Hi:
I'm trying to help my friend find her deceased fathers British roots. She knows he and his family went to India from England sometime after 1921, and he returned after 1947, from there he subsequently emigrated to Canada (where I am). His parents stayed in India and his passport shows him returning to Calcutta, via Rome, on 11 December 1952. He travelled to Benapole from Jan 4-7 and left Pakistan on Jan 14, 1953.
She always knew him as Hugh John MARTIN born 23 July, 1921, Cranbrook, Kent, England. Parents Stephen and Elizabeth, one sibling, Stephen. His birth has been hard to find and on finding some of his old British Passports there is a note showing that his birth was registered as John Martin. My reason for stating this is he may show up as Hugh John OR John Martin.
His first passport was issued May 12, 1947 by the Foreign Office in India, and he left Liverpool, England for Canada on December 31, 1947. So he presumably came back to England from India between May 1947 and December 1947. Can anyone find him?
I've tried finding him on the outgoing Passenger Lists between England and Canada, without success. We can't find his birth, my friend is not allowed to apply for a copy of his marriage certificate or Citizenship papers until he has been dead for 20 years (Canadian ruling), which is about 18 years too long! So we're banging our heads against a brick wall
I'm hoping any information on a passenger list may help.
Thank you, Linda
