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Hi
I wonder if anyone can help me with this one.

I have an ancestor, Ernest William Fraser, born in Stockton on Tees in 1883, his father was William Jackson Fraser and his mum Emma Jane Fawcett.  Emma died and William and the family moved to Denton, in Lancashire.  Family members tell me that Ernest returned to Durham where he joined the Merchant Navy.  In 1914 he married Catherine G Porteous in Southshields and had a son, Ernest William in 1916.

Ernest jnr also joined the Merchant Navy and was killed during WW11 on the Creekirk which was sank in Australian waters in 1940. 

However,  I have found a birth of a son, Ronald Gordon to Ernest snr and Catherine in 1930, in Ashton Under Line.  I know that Ernest returned to live in Denton and that he and his wife divorced.  This seems odd and I can't understand it, especially as the Ronald I am talking about is the actor, but my family member says that Ernest would have let everyone know this fact.

I would appreciate it if anyone can shine a light on this.

Many thanks

Aw thank you so much.  Im a bit new at this.  Cheers

Take care

Sheila

Hi looking for William Jackson Burial in Lanchester cemetry Durham 1855 buried with a son.  Sons name as well if possible please

Many thanks

Sheila

Wow  Thanks.  Which son.

I only learnt about him yesterday.  I have been tracing him via hia second son, William Newton Jackson, whose daughter, Mary Alice married John Simon Fraser, my 3xgreat grandfather.  It was only on a fluke that I tried the Durham site to research William Newton that I came across his father, the surgeon and his grandfather, also William.

I would appreciate any further news you'd be willing to share with me. 

Good luck

Sheila