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Canada, Voters Lists, 1935-1980
Bruce George Cato
Occupation: Salesman Technician
Year: 1957
Location: Longueuil, Québec, Canada
Electoral District: Longueuil


Wife Mme Marguerite Cato
344 Rue Guilbault
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This is probably her
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Marguerite V. Cato
Last Residence:
953 (U.S. Consulate)
BORN: 8 Aug 1931
Last Benefit: 97306, Salem, Marion, Oregon
Died: 13 May 2005
State (Year) SSN issued: California (1965)

U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Marguerite Valerie Cato
[Marguerite V Cato]
[Marguerite Valerie Genar]
SSN: 559786086
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 8 Aug 1931
Birth Place: Georgetown, Guyana
Death Date: 13 May 2005
Father: Raymond C Genar
Mother: Valerie I Rebitt
Type of Claim: Original SSN.
Notes: Sep 1965: Name listed as MARGUERITE VALERIE CATO; 12 Aug 2005: Name listed as MARGUERITE V CATO
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Her burial on Findagrave mentioning potentially living relatives
http://tinyurl.com/jjhr2oh

Death: May 13, 2005

Of New Westminster, BC passed away after a brief illness. Predeceased by her husband Bruce. She is survived by sons (Removed to protect their privacy) dear friend Jean as well as many other relatives and friends. Graveside service will be held on Wednesday, May 18, 2005 at 10:30 a.m. at Valley View Memorial Gardens, 14660 72nd Avenue, Surrey, BC. In lieu of flowers, donations to the charity of choice would be appreciated by the family.

Published in Vancouver Sun on May 17, 2005

[ full details on the Tiny url posted above]

Bruce G Cato
British Postal Service Appointment Books, 1737-1969
Wireless operator but doesn't show were.
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UK, WWII Medals Issued to Merchant Seamen, 1939-1945
Bruce G Cato
Birth Date: 1 Apr 1924
Service: 1939-1945
Medal Issued/Claimed: 1946-2002
Discharge Number: R275637
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New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
Bruce George Cato
Arrival Date: 3 Mar 1943
Birth Date: abt 1925
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Ethnicity/ Nationality: English
Port of Departure: Swansea, Wales
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: Pacific Exporter

Crew - 3rd Radio Operator
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Bruce G Cato
Arrival Date: 8 Aug 1945
Port of Arrival: United States
Birth Date: abt 1924
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Nationality: British
Port of Departure: Manchester, England
Ship Name: Drupa
Race: English
2nd WTO (wireless Telegraph Officer/Operator??)
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U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1
Bruce G Cato
Birth Date: 1 Apr 1924
Address: 3321 Blossom Dr NE, Salem, OR, 97305-1713 (1993)
[678 Valleywood Dr SE, Salem, OR, 97306-1637]
[PO Box 13345, Salem, OR, 97309-1345 (1993)]
[2075 17th St NE, Salem, OR, 97301-7913]
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U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Bruce Cato
SSN: 560-62-8004
Last Residence:
97303 Salem, Marion, Oregon, USA
BORN: 1 Apr 1924
Last Benefit: 97306, Salem, Marion, Oregon, United States of America
Died: Jun 1985
State (Year) SSN issued: California (1961)
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Oregon, Death Index, 1898-2008
Bruce Geo Cato
Age: 61
Birth Date: 1 Apr 1924
Death Date: 9 Jun 1985
Death Place: Marion
Spouse: Margue
Certificate: 85-10599
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There's a Canadian ER or other record with his wife as Margerite - something like that!

Thanks received from Nala.

Additional records found more recently

Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935
Bruce G Cato
Gender: Male
Age: 4
Birth Year: abt 1924
Birth Country: Canada
Date of Arrival: 2 Sep 1928
Vessel: Alaunia
Port of Arrival: Quebec, Canada
Port of Departure: Southampton, England

Annie A, 35
Norman B, 6
Bruce G, 4
Heading to 135 Blackburn Av, Ottawa

Their last address was 13c Crealock St, Wandsworth staying with her mother Mrs Dean. This is where they were heading when they came back permanently to the UK in 1931.
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Bringing forward the 1939 Register

Cato Household (3 People)
24 King Square , Bridgwater M.B., Somerset, England

FIRST NAME(S) LAST NAME(S) DOB SEX OCCUPATION MARITAL STATUS

Arthur B Cato 21 Mar 1877 Male Club Steward (County Cl Married
Annie Alice Cato 04 Jun 1895 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married
Elizabeth Dean 10 Jul 1866 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married <<<< Mother?

