Moving to a new country would be exciting, yet difficult. Making it more difficult would be leaving an aging parent who lost her husband nine years earlier and only son six years later. Being the only surviving family member, I wonder how she could leave her mother? Her border card indicates her move was intended to be a permanent one, however, she is back in Canada by 1935 making her stay in the US less than five years which explains why I cannot find her on the 1940 census. Why did she come to the US and why did she return?
I find it interesting unmarried women are generally listed as 'spinster' on the 1935 Canadian voter list unless a specific occupation is listed. In this case Arlie is a registered nurse and is listed as such even though she is not married. Her entry does include Miss to designate her as unmarried. A few married women are listed with their first names. One has 'married woman' as her occupation.
Spinster at the 'old' age of 25. Seems strange to think of a single 25 year old woman as a spinster.
Is Canadian a race? According to the 1901 Canada census it is.
I think I need to visit Canada.
Why is it that the only child of this Canadian family who supposedly died in the US has a death record saying her birthplace is California, yet I found her baptismal record in Canada. No baptismal records for her siblings so far anywhere. I really think the person who died in the US is not the same person as our family member or the person giving the info for the death record was wrong.
If completing a form in another country and the information requested was birth place - city/town and county - would you go ahead and only put state and county? I just ran across an alien to the US who put his town and county on the form but nothing else. Good thing I already had the information.
How is it that the immigration date on census records can be so different. I can maybe understand a year or two as a difference, but ten years? Drives me crazy.
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