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Can't find any marriage between Arthur F Dunn and Cicely Dunn to find her maiden name, also searched google maps and 160 Bay St Ottawa ON doesn't exist any more to find any living relatives.

Nicholas - if you've not got a sub, a major gateway to Canadian stuff is the LAC portal:
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/genealogy/index-e.html
You can drill down there in various ways.

You can get Horace's attestation paper here:
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/cef/index-e.html
also Arthur's - I don't see Wm's - maybe he joined the navy.
Hotace (b 25/6/96) enlisted 25/10/15 @ Esquimalt BC (essentially the military bit of Victoria's harbour) and Art (b 21/5/94) enlisted 31/5/16 @ Moosomin SK - 20 km S of Rocanville.

SK (incomplete) and BC BMDs are indexed here - note closure periods
https://www.isc.ca/VitalStatistics/Genealogy/vsgs_srch.aspx
http://search.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/sn-1A978A0/gbsearch/Births,Marriages,Deaths

The census indexes page is here:
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/genealogy/022-911.009-e.html
In particular
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/census-1916/index-e.html
Do a look up for: Reg district=Qu'Appelle Subdistrict#=7 - you want page 10 of 25
Note col 4 has a C for Art & Wm Jr - they weren't at home, but serving somewhere in Canada in the forces.
Note also their addy= T17 R31 W1M; POs are Rocanville for Wm Snr, BC for Wm Jr and can't make out Art's.
Wm Snr immig 1905 - the kids in 1910. However, I can't find Wm in 1906 or anyone in 1911.

For prairie rural addy's, check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominion_Land_Survey and use http://maps.google.com/ and
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/post-offices/index-e.html
A look up of Rocanville PO gets
Rocanville
Sec.16, Twp.17, R.31, W1 - 1884-01-01
Sec.21, Twp.16, R.31, W1

Ste. Marthe-Rocanville
Former Name Date of Change
Martheton 1915-05-01
Roberts 1918-11-01
Sec.10, Twp.17, R.30, W1 - 1913-05-01
It doesn't say when Rocanville moved 5 m S, but Sec.21, Twp.16, R.31, W1 is the current location of Rocanville, 10 m W of the SK-MB border.

The township measures northing from the US border (in 6 mile steps), and the range measures the westing (usually) from the last meridian line (again in 6 m steps) - here the 1st meridian.
In the southern part of SK, the SK-MB border lies between Ranges 29 & 30

We saw above that Arthur was a WW1 veteran. A couple of months back, LAC added a new dataset (Veterans Death Cards: First World War)
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/microform-digitization/006003-110.01-e.php
The actual card we want is image 1050 (of 1304).
It shows Art (# 276382) d 7/11/1960 and his n.o.k. was his wife, Mrs Cicely Dunn of 160 Bay St, Ottawa ON

I've sent an e-mail to a Saskatchewan newspaper so this may turn up some more info............

Looked in the white pages and there are hundreds of Dunn's all over Canada. Will have to have a re-think.

Thank you all for all your help so far :-)

Im not looking again today........need to reflect!

But I defo read the census and Ada and Horace had been missed on transcription

I think we've got 2 Horace Dunns here, one born abt. 1883 and t'other 1896 and we're getting them confused.

Did you have your lay down and find it yet, Gins? I can't.

Margee that is the wrong Horace, theyre here


1916 Canada Census of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta
about Arthur F Dunn
Name: Arthur F Dunn
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Age: 19
Est. Birth Year: 1897
Birthplace: England
Year of Immigration: 1910
Home in 1916: 07, Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan
Address: 17, 31, W1, Raconville
Racial or Tribal Origin: English
Relation to Head of Household: Son
Father's Name: William Dunn
Sub District Desc.: Township 15, range 30, W. P. M., and Townships 17 and 18, whole or fractional, ranges 30, 31, 32 and 33, W. P. M., south of the Qu' Appelle River
Household Members: Name Age
William Dunn 57
Arthur F Dunn 19
William Dunn 21


Oh gawed.........I saw them earlier and Ada, Horace and another wasnt transcribed but now I cant see it!


