Searching for my Great Grandfathers grave?

Question

Would anyone be able to tell me where i should start to search for the location of my Great Grandfather's grave.

He was born in Croatia late 1800's and went to work in Canada Toronto around 1911. Apparently a year into his job he died, no idea of what and when i ask my mum she says 'I don't know, he was given an injeciton and died', he was buried there by his work mates. He left behind a wife and 2 toddlers. When i ask my relatives overseas or my mum they do not seem to have much information as they lived in a very poor village and just accepted the fact that he died. This year i started thinking about him and thought how sad that he died so young and alone in a foreign country and know one talks about it.
Would you think there would be a death certificate in Canada, do you think the hospital would have registered his details after he died? I wonder how dead foreigners would have been treated ?

Answer 1

Sadly, I doubt his grave will be found, but perhaps you can find the details of his death.

There's another source of information you might consider tracing, too. In that era, immigrants to Canada had to post a sort of bond when they entered the country. It was to ensure that if they were "undesirable", the Crown could send them back home. If they stayed long enough, it was refunded to them. If they died, it was supposed to pay for their burial. If he was in York Co, I'd start with local records there and see if you can trace the records on it and see what happened through that resource.

Answer 2

Here is the connection to the Ontario vital statistics registry. It's nice to hear that not just the Irish were secretive about family details.

Good luck. Since there were many immigrants in the late 1800s to early 1900s, I suspect he was well treated. The Canadians are kind people. That said, there were many influenzas at this time and he may be buried in some kind of pauper's grave, which doesn't mean his co-workers did not treat his death with respect.

Just keep digging, I'm sure you'll find the information you are seeking.

Answer 3

My parents are really big into genealogy. I would recommend contacting the county and ask how you order the recorded deaths that happened in the county around 1912. It probably wouldn't heart to locate all the graveyards in the city he died. Doing that might narrow the locations to just a couple.

Answer 4

Maybe getting touch with the Toronto Public Records Office if they have one.

Answer 5

http://www.cbs.gov.on.ca/mcbs/English/4ULUQT.htm
try the link above. it happened so long ago .You may have to pay for a copy of death certificate and need to prove you were related. Good luck- you will find out a lot of strange stuff along the way if you find the grave site!