Its that Offord Ernest BAKER again

[lindagene]

 

Thanks to genni I managed to find that Offord did indeed go to Australia, he got married there in 1890.
My problem now is finding out when he left the UK.
I know that he was in the UK in 1883, but how and why and when he left I am in the dark about.  Most of the sites that give the lists of passengers and crew and those who skipped ship do not seem to go up to the dates I am looking at.
If it is of any help. Offord's wife, (I am not sure if Offord was with her or not) lived at South Beach, Broome, WA in 1916.
If anyone can point me to an immigration site that may give me the data I am looking for I would appreciate it.
Lindy

[gennig]

Hi Lindy

The following link is for the Western Australian Genealogical Society - it may be of some help to you.
http://www.wags.org.au

Also the following children were born to Offord Ernest Baker & Georgina Blake in WA. (I only have access to indexes 1841 to 1905.)

Bessie May Baker born: 1896 Fremantle Reg no. 542
Terence Baker born: 1898 Fremantle Reg no. 1359

Terence like his brother Ronald served in WWW1, his papers state that Offord was deceased when he enlisted in March 1916.

So it appears the family moved from Victoria to Western Australia between 1894 and 1896.
If you could locate his death certificate it may tell how long he was living in Australia and in which states, so you could narrow your search period down.  Immigration didn't begin until the 1920's so unfortunately no permits were needed to come to Australia.

Cheers
Genni

[lindagene]

 
Gennig you are a star, I will follow that up pronto, well as soon as I have a little more time! and will let you know how I go on.
Lindy

[laurakim]

Hi Lindy,
 Offord Ernest Baker  from Essex was my Grandfathers Uncle, I too have had a great deal difficulty finding information on him. My Grandfather told stories about him over the dinner table,   If these stories are true then he was an interesting man.
With a name like Offord you would think he would be easy to locate as there are so few of them.  Offord was a name given to at least one boy of each generation in the Baker family and this tradition  still goes on today with my brother giving the name to his first born son.
Have you found any information  about him being in the Navy?

[deeiluka]

Hello Laurakim,

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Dee   

[laurakim]

Thank you for that information, I have no idea how this works I only joined this site  an hour ago. lol

[deeiluka]

It's a wonderful site, and Rootschatters do their best to help others with their family history searches and challenges.

The Personal Message system is essential for things like exchanging email addresses, as posting them threads is banned because of scammers.


Dee   

[Dazey999]

I don't have access to Ancestry Worldwide..perhaps someone else can help...but it looks as though Offord E Baker arrived in Sydney, NSW in 1889 (unassisted passenger).  Dazey

[deeiluka]

Laurakim, have you searched Trove Newspapers for mentions of Offord Ernest Baker?
There are several mentions of him in articles, including this one.


http://www.rootschat.com/links/0k3t/   


Dee