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Thanks for your input, folks. Since my posts yesterday, I have found a response from one of my Canadian rellies - her email had gone to my junk box by mistake. James's grandaughter is still alive in Canada, so I'm hoping she may be able to shed some light on what happened to him.

Fingers crossed that the mystery does eventually get solved!

In the 1921 Toronto city directory, Rowland's a clerk:
http://www.archive.org/stream/torontodirec192100midiuoft#page/511/mode/1up

Keystone Ave is a blk S of Danforth, maybe 6km E of Queens Park.
# 7 is on the S side, almost at Cedarvale, so a couple of blks E of Woodbine.
It's got a blue door now, and looks like half a duplex (semi-detached for Brits).

Look up Keystone at http://maps.google.com/ then switch to stret view under "more" in left margin.

Christine - I presume you know Amy's grandparents, but just in case:


Baptism: 12 Jun 1859 St James, Church Kirk, Lancashire, England
James William Addison - [Child] of George Addison & Alice
Abode: Church
Occupation: Labourer
Baptised by: J. Birchall
Register: Baptisms 1854 - 1883, Page 91, Entry 724
Source: LDS Film 1470823

Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1859
Surname Forename(s) Sub-District Registers At Mother's Maiden Name Reference
ADDISON James William Oswaldtwistle Preston WALSH OS/17/29


Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1858
Surname Forename(s) Sub-District Registers At Mother's Maiden Name Reference
MOON Catharine Poulton-le-Fylde Blackpool LIGHTFOOT PLF/14/35

Marriage: 14 Nov 1854 All Hallows, Bispham, Lancashire, England
John Moon - 21 Farmer Bachelor of Blackpool
Ann Lightfoot - 22 Spinster of Blackpool
Groom's Father: John Moon, Farmer
Bride's Father: John Lightfoot, Farmer
Witness: Robert Cornall; Elizabeth Lightfoot
Married by Banns by: Henry Powell
Register: Marriages 1837 - 1881, Page 97, Entry 190
Source: LDS Film 1526146

Chrissiex - I don't agree re:
"Catherine did describe herself as 'head' and even when the male head was away it would usually say 'wife'."
I would say it's not usually the case - usually the wife would say Head, but for her to say Wife was not uncommon. One consequence of her saying Wife is a bit unexpected - Ancestry and Family Search both use Head to delimit h/hs, so when she says Wife, her h/h gets rolled into the previous h/h (and that head can wind up with 2 wives). I have rellies from Peterhead and Fraserburgh, both North Sea fishing ports, and the menfolk would often be away on census night (although not in my families).

true, he would have had life insurance ! :-)

I thought the same, he was travelling on business in 1901, although Catherine did describe herself as 'head' and even when the male head was away it would usually say 'wife'

he may have partnered with someone else and made out his life insurance to her ...

there is only this one

Deaths Jun 1908
ADDISON James William 38 Sheffield 9c 307

could he have lied about his age to a new partner such that she believed he was that young ? but no that one seems accounted for in 1901 ...

Name: James William Addison
Age: 30
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1871
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Kate Addison ... she appears to be a widow in 1911
Gender: Male
Where born: Nk, Norfolk, England

Civil parish: Brightside Bierlow
Registration district: Sheffield


a mystery .....................

Thanks for your reply, Chrissie.

James William married Catherine Moon in 1879. I have their marriage certificate and Catherine's death certificate ( she passed away in 1905 ). I have traced her elder son's Fred's family and what happened to them.

Younger son Rowland went to Canada in 1908 and I have established who his descendants were. The person who contacted me via Ancestry Canada is his great-granddaughter.

James William's middle daughter Amy was my grandmother. The youngest daughter, Olive, died in 1910.

Fred married in October 1911 and James is shown as 'dec'd' on the marriage certificate. He is also shown as 'deceased' on Amy's marriage certificate in 1919.

When Catherine died in 1905, she is listed as 'Wife of James William Addison' rather than 'Widow'. Likewise, his daughter Olive's death certificate does not show him as deceased in 1910, although he may have been.

I assumed that on the night of the 1901 census, he was shown as a boarder in Hull because his job would have necessitated travel and that just happened to be where he was at the time. Now, I am starting to wonder if he had actually permanently moved out of the family home. Having said that, I have no evidence of anyone with his name and age dying anywhere in the country in the timescale I have.

