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Topic: RELATIVE OFF TO AMERICA--WHEN ??? (Read 633 times)
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Nigel1959
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Can any members help me please----
My GreatGrandfather went off to America maybe from Bristol Area as he lived around Gloucester between probably 1877---1884--We know he was there in 1884 as he had joined the 5th Cavalry that year
Could somebody help me with a look up or tell me how to go about finding the info
Thankyou
Nigel
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Steven1966
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Cousin Nigel
I got directed to this forum by a link on the Great War Forum.What do i find ??,you got here first !!
Steven 
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Surnames that am researching are,Siddons,Coulson,Clives,Peers,White,Swingler,and Lambeth,all of Aston/Duddeston/Hockley in Birmingham,Warwickshire.
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grub
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Hi Nigel & Steven
I can try looking for him. BUT, first I need a name, and age, etc.
Or you can try the Ellis Island Records site, which has names from 1892 - 1924.
Regards,
Grub
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Bayley, Dorset, Lancashire, Yorkshire, Cheshire and others. Antrobus, Somerset/Glouster Skelton, Heslington, Yorkshire James, Norfolk, and London Delasalle, London area Gravett/Grevet, Surrey Also searching the above in Australia “Census Information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk” |
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Nigel1959
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HI GRUB
Thanks for the offer, as you can see Steven has given you the info, also his mothers name was Maria and he may not have been alone, there may have been his brother with him.
We dont know when he came back except he must have been back in England in 1896 to get his wife pregnant, do you have those records of a return passenger aswell
Many Thanks
Nigel
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grub
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Hi gents
I found 3 Harry Bird(s)
Arrival date: 8 August, 1885, age 27, left Liverpool, arrived NY on "Germanic
Arrival date: 30 September, 1883, age 22,left Liverpool,
arrived NY on "Helvetia"
Arrival date: 12 April 1880, age 30, left Halifax and London, arrived NY on "California"
Looks like the 1883 might fit your Harry. There were no other family members with any of these passengers.
Unfortunately, the 1890 US census is not available, it was destroyed, and he would fit right inbetween 1880 and 1900........drats.
I do not have passenger lists returning to the UK. Wish I did......LOL The index shows 43 George Bird and 4 Maria (all Maria prior to 1866).
Hope this helps,
Kind regards
Grub
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Bayley, Dorset, Lancashire, Yorkshire, Cheshire and others. Antrobus, Somerset/Glouster Skelton, Heslington, Yorkshire James, Norfolk, and London Delasalle, London area Gravett/Grevet, Surrey Also searching the above in Australia “Census Information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk” |
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Nigel1959
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1883--BRILLIANT Another part of the jigsaw solved----------Many Thanks Grub your a star
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grub
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Nigel
Just wanted to remind you that the list only showed NY arrivals.........Harry could possibly have landed at another port, BUT NY was the major POE at that time, so you'll have to draw your own conclusions. Dates seems right, name seems right, age about right........ I would tend not take it as a given at this point, but rather a high surety level.
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Grub
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Bayley, Dorset, Lancashire, Yorkshire, Cheshire and others. Antrobus, Somerset/Glouster Skelton, Heslington, Yorkshire James, Norfolk, and London Delasalle, London area Gravett/Grevet, Surrey Also searching the above in Australia “Census Information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk” |
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