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FAIRTHORN

FAIRTHORN Report 7 Jun 2014 03:08

CHEERS patchem

seems checking the poster's GR family tree he KNOWS ALL this :-S

so I have deleted my posts .. the poster does not realise if you come on a public website, others offer help without any suspicious motives :-S

Z

Researching:
" My other half is NOT my better half "

patchem

patchem Report 6 Jun 2014 17:11

Alice Pettifor
Birth Date: abt 1907 Age: 28
Port of Departure: Tiko, Cameroon
Arrival Date: 10 Dec 1935 Port of Arrival: London, England
Ports of Voyage: Rotterdam Ship Name: Viceroy of India
Shipping line: Laeisz Line Official Number: 712

Travelling with John snr, tea planter, and John jnr, age 1

33, Cambridge Mansions, Cambridge Road, Battersea, SW11

Travelling 2nd class, whilst on the previous post, on his own, was 1st class.

patchem

patchem Report 6 Jun 2014 17:08

Sorry, not paying attention, but if you are assuming there is a son here, No.

Mr John Basil Ross Pettifor
Birth Date: abt 1901 Age: 33 Port of Departure: Calcutta, India
Arrival Date: 18 Jan 1934 Port of Arrival: London, England
Ports of Voyage: Calcutta Ship Name: Mulbera
Shipping line: British India Steam Navigation Company Ltd
Official Number: 146298

He is a Tea Planter, going to c/o Mrs T Pettifor, 16 Hamilton Road, Oxford.

jax

jax Report 5 Jun 2014 13:29

An Arthur Boyce was named in the divorce in 1934 could that be his fathers name?

http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/s/res?_q=alice+brain&_sd=1858&_ed=1937

Researching:
Nothing much

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 5 Jun 2014 10:38

Not seeing anything except his birth, Derek.

There are many marriages, in various places, for people called Reginald (or Derek, if he used his middle name instead) Brain, but without being able to see the certs it's impossible to know if any of them was your half brother.

When was the last contact you had with him?

Researching:
Old genealogists never die.....they just lose their census.

Derek

Derek Report 5 Jun 2014 09:52

My half brother. Reginald Derek Brain born Folkestone 1932,Mother was Alice nee Huish.Any data on him would be appreciated.

Derek Charles Brain