CANADA


Births, Marriages and Deaths
Burials & Cemetery Records
Obituaries
Immigration
Military Service
Miscellaneous

BIRTHS, MARRIAGES & DEATHS

Sources:
BCA: British Columbia Archives: Vital Events Indexes
The British Columbia Archives' Vital Events Indexes contain summary information on historical births, deaths and marriages that were submitted to District Registrars and registered by the Director of Vital Statistics.
Births 1872-1902; Marriages 1872-1927; Deaths 1872-1982

CNO: Calgary Newspapers Online – Extraction of Birth Announcements 1883-1899
One of a number of databases on the website of the Alberta Family Histories Society.

BIRTHS
SURNAME FORENAMES PARENTS PLACE DATE SOURCE
DIBDEN male J. Dibden Calgary 31 Mar 1892 Calgary Daily Herald 2 Apr 1892
CNO
DIBDEN Eva Christina   Vancover 15 Jul 1896 BCA


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MARRIAGES
SURNAME FORENAMES SPOUSE PLACE DATE SOURCE
DIBDEN Eva Christiania Joseph Lloyd W. HOSKIN Point Grey 24 Aug 1918 BCA
DIBDEN Jesse Elizabeth BOYD Vancover 19 Dec 1918 BCA
DIBDEN Thelma Josephine Carl Helmer OHS Vancover 16 Mar 1929 BCA


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DEATHS
SURNAME FORENAMES AGE PLACE DATE SOURCE
DIBDEN Daniel Ralph 2 Vancover 29 Aug 1904 BCA
DIBDEN Elizabeth 64 Burnaby 19 Sep 1951 BCA
DIBDEN Fred William   On active service 6 Nov 1917 Military Service Record
DIBDEN Jesse Alexander 46 Vancover 6 Oct 1913 BCA
DIBDEN Peter George 79 Nanaimo 13 Apr 1958 BCA
DIBDEN Alfred Sadler 76 Victoria 1 Apr 1982 BCA


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BURIALS & CEMETERY RECORDS

Sources:
BCCFA: British Colombia Cemetery Finding Aid
The British Columbia Cemetery Finding Aid is a pointer database consisting of the surnames, cemetery name and location of more than 344,000 entries collected from records and headstone inscriptions associated with 264 cemeteries situated in the province of British Columbia, Canada and two from the state of Washington, USA.

OCFA: Ontario Cemetery Finding Aid
The Ontario Cemetery Finding Aid is a pointer database consisting of the surnames, cemetery name and location of over 2 Million interments from several thousand cemeteries, cairns, memorials, and cenotaphs in Ontario Canada.

CV: Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver
An alphabetical listing of burials at the cemetery inclued on the 'City of Vancouver' website.

SURNAME FORENAMES AGE/D.O.B. RESIDENCE DATE OF DEATH DATE OF BURIAL CEMETERY NOTES SOURCE
DIBDEN Charles William         Beechwood Cemetery, Carelton, Ottawa, Ontario (burial register index 1931-1955)   OCFA
DIBDEN Daniel R.     29 Aug 1904   Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver Section 'Old'; Range '4'; Block '02'; Plot '017'; Lot '0001' CV
DIBDEL (?DIBDEN) Elizabeth     19 Sep 1951   Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver Section 'Horne 2'; Block '04'; Plot '029'; Lot '0003' CV
DIBDEN Fred William   of Hamilton, Ontario 6 Nov 1917   Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial, Leper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Died on active service WW1 Military Service Record
DIBDEN Gizella K.         Royal Oak Burial Park, Falaise Drive, Victoria, Vancover Island: Section S   BCCFA
DIBDEN Jassie M.     8 Oct 1913   Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver Section 'Old'; Range '4'; Block '02'; Plot '017'; Lot '0001' CV
DIBDEN Jesse A.         Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver Section 'Old' CV
DIBDEN John T. (Jack)         Whitechapel Memorial Gardens, Wentworth, Hamilton, Ontario   OCFA
DIBDEN Lillian Mae         Whitechapel Memorial Gardens, Wentworth, Hamilton, Ontario   OCFA
DIBDEN Rose         Beechwood Cemetery, Carelton, Ottawa, Ontario (burial register index 1956-1976)   OCFA


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OBITUARIES

Sources:
ODT: Obituary Daily Times
The Obituary Daily Times is an index of published obituaries across the world. All the information is submitted volunteers and the index is updated on a daily basis.

