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nuttybongo

nuttybongo Report 9 Apr 2014 13:40

Yeh didn't sound good, her death was due partly to being run over, not nice at all

MarieCeleste

MarieCeleste Report 7 Apr 2014 22:26

Link to her death certificate, confirms father as Vaus Wood

http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Genealogy/DisplayGenealogyImage?k=ee02fd62-354a-4d51-a474-0b27843021c2

Poor woman was hit by a car.

nuttybongo

nuttybongo Report 7 Apr 2014 22:17

Hi there everyone,

Thank you so much for all your hard work for searching, have so much to go on now, will have to have a coffee tomorrow, whilst looking after said grandson who has chicken pox in the Easter holidays, oh the joys,

Thanks
:-) :-)

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 7 Apr 2014 22:02

Vital Event Death Registration

Name: William Warris

Event Date: 1959 6 14 (Yr/Mo/Day)
Age: 62
Gender: male
Event Place: Powell River

Reg. Number: 1959-09-008567
B.C. Archives Microfilm Number: B13242
GSU Microfilm Number: 2033299

alviegal

alviegal Report 7 Apr 2014 22:00


Canada Obituary Collection about Colin Warris
Name of Deceased: Colin Warris
Gender: Male
Age at Death: 88
Death Date: 16 May 2013
Obituary Date: 25 May 2013
Newspaper Location: Victoria, Canada
Birth Date: 25 Sep 1924
Birth Place: Rotherham, England
Spouse's Name: December
Parents' Names: William Warris
[Alice Warris]


Have pm'd the full obituary as there are obviously still living people mentioned.

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 7 Apr 2014 21:59

And death of Jack:

Deaths Mar 1926 (>99%)
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Warris Jack 3 Rotherham 9c 855

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MargaretM

MargaretM Report 7 Apr 2014 21:56

Warris births with mother's maiden name Wood in Rotherham:

Births Dec 1922 (>99%)
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Warris Jack Wood Rotherham 9c 1246

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Births Dec 1924 (>99%)
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Warris Colin Wood Rotherham 9c 1203

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Births Mar 1927 (>99%)
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Warris Sydney Wood Rotherham 9c 1172

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Births Sep 1929 (>99%)
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Warris Kenneth Wood Rotherham 9c 1064

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alviegal

alviegal Report 7 Apr 2014 21:37

Sidney from the 1911 also emigrated.


Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1801-1928 about Sidney Warris
Name: Sidney Warris
Birth Place: Rotherham Yorkshire England
Age: 28
Estimated birth year: abt 1891
Father Name: Henry Warris
Mother Name: Emma Toplis
Spouse Name: Annie Sharp
Spouse's Age: 23
Spouse Birth Year: abt 1896
Spouse Birth Place: Tavistock, Ontario
Spouse Father Name: William Sharp
Spouse Mother Name: Christina Snider
Marriage Date: 26 Nov 1919
Marriage County or District: Brant

alviegal

alviegal Report 7 Apr 2014 21:28

???

Britain: outbound passenger lists leaving UK 1890-1960 - person transcript
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Name: Wm WARRIS
Date of departure: 18 April 1929
Port of departure: Liverpool
Destination port: Quebec
Destination country: Canada
Date of Birth: 1897 (calculated from age)
Age: 32
Marital Status:
Sex: Male
Occupation: Lab
Notes:
Passenger recorded on: Page 6 of 30

Ship: REGINA
Official Number: 140596
Master's name: E Davies
Steamship Line: White Star
Where bound: Montreal, Canada
Square feet: 41837
Registered tonnage: 16499
Passengers on voyage: 725

alviegal

alviegal Report 7 Apr 2014 21:25

??? Same area.

1911 census transcription details for: 35 Eastwood Mount Rotherham
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National Archive Reference:

RG14PN28054 RG78PN1603 RD511 SD2 ED12 SN340
Reg. District: Rotherham
Sub District: South East Rotherham
Parish: Rotherham
Enum. District: 12
Address: 35 Eastwood Mount Rotherham
County: Yorkshire (West riding)
Name Relation Condition/
Yrs married Sex Age Birth Year Occupation Where Born
WARRIS, Henry Head Married
32 years M 53 1858 Brass Caster Rotherham Yorks
WARRIS, Emma Wife Married
32 years F 55 1856 Ilkeston Derby
WARRIS, Algernon Son Single M 28 1883 Firewood Bundler Rotherham
WARRIS, Sidney Son Single M 19 1892 Loco Fireman Rotherham
WARRIS, Effie Daughter Single F 16 1895 Rotherham
WARRIS, William Son Single M 15 1896 Grocers Errand Boy Rotherham

alviegal

alviegal Report 7 Apr 2014 21:23

William Warris was her husband's name.

