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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Born Overseas
« on: Friday 14 July 17 05:16 BST (UK)  »
Appreciate the help folks - we did have a lot of that info but there's a fair amount that is new to us and dovetails nicely on the Spark side of the family where we've found a Spark brother who had returned from working in Arizona in 1910 through a Facebook group "Fietscher Fotos of South Shields & surrounding areas."- a lady posted a picture of her relative with the name and confirmed that he was brother to Martha leading us off on the Spark trail :)

Of special interest are the mis-spelled names in Lisa from California's post, that's the first (possible) mention of Ernest at this early age we've had.

Thankyou so much for the time you've all spent - can't wait for the weekend to follow up on the clues :D

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Born Overseas
« on: Tuesday 11 July 17 21:46 BST (UK)  »
Ernest James Rowden
Born 1910
Father Henry Rowden
Mother Martha Rowden (Spark)

We've found him on a number of merchant ship crew lists listed as English as well as his Royal Navy Reserve records which list him as born in Ray, Arizona ...

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Born Overseas
« on: Saturday 08 July 17 11:19 BST (UK)  »
Yep - not a sausage :)

His fathers death comes up but nothing for this mystery man - I suppose it's possible that he was born on the ship either to or from the US but again where would it be registered :)

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Family History Beginners Board / Born Overseas
« on: Saturday 08 July 17 11:03 BST (UK)  »
Really hit a brick wall on a relatives birth - we've tracked his father (UK national) to his death in Arizona where he was a copper miner - we can see his mother travelling to the US with her first child - on the ships manifest - his date of birth is during her stay in the US ...

My question is where would such a birth be registered? Normal online searches have proved fruitless in tracking the birth although we do have records later in life for work, marriage and death - the death certificate does point to Pinal County in Arizona but searches of on-line resources haven't brought anything up ....

Any advice would be a massive help :)

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Armed Forces / Re: Previous Military Service Unit Query
« on: Sunday 07 June 15 12:11 BST (UK)  »
Cheers folks - I'd drawn a complete blank on that one - appreciate the help :)

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Armed Forces / Re: Previous Military Service Unit Query
« on: Sunday 07 June 15 09:01 BST (UK)  »
Alfred Sangster
Birth 07 Sep 1878 in South Shields, Durham, England
Death 2 May 1916
Rank: L/Corporal,
Regiment: Durham Light Infantry,
Battalion: 14th Battalion,
Number: 4/9329,
Type of Casualty: Died of wounds

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Armed Forces / Previous Military Service Unit Query
« on: Saturday 06 June 15 20:37 BST (UK)  »
We have a relative from South Shields, UK who served in WW1 - on his papers, under the "Previous Military Service" it shows what looks to be 3rd DGAV - anyone have an idea of the full unit name?


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Durham / Re: South Shields Workhouse Admissions
« on: Friday 14 December 12 15:26 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks for that - tried the lookup board for some info on a relative that was listed in Durham Jail and got a wealth of new info - it's a great facility :)


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Durham / Re: South Shields Workhouse Admissions
« on: Friday 14 December 12 15:15 GMT (UK)  »
Blimey that was quick!!

Cheers :D

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