« on: Thursday 08 January 15 00:37 GMT (UK) »
Hi all,
My 3x gt uncle Nicholas Doyle (1859-1931) described one of his son's in 1911 as follows:
Harry Doyle; age 26 (born 1884); single; Artist; the next column I would swear says 'In body Lagos Municipal W.Africa', but I could be wrong, see the attachment below. Nicholas finishes by putting the words away & abroad in the next two columns.
Harry was born in Manchester. I cannot find a passenger list or any reason as to why he was in Africa. Can anyone assist?
There is a final possibility though, Harry may have come back, when I don't know exactly as I haven't located a return passenger list either. This is because there is a possible marriage in the Chorlton reg dist in 1918 to a Lydia Agnes Longmire. I cannot check this out properly as according to the LancsBMD website the marriage was at Chorlton On Medlock Register Office or Registrar Attended.
Many thanks in advance.
Kind regards
David
Aitcheson, Aldred, Batty, Bauer, Bone, Brewer, Dean, Doyle, Durant, Fife, Finney, Gibson, Graham/Grayham, Hall, Harrison, Hersey, Hill, Holliss, Hudson, Hussey, Insley, Kelsey, King, Laver, Longmore, Luke, Mellor, Newman, North, Parker, Phillips, Porter, Read, Robinson, Rowel, Spink, Sproxton, Steer, Stevenson, Tanner, Witty/Whitty, Warburton, Wood.
(For more information on the above surnames please check the Surname Interest Table below.)
