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I'm looking for information on Flavin in Ontario at the moment, I saw familysearch showed my ancestors there but the information listed is scant. Would anyone have ancestry.com access and could maybe look up a few for me there as they are listed there too in church records??? I no longer have a subscription myself. Here's one just so you can see what I mean:

name: James Flavin event: Death event date: 31 May 1935 event place: Toronto, , Ontario age: 56 estimated birth year: 1879 father: James Flavin mother: Sara Dunlop (**she also died in Ontario- Wentworth)

thank you in advance for any help that might be offered.

Lisa

here's a sample from ancestry.com:

Ontario, Canada, Catholic Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1747-... Death, Burial, Cemetery & Obituaries

Name:

James Flavin

Birth:

year - city, Ontario

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Permalink Reply by Heather Mitchell Groves on September 23, 2012 at 8:42am

Ancestry is showing a James Flavin born in Thunder Bay, Ontario to Patrick Flavin and Brigit Fitzgerald on 8 Nov 1872.

There is another James Flavin listed in the 1881 census for the East Forest district of Ontario born in 1857 living with an Elizabeth born in 1832 and a William born in 1859.

The only James Flavin and Sarah Dunlap I see were in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, and that is from a family tree on ancestry. That James was born in 1829 in Nova Scotia and died in 1893 in New Brunswick. I do see the record on Family Search that you are referencing for a James Flavin born in 1859 to James and Sarah, but do not see it on ancestry.

If you let me know which James you are interested in I can send you the images from ancestry. My email is hgroves at krenim dot org.

Heather

Permalink Reply by Heather Mitchell Groves on September 23, 2012 at 9:11am

Actually I just found the death certificate you are looking for - James Flavin, son of James Flavin and Mary Dunlop, both of Canada, and who was born 4 May 1879 and died 31st May 1935 in Hamilton, Ontario from gastric carcinoma. It wasn't on the US Ancestry site, but was on the Canadian site.

Permalink Reply by Lisa A. (Thamm) Spegal on September 24, 2012 at 6:53pm

wow, does it really say Mary Dunlop? All other records list her as Sarah Dunlop, hmmm another "mystery" thanks so much!!

Someone sent me this too, so trying to find out more:

Toronto Star June 1, 1935

SEVEN VETERANS DIE

Seven war veteran patients at Christie St. Hospital died this week. The soldiers who died yesterday were.....James Flavin, 86th Battalion, of Hamilton....will be buried in Hamilton.

Altho' he died in Toronto, he was a resident of Hamilton (224 John Street East). The informant on his death certificate is his sister, Mrs. F. Woolcott, of the same address in Hamilton. He was buried at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Hamilton. He was listed as single.

the tree you speak of is probably mine on ancestry.com :)

It doesn't sound like the birth dates match up though, hmmm, grr all my data's on my own pc which is down at the moment, will have to see what I can find. I believe all of my James & Sarah's kids baptisms etc are in the Drouin records there or at least most of them. Feel free to look at my tree if that helps at all.

Is it possible you could send me this 1891 census too? I believe this to be James (above)'s brother's (Henry), wife and family, it would be much appreciated, she would be Rebecca J. Smith, died 1932 got her info from Novascotiagenealogy.com:

name:	Rebecca Flavin
gender:	Female
age:	45
estimated birth year:	1846
birthplace:	Nova Scotia
marital status:	Married
religion:	Free Church
province:	Nova Scotia
district:	Pictou
district number:	39
sub-district:	Abercrombie

Permalink Reply by Lisa A. (Thamm) Spegal on September 24, 2012 at 7:12pm

name: Hennry Flavin
title:
gender: Male
age: 30y
calculated birth year: 1851
birthplace: New Brunswick
marital status:
occupation: Shoemaker
ethnic origin: Irish
religion: Presbyterian
head of household: Hennry Flavin
born during last year:
census place: Gulf Shore, Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada
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1871 census James & Sarah are in Dorchester, N.B. (GROSSLY MISSPELLED)
Household Members: Name Age
James Flanders 45
Sarah Flanders 40
Henry Flanders 20
John Flanders 17
Sarah I Flanders 13
Isabella Flanders 9
Edward Flanders 5
James W Flanders 3
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1881 they are in Moncton, N.B.
Household Members: Name Age
James Flavan 54
Sarah Flavan 50
Sarah J. Flavan 23
Isabell Flavan 18
Edward Flavan 14
James Flavan 12
Mary Flavan 9
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1891 THEY ARE STILL IN mONCTON, n.b. another bad spelling.
Household Members: Name Age
James Flarven 62
Sarah Flarven 55
James Flarven 22
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1893 James Sr. passed away
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Sarah (Flaving) LOL died in Wentworth.