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Border Crossings: From Canada to U.S., 1895-1954
about Gilbert Little Jones Name: Gilbert Little Jones
Arrival Date: Apr 1910
Port of Arrival: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Residence Country: Canada
Age: 27
Birth Date: abt 1883
Birth Country: England
Gender: Male
Race/Nationality: English
Record Type: Manifests
Line Number: 2

Last permanent residence was Blucher, Saskatchewan. He's heading to Chicago, Illinois. Had been in Illinois from 1909-1910. Home address 359 Oak? St., Chicago. Born Bath, England. First arrived Quebec Aug. 1900 aboard the SS Mt. Eagle.

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name: Francis Littlejones
event: Census
event date: 1861
event place: Bowmanville, Durham, Ontario, Canada
enumeration district: 02
gender: Female
age: 10
marital status: Single
religion: B Christians
birthplace: England
estimated birth year: 1851
sheet number: 36
line number: 16
library and archives canada film number: C-1015
film number: 349256
digital folder number: 4107391
image number: 00082

name: Eliza Littlejones
event: Census
event date: 1911
gender: Female
age: 62
birthplace: Batheaston, Somersetshire
record type: Household
registration district: Bath
sub-district: Walcot
parish: Bath
county: Somersetshire

name: Florence Littlejones
event: Census
event date: 1911
gender: Female
age: 21
birthplace: Bath, Somersetshire
record type: Household
registration district: Bath
sub-district: Batheaston
parish:
county: Somersetshire

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name: Gilbert Littlejones
event: Census
event date: 1891
gender: Male
age: 7
relationship to head of household: Son
birthplace: Bailbrook, Somersetshire
record type: Household
registration district: Bath
sub-district: Batheaston
ecclesiastical parish: Batheaston
civil parish: Batheaston
county: Somersetshire

My great-uncle, Gilbert Littlejones, was born in Bath in 1883 to John Littlejones and Eliza Bolwell. He had two sisters Florence and Elsie. At around 16 years of age, in 1999, Gilbert packed his knapsack and left home. His sister, Elsie, my grandmother, was only 8 at the time, and she thought he went to Canada, but she had no evidence to back that up. He just disappeared, and never contacted the family again.

Can anyone suggest how I might find him? There is no record of him in any census after 1891, nor are there marriage or death records. If he went overseas, how will I find out? He didn't apply for a passport, but he could have been part of a ship's crew. How do I find that out? He might have joined the army and got killed in the Great War, but there is no record.

This mystery has been bugging my family for decades, and I should love to solve it!