Thanks detective.

give me a mo
Added 20.59 - image and transcript sent by PM

Yes please that would be kind of you.
Thanks john.

Did you know about it Johnny, or would you like the details?

My grandfather listed in the silver war badge information.
Walter Sidney Cato.

Regards john cato

Back home from a long day and night at work.

Thanking you all for all this information. I am now putting it in to my progam and making true sense of it all.


Kind regards to all researchers. Nala :-D

Just to round off Annie Alice Harrison, Arthur's second wife.

Her death
ANNIE A
Last name CATO
Gender Female
Birth day -
Birth month -
Birth year 1893
Age 62
Death quarter 4
Death year 1955
District BRIDGWATER
County Somerset
Volume 7C
Page 105

Annie Alice Cato’s probate, which confirms that Norman was Bertam Norman.

CATO Annie Alice of 14 Westonzoyland Rd Bridgewater Somerset died 27 Dec 1955 Probate London 27 Jan to Bertram Norman Cato, engineer.

You can read the entry on https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/#wills
Use the year 1956

If you recall, when they came back from Canada, they were heading for Wandsworth.
Might this be her birth?

Births Sep 1893 (>99%)
Harrison Annie Alice Wandsworth 1d 565

Violet is listed to 2013 on the ER in Bridgwater, Somerset.

Possible Probate entry in 2014
Surname CATO
First name VIOLET IRENE BEATRICE
Date of probate 22 August 2014
Probate number 4400206
Date of death 05 March 2014
Document type Registry
Grant and will Bristol

Violet's birth
VIOLET I B
Last name PYKE
Birth year 1924
Birth quarter 2
Registration month -
Mother's last name HOBBS
District BRIDGWATER
County Somerset
Country England
Volume 5C
Page 435

Oh well - it was just a thought.

Being curious, could the son Norman actually be Bertram Norman? Although strangely he doesn't seem to be on an open 1939 entry, theres is this

BERTRAM NORMAN
Last name CATO
Gender Male
Birth day 10
Birth month 1
Birth year 1922
Death quarter 3
Death year 1986
District SEDGEMOOR
Register number 786
County Somerset
Volume 23
Page 1088

Marriage
First name(s) BERTRAM N
Last name CATO
Marriage quarter 2
Marriage year 1945
Spouse's last name PYKE, Violet I B
District BRIDGWATER
District number -
County Somerset
Country England
Volume 5C
Page 764

The marriage took place in the same district where Arthur died?

2 Cato/Pyke births shown on http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl

That Gladys died Det so discounted Doris.

First names(s) GLADYS
Last name CATO
Gender Female
Birth day -
Birth month -
Birth year 1902
Age 0
Death quarter 1
Death year 1902
District BERKHAMPSTEAD
County Hertfordshire
Volume 3A
Page 514
Country England
Record set England & Wales deaths 1837-2007
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Deaths & burials
Collections from Great Britain

Born last quarter 1901 died first quarter 1902

Arabella with relatives 1891, some familiar names.

Arabella Black
Age: 11
Estimated birth year: abt 1880
Relation: Niece
Gender: Female
Where born: Cambridge; Heath, London, England
Civil Parish: Wycombe Old Borough
Ecclesiastical parish: All Saints
Town: Wycombe
County/Island: Buckinghamshire
Country: England
Street address:

View image
Registration district: Wycombe
ED, institution, or vessel: 4
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 1137
Folio: 107
Page Number: 4
Household Members:
Name Age
Richard Crook 39
Arabella Crook 40
Richard N Crook 16
William H Crook 14
Lilian Crook 4
Ethel Crook 1 (is this where she got her name)
Arabella Black 11
Albert Gent

Arabella's daughter no 3 named Constance Lilian in 1910 to some on Ancestry


Arabella is a servant in this household in 1901
Name: Arabella Black
Age: 21
Estimated birth year: abt 1880
Relation to Head: Servant
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Cambridge, Heath, London, England
Civil Parish: Leyton
Search Photos: Search for 'Leyton' in the UK City, Town and Village Photos collection
Ecclesiastical parish: Walthamstow St Stephen
Town: Leyton
County/Island: Essex
Country: England
Street address:

Registration district: West Ham
Sub-registration district: North Leyton

Albert Thomson 62
Annie M Thomson 40
Florence Nightingale 17
Arabella Black 21
Carlotta English 21
Ethel Cannon 22
Dorothy Dafforn 15


Had a look at Ancestry trees. Arabella is down on 3 as Arabella Ethel. Note the Ethel she was related to and 1 she was working with.

