Life Events
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Birth | Ernest Burt Oliver was born circa 1887 in St Thomas Exeter, Devon.2 |
(with Parents) 1891 Census | Ernest B Oliver appeared on the 1891 Census of St Thomas Exeter, Devon with his parents. He was 4 years old and born in St Thomas.3 |
(with Parents) 1901 Census | Ernest B Oliver appeared on the 1901 Census of St Thomas Exeter, Devon with his parents. He was 14 years old and born in St Thomas.2 |
Marriage | He married Ethel Lily Francis on 15 May 1910 in England.4,5 |
1911 Census | Ernest Burt and Ethel Lily Oliver appeared on the 1911 Census of Exeter, Devon, at 69 Regent Street. Ernest was 24, born in St Thomas Exeter, and was a general labourer in the building trade. Ethel was 23 and born in Exeter. They had been married 11 months. They had one child, William Burt, age 8 months.6 |
Passenger List | Ernest and Ethel Oliver and their 11 month old daughter Lily [sic] were listed on a manifest dated 27 Sep 1911 for the Royal Edward, arriving in Quebec from Bristol. Ernest, a farmer, was 25 and Ethel was 24. They were born in England, Methodist, and going to join Ernest's father, a carpenter, in Brantford, Ontario. They traveled inland on the Grand Trunk Railroad.7 |
(Witness) Marriage | Ernest Burt Oliver witnessed the marriage of his brother William Arthur Oliver to Elizabeth Rose Coyle on 6 May 1915 in Brantford, Brant County, Ontario.8 |
1921 Census | Earnest and Ethel appeared on the 1921 Census of Brantford, Ontario. The family was recorded with the surname Burt rather than Oliver. Enumerated in the next house were Ernest's sister Rose and brother Edward and their families. They owned their 6 room brick veneer home. Their religion was Anglican and they immigrated in 1912. Ernest was 32, born in England, and was a Steam Fitter in a foundry, earning $1000. Ethel was 32 and born in England. Their children were William (11), Mabel (9), Lilian (8), Percy (5), and Dorothy (3). William was born in England and the rest in Ontario. Also there were Ernest's siblings Thomas (25) and Alice (27) Oliver.9 |