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Family of Reginald Charter in Ottawa

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MargaretM

MargaretM Report 6 Jan 2013 18:12

A report here of Justia's sister's wedding. Mrs. Justina Charter was matron of honour and Miss Patricia Charter was junior bridesmaid:

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2194&dat=19560405&id=X7cxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dOQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=7082,886397

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 6 Jan 2013 18:06

This is from a Toronto newspaper. He's listed under "Slightly wounded"

770th Army Casualty List Has 30 Dead, 104 Woundednews.google.com/newspapers?nid=1601&dat...id...sjid...You +1'd this publicly. Undo
L ;Richard Chadwick (father). 104 Marlborough St. Cornwall. CHARTER, Reginald Albert. Mrs. Justina Charter (wife), 345 Arlington Ave., Ottawa. HILL, Clarence ...

Colin

Colin Report 6 Jan 2013 17:06

Margee,
This is fabulous stuff! Having read the article and the information about his probable death I am feeling much closer to finding the family. I seem to remember that Justina Charter#s death was also reported in the Ottawa Citizen in 2005 so perhaps I shall yet hear from her daughter!
Thank you again.
Colin :-)

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MargaretM

MargaretM Report 5 Jan 2013 20:22

This could be his death posted in the Legion magazine:


Private Reginald CHARTER
Date Deceased: January 2, 1995

Age: 76

Service Information
Service Number: C20523

Units: Cameron Highlanders

Period of Service: World War 2

Legion Branch Information
Member Title:

Legion Branch: Carleton Place Branch

Location: Carleton Place, Ontario


http://legionmagazine.com/en/index.php/last-post/

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 5 Jan 2013 20:16

This looks like it could be him:

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2194&dat=19340605&id=OOouAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HNsFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1063,772821

Colin

Colin Report 4 Jan 2013 19:18

I would think he was slightly older than my mother so I would estimate his yob as being about 1918 or even a year or two earlier..
I don't think the family is likely to be 'shocked' by my enquiries because certainly Reg's mother was in communication with my mother (in 1946) and his wife will have known about Doris.
I know they had a daughter who must have been born about 1940 going by the photograph I have of her which was sent to my mother- but sadly no name.

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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 2 Jan 2013 17:03

Is it likely to be a problem or shock to his Canadian family if he is married? What happened in Hampshire, stayed in Hampshire, as it were.

There is this entry on the ER

Canada, Voters Lists, 1935-1980 about Reginald Charter
Reginald Charter
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Occupation: Build.man
Electoral District: Ottawa East
Year: 1968
Apt 502
Rockcliffe Arms, Springfield Road

Justina Charter, housewife, sharing the same address

There is no R Charter listed on www.whitepages.ca, a Canadian on-line phone book, in Ottawa, but there is a J Charter.

As your mother has passed away, would he have been about the same sort of age and if so, what would his guesstimated yob be?



Colin

Colin Report 2 Jan 2013 15:31

Does anyone know of the whereabouts of any members (wife/children) of Reginald Charter's family whose mother lived on Cambridge Street, Ottawa in the 1940's? Reg served with the Canadian forces in the UK in Hampshire during 1942-46 and presumably returned to Ottawa and his family towards the end of 1946. He became a close friend of my mother Doris Honour who died in 2005. I'm looking to share photographs and information.