Richard Slater Raby1

#5218, (1879 - 1958)
Pedigree
Charts5 Generations of Descendants of Sir Richard Henry Bonnycastle (1791-1847)

Life Events

OccupationRichard Slater Raby was a clerk in the civil service for the Department of Railways and Canals.2 
BirthHe was born on 8 Nov 1879 in Manchester, England.3 
1881 CensusRichd S Raby appeared on the 1881 Census of Manchester, Lancashire, at 115 Carter Street. He was one year old and with his parents Robert, a commercial clerk, and Margaret and two brothers.4 
MarriageHe married Georgina Amelia Hay on 2 Mar 1903 in Toronto, York County, Ontario.
Information from marriage register: Richard S Raby, age 23, residence Toronto, born England, bachelor, Traveller, Methodist, son of Robert Raby & Margaret D Slater;
Georgy A Hay, 31, residence Toronto, born England, widow, Anglican, daughter of Arthur Dale & Henrietta Bonnycastle.
The witnesses were Alf J Saunders of Toronto & ME Machell of Toronto.1 
Note.The Civil Service List of Canada, 1911, includes Richard Slater RABY, born 1879.5 
1911 CensusRichard and Georgina Raby appeared on the 1911 Census of Ottawa, Carleton County, Ontario, at 168 Fourth Ave, enumerated 1911. Richard was 38, born May 1873 in England, immigrated 1892, religion Anglican, and he was a Government Servant for Dominion Government, working 52 weeks at 39 hrs/wk for $2400. Georgina was 40 [sic], born in November 1871 [sic] in Ontario. With them were Georgina's children from earlier marriages: Arthur & Adeline BRUCE and Catherine & Bonycastle LACKEY.6 
(Witness) Marriage Richard S Raby witnessed the marriage of William Rogers Latimer and his stepdaughter Adeline Gladys Bruce on 17 Oct 1911 in Ottawa, Carleton County, Ontario.7 
(Informant) DeathRichard Slater Raby registered the 1911 death of his father-in-law Arthur Dale.8 
CEFRichard Slater Raby volunteered for the Canadian Expeditionary Force at Toronto. The attestation papers were completed 23 March [year unreadable] and included the following information: Lieutenant Richard Slater Raby, born 8 November 1879 in Manchester England, address 93 Cameron Avenue Ottawa, next-of-kin wife Georgy Amelie Raby of same address, Civil Servant, Wesleyan Methodist, Militia membership No 5 Co CASC, former service 5 months 2nd Contingent, Divisional, Train.3 
(Widowed) DeathHis wife Georgy died on 22 Aug 1928.9 
DeathRichard died on 9 Apr 1958 in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Details from the registration: Richard Slater Raby, lived in Vancouver 28 years, in Canada 55 years, residence 3341 Turner Street, married, born 8 November 1879 in England, age 78, Clerk, last worked in 1930, wife Emily Madaline Beavis, parents names unknown, informant wife, burial 11 April 1958 in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Burnaby.10 
Last Edited13 Sep 2014

Citations

  1. Province of Ontario Marriage Registers: Raby/Hay, #001377-03, Family History Library.
  2. E-mails from David Beresford-Green to J Kolthammer.
  3. Canadian Expeditionary Force Attestation Papers & Enlistment Forms. Library and Archives Canada, (http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/020110_e.html), online images, Lieutenant Richard Slater Raby.
  4. 1881 Census for England & Wales, RG11/3922 folio 92.
  5. Ancestry.com databases, Civil Service List of Canada: 1 April 1911
    Source Reference: National Library of Canada, Ottawa: Parliamentary Sessional Papers, Sessional Paper No. 30/page 321.
  6. 1911 Census for Canada. Image from Library and Archives Canada viewed at Ancestry.com. Ontario, Ottawa City 105, Capitol Ward 10, page 16.
  7. Ontario Marriage Registration. Latimer/Bruce, #002670-11.
  8. Ontario Death Registration. Arthur Dale, #010727-11.
  9. Ontario Death Registration. Georgy Amelia Raby, #026539-28.
  10. British Columbia Death Registration. Richard Slater Raby, 1958, #004622.