Pages: 1 2 [3]

Author Topic: Ernest Dudley Brockhurst  (Read 5763 times)

Offline carol8353

  • RootsChat Marquessate
  • *******
  • Posts: 17,604
  • Me,mum and dad and both gran's c 1955
    • View Profile
Re: Ernest Dudley Brockhurst
« Reply #18 on: Saturday 19 March 11 20:42 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: treganna on Saturday 19 March 11 17:37 GMT (UK)
I now know that my father Ernest Dudley Brockhurst left from Halifax Nova Scotia in 1937 bound for Liverpool.
Has anyone any other information

No one of that name came back to Liverpool in 1937 from Halifax.

I would imagine they changed his name?

I see he died in Cardiff in Aug 1996 his DOB is given as 24 Jan 1919.

Carol
Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

Offline Jacquie in Canada

  • RootsChat Marquessate
  • *******
  • Posts: 3,714
  • Canadian, eh!
    • View Profile
Re: Ernest Dudley Brockhurst
« Reply #19 on: Saturday 19 March 11 23:57 GMT (UK) »
Canada: Patterson, Brown, Haidenger/Heidinger, Meyer, Johnston(e), Gorsuch, Kitchin/Kitchen
United States: Patterson, Smith, Brown, Vance, Bower(s), Newberry, Best, Love, Gorsuch
England (Northumberland): Brown, Whitfield, Henderson
Scotland (Glasgow, Edinburgh, Fife, East Lothian): Johnston(e), Bell, Galloway, Campbell, Robertson, Williamson, Thomson, Crawford
Germans from Russia: Haidenger/Heidinger, Meyer, Meach, Lorenz

Offline valeriec

  • RootsChat Aristocrat
  • ******
  • Posts: 1,808
  • Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
    • View Profile
Re: Ernest Dudley Brockhurst
« Reply #20 on: Sunday 20 March 11 01:19 GMT (UK) »
Do you have a thread on the England board.

Two of your posts are looking for information of Ernest living with Peckham's in Ferring nr Worthing. What was the source of this information. Is it possible that he used the name Peckham at some point.

Where did you get information that your father left from Halifax in 1937 bound for Liverpool. What was your source for this information.

Any information that you share with us can help in your search.

Offline valeriec

  • RootsChat Aristocrat
  • ******
  • Posts: 1,808
  • Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
    • View Profile
Re: Ernest Dudley Brockhurst
« Reply #21 on: Sunday 20 March 11 01:45 GMT (UK) »
If you think he lived in Baysville, Ontario at an early age, he may have gone to school in the Baysville area which is in Lake of Bays, Muskoka, Ontario. If you contact the public library in Baysville, they may be able to help you determine which school he may have attended and also where you might look to find his attendance records. It is possible to trace someone with the birth date and forenames even if he was using a different last name.

www.lakeofbayslibrary.ca/Index.html

In an early post, you mentioned it would be nice to see the 1911 census entry. What were you looking for in the 1911 census. I did check the 1911 census for Muskoka and there were no surnames Brockhurst or Peckham that showed up. You can check the census at
http://automatedgenealogy.com

Offline treganna

  • RootsChat Extra
  • **
  • Posts: 10
  • Census information Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
    • View Profile
Re: Ernest Dudley Brockhurst
« Reply #22 on: Sunday 20 March 11 09:51 GMT (UK) »
The information about him leaving Canada from Halifax came from his own story he began to write before he died.
His story & the information I have receieved about his early life do not match up.
It is all a mystery that I don't think I will ever know the truth.
he mentioned going to an airshow near where he lived & this inspired him to try & join the RCAF but he said they were not recruiting in 1937 but he was told by another person that he should go to England & join the RAF.
Pages: 1 2 [3]