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Interesting, the patent! Wonder whether it's expired, or been continued, and who the registered owner would be now, or the last one.

Yup, those are the ones I was looking at, at FindMyPast.

There are also scattered records of Falcus-s in Canada before that date. If Sylvia's only had daughters, or their sons only had daughters, the name may not still be extant for them.

I'd check that cemetery listing in Ontario though, as it's more likely that's where they came anyhow. It would be unusual for first-generation Englanders to head directly for the west coast, I think.

I googled "John Robert Falcus" and came up with this relating to the patent of an invention. Is he your John Robert? The date was 1930.

Improvements in and relating to Carrier Bags.

We, JOHN ROBERT FALCUS, and HENRYr AxNcus ERRINGT'ON, both of Coilthards Lane, Gateshead-on-Tyne, England, and both British Subjects, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:

This invention relates to carrier bags either of the open or flap over top types.

A Falcus family emigrated in 1930 but unfortunately the names don't match. They are:
William S., 39
Annie, 28
Leslie R., 7
Kenneth D., 4
Rhoda R., 1
Patricia, 4 months

Looking at Cdn records at Ancestry, it does seem that there were Falcus-s in Canada before 1911 -- and they were in British Columbia. It's possible then that the present-day people in BC with that name are not related to yours. I should have checked that first; sorry. But you never know, there could be a connection.

If you go here:

http://ogs.on.ca/ogspi/165/a165f001.htm

there's a reference to a Falcus:

FALCUS [email protected]_county.toronto_township
FALCUS Springcreek - Clarkson Cemetery at Toronto Township Lot 29 Concession 2
OGS Halton-Peel Branch website OGS Halton-Peel Branch publications


and links to where you might get more information.

You can also go to

http://www.google.ca

and tick the box for "pages from Canada" and just search for Falcus and see what might be of interest in the results.

It looks like they may have immigrated after 1939 -- if you search here:

http://www.findmypast.com/passengerListPersonSearchStart.action

for Falcus travelling to Canada, there are several, but your names aren't in the list. Of course, mistranscription is always a possibility ...

Sylvia, you are blessed with an unusual surname to be searching for, because otherwise the answer would likely be: good luck. ;)

Vital statistics records in Canada are not accessible by the public for decades after the event -- e.g. birth records are generally not available for 100 years. You might find records of the deaths of those two individuals, depending on the province they were in and the particular rules there. Births and marriages of their children, no hope.

But here's your good luck. Go here:

http://findaperson.canada411.ca/

and search the on-line phone directory for surname Falcus anywhere in Canada.

There are only two, both in British Columbia. Assuming your people had at least one child who is still living and/or who passed the surname on to a child or children, there's a good chance they're the family you're looking for.

Trying to find descendents of John Robert Falcus and his wife Dorothy Ann nee Kinghorn married 1916 Gateshead, County Durham UK and emigrated to Canada I believe 1920s or 1930s.