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Searching for my Great Grandfathers grave?

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 ?


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: 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.