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Migrated to Australia
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Pauline | Report | 11 Jun 2013 18:48 |
I wonder if anyone can help me to trace Francis Smithson who was born in the UK (Manchester) in 1918, was a merchant seaman and went to Australia (NSW) around 1950. He married Melva Jean Boyce in Bankstown in 1960 and died in Blacktown in 1972.I don't know if they had any children. If these names mean anything to anyone I'd love to hear from you. Many thanks, Pauline |
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MarieCeleste | Report | 11 Jun 2013 19:40 |
Hello Pauline, to see if anyone else is connected to Francis then use the Search Trees facility under Search on the menu above. |
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MarieCeleste | Report | 11 Jun 2013 19:46 |
Found this: |
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MarieCeleste | Report | 11 Jun 2013 20:24 |
Just poking around to see what turns up ..... |
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Pauline | Report | 11 Jun 2013 20:51 |
Thank you so much for this information - it's great ! Francis actually disappeared in 1950 - went off to sea on a merchant vessel and never came back, leaving a wife and child behind in Manchester. There was a rumour that he'd gone to Australia but the family have never known for sure. It's very exciting - thank you again. |
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MarieCeleste | Report | 11 Jun 2013 21:16 |
Hi Pauline, I'm not seeing anything else conclusive for Melva Jean and that's the only ER (so far) that I found them together on. |
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MarieCeleste | Report | 11 Jun 2013 21:27 |
Another ER: |
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Pauline | Report | 11 Jun 2013 22:19 |
Hi again. Until today the only information I had was an extensive tree going backwards in time from 1911 plus the date and place of Francis's birth, his marriage in England and his son's birth and the story of his disappearance when his son was 2 years old (i.e. 1950). The family rumour was that he had gone to Australia as a merchant seaman. The family never heard anything else of him after 1950. |
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Valerie | Report | 12 Jun 2013 06:15 |
Hi Pauline |
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Pauline | Report | 12 Jun 2013 10:29 |
Hi Valerie, |
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Gai | Report | 12 Jun 2013 11:45 |
Death Notice |
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Researching: |
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Pauline | Report | 12 Jun 2013 12:32 |
Thank you very much for this death notice - I've been trying to find my way around the various sites to find it this morning, but was getting into a tangle. Thank you for sorting me out - the information is very valuable. |
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Gai | Report | 12 Jun 2013 13:19 |
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Researching: |
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Pauline | Report | 12 Jun 2013 15:24 |
Thank you so much Marie Celeste, Valerie and Gai for your contributions - if there's anything I can do for you on the UK side please let me know, I'd be delighted to help. |
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MarieCeleste | Report | 12 Jun 2013 19:29 |
You're very welcome Pauline! |
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paliju | Report | 12 Jun 2013 21:56 |
ForAustralian newspapers online and searchable free, try typing "Trove" into your search engine. Invaluable but highly addictive! |
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Researching: |
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Pauline | Report | 13 Jun 2013 08:15 |
Thank you, Paiju, I'll give that a try. |