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Research in Other Countries => Other Countries => Topic started by: percy porter on Sunday 09 July 23 10:45 BST (UK)
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I have tracked Robert and his wife to Bermuda in the early 1920's
I have details of a daughter travelling to and from New York in 1945-46-47 and 48 supposedly for work but with the exception of the first visit they were all of 3 weeks. Her occupation is shown as Milliner.
The family had previously been in South Africa and Mauritius and were there in the 1911 census.
The address is shown as Pembroke in Mauritius.
Hoping for any information on death or burial notices it doesn't appear as if the records are availble online
Alan
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Per the 1911 census he was a Quarter Master Sergeant with 3rd Battalion Royal Fusiliers.
Per WW1 medal records his regimental number was 6939
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Britton, Robert Edward
Resided Place Bordon
Conferred by the Government of the Republic of Panama.
Regimental Quartermaster Serjeant
Service Number 6939
Gazette Issue No. 31783 – Medal of “La Solidaridad”, 3rd Class (with Rosette) The Decorations or Medals were awarded by the Allied Powers at various dates to the British Forces for distinguished services rendered during the course of the campaign. His Majesty the King has given unrestricted permission to all cases to wear the Decorations and Medals in question.
Gazette Date 13 Feb 1920
Gazette Page 1938
British Army Regiment Royal Fusiliers (London Regiment) Battalion 3rd Battalion
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Daughter, Marjorie Agnes' birth 1908, South Africa
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91L-Z9ZD-1?cc=1779109
For Information, the 1911 census record.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7VQ-25V
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probate 1 June 1965
Marjorie Agnes Britton of Pembroke Parish, Bermuda died 21 May 1964...to Elizabeth Mary Britton
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1924 Passenger record for Robert & Elizabeth on entry to Canada on route to Bermuda
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3W5-VQ9S-X?cc=3875202&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3A68MH-26T5
Marriage in 1905, Bermuda to Agnes Matilda Whitecross
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:68FG-JB69
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Death of Elizabeth in 1954 (not to be confused with daughter of same name).
Bermuda Royal Gazette, 4 October 1954
https://bnl.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/BermudaNP02/id/169962/rec/1
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Death of son Francis:
https://bnl.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/BermudaNP02/id/74011/rec/1 (bottom of column 5)
and
https://bnl.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/BermudaNP02/id/74012/rec/1 (column 4)
Obituary
https://bnl.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/BermudaNP02/id/74025/rec/2
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Marriage in 1905, Bermuda to Agnes Matilda Whitecross
That's a bit of a puzzle. He was married to Elizabeth Mary Lovett in Bermuda that year. Possibly some mistake with the page references?
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I agree Shaun. She married a William Sydney Harris, 1905, Bermuda
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:68FG-6F6Z
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If Marjorie Agnes probate was to her sister, does that indicate that her father was dead by that date?
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Thanks to all those answers above, this has been an interesting search and have only recently got back on to it. A bit of a red herring for me in a way as he is quite far of the tree from the line I am following he is the son of Harriet Britton who in turn is the daughter of my GG Grandfather And the boy was 'born out of wedlock'. we found him in the 1881 in Hoo with his grandfather and shown as "Grandson" and again in the 1891 census were he is listed as Ag Lab.
A revisit out of curiosity turned ap the incorrect marriage to AM Whitecross in 1905 and his presence on Mauritius in the 1911 census. Not sure how he got there as the Royal Fusilier's website states that the 3rd Brigade was stationed in India prior to WW1 and went from there to France when war broke out. the battalion was subsequently disbanded in 1945 at the end of the war.
Another and hopefully final revisit a couple of weeks ago as a result of a passing comment to my boss at our local museum has resulted in revealing some of the above but added more, it creates more questions than answers.
I did find an entry in the 1939 register of a Robert Britton and Agnes M Britton in East Kirby Notts, but recent finds has eliminated him.
Thanks for your help, but still interested in finding a date of death if possible
Alan
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his presence on Mauritius in the 1911 census. Not sure how he got there as the Royal Fusilier's website states that the 3rd Brigade was stationed in India prior to WW1
Bermuda 1904, South Africa 1906, Mauritius 1910-11, then to India.
See page 13
https://www.fusiliermuseumlondon.org/download?id=12382