Hi Mac
Thank you for that info. I have been in touch with some of that family line to try and prove their Arthur Patten and mine are the same. On my Arthur Jones's birth cert, he is listed as Arthur Edwin (no surname listed) and has his father as Arthur E Patten, policeman, Geraldton. Their Arthur is an Arthur Wenn Patten, so very confusing. Arthur Jones's mother Mary Jane Cable was reported as being a house keeper to Arthur E Patten, a policeman at the time she got pregnant. He was inbetween wives at the time, Harriet then Margaret....
They do not have my Arthur Edwin Jones/Cable/Patten in their tree at all, as he would have been illegitimate....
I just need tp prove Arthur E Patten and Arthur Wenn Patten are one and the same person....I have been in touch with an archivist for the WA Police and he says there was only one Arthur Patten listed as a policeman in the Geraldton, Greenough, Williams area etc at the time...So one can only assume, but not happy with that....
I have not been able to do much follow up on this as we are moving into a motor home and intend to travel around Oz for 3 - 5 years, so have to put on the back burner for awhile, at least any follow ups etc. Will stil lhave a browse now and then, time permitting...
Thanks again
Regards
Kazlee