Canada, Ontario, Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947
Name index of Ontario, Canada, death registration entries. Registration entries for 1939-1947 are for overseas deaths only.
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Canada, Ontario, Deaths and Overseas Deaths
What is in This Collection?
This collection includes an index of death records from July 1869 through 1937 and overseas deaths of Ontario military personnel from 1939-1947. Registrations were kept on printed forms and then bound into volumes. The entries are arranged chronologically by date of registration. A provincial act to register births, marriages, and deaths went into effect on July 1, 1869. This act created the Office of the Registrar General, and in each county or incorporated city or town, a clerk of the peace acted as the district registrar. Each municipality (city, village, town, township, or district) had a division registrar who sent all their books to a district registrar. This district registrar then transmitted the records to the registrar general at the provincial level. In 1875, the office of district registrar was eliminated, and the division registrars began sending their registrations directly to the registrar general.
Additional records and/or images may be added to this collection in the future.
To Browse This Collection
| You can browse through images in this collection using the waypoints on the Collection Browse Page for Canada, Ontario Deaths,1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947. |
What Can These Records Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these records:
Death before 1908
- Name of the deceased
- Death and registration date
- Birthplace of the deceased
- Either the spouse's name of deceased or, if single, the father's name (1907-1908)
- Age at death
- Gender
- Name of the informant
- Informant's relationship to deceased (often a relative)
- Former residence of the deceased (1896–1906)
- Residence of the informant (1869–1896)
Death after 1908
- Full name of the father and maiden name of the mother
- Parents' birthplace
- Place of death. The place of death was implied by the divisions and county where the event was registered
Collection Content
Sample Images
1873 Death Record
1936 Death Record
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Inventory
| Film | DGS | Ontario Overseas--Deaths, 1939-1947 |
|---|---|---|
| 1870300 | DGS 4171033 | Vol. 1 (#701001--James C. Cocklin) Dec. 30, 1939 (#701001-701109) 1940 (#701001-701514) 1941 Vols. 2-3 (#701001-701886) 1942 |
| 1870301 | DGS 4171034 | Vols. 3-5 (#701886-702998) 1942 Vol. 6 (#701001-701364) 1943 |
| 1870302 | DGS 4171036 | Vols. 6-9 (#701364-702883) 1943 |
| 1870303 | DGS 4171041 | Vols. 9-10 (#702883-703364) 1943 Vol. 11 (unnumbered certificates) 1943-1944 (includes one entry for Frances Lloyd Jones dated Oct. 22, 1942) Vols. 12-13 (#701001-701759) 1944 |
| 1870461 | DGS 4171347 | Vols. 13-16 (#701759-703234) 1944 |
| 1870462 | DGS 4171348 | Vols. 16-19 (#703234-704616) 1944 |
| 1870463 | DGS 4171349 | Vols. 19-22 (#704616-706122) 1944 |
| 1870464 | DGS 4171350 | Vols. 22-25 (#706122-707650) 1944 |
| 1870465 | DGS 4171351 | Vol. 25 (#707650-707973, plus unnumbered certificates) 1944 Vol. 26 (unnumbered certificates cont.) 1944 Vol. 27 (#701001-701775) 1945 |
| 1870466 | DGS 4171322 | Vols. 28-31 (#701775-703300) 1945 |
| 1870467 | DGS 4171352 | Vol. 31 (#703300-703333, plus unnumbered certificates) 1945 (#701001-701016) 1946 (#701001-701004, plus 3 unnumbered certificates) 1947 |
Collection Details
Language
English
Location of Original Records
Archives of Ontario
"Canada, Ontario, Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947." Database with images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 2 July 2026. Citing Registrar General. Archives of Ontario, Toronto.
