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The Common Room / Re: Ship Deserter John Roscoe Australia 1890
« on: Thursday 17 July 25 05:40 BST (UK) »
He(John Frederick Roscoe) was born Dec 1864 to John Roscoe(1840 - 1878)and Susannah Williams(1836? - 1912) in Battersea. He married Alice Harriet Slann in 1888/89 in London and is not traceable after that. I cannot find a death certificate. He was not living with his wife in 1891 but she says she was married, by 1901 she says she was a widow and by 1902 she had remarried. Like a lot of his relatives JFR worked for the railways in London first as a lampman then a stoker. The John Roscoe who went to sea was born in London and was employed as a fireman. I think there is a plausible link between the 2 JFR's but I would like to try and find something more concrete - ie naval/Australian any records in existence that would verify this. Thanks for your response.