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Edwin Dengate born 1825 Wittersham, Kent. England
On 02 Jun 1851 he Married Mary Pearson ...in England
They emigrated to Canada . I have a photo he sent home to his sister...this was taken in Whitewater...he also sent one of his 2 daughters. He was a farmer.
Anyone in Canada who thinks they may be related?
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Me again!
We have a problem. ;)
Anyone reading the surname list for your Edwin's surname knows what the surname is, because that's the list they're reading.
The rest of us reading the general Surname Information board don't have a clue! All we can see is "Edwin emigrated to Canada". And the catch-22 is that there's no way for us to work backwards to find the surname.
I ask because I might be able to help you out with Cdn records at Ancestry. If I had a surname. ;)
Do you know the daughters' names? And where in Canada they might have lived? Vital stats are recorded separately by each province, so looking for BMDs means searching the 5 or 6 provinces that do have them on line, and hoping they were in one of those provinces.
Oh, duh. I search FreeBMD for Edwin married to Mary Pearson in 1851 ... Edwin Dengate. Sure enough, you're on the DENGATE surname list.
In the 1901 census there are two Dengates born in England who both immigrated to Canada in 1872:
Name: Charles Dengate
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Age: 51
Birth Date: 14 Jan 1851
Birthplace: England
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's Name: Laura D
Immigration Year: 1872
Racial or Tribal Origin: English
Nationality: Canadian
Religion: Methodist
Occupation: Gardener
Province: Ontario
District: Middlesex (East/Est)
District Number: 87
Sub-District: London
Sub-District Number: C-6
Family Number: 56
Page: 5
Charles Dengate 51
Laura D Dengate 44
John R Dengate 22
Name: Richard Dengate
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Age: 43
Birth Date: 30 Jan 1857
Birthplace: England
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's Name: Sarah J
Immigration Year: 1872
Racial or Tribal Origin: English
Nationality: Canadian
Religion: Methodist
Occupation: Molder
Province: Ontario
District: Middlesex (East/Est)
District Number: 87
Sub-District: London
Sub-District Number: C-6
Family Number: 77
Page: 7
Richard Dengate 43
Sarah J Dengate 44
Albin C Dengate 17
Ethel M Dengate 12
Earle R Dengate 1
Is it possible they could be sons?
There are no perfect matches for those births in the GRO, but there are approximates in Kent.
Most marriage records in Ontario give a lot of info, including place of birth and both parents' names. Richard's doesn't:
Name: Richard Dengate
Spouse Name: Sarah Jane Burns
Marriage Date: 2 Nov 1881
Marriage Place: Forest
Registration Number: 41051
Archives of Ontario Microfilm: 36
Source: Indexed by: Genealogical Research Library
Oh, but Charles's does:
Name: Charles Dangate
Birth Place: England
Age: 25
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1850
Father Name: Charles Dangate
Mother Name: Caroline Dangale
Spouse Name: Loura D Misslbrook
Spouse's Age: 18
Spouse Estimated Birth Year: abt 1857
Spouse Birth Place: On
So not a child of Edwin.
Don't see any Ontario births (post-1869) or marriages (post-1859) of children of Edwin and Mary, or death of Edwin or Mary in Ontario. Could have been a different province.
The 1881 census at familysearch.org shows no Edwin Dengate.
Mind you ... I can't find Edwin in any English census either!
Anyhow, if you have any info that might help find the family in Canada, pass it on and we here may be able to point you somewhere useful.
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