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Hi all i need all you sleuths out there please can anyone help find JOSEPH THOMAS CARTER born 1885/1886 in Eastbourne east sussex England he lived in Hailsham nr Eastbourne .His parents were Richard Carter and Harriet (nee Goldsmith )He Joined the army and discharged on 19/5 /1916 as medically unfit .he married a "scottish Granny " they had 3 possible children Florence ,Mary ,& Robert .He travelled around with family doing demolition work .in 1993 Jess Carter his brother had a letter who informed a Philip Carter in Canada as he was doing a book ( a great nephew) Nothing has been heard of since .Please can anyone help on this quest to find any info and relatives on Joseph so that my cousin and myself can finish off that particular line .All of his brothers have been found except him .We dont even know the real name of "scottish granny so we cant go forward on her.This is all the info i have !
a Huge thankyou in advance
Zillah (muddypuddy1 )
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Not sure why you posted this in "The Lighter Side"? ???
Joseph Carter is a very common name - even Joseph T Carter isn't exactly rare?!
Have you found him on the 1939 National Register?
I looked at FreeBMD for a birth for Florence (as the least common name of the 3 children). But there are so many Florence Carter's out there!
Between 12 and 20 every year!
I'm not sure your family tale really holds water?
How did a "Scottish Granny" still manage to produce 3 children?
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Joseph Thomas Carter birth registered Oct-Nov-Dec 1885 Eastbourne Sussex
1891 born Eastbourne 1886, with parents and 4 other children.
Not with family 1901 or 1911 and no clear trace elsewhere?
16 trees on Ancestry some with the same information as your post.
Do you know when and where Florence, Mary ,& Robert were born?
Colin
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His exact date of birth could help find his death record and him in 1939 ;)
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thank you for your input firstly i have not used the lighter side for along time and i went straight to it so if someone wants to move it then do so to the right section
secondly hes not on the 1939 registers i have even asked ancestry personally and they cant find him .Hes just a mystery and i personally dont think we will find him YET
thirdly i said the children are a possibility but not sure if we are going up on a banana boat . we have been looking from 1916 onwards and nothing .Scottish granny could be a red herring i know but some of the family seems to have heard of and known as scottish granny but didnt know her real name .
one of Joseph brothers was Nelson Victor Carter a VC holder and all the other brothers was in the army
thank you
zillah
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Joseph was born oct 1885
"son "Robert E born 1923 the 2 sisters Mary and Florence i havent got births for because as i said before maybe those 3 MIGHT NOT be family i got no marriage for Joseph and maybe they didnt marry and live in sin :-\
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Ancestry don't hold the 1939 National Register - so rather pointless asking them! ;D
Wikipedia page re Nelson Carter: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Victor_Carter
If it helps anyone, he was born on 6 April 1887 to Richard Carter, of Hailsham; husband of Kathleen Carter, of 33 Greys Road, Old Town, Eastbourne.
FreeBMD has a birth for Robert E Carter, March qtr 1923, St Faith's Registration District (Norfolk)
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Another Robert E Carter, June qtr 1923, Canterbury Registration District
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MMN for Robert E Carter's bn between 1922 and 1924:
1922 Osman (Wallingford)
1923 Rolfe (St Faiths)
1923 Pilcher (Canterbury)
1924 Newman (Shipston)
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1923 REC (St Faiths) has parents Robert G W and Florence Carter, so prob not him.
1924 REC (Shipston) has parents Frank W and Elsie M Carter.
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thankyou we know all about Nelson V carter as we went to Richburge France in June for the anniversary with the Royal Sussex Reg
Thankyou Spidermonkey we found a possible marriage to Pilcher i am certain she could be her BUT people are saying its not her and put doubts in my head .