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dizzyjo

dizzyjo Report 27 Aug 2011 20:13

I have UK membership to Ancestry and have been looking in the Canadian Newspapers on Ancestry. Winnipeg Free Press, there is an obit to C. L. A. TASSELL who died 28 Dec 1948.
Also below I see a few deaths in the local papers.

Can anyone send me a copy of this obit in the Winnipeg Free Press, plus one of the death notices in the various papers.

Do hope someone can help me
Regards
Jo

Gee

Gee Report 27 Aug 2011 20:33

British Columbia Death Index: 1872 to 1979
about Clara Louise Anne Tassell
Name: Clara Louise Anne Tassell
Gender: Female
Age: 75
Death Date: 22 Dec 1948
Place of Death: Vancouver
Registration #: 1948-09-011519
BCA #: B13199
GSU #: 2032569

Gee

Gee Report 27 Aug 2011 20:35

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
about Clara Louise A Tassell
Name: Clara Louise A Tassell
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1873
Registration district: Tonbridge
Inferred County: Kent, Sussex
Volume: 2a
Page: 557

Gee

Gee Report 27 Aug 2011 20:37

1891 England Census
about Clara L A Tassell
Name: Clara L A Tassell
Age: 17
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1874
Relation: Daughter
Father's name: John Tassell
Mother's name: Louisa A Tassell
Gender: Female
Where born: Matfield Green, Kent, England

Civil parish: Hailsham
County/Island: Sussex
Country: England

Registration district: Hailsham
Sub-registration district: Hailsham
ED, institution, or vessel: 3
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 776
Folio: 31
Page Number: 17
Household Members: Name Age
John Tassell 39
Louisa A Tassell 42
Clara L A Tassell 17
Florence J Tassell 16
Ethel A Tassell 14
Edith M Tassell 13
Archibald J Tassell 11
Reginald A Tassell 10
Bertram S Tassell 8
Eustace S C Tassell 7
Daisy Wille 14
Naomi Marshall 21
Alfred Dunk 17
Henry A Raph 15
Wm T Brown 16
Benjamin Dobell 31


dizzyjo

dizzyjo Report 27 Aug 2011 20:41

Hello Ginny

Many thanks for the details you sent me. Clara lived in Sussex, UK and when her husband died, she went to Canada to join some of her children.
She died there. What I could see from the Winnipeg Free Press is that she died on the 24th December - OK so only a couple of days

I see on the 29th Aug, I have Worldwide access to Ancestry, for 6 days, so will get the Obit then.
Thank you very much for your help
Jo

Gee

Gee Report 28 Aug 2011 06:37

The newspaper you refer to is not an obit, its just notice of her funeral. I cant email or post it as the document is a scanned pdf

There are other newpapers worth looking at when you get access. NY has a couple of postings regarding other peoples wills of which Clara is mentioned

MaureeninNY

MaureeninNY Report 28 Aug 2011 08:16

Slightly confused.
(Don't you say a word Ms Ginny!!!!!).
You refer to Clara as a widow with children. I'm not getting any indication of this:
British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986 for Eustace Stanley Claude Tassell
death date: 09 May 1940
death place: Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
name: Eustace Stanley Claude Tassell
gender: Male
age: 56y 7m 13d
birth date: 26 Sep 1883
birthplace: Headcorn, England
marital status: Married
spouse: Jessica A
father: John Tassell
mother: Louisa Ann Young
film number: 1953628
digital folder number: 4437619
image number: 885
british columbia archives film number: B13168
registration number: 2722
...........
British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986 for Clara Louise Anne Tassell

death date: 22 Dec 1948
death place: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
name: Clara Louise Anne Tassell
gender: Female
age: 75y 6m 11d
birth date: 11 Jun 1873
birthplace: Kent, England

father: John Tassell
mother: Louise Anne Young

film number: 2032569
digital folder number: 4437857
image number: 1544
british columbia archives film number: B13199
registration number: 011519

Best,
Maureen

Gee

Gee Report 28 Aug 2011 08:19

My lips are sealed........... ;-)

Gee

Gee Report 28 Aug 2011 08:24

Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935
about Clara L A Tassell <<<<<Single
Name: Clara L A Tassell
Gender: Female
Age: 39
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1874
Birth Country: England
Date of Arrival: 22 Apr 1913
Vessel: Megantic
Search Ship Database: View the 'Megantic' in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database
Port of Arrival: Portland, Maine
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England
Roll: T-4694

Mo you have a point, she was born Tassell and dies Tassell so she wasnt married?

