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Subject: [CAN-BC] Re: Searching in Nelson and Eholt
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 17:34:42 EST


Hello Joyce,

Thank you for your reply and offer of help to check the library loan
procedure. I appreciate your help!

The names I'm searching are confusing but I will post them in case anyone has
come across them. This is alot of info I'm providing in case any of it will
help someone who may know of records related to their timeframe and locations.

Joseph DOBECK is my g-grandfather. He was born in Prussia in 1858 and
immigrated to Wilno, Ontario in 1868. He is found in the 1901 census for
Cranbrook, BC listed as Joseph Dobeck, born 1864.

Josephine BURCHAT, married her first cousin Joseph DOBECK in Oct. 1896 in
Pembroke, ON. She was born in 1874 in Wilno, ON but consistently gives her
birth as several years earlier. She didn't much like her name and is found
as Anna (1901 BC census) and Clara (adopted this after finding a pin with
that name and decided that that was the one that she would stick with for
life, go figure).

Clara DOBECK or DUBECK. This is Josephine BURCHAT.

MaryAnn Christianna, aka Anna DOBECK or DUBECK. Born Dec. 1896, Pembroke,
ON. She is found on the 1901 BC census listed as Annie DOBECK.

Katherine BURCHAT, sister of Josephine. She is found in the 1901 BC census
for Cranbrook as Catherine BURKET. The name BURCHAT is pronounced as both
"Bur-cat" and "Burk-it" so it is often misspelled.

The records that I have are:

1901 BC census, Cranbrook. Shows all the above people.

1903, Frank Alberta - The book, Crowsnest and It's People, has a write up on
Joseph DOBECK and mentions the "wife and daughter" not named. It states that
the wife died in Frank, but the truth is that she left him and took the
child. There is a possible story behind this that some living relatives will
not talk about. All I know is that "what Josephine and Katherine did to
Joseph is unprintable and broke his heart." I would like to find records
that state the name of the wife and child, as well as any further information
from the papers.

1903, Frank Alberta - The book, Tragedies of the Crowsnest Pass: The Frank
Slide, states that Joseph Dobeck was working in the train shed at the time of
the slide. I imagine that there are newspaper articles that detail this
record, but I've not located them yet.

Sept. 1904 - Nov. 1905 - Convent records. Anna DOBECK is living in a convent
in Pembroke, ON. Her aunt Kate BURCHATT is paying her board and is listed as
the person responsible for Annie. Kate is living in Barry's Bay, ON.

March 1905 - Postcard addressed to Mrs. Clara DOBECK, c/o Mr. Ludlow, Windsor
Hotel, Denora (?) Eholt, BC.

Sept. 1905 - Feb. 1906 - Convent records. Clara DOBECK is paying the board.
Her address is listed as Nelson, BC. Mrs. Clara is listed as the responsible
party for Annie DUBECK.

June 1906 - Anna is still in the convent.

Anna left the convent probably late 1906 to early 1907. Family history
states that she went to assist her mother. Clara was working as a cook in
the home of a wealthy family and Anna came to work as the babysitter. How
long they remained in BC is unknown. The next record that I have is an April
1916 St. Alban's List record of Kate BURCHAT coming to the USA to live with
her sister in Washington, USA. The St. Alban's records for Dobeck/Dubeck are
on order, although I'm not certain I will find anything. Family history
states that they sneaked over the boarder. All US records state that they
were born in Minnesota, USA and were French Canadian rather than Polish as
they really were.

I would appreciate any thoughts on this and suggestions as to where else I
might find records on these people.

Thanks for reading.
Shelly in California.


> Hi Shelley,
> I'm in Nelson, I don't believe the museum does any interlibrary loans
> but I can check with them and with the library here and see what the
> archival material is. I know that they do have the local newspaper on
> microfilm but don't know how far back it goes. I'm not sure about city
> directories. What was your g-grandmother's name?
> Joyce Johnson
>
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