Think I need a lay down :-(

On that 1916 census Horace is a brother of Bengeman (presumably should be Benjamin)

1916 Canada Census of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta
about Horace Dunn Name: Horace Dunn
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Age: 33
Est. Birth Year: 1883
Birthplace: England
Year of Immigration: 1903
Home in 1916: 20, Battleford, Saskatchewan
Address: 43, 22, 3W, Cut Knife
Racial or Tribal Origin: English
Relation to Head of Household: Brother
Sub District Desc.: Townships 43, 44 and 45, ranges 22, 23, 24 and 25, W. 3. M., and such portion of Townships 43, and 44, range 26 as is situated east of Manitou Lake
Household Members: Name Age
Bengeman Dunn 35
Mary Dunn 33
Fredrick Dunn 7
John Dunn 0
Horace Dunn 33

It says Ben, wife & Fred emigrated 1910. John was 9 months old, born Canada. Horace emigrated 1903.

Whats with these birth dates?


Canada, Soldiers of the First World War, 1914-1918
Name: Arthur Frederick Dunn
Residence: Rocanville
Birth Date: 21 May 1894
Birth Location: Birmingham, England
Relative: William Thomas Dunn
Relationship: Father
Regiment Number: 276382

Ottawa, Canada, Beechwood Cemetery Registers, 1873-1990

Name: Dr Arthur Frederick Dunn
Birth Date: 21 May 1897
Birth Location: Birmingham, England
Gender: Male
Death Date: 7 Nov 1960
Age: 63
Parent(s): William Dunn Ada Taylor

Canada, Soldiers of the First World War, 1914-1918
about Horace Dunn
Name: Horace Dunn
Birth Date: 25 Jan 1896
Birth Location: Birmingham, Staffs, England
Relative: A F Dunn
Relationship: Brother
Regiment Number: 90479

But Horace is only 2 in 1901!

1901 England Census
about William Dunn Name: William Dunn
Age: 5
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1896
Relation: Son
Father's Name: William T Dunn
Mother's Name: Ada C Dunn
Gender: Male
Where born: Birmingham, Warwickshire, England

Civil parish: Aston
Ecclesiastical parish: St James
County/Island: Warwickshire
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View image

Registration district: Aston
Sub-registration district: Duddeston
ED, institution, or vessel: 13
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 244
Piece: 2868
Folio: 123
Page Number: 42
Household Members: Name Age
William T Dunn 33
Ada C Dunn 29
William Dunn 5
Frederick Dunn 3
Horace Dunn 2

White pages in Canada:

http://www.whitepages.ca/?site_id=10655&gclid=CKnhg6ru-LECFce8KgodQDwA8Q

Thank you :-)

well Saskatchewan seems to be the place - don't they have the equivalent of our yellow pages over there - white pages maybe? try googling and see what you can find in the way of directories

This says Mary is his sister and Frederick his nephew:

1911 census Battleford, Saskatchewan

Dunn Horace M Head S Jan 1884 27
Dunn Mary F Sister M May 1883 28
Dunn Fredrick M Nephew S Dec 1908 2

Horace emigrated 1903, Mary & Fred 1910.

????

Walter Dunn
England and Wales Census, 1901
birth: 1875 Birmingham
census: 31 Mar 1901 Aston,? Warwickshire,? England


name: Walter Dunn
event: Census
event date: 31 Mar 1901
gender: Male
age: 26
relationship to head of household: Son
birthplace: Birmingham
record type: Household
registration district: Aston
sub-district: Duddeston
ecclesiastical parish: St Lawrence
civil parish: Aston
county: Warwickshire

Thank you
I'm trying to find living relatives so any ideas ?

William Dunn
British Columbia Marriage Registrations, 1859-1932
birth: Birmingham,? England
marriage: 09 Nov 1916 Vancouver,? British Columbia,? Canada
parents: William Thomas Dunn,? Ada Taylor
spouse: Minnie Evelyn Watkins


marriage date: 09 Nov 1916
marriage place: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
groom's name: William Dunn
groom's age: 20
groom's birth date: 1896
groom's birthplace: Birmingham, England
groom's marital status: Bachelor
groom's father's name: William Thomas Dunn
groom's mother's name: Ada Taylor
bride's name: Minnie Evelyn Watkins
bride's age: 18
bride's birth date: 1898
bride's birthplace: Victoria, British Columbia
bride's marital status: Spinster
bride's father's name: Warren Watkins
bride's mother's name: Ellen Little
digital folder number: 4400862
bc archives film number: B11379
registration number: 2749
banns or license: License

Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935
about Horace Dunn Name: Horace Dunn
Gender: Male
Age: 19
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1884
Date of Arrival: 12 Apr 1903
Vessel: Lake Manitoba
Search Ship Database: View the 'Lake Manitoba' in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database
Port of Arrival: St John, New Brunswick
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England
Roll: T-505

It doesn't look as if he's with his brothers.