Gee

Gee Report 28 Aug 2011 08:27

TASSELL, Louisa Ann Head Widow F 62 1849 Private Means London Paddington VIEW
TASSELL, Clara Louisa Daughter Single F 37 1874 Kent Malfield Green VIEW

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

RG number:
RG14 Piece:
4774 Reference:
RG14PN4774 RG78PN205 RD70 SD1 ED4 SN109

Registration District:
Battle Sub District:
Bexhill Enumeration District:
4 Parish:
Bexhill

Address:
15 Albany Road Bexhill County:
Sussex



Eustace Stanley Claude Tassell is her brother, hes on the census I posted


Miss Clara L A Tassell
Newspaper: Winnipeg Free Press
Publication: 28 Dec 1948 - Winnipeg, Manitoba

MaureeninNY

MaureeninNY Report 28 Aug 2011 08:33

Is this Mum and Clara?
Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935 about Clara Tassell
Name: Clara Tassell
Gender: Female
Age: 40
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1874
Date of Arrival: 18 Jul 1914
Port of Arrival: Quebec
Port of Departure: Southampton, England
Roll: T-4811


We're sort of up in the middle of the night doing a hurricane watch here, Irene.
Mo

Gee

Gee Report 28 Aug 2011 08:36

Who's Irene!

Gee

Gee Report 28 Aug 2011 08:38

Mom?

1916 Canada Census of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta
about Louisa Tassell
Name: Louisa Tassell
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Widowed
Age: 68
Est. Birth Year: 1848
Birthplace: England
Year of immigration: 1914
Home in 1916: 03, Winnipeg South, Manitoba
Address: Edmonton
Racial or Tribal Origin: Cau
Relation to Head of Household: Self
Sub District Desc.: That portion of the city of Winnipeg constituting the electoral district of Winnipeg Centre, as defined by the Representation Act, 1914
Household Members: Name Age
Louisa Tassell 68
Stanley Tassell 33
Nancy Litster 23
Manie Bull 58


dizzyjo

dizzyjo Report 29 Aug 2011 15:09

Hello Ginny, Maureen in NY
Sorry just been out of contact for 2 days.
To clear the family up.
John Tassell married Louisa Anne Young. John died in 1906 and because many of their children had gone to Canada, Louisa follow them.
In Canada, Children in Canada should be Clara Louisa Tassell, who I was trying to find the death notice. Florence Julia Tassell, Ethel Augusta Tassell, Reginald Arthur Tassell and Eustac Stanley Claude Tassell
I have most of their UK and Canadian details, but thank you Ginny for the 1916 one, which I had not caught up with

Hope Maureen you have survived 'Hurricane Irene' and all is OK

Thank you both very much for your help
Regards
Jo

mgnv

mgnv Report 29 Aug 2011 17:37

The most useful link is the LAC portal:
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/genealogy/index-e.html

You can drill down there to BMDs in MB and BC, soldiers of WW1, and census indexes.

In MB BMDs, you'll see Eustace wed Jessica, and Reg had a couple of kids (one died as a child).(Remember to click on details).
In BC BMDs, you'll see the deaths of Jessica and of Reg.
http://search.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/sn-C1C207/gbsearch/Births,Marriages,Deaths

One graves site that gets a hit is:
http://bccfa.islandnet.com//homepage.html
Also Archie is on a troop ship to Halifax in 1919, so both bros survived WW1.

At LAC's cef database, you can click on both sides of the image of their attestation papers.
If you use the Search help link there, you'll see that both have 101st battalion #s.
However, the 101st was used as a reinforcing bn, so you'll need to buy their service records to see which front-line bn they actually served in.
Search help tells you how to do this, and also gives a link to that unit's War Diaries.
http://cefresearch.com/matrix/Utilities/reserves/17th.htm


Most of the family's BMDs were in Hollingbourn RD (Edith is Tassele), but not all:

Marriages Sep 1872 (>99%)
Horrod Kezia Eastry 2a 1240
Hurst Charles William Eastry 2a 1240
TASSELL John Eastry 2a 1240
YOUNG Louisa Anne Eastry 2a 1240

Births Sep 1873 (>99%)
Tassell Clara Louise A Tunbridge 2a 557

Births Mar 1891 (>99%)
Tassell Dorothea Winifred M Hailsham 2b 94
Deaths Mar 1891 (>99%)
Tassell Dorothy Winifred M 0 Hailsham 2b 72a

Births Mar 1892 (>99%)
Tassell Evelyn Wilfred Hailsham 2b 97

Deaths Jun 1906 (>99%)
TASSELL John 54 Hailsham 2b 57

Marriages Mar 1908 (>99%)
LAZENBY Louise Marie Hailsham 2b 165
TASSELL Reginald Arthur Hailsham 2b 165

Obviously, Dot's a guess. Also was Flo a twin?

