Henry Gray - scotland to canada .....

karenc · Post by **karenc** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 5:12 pm

Hi Everyone,

I am looking for some help with henry gray. He was from wick, caithness and born in 1887. He married mary elrick in wick in 1905 and then sometime after thhis he emigrated to canada.

he joined the canadian expeditionary force in 1914. He was then killed during the war in 1917. I have his attestation papers which i obtained from the archives canada website.

I wondered how i can find out which ship he would have sailed on to get to canada and when he would have went. Also how would i go about finding out if he had any children whilst in canada?

If anyone can help me at all i would be very grateful.

Thanks, Karen

P.S Henry was sometimes know as harry.

Post by **marilyn morning** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 5:23 pm

Hi Karen

Here's the Census for Canada 1911

http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivi ... dex-e.html

Regards
Marilyn

karenc · Post by **karenc** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 6:04 pm

Thanks for that marilyn.

The only problem is you cant search by surname, only by area. Im mot 100% sure where he would have been. He enlisted with canadian expeditionary force in Winnipeg so that gives me some idea!

Karen

Southpaw · Post by **Southpaw** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 6:27 pm

You can search by surname by province and territory. There are only 12 of these so it isn't too difficult too cover the entire country. Bear in mind that the census is only about three quarters transcribed and the completion percentage varies from province to province.

Southpaw.

Post by **Tracey** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 6:35 pm

Hello Southpaw

You can search by surname....................

I cant see anywhere to enter a sir name to search the 1911 census on the collectionscanada site. Could you tell me where or in which part of the search terms you can do this ?

karenc · Post by **karenc** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 6:48 pm

Hi Tracey that is what i was just about to ask.

I dont see anywhere to search by surname either

karen

Post by **Tracey** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 6:50 pm

H Karen

Fingers crossed

if there is a name search box i know what i shall be doing later

Southpaw · Post by **Southpaw** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 6:51 pm

Go to the 1911 home page. Click on any province. Since your ancestor apparently enlisted in Winnipeg, try Manitoba. You will see a surname search box. Type in the surname and click on search. It turns up 408 Grays, including two Henrys and a Henry H. From there you can access the actual census page images. You can do the same for all provinces and territories.

Southpaw.

Post by **Tracey** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 6:55 pm

http://automatedgenealogy.com/census11/ ... e=Manitoba

You can do that on the link above but the collections canada site doesnt allow that still that i can see anyway

karenc · Post by **karenc** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 6:56 pm

Hi Southpaw,

Is this on the library and archives canada site

I still dont seem to be getting it

Ive been at work all day so its probably just that ,y head needs a rest

karen