SURNAME FORENAMES MAIDEN/OTHER SURNAME AGE RESIDENCE PUBLICATION DATE SOURCE
DIBDEN Gizella Katalin   54   Victoria Times Colomnist 27 Aug 1996 ODT
DIBDEN Gladys Mary PREECE   Ottawa, On. Ottawa Citizen 28 Jun 1999 ODT
SMITH Patricia "Pat" DIBDEN 50 Ottawa, On. Ottawa Citizen 14 JuL 1997 ODT


OBITUARY (supplied by Dylan Reade) for Mrs. Jean (Jane)Gordon (nee Dibden) who died 27 October 1958

THE MEDICINE HAT NEWS
No date, but between 27 & 30 Oct 1958

Mrs. Jean Gordon Rites Set Friday
Funeral services will be held in St. John's Presbyterian Church Friday at 2pm. for Mrs. Jean Gordon, 454 Second St, SE, who died in Municipal Hospital on Monday after a lengthy illness.
Rev. Robert L. Taylor will officiate under the auspices of Ruth Rebekah Lodge No.5 and interment will follow in Hillside Cemetery under the direction of Pattison funeral Home.
Mrs. Gordon was born in Totton, Hants, England, and came to Toronto in 1906. She later moved to Buffalo, N.Y., and married Ralph A. Gordon in that (?county.)
The couple lived in various United States points and came to Medicine Hat in 1913.
Mrs. Gordon was an active member of of the Ruth Rebekah Lodge and was a Past Noble Grand, past President of the Rebekah Assembly of Alberta and a member of the past president's club. She was an active member of St. John's Church and devoted to the ladies organizations of the congregation.
She was predeceased by her husband in 1940.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Pearl Kern, San Fransisco, Calif: a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Mydia Gordon, Medicine Hat,: one sister, Mrs. florence Hood, and one brother, Allan Dibden, in England and a nephew, Frank Reade, Vernon, B.C.

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IMMIGRATION

Immigration from Passenger Lists
'Dibdens' to Canada (from family sources)

Sources:
The National Archives of Canada: Immigration Records


IMMIGRATION RECORDS from PASSENGER LISTS


SURNAME FORENAMES AGE SEX PORT OF DEPARTURE DATE OF DEPARTURE PORT OF ARRIVAL DATE OF ARRIVAL VESSEL DESTINATION NOTES SOURCE
DIBDEN Albert 14 Male Liverpool 10 Aug 1882 Quebec 19 Aug 1882 SS Parisian Not given, but probably Toronto Travelled with Dr. Barnados NAC/HC
DIBDEN Alfred 11 1/2 Male Liverpool 13 Aug 1920 Quebec 21 Aug 1920 SS Melita 305 Clyde Block, Hamilton, Ontario Travelled with mother to join father NAC/I30A
DIBDEN Cedric Clifford ? Male Liverpool 13 Aug 1920 Quebec 21 Aug 1920 SS Melita 305 Clyde Block, Hamilton, Ontario Travelled with mother to join father NAC/I30A
DIBDIN Charles W. 49 Male (Married) Liverpool? 7 April 1923 Quebec? Apr 1923 SS Melita Mr. Lockier (brother-in-law), 64 Stringhurst Ave, Ottawa, Ontario Travelled with wife NAC/I30A
DIBDEN Cyril H. 19 Male     Quebec 22 Jun 1929 Ausonia, Cunard   English NAC/ID
DIBDEN Evelyn Grace 18 Female Liverpool 13 Aug 1920 Quebec 21 Aug 1920 SS Melita 305 Clyde Block, Hamilton, Ontario Travelled with mother to join father NAC/I30A
DIBDEN *Frederick 17 Male Liverpool 11 Jul 1914 Quebec 18 Jul 1914 SS Teutonic Hamilton, Ontario   NAC/HC
DIBDEN George 58 Male     Quebec 15 May 1925 Montroyal, Canadian Pacific   Canadian NAC/ID
DIBDEN Henry 54 Male (Married) Liverpool? 13 Aug 1921 Quebec? Aug 1921 SS Canada 17 Main St. East, Hamilton Travelled to join brother NAC/I30A
DIBDEN James 12 Male Liverpool 26 Mar 1896 Halifax 5 Apr 1896 SS Parisian Stratford, Ontario With Miss Mcpherson? NAC/HC
DIBDEN John Thomas 17 Male Liverpool 13 Aug 1920 Quebec 21 Aug 1920 SS Melita 305 Clyde Block, Hamilton, Ontario Travelled with mother to join father NAC/I30A
DIBDEN Mary Annie Elizabeth 43 Female (Married) Liverpool 13 Aug 1920 Quebec 21 Aug 1920 SS Melita 305 Clyde Block, Hamilton, Ontario Travelled with children to join husband NAC/I30A
DIBDIN Rose 42 Female (Married) Liverpool? 7 April 1923 Quebec? Apr 1923 SS Melita Mr. Lockier (brother), 64 Stringhurst Ave, Ottawa, Ontario Travelled with husband NAC/I30A
GORDON (nee DIBDEN) Jean 43 Female (Married) Liverpool? 11 Oct 1923 Quebec 1923 SS Minnedosa 753 Spencer Street, Medicine Hat, Alberta Lived in Canada, returning from holiday in England(previous entry to Canada - Halifax, March 1908) NAC/I30A

*Frederick - possibly the same Fred William Dibden of Hamilton who died on active service in 1917.

