Could anyone find a death for Walter Aitchison Edgar b 1860,Argyll, Scotland . He emigrated to Toronto, Ontario,Canada in 1888. He married Jeannie Miller Lochead .Children are Grace, Robert ,Jeannie , Mary, Walter.
Thanks
Julip
Not so far. I can only place him as late as 1901 census of Canada where he seems to be mistranscribed as Walter W. Edgar. The age and occupation are a match though.
Another 4 years, son Walter James born 1905. Have also found gravestone for WJ and his wife and his mother who died 1959. No sign of Walter snr. on it.
Now this is interesting.
I have found what I think might be Walter as an inmate but of where in Toronto, the image does not say. I'm on my phone at the minute and the feature of going back to the first of the 6 pages in the book is not available. Will need a pc.
The transcription says he's single and a lodger but the image says different. He is married and an inmate.
More on this later when I get home. Could be over an hour yet so if some one else can pick this up, that's fine.
Worth considering? 1911, a Walter Edgar, aged 51,married, living as a lodger in an asylum in Sth Toronto. I see I spent a bit too long looking for follow-up material.......but here's the link anyway.
Hopefully someone in Canada will be able to say if the historical records are available somewhere. (they should be as the organisation still exists) and also if Canadian naturalization records available to descendants.
From Family Search - marriages of Walter's daughters in 1917 and 1927. He is not given as deceased in either record (not sure if Family Search states death in marriage records.
Name Thomas Arthur Stevenson
Event Type Marriage
Event Date 07 Mar 1917
Event Place Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada
Gender Male
Age 21
Birth Year (Estimated) 1896
Father's Name Samuel Remal Stevenson
Mother's Name Jessie Cayley
Spouse's Name Jessie Edgar
Spouse's Gender Female
Spouse's Age 19
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1898
Spouse's Father's Name Walter Alcheson Edgar
Spouse's Mother's Name Jean Locklead
Name Irving Alexander Neilson
Event Type Marriage
Event Date 03 May 1927
Event Place Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada
Gender Male
Age 23
Birth Year (Estimated) 1904
Father's Name Robert William Neilson
Mother's Name Sarah Irving
Spouse's Name Jean Scott Edgar
Spouse's Gender Female
Spouse's Age 25
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1902
Spouse's Father's Name Walter Aitchison Edgar
Spouse's Mother's Name Jean Miller Lockhead
I don't have full access to Ancestry, but in the 1921 Canadian census there is a Walter Edgare, born Scotland 1860, a patient in an institution in Whitby, Ontario (just outside Toronto).
I don't have full access to Ancestry, but in the 1921 Canadian census there is a Walter Edgare, born Scotland 1860, a patient in an institution in Whitby, Ontario (just outside Toronto).
This is brilliant folks . Just had a quick look but the details seem to match . Thanks to all for taking the time ,much appreciated . I am pretty sure this is Walter.
I don't have full access to Ancestry, but in the 1921 Canadian census there is a Walter Edgare, born Scotland 1860, a patient in an institution in Whitby, Ontario (just outside Toronto).
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