Gladys and Doris arrived pre wedding, ??? the father. They do not appear in London births as Cato that I can see. Constance is Constance Lilian Cato 1910 Guildford on trees. The following are possibles.

Doris Florence Black 1905 Islington. Doris Mabel Black 1906 Hampstead

Gladys Black 1901 Paddington

1921 Canadian census Ethel still married, Arthur's new marriage 1920.

redoing this census re Annie

Name Ethel Cato
Gender Female
Marital Status Married
Age 40
Birth Year abt 1881
Birth Place England
Relation to Head of House Head
Father Birth Place England
Mother Birth Place England
Year of Immigration 1911
Racial or Tribal Origin English
Province or Territory Saskatchewan
District Moose Jaw
District Number 221
Sub-District Moose Jaw (City)
Sub-District Number 51
City, Town or Village Moose Jaw Ward 3
Section Number 333 Oxford W
Municipality Ward 3
Household Members
Name Age
Ethel Cato 40
Doris Cato 17
Annie Cato 11 ----- is this Constance???????
Marjorie Cato 6
Gladys Bull 21
Maxwell Bull 22
Douglas Bull 1
Clifford Bull 4/12

Looking at the children born in the UK - if they were registered as Cato, there these possibilities

Births Sep 1901 (>99%)_
CATO Gladys Berkhampstead 3a 791

Births Sep 1904 (>99%)
CATO Doris Berkhampstead 3a 882

Births Jun 1910 (>99%)
CATO Constance Lilian Guildford 2a 97

Logging off now

She was still in Saskatchewan in 1921, with additional children!

Ethel Cato
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Married
Age: 40
Birth Year: abt 1881
Birth Place: England
Relation to Head of House: Head
Father Birth Place: England
Mother Birth Place: England
Year of Immigration: 1911
Racial or Tribal Origin: English
Province or Territory: Saskatchewan
District: Moose Jaw
District Number: 221
Sub-district: Moose Jaw (City)
Sub-District Number: 51
City, Town or Village: Moose Jaw Ward 3
Section Number: 333 Oxford W
Municipality: Ward 3
Ethel Cato 40
Doris Cato 17
Annie Cato 11
Marjorie Cato 6 - Saskatchewan c1915

Maxwell Bull 22
Gladys Bull 21 < Daughter
Douglas Bull 1 < grandson
Clifford Bull 4/12 < grandson

To go with the marriage in Canada for proof of parents

Name: Arthur B Cato
Age: 14
Estimated birth year: abt 1877
Relation: Son
Father's name: Samuel Cato
Mother's name: Emmeline Cato
Gender: Male
Where born: Hackney, London, England
Civil Parish: Enfield
Ecclesiastical parish: St Andrews
Town: Enfield
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England

rest of the family
Name Age
Samuel Cato 42
Emmeline Cato 36
Ernest J W Cato 17
Arthur B Cato 14
Lillian B E Cato 9

He was born in Hackney, a scholar, father a fancy draper, mother a milliner.

Have found a Benjamin Arthur more than 10 years younger than Arthur B but he's the nearest. Looks like he was a bit of a lad. Where did Ethel and the children go?

The name isn't exactly a common one. It would be a coincidence if the Canadian records didn't relate to him.
Assuming they are, he'd 'married' 3 times
Arabelle, Ethel then Alice Annie.

The Canadian military records are the only ones to be found in either country.

Thanking you Detective and others.

I am now awaiting news back from Canada to confirm (or perhaps I was the messenger of things they did not know !!)

Great work Nala. :-)

This could be their arrival back in the UK

UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960
Arthur Cato
Birth Date: abt 1879
Age: 52
Port of Departure: New York, New York, United States
Arrival Date: 4 Feb 1931
Port of Arrival: London, England
Ports of Voyage: Plymouth
Ship Name: Ascania
Shipping line: Cunard White Star
Official Number: 147307

heading to
130 Crealoch Str, Woxsworth(??)
Also listed is
Annie age 36
Norman age 9
Bruce age 6

[Crealoch Street appears to be in Wandsworth,London SE18]
The children are probably the 2 sealed files on the 1939 register
They are all intending to live permanently in the UK