too.

Alan.S

Sheldons brother


1916 Canada Census of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta
about Norman May
Name: Norman May
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Age: 26
Est. Birth Year: 1890
Birthplace: United States
Home in 1916: 20, Battle River, Alberta
Address: 48, 6, 4, Grizzly Bear
Racial or Tribal Origin: Scotch (Scotish)
Relation to Head of Household: Self
Spouse's name: Sylvia May
Sub District Desc.: Townships 45, 46, 47 and 48, ranges 5 and 6, W. 4. M.
Household Members: Name Age
Norman May 26
Sylvia May 24
Flora May 2
Earnest May 1