Pannell dilemma

[WoodElf]

Hiya,   

My stepfather is having trouble finding information on his paternal grandfather, Arthur Pannell (seeing as he is computer illiterate ). All we know is his death on the 8th Sep. 1968 in Naracoorte, South Australia and his wife, Florence Bridget (maiden name unknown). The insurmountable difficulty is that we do not know his birth date and his parents name. 

I think that there may be an added factor to not being able to find information. When Florence died in 1941 after childbirth, she was Catholic and her husband, Arthur was not. In her will she expressly stated that her children be put in an orphanage and become wards of the state because Arthur was not Catholic and "could not look after the children". I don't know if that stops you from finding information, because with the whole adoption privacy thing.

Ciao!!

[cando]

Hi

This could be Arthur's birth reg

PANNELL  Arthur  31.12.1891 
Father  Arthur James PANNELL
Mother  Bridget Mary WHITE
at Mt Gambier   Ref:  Gre 492/142

Cheers
cando

edit- This could be your step gt grandfather's birth - too many Arthur PANNELL's 

What was Arthur's age at in 1968 when he died?

[WoodElf]

Nope... I don't reckon that's helpful!

[cando]

Hi

Here is another birth of another Arthur

PANNELL  Arthur William  30 July 1916
Father   Arthur James
Mother Mary Florence NOOLAN
at Mt Gambier  Ref  Gre  983/366


cheers
cando

[WoodElf]

That would not fit the time frame

[cando]

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[WoodElf]

Hope its successful!!

[cando]

I have checked the death in 1968 and he was 70 - and this is the only birth that fits the time frame.

PANNELL Arthur  22.3.1898
Father  George
Mother Annie HAASE
as Penola   Ref  Gre 619/322

It would have been helpful if you had provided the age at the date of death in 1968 - it was slightly misleading mentioning a wife's death in 1941 with chn;D

cando

[WoodElf]

Thank you very much. Sorry for being misleading.. I makes sense now!