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Title: George Henry Marr
Post by: djamesp on Sunday 28 October 12 07:29 GMT (UK)

George Henry (sometimes Harold) Marr; b. Thorpe Bassett, Yorks March qr 1881; son of George Henry and Sara Stephenson; clerk 1901 Census, traveller 1911 Census.
Went to NSW c1912; married Janet (Nettie) Clark, Ashfield 1918; to NZ c1921. 
He was a Methodist Home Missionary for the next ten years.  There was a child of the marriage, though not named in local records. His wife died  at Sydney in 1933, and after spending a year or so in NZ GHM returned to the UK c1938.  He may have been a radio announcer in Sydney for a brief time.
Matters are confused by another George Henry Marr in NSW at that time - the latter's WW1 record clearly rules out any confusion - there must be two GHM's.
I am trying to discover what he did during the period c1912 and 1921 in NSW, and I would also like to know what he did when he returned to the UK, with his place and date of death. 

Title: Re: George Henry Marr
Post by: ennael on Sunday 28 October 12 08:18 GMT (UK)

Hi,
are you able to provide Georges' parents names please.

Leanne

Title: Re: George Henry Marr
Post by: ~MERLIN~ on Sunday 28 October 12 08:18 GMT (UK)

If he returned to the area that he was born then this could be his death:

MARR George H age 66yrs d. Sep qtr 1947 Ryedale #1b /629

Title: Re: George Henry Marr
Post by: ~MERLIN~ on Sunday 28 October 12 08:20 GMT (UK)

Quote from: ennael on Sunday 28 October 12 08:18 GMT (UK)

Hi,
are you able to provide Georges' parents names please.

Leanne

Leanne, they are in the first line of the original post  ;D

Title: Re: George Henry Marr
Post by: ennael on Sunday 28 October 12 08:22 GMT (UK)

Hi,
thanks Merlin, saw it after I posted and then had trouble modifying the post.
Leanne

Title: Re: George Henry Marr
Post by: djamesp on Monday 29 October 12 04:39 GMT (UK)

Thanks, Merlin, for your response.  I had found that death registration, and I now know that Thorpe Bassett is in the Ryedale Registration District.  So there's a good chance it will be the man I'm looking for.  I didn't enter that in my original data because I had no way of verifying it, and I am still left with a blank for that decade between 1937 and 1947.

Title: Re: George Henry Marr
Post by: ~MERLIN~ on Monday 29 October 12 05:08 GMT (UK)

Quote from: djamesp on Monday 29 October 12 04:39 GMT (UK)

Thanks, Merlin, for your response.  I had found that death registration, and I now know that Thorpe Bassett is in the Ryedale Registration District.  So there's a good chance it will be the man I'm looking for.  I didn't enter that in my original data because I had no way of verifying it, and  I am still left with a blank for that decade between 1937 and 1947.

I suggest you check the Electoral Rolls in the UK or post a request on the Yorkshire board of RC.