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I only have record of 12 chidren Thomas/Emily – no copy birth certs
Yes problem tracing Thomas m Emily Spence, I have b 1857, but failed to locate record of death. Newspaper cuttings 1918 refer to late Thomas?
Also confusion re his son Thomas b 1884 d 1953 m Dorothy Eliza

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They also had a son Thomas unknown b, d 1943 seaman RN Seaman LT/JX 189988.
Records I locate show Emily m Dawson as Higgins Larne 1915?
Most of family at time refered to as Higgins
What was your fathers name? Was he born Larne.
I haven’t located any ref. Emily Dawson/Hagan d 1956 Boston Lincolnshire?
Are you aware of her younger brother Samuel b 1900 d 1964 also went to Boston Lincolnshire?
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