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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Topic started by: Forfarian on Saturday 18 March 17 15:41 GMT (UK)
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Owen Mitchell married Margaret Jeamie Muriel Griffin in 1916 in Meriden, Warwickshire.
Margaret was the daughter of Edwin Perrins Griffin and Margaret Taylor Young Waddell. She was born in Tamworth, Staffordshire in 1878 and died in Birmingham on 16 August 1935, described as a widow. I have plenty of information about her.
However I have no information at all about Owen. There is no possible death for him between 1916 and 1935 in England, Scotland or Wales. There are two unlikely-looking deaths in Ireland (one aged 60 in 1917, and one aged 76 in 1929). Nothing in the CWGC web site or FindMyPast.
Has anyone come across Owen anywhere?
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Greetings.
If you have the marriage cert does it give his father's name and occupation?
Have you found Owen on a census?
If we can establish a birth year for Owen it would make the search a bit easier.
All the best
Philip
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What about this probate record for a Owen Mitchell of the old Parsonage Hopwas Tamworth Staffordshire ..Died 11 January 1920 at Accra Gold Coast West Africa ..Probate Lichfield 6 July to Margaret Jennie Muriel Mitchell widow ...
Rosie
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Great find Rosie ;)
A brief mention of Owen here http://www.rootschat.com/links/01jql/ - a Comptroller of Customs in The Gold Coast. I have only looked at the beginning if the document where it mentions his obituary.
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Margaret's passenger record? -
Mrs Owen Mitchell
Age 36
Birth year 1880
Departure - 31.5.1916
Departure port Liverpool
Destination port Accra
Country Ghana (Gold Coast)
Ship name Abinsi
She was not accompanied by Owen.
Birth year is a bit out ???
JJ
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There is also this record of a Mrs Owen Mitchell age 36 departure date 31May 1916 Liverpool
Destination port Accra Ghana ship Abinsi
Possible arrival date 6 May 1920 Southampton England
Margaret Mitchell age 42 port of departure Durban South Africa
Ship Llanstephen Castle
Rosie
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Mr O Mitchell
Occupation COL GOVT SERVICE
Departure 14.11.1917
Departure port Liverpool
Destination port Accra
Country Ghana (Gold Coast)
Ship name Mandingo
No age recorded
JJ
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Mr O Mitchell
Occupation COL GOV SERVANT
Departure 19.11.1919
Departure port Liverpool
Destination port Accra
Country Ghana (Gold Coast)
Ship name Abinsi
JJ
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Mr O Mitchell
Occupation COL GOVT SERVICE
Departure 14.11.1917
Departure port Liverpool
Destination port Accra
Country Ghana (Gold Coast)
Ship name Mandingo
JJ
Nice one JJ ;)
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Mr O Mitchell
Occupation COL GOVT SERVICE
Departure 14.11.1917
Departure port Liverpool
Destination port Accra
Country Ghana (Gold Coast)
Ship name Mandingo
JJ
Nice one JJ ;)
Thanks - you got us on the right track :)
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IT looks as though he was born abut 1878
20 July 1913
Mr O Mitchell 35 yrs abt 1878
Ship Karma
From Accra to Liverpool
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In 1901 an Owen Mitchell, aged 23, born Leitrim, Ireland, post office clerk, was living in Hackney as a boarder in the household headed by Patrick Friday aged 57, born Kerry, Ireland. Might this be your man?
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I was thinking the same bb. :)
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Wow, that's fantastic. Thank you to everyone. I had only just found the marriage and have not had time to get the marriage certificate. I'll have to mull over all of this for a while. :) :)
.... no less than three Owen Mitchells were born in the union of Mohill, Co Leitrim in 1877! Two of them died within a year, but I can't view the certificates to establish which they were. And two of them had fathers named William who were farmers, so even if I do get the marriage certificate it may not clinch Owen's identity :(
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Maybe someone will find an obituary for Owen Mitchell ;)
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Maybe someone will find an obituary for Owen Mitchell ;)
A brief mention of Owen here http://www.rootschat.com/links/01jql/ - a Comptroller of Customs in The Gold Coast. I have only looked at the beginning if the document where it mentions his obituary.
I found a text file of the 1920 Blue Book referred to by heywood - unfortunately, there is no obituary - they used the word only as header for a list of 12 people who had died (p5) with no information about them.
On p34 there is: "Of the seven deaths which occurred amongst European officials in the colony and its dependencies in 1920, three were due to blackwater fever, two to paratyphoid fever, one to malaria and one to bronchitis." - presumably Owen was one of these seven.
So far, I haven't found an obituary for Owen.
Philip
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Maybe someone will find an obituary for Owen Mitchell ;)
A brief mention of Owen here http://www.rootschat.com/links/01jql/ - a Comptroller of Customs in The Gold Coast. I have only looked at the beginning if the document where it mentions his obituary.
I found a text file of the 1920 Blue Book referred to by heywood - unfortunately, there is no obituary - they used the word only as header for a list of 12 people who had died (p5) with no information about them.
On p34 there is: "Of the seven deaths which occurred amongst European officials in the colony and its dependencies in 1920, three were due to blackwater fever, two to paratyphoid fever, one to malaria and one to bronchitis." - presumably Owen was one of these seven.
So far, I haven't found an obituary for Owen.
Philip
Yes did have a look at this and thought the same as you about the death
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I couldn't find that so thanks.
I wonder if there would be something in the local paper where Margaret lived.
He might not be the Leitrim born one but he could fit.
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1918's Blue Book shows O Mitchell appointed that year.
http://libsysdigi.library.illinois.edu/ilharvest/africana/books2011-05/5530214/5530214_1918/5530214_1918_opt.pdf
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Owen Mitchell is my grandfather and did indeed die of black water fever in Accra, Gold Coast in 1920 aged 42. No obituary that I know of, only a photo of a small plaque erected by his wife and officers in Accra. Interestingly his marriage certificate to Margaret Jeanie Muriel Griffin refers to him as a widower!? I have absolutely no idea what that is about. Would like to know the angle of interest from this chat line. Thanks.
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Also, marriage certificate refers to father as a John Mitchell, farmer.
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If he is the one born in Leitrim, then, and his father is John, he is probably the one born on 30 August 1877 at Gorteenoran, Mohill, Co Leitrim, parents John Mitchell and Kate Gaffney.
If Margaret Jeanie Muriel Griffin was your grandmother, you and I are related (7th cousins once removed!)
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Glad to 'meet' you - the first and only blood contact ever, however remote! I have very little information of previous generations with my father appearing never to have made contact with any family - suspect distance, only son and WW2 disruption. He carried the Waddell name within his given names and he has passed down some Waddell artifacts; seal and crest but that's where it all ends. Interested in what that tree looks like.
Regards
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Owen Mitchell was my great uncle, a brother of my grandfather Daniel Mitchell. I have some iinformation on his career in London in the post office and his career from c. 1904, first in east Africa and from 1910 in west Africa (Accra) and his death there in 1920. I have recently been in contact with Owen's grandson.
John Logan, 19 June 2018, Limerick