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Post by harc3 on Feb 15, 2008 18:31:28 GMT -5
twoupman..that actually does make sense as the line 'Louwsie' was written on was asking for mothers name and maiden surname..although I'm not sure why there is just the one name. It does not seem to be written in my husbands grandfathers handwriting...nothing like his signature.....so I'm sure the spelling is just an angolisied version of what the registar heard.......which means I'm back to square one!!!! I'm waiting to hear back from the Vernon archives to see if they have any records of who the store owners were..still found nothing in the 1911 census...maybe they weren't even there yet!
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Post by raymond on Feb 16, 2008 6:17:46 GMT -5
Helen, Hello! Can you explain the procedure of sprinkling colored sand over the tombstone lettering, and allowing rain to wash the sand away without damaging the lettering? ?? I'm a bit confused. Also, what if the tombstone is erected vertical instead of horizontal? Raymond
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Post by Henry on Feb 16, 2008 11:22:22 GMT -5
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Post by harc3 on Feb 16, 2008 16:30:59 GMT -5
Thanks Henry..we hadn't seen that pamphlet. We are quite lucky as far as access to resources goes...there is quite a lot here. Our biggest problem right now is just getting the name right! I think our best bet for that is local (Vernon) archives, but we won't be headed there until the snow is not quite so bad on the roads!! We are going to contact the funeral home and see if they can trace anything by knowing the name of the person who made the arrangements....cause we know that for sure!! Thanks again to everyone for their input!
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Post by helen on Feb 17, 2008 2:44:54 GMT -5
Hi Raymond - sorry - wet the headstone, then sprinkle coloured sand. or another idea: Reading badly weathered stones, even in the late afternoon with no sun - By shining the light on the stone from one side or the other, you see the lettering because of the shadows. As an aside- here's a site to help us understand how headstones are useful archive.amol.org.au/goldenthreads/downloads/gravestones.pdf
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Post by raymond on Feb 17, 2008 6:58:13 GMT -5
Helen,
Thanks for providing clarification on reading weathered headstones. I do like your sprinkled colored sand trick (although that would be nearly impossible for an upright headstone), but I dare not find myself shining a flashlight at an angle at any headstones at night in a cemetery.
Also, thanks for the link to the helpful article on "Reading Chinese Gravestones".
Raymond
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Post by geeweilum on Mar 15, 2008 1:12:18 GMT -5
I don't know if this will help but during my search on behalf of a number of people on their parents Head Tax qualifications I found that every Chinese person that came to Canada is identified in a general Register. I suspect that there may be a copy of the tape reels in the Vancouver Public Library. If not your library or Provincial Archives will be able to obtain them for you to inspect. If you have his name when he came to Canada and his age as well as his probable date of entry you may find some of the information you need. I was able find information on my father in this manner
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Post by helen on Mar 15, 2008 4:07:22 GMT -5
What years are you refering to? Was it the early years, just like the NZ Poll Tax records of the early 1900s?
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Post by geeweilum on May 18, 2008 12:25:56 GMT -5
In doing the genealogicalsearch around my city of Edmonton and areas around it, I have found that city directories which list the names of firms and their proprietors is in valuable. They all also list the names of people iat the various address in the city. In our instance we have the Hendersons directories in the historical section of our public library as well as in the City archives. They go as far back as 1904. I checked the internet on Vernon, B.C. and they appear to have some sort of directory in their archives. You could start by searching through Google for Archive for Vernon B.C. City Directories
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Post by Henry on May 18, 2008 13:03:43 GMT -5
City & business directories are excellent sources of 19th and early 20 th century information - sort of the white/yellow pages.
In the US, manuscript records for a decennial census - year ending in zero can be very useful - as well as state census manuscript census records - years ending in 5. Not every state had a state census. I am wondering it Canadian provincial governments operated similarly.
By the way, even though the description of these various census records stated that they did not enumerate various ethnic groups - they did anyway - it is just that they did not provide published statistics for the groups- but, the people were recorded. This is how I was able to find Chinese in New York City in the 1870 & 1880 decennial census.
Also, another great source of highly detailed information are what is known as Sanborn Atlases - there were very large scale and very detailed color maps of business establishments. They were done for insurance purposes, but, depending on the year and location - you may be able to find coverage of stores in a Chinatown etc. I am not sure if such coverage extended to Canada.
Henry
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Post by helen on Jan 16, 2011 0:28:44 GMT -5
Does anyone know of a company/group that does research for you, specializing in Chinese/Canadian. We know practically nothing about my husbands family, other than they were in the Vernon area in 1913, that's where his dad was born. We know they came from China, don't know when...his dad's birth certificate doesn't even have any really helpful info..........we are at a loss at where to even start. Tried the census records but didn't find anything, and don't know where to begin on the head tax records! Any help pointing us in the rght direction is greatly appreciated Thanks! Hi harc3 - just looking through old posts -it's nearly 2 years since you started your quest - and look at you now - Hope you are still working on putting the family tree together.
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