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From: "Cliff. Johnston" <>
Subject: Re: [UPPER-CANADA] A DEATH Query and A Thank You [ wasJohnstonFamilies]
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2007 21:17:08 -0600
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Marlene,

Newspapers did indeed have obituary columns going back into the 1800's that
I'm aware of. In the 1870's for example most were small entries giving the
name, date and location, often in a combined column of Births and Deaths
(Marriages were separate and more detailed); however, if the person had
some social standing then the obituary was often a larger article in the
main body of the newspaper. The Ottawa Journal and many other newspapers
did not include the deceased in the Obituary column if he/she had an article
in the main body of the newspaper. This makes for very slow research.
Rural areas were often left to the whim of whoever was collecting the
information for that area, ie: a correspondent. This meant too that if
that person had a dislike or indifference to a family their obits stood a
good chance of not being noted at all. I've been quite surprised to find
that newspapers haven't changed much from the early 1900's. The classic
formats seemed to have been developed by then. Some were mostly
advertisements while others were more journalistic endeavors, and others
compared quite favorably to, say, the Toronto Star or Globe & Mail - choose
your poison...

Cliff. Johnston
"May the best you've ever seen,
Be the worst you'll ever see;"
from A Scots Toast by Allan Ramsay
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marlene Cox" <>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 8:24 PM
Subject: [UPPER-CANADA] A DEATH Query and A Thank You [ wasJohnston
Families]


>A Death in the rundown areas of Cabbagetown in 1946
> or'47
> WHICH CEMETERIES could have been chosen ???
> Clara STEPHENSON died on the Hottest day of the
> Summer, so possibly was July or Aug. in that area. Did
> Canadians in that time era put the deaths into the
> papers .... I know they did in my in my UK home town
> even the very poor people,
> Marlene ... in Oakville
> also thanks to Phyllis and Esther for their help and
> also Cliff for his message as well
>
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