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'DIBDENS' known to have emigrated to Canada.

Source: Family members (supplemented by corresponding records)

SURNAME FORENAMES DATE & PLACE OF BIRTH PARENTS DATE & PLACE OF MARRIAGE SPOUSE DATE & PLACE OF DEATH DATE & PLACE OF BURIAL EMIGRATION NOTES
DIBDEN Alfred George 31 Mar 1906 Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales George & Mary   M. MILLS     1920  
DIBDEN Alice Mary Kathleen (Molly) 5 Oct 1907 Maldon, Essex, England George & Mary   P. ADAMS        
DIBDEN Cedric Clifford 1909 Chester, England George & Mary   SIMONS (see notes)     1920 See also USA Immigration Records
Mrd in Leicester, England, 1948
DIBDIN Charles William 1873, London, England Charles & Louisa 1902, London Rose LOCKIER 1931-1955 Beechwood Cemetery, Carelton, Ottawa, Ontario (OCFA) 1923  
DIBDEN Evelyne Grace 24 Nov 1901 Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs., England George & Mary   C. PRESTON     1920  
DIBDEN Henry (Bapt.) 15 Oct 1837 Hewelsfield, Gloucs., England Thomas & Elizabeth   Ellen SMITH     c1910 3 children born in England before emigrating
DIBDEN Jane 1879, Bramshaw, Hants., England Charles & Elizabeth 1)1899 East Cowes, Isle of Wight, England
2)After 1906, Buffalo, N.Y., USA 		1) Francis READE
2) Ralph A. GORDON		 27 Oct 1958 Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada Hillside Cemetery, Medicine Hat c1906 1 son, Frank, who remained in England
DIBDEN John Thomas (Jack) 5 Jan 1903 Congleton, Somerset, England George & Mary   Lillian Mae ATKINS bef. 1998 Whitechapel Memorial Gdns., Wentworth, Hamilton, Ontario (OCCA) 1920  
DIBDIN Mary Rosalind (Audrey) 23 Aug 1885 in Wallasey, Cheshire, England Edward Rimbault Vere & Charlotte Elizabeth 29 Feb 1912 New Brighton, Cheshire, England Hugh Oliver WESTRUP 24 Dec 1970 Calgary, Alberta, Canada 28 Dec 1970 Hillcrest, Alberta, Canada after 1911  


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MILITARY

Sources:
National Archives of Canada: Soldiers of the First World War (1914-1918)
This database is an index to the personnel files of over 600,000 Canadians who enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) during the First World War (1914-1918).

Veterans Affairs Canada: Canadian Virtual War Memorial
This database contains information about the graves and memorials of more than 116,000 Canadians and Newfoundlanders who served valiantly and gave their lives for their country. The site also contains digital images of photographs and personal memorabilia about individual Canadians.

PTE. FRED WILLIAM DIBDEN
Service Number: 193233
Unit: 15th Batallion Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Died: November 6, 1917.
Burial Information: Cemetery; Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial, Leper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Grave Reference: Panel 18 - 24 - 26 - 30
Commemorated on Page 227 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
Commemorated on the Hamilton, Ontario, War Memorial
Possibly the Frederick Dibden who arrived in Quebec, from Liverpool, England, in 1914 and whose destination was Hamilton, Ontario.


Fred William Dibden at Sandling Camp, England.

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MISCELLANEOUS

National Archives of Canada Photographs
The National Archives holds a collection of over 22 million photographs have been acquired,donated or bequeathed to the NA, with 10,000 digitalised images currently online.
Amongst them is the Hanry (Henry?) G. Dibdin collection of 13 photographs, all dated August 1912. Two of the photographs can be viewed online.

1. View of Brockville, Ontario. August 1912
2. Ferry landing stage and C.P.R. (Canadian Pacific Railway) Depot
3. Riverside Villas, Fern Bank, Brockville, Ont
4. Roman Catholic Cathedral of Mary, Queen of the World, Dorchester Street, Montreal, P.Q.
5. Warehouse and River scene, looking West, Prescott, Ont.
6. Shop and house, Main Street, Prescott, [Ont.].
7. Construction work, Main Gates, Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto, Ont.
8. Construction work, Main Gates, Canadian National Exhibition
9. Construction work, Main Gates, Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto, Ont.
10. Children bathing in river, Brockville, Ont., August, 1912.
11. Children sitting in front of 1912 Can. National Exhibition Poster, landing stage, Brockville, Ont., 1912.
12. Workmen with merchandise on C.P.R. (Canadian Pacific Railway) jetty, Brockville, [Ont.] August, 1912.
13. Men with ice truck, C.P.R. (Canadian Pacific Railway) Dock, Prescott, Ont., August 1912.

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