Of course, he could have changed his name and altered his age - it seemed to happen often back then! But prior to that, all the information seemed to be spot on and I would have assumed that a death certificate would contain the correct information.

If he was an insurance salesman, you might assume he would be insured himself and then there would most certainly have to be a death cert. Besides, his son Fred seems to have been methodical in record-keeping.

So...... I just don't know. I am starting to wonder if he just vanished and Fred and Amy simply assumed he'd died because they didn't know what happened to him.

so those Canadian contacts did turn out to be the right people ? hurray :-)

one never knows with cousins ... even if one finds them because they are interested in family history too ( like through this site ), well, I know sometimes I have wished I hadn't ... there are some descendants of my Northamptonshire great-great-grandparents who live in the US and vote republican and I wish I had never heard of them !

you should send them all Christmas cards with a big family photo and a brief family tree :-D


now ... there is no death 1901 to 1911 for a James William or W Addison of that age, why do you think he died then ?

if he was your great-grandfather you know who his wife was ? ( maybe it's in the thread but for clarity now just let us know his wife and children and what any censuses say )


is this them in 1891 ?

Name: James W Addison
Age: 31
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1860
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Catherine Addison
Gender: Male
Where born: Church, Lancashire, England

Civil parish: Headingley With Burley
Town: Headingley
County/Island: Yorkshire

James W Addison 31
Catherine Addison 32
Fred Addison 10
Rowland Addison 8
Anny Addison 5
Olive Addison 1


Marriages Sep 1879
> Addison James William Haslingden 8e 189
HOGAN Maria Haslingden 8e 189
McDonnell Michael Haslingden 8e 189
> MOON Catherine Haslingden 8e 189

Deaths Mar 1905
Addison Catherine 46 Haslingden 8e 103


1901 in Accrington Haslingden

Catherine Addison 42 ... head married
Fred Addison 20
Rowland Addison 18
Amy Addison 15
Olive Addison 11


James in 1901 in Sculcoates

Name: James W Addison
Age: 41
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1860
Relation: Boarder
Gender: Male
Where born: Accrington, Lancashire, England
married commission agent ( insurance )

Thank you for all your replies, they have been most helpful and I now have a lot of information about my paternal grandmother's family, the Addisons of Accrington.

I have managed to track mostly all of them through the years and am very pleased with the progress made. I have discovered living cousins in Canada I had no prior knowledge of, although, having introduced themselves, they don't seem willing to engage in further communication. You win some, you lose some, I suppose! :-(

However, I have been unable to trace a death record for my great-grandfather James William Addison. He was born on 20th May 1859 in Church, Lancashire and became an insurance agent. I believe he died sometime between 1905 and 1911. I cannot trace him in any year, in any part of the country that fits with his age. I have no evidence to believe he went abroad, so it's a complete mystery. His son Fred became senior in the Manchester clergy and Fred registered the deaths of both his mother and sister. It would seem likely that he would have registered his father's death too.

I have a hunch ( and no proof whatsoever) that James may have left the family, but there seems to be no trace of him after the 1901 census. Anyone got any ideas as to how and where I might get some clues?

Christine

Thank you very much, all of you!

There is some absolutely marvellous information here and I will enjoy checking it all out.

So glad I signed up!

Christine

They did do well, didn't they Christine? :-D :-D That's the beauty of this site - everyone has hidden talents and are willing to share their expertize.

If you want to hide your true name, log into 'my account'.

Then where it says 'First Name' put the name you want to be known as in there. Apart from your gender, leave anything else blank.

As it is at the moment, if anyone clicks on your board name, they can see your true name.

Perhaps when you entered the change, you didn't scroll down and click 'save'?

it was all from clever googling Christine ( well, not so terribly clever to start with since the name was unusual and turned out to have been passed on to the son ! ) ... I hope those contact possibilities turn out to be the family of the right Norman Addison :-)

DetEcTive -" Unknown" indeed thanks all for the wonderful work you have done.!

My name is Christine, by the way and I have altered my profile to reflect that, but it doesn't seem to have cut over to this thread. I am new to this, so please bear with me!

Chrissiex seems to have information about Rowland's children I didn't have. Thank you so much and I will investigate that. I have contacted various Church of England sites re Fred and am awaiting a response. Thanks so much, folks!

