Tagging a Missing Person

Question

In my family, we have a Missing Person.  One who as far as I know, was not reported to be missing  (this is still unclear).  I was wondering if there is a category already created for these types of profiles.  This person is most likely deceased (born in 1927).  No one has heard from them since the early 1960's. They have only 1 sibling left who would like to "lay this to rest" if you know what I mean.   Thoughts?

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Do you have a profile for the stray? As much info as you can put on the profile will help anyone who wants to help search. Ancestry has lots of interesting things like city directories and voter registrations that might help.

You could share the profile here, maybe, just asking for help and not sharing that it is a missing person or long lost relative.

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I have added the profile, I was not expecting anyone to help find them.  Read it, and you will probably find out locating a street person...is near impossible.  :-)  Hence wanting to know if these types of profiles have a tag.

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If in Vancouver, try contacting the Downtown East Side Women's shelter, the Carnegie Outreach Program, and other similar places.  Most likely none of them will answer questions about the persons they have helped, if only on the basis of privacy laws, although there are other considerations.  But if they know definitely that she died, that, I believe, they would tell you.  Or they can actually use the contact to help her directly if she is still around.

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I don't think there were Women's shelters in the early 1960's and their records were probably purged.  Along with, if she died with ID then they would have contacted next of kin.  At least that is what RCMP and VPD say.  There is no Missing Person's report ever filed on her according to the intake Officer I spoke with today and I will be getting a call in next few days to officially file one.  I really was just curious how to tag a profile of a missing person.  I have never seen any so was curious!  :-)  Your info is invaluable especially to others who are searching for more recent "lost family"  or the "missing".

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DEWC was founded in 1978 from what I see on their site.  So that puts them out for 1960s.

Other than that, would probably have to ask if there is a registry for paupers' funerals.  She could still be alive, although would be very old now.

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Did that, she is not llsted.  Hoping the RCMP, can find her, if she is alive that...would be amazing!

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ID does not mean they would contact next of kin.  They can only do that if such are recorded in the ID item somewhere.  My mother's only sister disappeared from circulation ages ago also, there was some rumour that she had gone to England with a man.  I accidentally found her funeral record while searching for something else.  She was listed as a widow, but DOB was right.

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Glad you found her, was she in England?  was the rumor correct?  And I guess re ID, they are lying to me..idk, that's what the officer said to me yesterday.  I will clarify that when I hear from RCMP Missing Persons Vancouver BC, Canada.

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She died in this part of the world, no idea if she ever went to England and came back or not.  Not sure if I can get access to whatever records may exist for her.

Answer 1

I think the term would be "long lost relative". "Missing person" would involve a different kind of criteria, but yes, it's very important to a family to find out what happened to their loved one.

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I like long lost relative, but we did not lose her. Many relatives (and there are many of us) have attempted to located her after her last communication.  Technically, she has been "missing" for years.

Answer 2

maybe ask Vancouver (or other large BC cities) about their pauper’s graves

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Did that.  Thanks though.  :-)

Answer 3

All I have found is an obituary for Evelyn Bratt, who died in 1999, that states her sister Elizabeth Kirek, predeceased her.

I have yet to find death records for Ms. Kirek.

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it is spelled Kerik so if it's for Kirek then that is not the same family.  But I would have to see the obit and where it is from.  Alberta, Canada?

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That was likely a typo on my part (Kirek) is what I found.

will post the obit on her sister evelyn's profile.

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She did not have a sister with that surname. (Bratt)  But thanks.  Kirek is definitely incorrect.