Harry Greer Cayley (1902)

Ancestors

Biography

Harry was born in Orillia, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada 1902. He was the son of John Joseph Cayley and Lela McDonald. He moved to the United States, applying for naturalisation in 1929.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Naturalization records (Boston, Massachusetts) NARA, RG 21, declaration 224944, consulted on 12 October 2018 at FindMyPast (subscription site)

• Ontario Birth Index, consulted at (subscription site) FindMyPast

Research Notes

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Harry Greer Cayley was born on February 11, 1902, the son of John J. Cayley, clerk, and Lela M. McDonald, of Orillia, Ontario.

(first page of birth register) "Canada, Ontario Births, 1869-1912," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939J-DD9M-KQ?cc=1784212&wc=QZ3B-LRY%3A1584203503%2C1584232501%2C1584233201 : 15 January 2016), Births > 1902 > no 34406-42010 > image 749 of 1025; citing Archives of Ontario, Toronto.

(second page of birth register) "Canada, Ontario Births, 1869-1912," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939J-DD1K-Q?cc=1784212&wc=QZ3B-LRY%3A1584203503%2C1584232501%2C1584233201 : 15 January 2016), Births > 1902 > no 34406-42010 > image 750 of 1025; citing Archives of Ontario, Toronto.

In 1911, they were enumerated in London, Ontario.

Ward 1, London, London, Ontario

• Cayley, John J., born Feb 1871
• Cayley, Maud L., born June 1880
• Cayley, Harry, born Feb 1902
• Cayley, Hilda, born June 1903
• Cayley, Gladis, born July 1905
• McDonald, Albert, father-in-law, born June 1848

The family emigrated to the United States in 1916.

"New York, Northern Arrival Manifests, 1902-1956," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9392-6XS3-BW?cc=1876434&wc=39CB-YWL%3A173746801%2C174754501 : 20 May 2016), Buffalo, Lewiston, Niagara Falls, and Rochester > Soundex: C-241 to C-400 Maria > image 7922 of 8331; citing NARA microfilm publication M1480 and M1482 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

"New York, Southern District, U.S District Court Naturalization Records, 1824-1946," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9HF-492D?cc=2060123&wc=M5P2-W38%3A351694601 : 12 June 2020), Petitions for naturalization and petition evidence 1932 no 201345-210600 > image 284 of 984; citing NARA microfilm publication M1972, Southern District of New York Petitions for Naturalization, 1897-1944. Records of District Courts of the United States, 1685 - 2009, RG 21. National Archives at New York.