Christine.

chrissiex's first URL is the CEF search screen - take the "Search Help" link on left to learn how to apply for his service record.

For post WW1 service records, you can also drill down at:
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/genealogy/index-e.html

There are no access restrictions on service records of those who died 20+ y ago. If they died in service, no proof of death is needed.

PS chrissiex - impressive work there.

Wow!!! I hope Unknown checks the thread next time he is on the site!!!

Brilliant research, folk :-D :-D

http://www.churchofengland.org/clergy-office-holders/clergypay/crockford.aspx

Historical enquiries concerning individual members of the clergy recorded in Crockford's Clerical Directory are answered by Lambeth Palace Library.

If you have an enquiry about an individual clergyman, please contact:

Lambeth Palace Library
London, SE1 7JU
(fax: +44(0)20 7928 7932).

Enquiries are answered by letter or fax.

Addison, Fred. Born J^ly 23, 1880, at Accrington, Lanes.
B.A., 1906.

Ordained by Bishop of Manchester as Deacon, 1907. Curate of St.
Mark's, Holland Street, Manchester, 1907.

125, Holland Street, Manchester.

http://www.archive.org/stream/registerofgradua00univuoft/registerofgradua00univuoft_djvu.txt

Fred is in Crockford's Clerical Directories in 1932, stating amongst other things that he was at St Edmunds Whalley Range Manchester from 1923

the church is no longer in the original building

http://saintedmunds.info/

but the congregation meet next door

http://www.achurchnearyou.com/whalley-range-st-edmund/

the only possible reference I find to a Norman Addison in Canadian pages on the internet is

http://www.canada411.ca/res/5195962477/Norman-Addison/134778579.html

if you click on the photo there you see a larger version

"AJAX -- Norman Addison rakes his leaves on Kings Avenue over the weekend. Nov. 10, 2007"

a picture of someone probably too young to be Harold's brother :-)

Ajax is near Toronto


there is also this search result but the link itself ( and even the cached version ) does not give the information shown

http://www.lifenews.ca/thespec/profile/5367--addison-jean-passed-away-at-carpenter-h
Jean was the beloved wife of the late Norman Addison and loved mother of Kevin (Cinda) and Scott, (Alexandra). She will be lovingly remembered by two ...

but it does say
Location: North Bay

-edit- some more googling found a place called Carpenter Hospice in Ontario so when I searched for that with the name Addison it got more details from the above search result:
ADDISON, Jean Passed away at Carpenter Hospice, Burlington, Ontario, Friday, December 14, 2007 at the age of 77. Jean was the beloved wife of the late...
http://www.thecarpenterhospice.com/

here is a link to contact details for one of the children in case that Norman Addison is the right person, I think there would be a good chance that it is

http://www.canada411.ca/res/7054721082/Kevin-Cinda-Addison/137683247.html

and an email address for his wife

http://www.cepp.org/AAC%20Rounds/I0024A56C

and a photo of the Addisons of North Bay :-)

http://www.moparfest.com/

a google search for "rowland addison"
( use google.ca and when you have search results select 'pages in canada' )

found the name Harold Rowland Addison ... I suspected a son, and yes, sadly

http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/sub.cfm?source=collections/virtualmem/detail&casualty=80001836

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In memory of
Flying Officer
HAROLD ROWLAND ADDISON
who died on November 3, 1956

Bolton, Ontario, Canada
Military Service:

Service Number: 100274
Age: 26
Force: Air Force
Unit: 411 "City of York" (Fighter) Squadron

Additional Information:

Date of Birth: February 11, 1930
Lansing, Ontario, Canada

Date of Enlistment: August 11, 1953
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Son the late Rowland and Muriel Dorene (nee Ward) Addison of Toronto, Ontario.
Brother of Olive and Norman Addison.
Husband of Mary Eileen (nee Gorrill) Addison of Toronto, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 73 of the 'In the Service of Canada' Book of Remembrance.
[CLICK HERE FOR AN IMAGE OF THIS PAGE]
[TO ORDER A COPY OF THIS PAGE CLICK HERE]

There is a digital photo collection relating to HAROLD ROWLAND ADDISON.

