The disappearance of Fred DUCKHOUSE

[J.J.]

How did the trip go? Did Barnardos come throuigh. Some people are more disappointed than others with information withheld.
 1921 census there is an Albert occ servant on a farm in the Phoenix family household Murmur Ontario  http://www.rootschat.com/links/0zfl/  It says birth 1896, but mistakes get made all the time if the person being asked guesses... He may also have fibbed on purpose.

[Jaglas]

I don't know if the Alfred/Albert Duckhouse you are looking for is the same one as the one I knew.  My great grandfather was born Albert Edward Duckhouse in 1901 England.  I was told he and a brother were shipped to Canada as young boys.  His brother died in WWI and Albert came to the U.S.  He dropped Duckhouse from his name and used Edwards as his surname when he moved.  He passed away in Nov 1982 and is buried in Byron, NY.

[chempat]

Welcome to the boards, Jaglas.

Looks very promising - new relatives for everyone?

Could you just say who he married, so we can try and find him on any censuses?

Thank-you

[chempat]

This one?

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=edwards&GSfn=albert&GSby=1903&GSbyrel=before&GSdy=1981&GSdyrel=after&GSst=36&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=119276088&df=all&

If so, is fairly obvious on 1940 census.

[josey]

A welcome from me too 

This could be a breakthrough, great you found the thread. Jaglas, alhai was last active here in Nov 2013 but when you have made 2 more posts [just make 2 replies to this thread] you can use the personal message pm system to contact him directly - click on the text icon under his name.

Albert/Alfred may well have changed his name to put his past behind him, dissociate themselves from bad memories & make a fresh start just as the 2 men I described earlier had done.

We'd all love to know for sure that Albert didn't die young. When did your Albert immigrate?

[chempat]

Possibly he just hated the name Duckhouse.

[josey]

  Not surprisingly...

[Jaglas]

Chempat, you did find the correct grave.  He was married to Rosemarie Hagen Edwards and resided in Byron for many years before moving to LeRoy, NY, where they lived until shortly before my great grandmother passed away.

[josey]

On the 1930 census ancestry has transcribed this Albert's immigration year as 1909 although it could be 1919. Or perhaps Albert put the year he thought he remembered entering Canada?

Can't post an excerpt as this is a look up board