Births Dec 1874 (>99%)
TASSELL Florence Julia Hollingbourn 2a 641
TASSELL Mary Ann Hollingbourn 2a 641



Before I realized passenger records were free this week, I tried to find all the 9 kids in 1901.
(For 1871-1901, the Canad1an nominal census date was within 1 day of the UK census date.)
Four are with mum & dad [rg13/890/60/9]. Bert Tatsell (sic) seems to be double counted as he's also visiting the Stewarts with Eustace [rg13/933/92/35].
Archie's a boarder in London [rg13/497/53/40]
I don't see Reg, Flo, nor Ethel. Now I've found these 3 on various post-1901 Canadian censuses, and they never say they came over 1901 or earlier.

I never see Evelyn nor Edith in Canada - Evelyn's with Bert in Cuckfield RD 1911.

mgnv

mgnv Report 29 Aug 2011 19:14

Jo - re your list of kids in Canada

Exact Search Results - Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935
A I Tassell abt 1879 9 Sep 1902 Tunisian Montreal, Quebec Liverpool, England
Bertram T Tassell abt 1883 24 May 1907 Teutonic New York, New York Liverpool, England
[Although A.I. does look more like an I than a J, he is a clerk born in Kent - born in Kent - well could have guessed that as his name is Tassell]

Archie definitely was here for quite a while - Bert went back in July 1907, I think.


From the census indexes page:
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/genealogy/022-911.009-e.html
take the AG link - the year switch is at top right.
(Incidentally, I had no 1901 hits)
In 1906, Tassel is clearly a typo - the name's down once, but his sibs are transcribed as Tassell.
[NB the split view link gets you a saveable image]
In 1911, Reg is Tassel, Arch is A M Tassell, Ethel's OK.

For 1916 without an Ancestry sub, right now it's a mess of clicking.
Maybe the images will be linked nicely later this summer, but for now we need the LAC geographic search for district=win*
From the list of hits, we want subdistrict 3, then image 17 (of 62) - note Louisa's at 160 Edmonton.
From the list of hits, we want subdistrict 20, then image 16 (of 32) - note Archie's at Camp Hughes.

I'm a bit surprised Camp Hughes is still in Winnipeg South - it's 75% of way to Brandon.
http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/hrb/prov/p082.html

Nominal census dates were 24/6/06, 1/6/11, 1/6/16, so Archie would ship out within the month.
Note Lou's addy matches Archie's 1915 attestation.
Edmonton is pretty much downtown - it's a cross street to Portage, just 7 blocks W of Portage & Main.

dizzyjo

dizzyjo Report 29 Aug 2011 20:48

mgnv

Been checking all your info, thank you very much. I know all the birth and marriages dates etc in UK, and have already got quite a bit on the Canadian movements.
Haven't got onto the collections canada site yet, but certainly need to find Eustace who married Jessica, their 2 children.
Am working backwards on the family!
Must find Jessica Augusta Parker's birth which I think is ca 1885

Bertram Theodore Tassell married in Brighton in 1916 to Ethel Jean Harmer, but he died in the World War in 1917 and is buried in Boothan Cemetery, Heninel, Holland.

Reg married R. Louise Marie Lazenby and they married in UK.
Reg went to Canada in 1906 and was on the Canadian Census in that year, he then came home and married in Hailsham, Sussex in 1908 and returned to Canada . I have them on the Canadian 1911 census.

Archibald Tassell, yes I have him as a boarder in London in 1901
I did not have his Canadian Passenger Lists details, thank you

Edith May Tassell b 1877 Headcorn. I have her on 1881, 91 and 01 census. She married ?? Earnest Robinson, or might be Arthur - I am lost on this one.

Ethel Augusta Tassell I have on the 1881 and 91 UK census and then on the 1913 Canadian Passenger lists, must find her elsewhere on the census

Florence Julia Tassell - I also have a note in my Info boxes, were they Twins - Answer I don't know! I have her in Canada in 1906 Census

Clara Louise A Tassell - I have her as going out to Canada in 1913.

Thank you very much indeed for your help
Jo