[CLICK HERE TO VIEW PHOTOS AND/OR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION]
[CLICK HERE TO ADD TO THE COLLECTION]

Burial Information:
Cemetery: MOUNT PLEASANT CEMETERY
Ontario,Canada
Grave Reference: Section 32, Lot 538
Location:
Toronto, Ontario

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if you click that link there is a photo of him but no other information


but there is quite a lot of information in that record !


it seems he must have died in a training exercise or something like that ?

soldiers of the First World War, Canadian Expeditionary Force

http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/cef/001042-100.01-e.php

Name: ADDISON, ROWLAND
Regimental number(s): 10095
Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 43 - 36

... however ! ... his is one of the unusual cases where his attestation papers are not accessible on line ... which can indicate that he had problems during his military service ...

he did not die in WWI as we know

and the Canadian Legion does not have any record of his death unfortunately

http://www.legionmagazine.com/en/lastpost/


I think maybe mgnv can advise how to apply for his military records if you are interested ?

http://www.lancashirebmd.org.uk/

Lancashire Marriage indexes for the years: 1879
Surname Forename(s) Surname Forename(s) Church / Register Office Registers At Reference
ADDISON James William MOON Catherine Hyndburn Register Office or Registrar Attended Preston RM/54/19

Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1880
Surname Forename(s) Sub-District Registers At Mother's Maiden Name Reference
ADDISON Fred Accrington Preston MOON ACC/55/42

Lancashire Birth indexes for the years: 1882
Surname Forename(s) Sub-District Registers At Mother's Maiden Name Reference
ADDISON Rowland Burnley Preston BU/146/3



Go to http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/genealogy/022-911.009-e.html

Take the AG link - the 1911 switch is at top right.
I don't see your guy in 1911 - maybe he stayed in the US for a year or more. (He was in Canada for the US 1910 census).
So lets try Muriel Ward - split view gets her 1911 image.
Her addy is Lot 20 Concession III=3.
The Links link at extreme right of her transcription initiates a search of 1901.
Click on the fresh window, and again use the split view link to get a saveable image.
Here's the 1901 transcription:

1901 Census of Canada Page Information
District: ON CARDWELL (#51)
Subdistrict: Adjala A-4 Page 7
1 53 Ward Robert J M Head M Apr 28 1861 39
2 53 Ward Elizebeth A F Wife M Dec 3 1871 29
3 53 Ward Ida May F Daughter S Apr 3 1891 10
4 53 Ward Murial D F Daughter S Feb 7 1898 3
5 53 Bronze? William J M Domestic S May 25 1886 15

Do a geographic look up via the 1901 LAC link for district #=51, subd#=a 4, and guess page 2 on Sched 2.
http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/1901/z/z002/z000055064.pdf
We're interested in the house info for Page 7 Line 1.
I can't make out the farm addy - looks like East L 27 & 3 Con, South E L 26 & 3

Look up at http://maps.google.com/ for
Adjala 20 Sideroad, Rosemont, Ontario, Canada. Click on the satellite view if necessary.
Head E on Adjala 20 Sideroad - between Concession Rds 3 & 4, there's 2 farms to the S of you.
One of these would likely be the Wards' 1911 farm.

One can find concession maps at
http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/countyatlas/SearchMapframes.php
in particular (under Simcoe)
http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/countyatlas/images/maps/townshipmaps/sim-m-adjala.jpg

Although it's nothing to do with your mob, the Nottawasaga R flows N and empties into L Huron at Wasaga Beach.
During the war of 1812, the schooner Nancy was being used to supply Fort Michilimackinac which controls the strait between L Huron & L Michigan. As soon as they heard they were at war, the Brits rushed 700 men up there, had the fort under siege and the local residents captured as hostages before the local US commander knew they were at war. He surrendered, fearful of a massacre of the civilians by Britain's indian allies. The Brits then rushed most of the men back before the US knew they'd been missing.
Anyways, back to the Nancy. The Brits lost control of L Huron, and eventually the Nancy was trapped a couple of miles upstream in the Nottawasaga, so it was scuttled. Supply thereafter was by canoe - abt a 600km round trip. The wreck silted up and formed an island in the river. The wreck was rediscovered 80+ y back, and now forms a museum. You cross over on a little footbridge, and the descend into the ship - it's rather neat.

Ontario births are closed for 100 y so you're not likely to learn of kids unless you come across an obit for him or Muriel.