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« on: Tuesday 19 July 05 02:51 BST (UK) »
Thanks Maureen,
This is great, being actually able to find out anything.
I have made a mistake re: my original date of marriage of Murray A. Boswood and Alice Bowman. I now think it would more likely to be anywhere between 1900 and 1907. Still supposed to be in NZ.
Your last email confirmed what we though was correct. Frederick A Boswood was born to Alice Bowman (do not know middle initial or if there even was one) on his original birth certificate. He was born in 1908. He needed to get a birth certificate at some time probably when he was around 30- 40 years old. He had his name changed to Boswood as he knew his father to be Murray A. Boswood. Frederick A. had a falling out with his father and apparently left home in his early teen years. This would make the year anything from 1921 onwards. He was told his mother was Alice Bowman and that she had died but his father never told him where the grave site was. She apparently was the housekeeper but we do not know if they actually married. He could never remember his mother. This may have been the reason he left home so early.
While he was living at home his father remarried. There"Bunny"
After Frederick took to the roads he lost contact with them.
He did have contact much later with them and I believe they were in WA at that stage.
I do not know whether Alice Bowman actually died or whether she just disappeared from Frederick's life.
Frederick never really spoke very much about his family and said things were better left alone, which makes me think something must have happened between the family.
I would like to know what happened to his sister/brothers ?
Regards - Joy
Frederick finished up in Victoria. He was in the RAAF in the 2nd WW.
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