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Emma Amelia Schultz

by Jo Saunders

Jul 12, 2010

Would a Victoria BC marriage record for a second marriage have the bride's father's name on it? I see it has her first husband's surname and is crossed with her maiden name. Actually I would like to get her father's name as well as the given name of her first husband.
So far I have not been able to find her first marriage record, she was born Emma Amilia Schultz abt 1882 in Canada supposidly of a German father and French mother. I don't know where in Canada and I don't know if her first marriage was in Canada or in Washington state. Her first husband's surname was Currie (Curry) her second husband was Curtis Stillwagon. I have the index listing for the Stillwagon marriage and wondered if I should send for the certificate, and what information might be on it. 
I did find an Emma Amilia Schultz born  in Sullivan Grey Ontario, but when I got to her marriage it could not be my Emma. so back to the drawing board.

any help would be appriciated.

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    Al (alpobc)

    Hi Jo;
    I also did a quick search on Automated Genealogy for the Canadian 1901 Census. I put SCHULTZ in the National Surname box, I did not choose a Province. Then hit enter. Then I choose a few surnames that looked similar (keep in mind that the surnames with check boxes are as they were transcribed by volunteers and not necessarily correctly), then I put emma in the givens box, female for gender and 1882 for birth date then +/- 5 years. I got 4 Emma SCHULTZ's all in Ontario. I then used the back button on the browser and went back to the page were I entered the given name and changed it to Amelia, so the rest of the criteria remained the same and only got one, also in Ontario. When you click on the census page number in the results list, a page with a web version of the census page opens. This is how it was transcribed, you chosen person will be highlighted in yellow, make a note of the census line number, itll make it easier to find. At the top of the page, there is a link for 'split screen', click that and the actual census page will open in the top frame, you can then choose to make it larger (if you want to read it LOL) and you can also choose to save it to your PC or print it. I'll leave it to you to decide which one is your Ms. SCHULTZ.

    I hope this helps.
    Al Parsons
    Duncan, British Columbia, Canada
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    Jul 13, 2010

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      Jo Saunders

      An update on my Emma Amelia Schultz, according to her marriage record to Stillwagon, she was born in British Columbia and her parents were William and Minnie Schultz, I don't have a maiden name for Minnie, but i don't have the actual document yet, just a more detailed extract. Emma was also listed as "widowed", but I am not sure if this was true or not, as there were others in Canada who claimed to be widowed but in fact they were not, they just didn't ever get a divorce from the first husband. So a little further along, but not a lot.

      Aug 11, 2010

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        Jo Saunders

        Update for Emma Schultz, She was born in 1881, but I have conflicting information about where she was born, one source (her marriage record to her second husband) says she was born in BC, but her daughter says she was born in Red Deer Alberta. She also says that her exact BD is 23 April 1881 does any one know if birth records for that year are available in either or both of these places?
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        Apr 29, 2011

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