I am looking for a needle in a haystack. Leal Arthur Streeter enlisted in the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force in Fernie, BC, Canada on 6/30/1916. He listed his next of kin as Mrs. L. A. Streeter (his wife) living in Anaconda, MT. Leal had emigrated from Michigan to British Columbia in 1903. His father was a lumberman.

My guess is that his wife returned to her parents home in Anaconda while he served. Leal survived the war and died in Vancouver, BC in 1940. I am trying to determine who his wife was. I have no proof that she was from Montana either, it is just a guess.

Any help, suggestions etc would be welcome.

Larry Isberg
isberg48@yahoo.com

I plowed through your haystack and found the needle!

BRITISH COLUMBIA MARRIAGE INDEX, 1872-1924:

Name: STREETER, Leal Arthur
Bride: STJEANN, Aileen
Marriage Date: 24 Jan 1913
Place: Fernie, British COLUMBIA
BCArchives: #B11385
Registration #: 1913-09-152271 (microfilm record)
GSU #: 1983978 (Family History Library--microfilm)

The original of this record can be found at:

British COLUMBIA Vital Statistics Agency
P.O. Box 9657
Stn. Prov. Govt., Victoria, BC U8W 9P3
or you can email:

http://www.hlth.gov.bc.ca/vs/index.html

(I think you will have to cut and paste the above to your browser's address window).

I think you may also be able to find the marriage record at an LDS Family History Library (You would need the GSU #).
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British COLUMBIA Death Index, 1872 to 1979:

Name: Leal Arthur STREETER
Age: 48 years
Date of Death: 13 May 1940
Place: Vancouver
Registration #: 1940-09-572968
BCA #: B13168
GSU #: 1953628
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I checked the census data for 1910, 1920 and 1930 and did not find any Streeters residing in Anaconda or Deer Lodge County, nor did I find an Aileen STREETER in any census for Montana. I did find Leal Arthur STREETER in Michigan living with his parents in 1900 if you would like that information.
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I hope you have found the above information useful. I am not related

Not sure if the following are the same guy,
but they could be:
I am not related,
Cathee

Lethbridge Herald, The
3/25/1933
Leal Streeter, Pentleton mill hand
formerly of Vancouver, has found
the going pretty tough the past few
months while waiting for the local
sawmill to open, but the depression
is over now as far as he is concerned.
He reports having Just received
word from Chicago, that he and
three brothers and a sister will share
In the $5,000,000 estate of the late
Capt. Wellington Streeter.
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Border Crossings: From Canada to U.S., 1895-1956
about Leal Arthur Streeter AL Walters
Name: Leal Arthur Streeter
Arrival Date: 24 Jun 1916
Age: 25
Birth Date: abt 1891
Birth Country: USA
Gender: Male
Race/Nationality: German

Port of Arrival: Sweet Grass, Montana, USA
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This is great. My thanks. Not sure why Aileen was in Anaconda, perhaps she knew someone. I will save the link to the BC Marriage index as I have other people known to have passed thru there.

Larry Isberg
isberg48@yahoo.com

My goodness. Yes this is the right person. Leal was a grand-nephew of Cap Streeter (see www.capstreeter.com for more on him). Although my mother was a Streeter this family is not related. However they did intermarry with my wife's family several times in Gladwin, Michigan. So I have been tracing the many members looking for other connections.

I did pass this information along to a person writing a book on Cap Streeter. He may have known about the article on Leal but maybe not.

My thanks to everyone.

Larry Isberg,
isberg48@yahoo.com