MarriageFinder: Alice Wood married William Warris
Name: WOOD, Alice
Registration district: Rotherham
County: Yorkshire
Year of registration: 1920
Quarter of registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
Spouse's last name: Warris
Volume no: 9C
Page no: 1727

nuttybongo

nuttybongo Report 7 Apr 2014 21:21

Do we know husbands name please :-)

nuttybongo

nuttybongo Report 7 Apr 2014 21:20

Wow thank you everyone, great digging, :-)

alviegal

alviegal Report 7 Apr 2014 21:17

Good find Margee!! Address was the same as in the 1911 census.

Britain: outbound passenger lists leaving UK 1890-1960 - person transcript
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Name: Alice WARRIS
Date of departure: 1 June 1931
Port of departure: Liverpool
Destination port: Quebec
Destination country: Canada
Date of Birth: 1897 (calculated from age)
Age: 34
Marital Status:
Sex: Female
Occupation: Housewife
Notes:
Passenger recorded on: Page 2 of 12
The following people with the same last name travelled on this voyage: -
Colin WARRIS 6
Kenneth WARRIS 1
Sydney WARRIS 4

Ship: DUCHESS OF RICHMOND
Official Number: 160631
Master's name: A Freer
Steamship Line: Canadian Pacific
Where bound: Montreal, Canada
Square feet: 10360
Registered tonnage: 11815
Passengers on voyage: 231




UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 about Alice Warris
Name: Alice Warris
Birth Date: abt 1896
Age: 51
Port of Departure: New York, New York, United States
Arrival Date: 2 Aug 1947
Port of Arrival: Southampton, England
Ports of Voyage: Le Havre
Ship Name: Marine Marlin
Search Ship Database: Search the 'Marine Marlin' in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database
Shipping line: United States Line
Official Number: 248912


Britain: outbound passenger lists leaving UK 1890-1960 - person transcript
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Name: Alice WARRIS of 174 Upper Wortley Rd, Rotherham
Date of departure: 27 November 1947
Port of departure: Southampton
Destination port: Halifax
Destination country: Canada
Date of Birth: 1896 (calculated from age)
Age: 51
Marital Status:
Sex: Female
Occupation: H Wife
Notes:
Passenger recorded on: Page 75 of 90

Ship: AQUITANIA
Official Number: 135583
Master's name: G E Cove
Steamship Line: Cunard White Star Limited
Where bound: Halifax, Canada
Square feet:
Registered tonnage: 44786.41
Passengers on voyage: 1412

nuttybongo

nuttybongo Report 7 Apr 2014 21:15

Hi, yes that could be here, looks like maybe the tree I was looking at had her as a maiden name. Sounds promising
:-) thanks

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 7 Apr 2014 21:12

If this is her there's an Alice Warris who died in 1964, Powell River, aged67.

England & Wales, Marriage Index, 1916-2005
about Alice Wood Name: Alice Wood
Spouse Surname: Warris
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1920
Registration district: Rotherham
Inferred County: Yorkshire West Riding
Volume Number: 9c
Page Number: 1727
Find Spouse: Find Spouse


LindainHerriotCountry

LindainHerriotCountry Report 7 Apr 2014 21:03

Maybe she married out there, the death would them be for her married name

MarieCeleste

MarieCeleste Report 7 Apr 2014 21:02

There are a few trees on Ancestry (no doubt blithely copied from each other) that have that death but no sources. They have no immigration details to Canada, nothing.

nuttybongo

nuttybongo Report 7 Apr 2014 21:00

Strange, not sure where to go from here thanks :-)

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 7 Apr 2014 20:51

The British Columbia Vital Statistics don't have that death.

http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/textual/governmt/vstats/v_events.htm