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Hi All,
Could someone please help me find Grace Rooke that was a witness to Thomas Rooke's marriage. Reference to her is in my posting.
Thanks. Any info would be great. Thanks.
Patricia.

Hello Janey,
Yes i thought that might have been her as well on those census years.
Thanks.
Patricia.

Hello MGNV,
Thanks for alerting me to my error. Info was given to me on their marriage by a person. I didn't find it myself.
Patricia.

I wonder whether this might be Sarah in the 1851 English census? The age matches the 1915 death record exactly (if that age was correct, her age was consistently understated in censuses while she was married).

Name: Sarah Carter
Age: 12
Estimated birth year: abt 1839
Relation: Daughter
Father's name: Richard Carter
Mother's name: Sarah Carter
Where born: Penzance, Cornwall, England

Civil Parish: Madron
County/Island: Cornwall

Richard Carter 56 - gardener, born Paul
Sarah Carter 53 - born Buryan
Emma Carter 21
Susan Carter 15
Sarah Carter 12
Charity Richards 74 - Ancestry says she is daughter-in-law, sigh. I'll go for mother-in-law.

And this is the household in 1841 in Madron:

Rich Carter 45
Sally Carter 40
Edwin Carter 15
Emma Carter 11
Susan Carter 5
Sarah Carter 2
Charity Richards 65

Births Dec 1838
CARTER Sarah Penzance 9 211

Looks like you made a minor typo in date in your initial post
11431-75 Thomas Stephen ROOKE, full age, chemist, England, Toronto, s/o Alexander & Frances, married Sarah CARTER, full age, England, Toronto, d/o Richard & Sarah, witn: Henry WHITE of Port Hope and Grace ROOKE & J. J. THOMPSON, both of Toronto, 23 Aug 1875
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~onvsr/

317 W Hastings is probably in the 1st block on the right in ca 1920 pic:
http://www.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/cgi-bin/www2i/.visual/img_med/dir_104/b_02934.gif

Shoal Bay is not a unique name - here it probably refers to a bay near Oak Bay in suburban Victoria.

Hello Margaret, MGNV and Teresa,
Thank you very much for the info you have provided. very much appreciated.
Don't know what we would do without the help of our helpers. Gold stars to you all.
Patricia.

Vancover City Directory of 1890

Hastings West
317. Medical Hall
Sorenson and Co. Druggists
Sorenson Gustav Julius
Rooke Thomas Stephens Druggist

Teresa

Here's Lindsey's hits again:

1881 - http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/e/e329/e008210255.pdf
1891 - http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/1891/pdf/30953_148093-00118.pdf
[line 1 has 1st professional clairvoyant medium I've seen]

1911 - http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/1911/pdf/e001940852.pdf



http://search.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/sn-117E6E0/gbsearch/Births,Marriages,Deaths

Vital Event Death Registration
Name: Thomas Rooke
Event Date: 1898 4 3 (Yr/Mo/Day)
Age: 60
Gender: male
Event Place: Shoal Bay
Reg. Number: 1898-09-115368
B.C. Archives Microfilm Number: B13092
GSU Microfilm Number: 1927120

Vital Event Death Registration
Name: Sarah Rooke
Event Date: 1915 6 4 (Yr/Mo/Day)
Age: 77
Gender: female
Event Place: Vancouver
Reg. Number: 1915-09-143567
B.C. Archives Microfilm Number: B13101
GSU Microfilm Number: 1927129


Gibsons was abt 35 km WNW of Vancouver by ferry (back then).
Now, one travels 19km to the mouth of Howe Sound, then catches the ferry for a 40 min, 18km ride to Langdale across the sound, and from there it's 2 km to Gibsons.

Yes, Gibson's Landing is close to Vancouver.

Thanks very much Margaret,
Patricia.

Sarah is on the 1911 census in Vancouver, British Columbia. She's a widow, born October 1838, England, aged 72, emigrated 1873.
Can't find either of them on the 1901 Canadian census though.

Hello Margaret,
I'm not sure on that one. Lindsey found him on several census, last one being 1891 where he was a doctor in Vancover.I suppose he may have quit his profession and gone farming. Is Gibson's landing near Vancouver? His wife Sarah died in 1915 in Vancouver.
Patricia.

I wonder if this is him on the Canadian Genealogy Index:

Canadian Genealogy Index, 1600s-1900s
about Thomas Stevens Rooke
Name: Thomas Stevens Rooke
Event: Living
Province: British Columbia
Place: Gibson's Landing
Comments: Farmer.
Source: Henderson's British Columbia Gazetteer and Directory and Mining Companies for 1900-1901.
Volume_Page: 283
Note: The province and county are associated with the location of the record source and in some cases may not be the same as the place where the event occured.

I don't know where all the Canadians have got too, perhaps they can dig up the good doctor for you !

Thanks Lindsey.
Patricia.

Name:
Sarah Rooke Place
Vancouver Reg. Number:
1915-09-143567 Copy Available
Date:
1915 6 4 (Yr/Mo/Day) Age:
77 Event:
Death Microfilm #:
B13101 (GSU # 1927129)

Hi Lindsey,
Thanks for looking for Grace .I have no idea who she is. only know that she is not thomas sister.
Patricia.

Nothing jumpimg out for Grace sorry

Hello Lindsey,
Thank you very much for those census results. Very much appreciated. Seems there are no children.
Is there any way of finding deaths forThomas and Sarah.
Also I forgot to ask before about a Grace Rooke. Grace was a witness on Thomas marriage notice. Would I have to have a new posting for her?
Thanks again.
Patricia.

on the 1911 it gives Sarah came to Canada 1873