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Re: George Goodman Missing
« Reply #18 on: Saturday 16 April 16 14:36 BST (UK) »
This might be him.

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Re: George Goodman Missing
« Reply #19 on: Sunday 17 April 16 10:45 BST (UK) »
Hi, thank you Manawakian for looking up information on George for me. Naas is in Co. Kildare, Ireland. Which I guess is near Dublin. Do you happen to have access to Irish birth information as well as death information. I know that there was at least one Irish born George Goodman 1881. If the index information was concerning George, born in Rickmansworth, England, in 1881, could he have been at a military base near Dublin. If he had a falling out with his mother, Mary Goodman, (nee McCarthy), he may not have put her as next of kin. After all, she did abandon George and his sister, to children's homes. When she went back to live, and to do her nurse training, in Ireland. Therefore, the family may not have been made aware of George's death. Although, you would expect there to have been a military record of his death also, if he did join up. Especially as Ireland was part of England at the time. The family suspected that he had joined up.
His uncle died abroad, in 1907, when George was first mentioned in the probate. Although searches were made for George after that period also.

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Re: George Goodman Missing
« Reply #20 on: Friday 24 December 21 16:58 GMT (UK) »
Hi, firstly, I hope you all have a Merry Christmas. Does anyone know if there are records available for English people who went to Canada to work the land? I saw an advertisement in a newspaper around 1900. I was thinking of my grandfather’s missing brother. The family thought that he went to Canada and possibly joined the military. His father was a soldier but later worked as an agricultural labourer. Thank in advance if you can help at all.

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Re: George Goodman Missing
« Reply #21 on: Friday 24 December 21 17:03 GMT (UK) »
Trying to send a photo attachment of the advertisement.


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Re: George Goodman Missing
« Reply #22 on: Friday 24 December 21 17:11 GMT (UK) »

Did you investigate this George Goodman ?  Born 1883  appears on the 1921 census Debre River Dauphin, Manitoba.

John A Thacker 50   Head
Margaret Thacker 37   Wife
Charles Robert Thacker 15   Son
Jonsommer Jonson 29   Servant
George Goodman   38   Servant. Born Eng 1883. Single. Labourer. Imm 1886.

https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1921&op=img&id=e002880223

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Re: George Goodman Missing
« Reply #23 on: Friday 24 December 21 17:35 GMT (UK) »
Hi Sandra, thank you very much for your reply. No, I haven’t seen that census before. George was born in 1881, I have his birth cert. He left London, according to his aunt, in 1899 for Canada. I am living in Hertfordshire England, therefore I have no access to Canadian archives.
How would I go about investigating the Mantova George? Any help greatly appreciated or even if you could point me in the right direction for further research. Thank you.

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Re: George Goodman Missing
« Reply #24 on: Friday 24 December 21 17:54 GMT (UK) »
A few links here might help.......


Don't forget that birth years and ages can be very wrong on census.  What might he have remembered ?  He could also have reverted to using his middle name. He may not have known his mothers names.

Free 1901 Canadian Census - https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1901/Pages/1901.aspx

Free 1911 Canadian Census - https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1911/Pages/1911.aspx

Free 1921 Canadian Census - https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1921/Pages/search.aspx

Free 1926 Prarie Census includes Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan.

https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1926/Pages/default.aspx

Family search also has records available - https://www.familysearch.org/search/location/canada

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Re: George Goodman Missing
« Reply #25 on: Friday 24 December 21 17:55 GMT (UK) »
Thank you very much Sandra I will have a look at those links a bit later.

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Re: George Goodman Missing
« Reply #26 on: Friday 24 December 21 18:02 GMT (UK) »

Previous thread with lots of research......72 pages (I haven't waded thru all of them  :)

https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=511783.0

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