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Research in Other Countries => Australia => Topic started by: jannieg on Thursday 11 August 11 06:57 BST (UK)
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I am wanting to trace the Harmer side of our family for my 2 Harmer sons.
John Revel Harmer is their father, his father was Ernest Walter Harmer and his mother Enid Louise Butterfield, Ernie's father was Henry Revel Harmer, we know of Cyril Harmer and his brother Bernard who were sons of Henry Revel.
would love to know more about them.
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Could we have some dates and places of birth etc. It is not permitted to post information about possible living people on rootschat.
Cheers
Cando
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In which 'State' are we looking?
Jamjar
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Henry Revel Harmer was born 1869
Ernest Walter Harmer was born 1968 and died approx 1981
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In which 'State' are we looking?
Jamjar
Ernest migrated to Austrlia and live in NSW
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Engagement notice for Enid and Ernest
http://www.rootschat.com/links/0elf/
Birth Dec 1869 West Ham 4a/21
HARMER Henry Revell
Marriage
Jun qtr 1895
CHANNON Edith Annie West Ham 4a/190
HARMER Henry Revell West Ham 4a/160
According to a passenger record of Henry travelling to USA, his occupation was a valuer.
Marriage
582/1930
HARMER Ernest W
BUTTERFIELD Enid L
District Sydney
Cheers
Cando
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Ernest most likely left England in 1927.
http://www.ancestorsonboard.com/ (you will need to pay to see an image of the passenger list)
Debra :)
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4 May 1945
GOLDEN WEDDING HARMER - CHANNON
On May 4, 1895 at St John's Church, Stratford, London, by the Rev. Thomas Stevens, HENRY REVELL HARMER, Philatelic Auctioneer, son of the late Henry and Anna Harmer of Stratford, to EDITH ANNIE CHANNON, daughter of the late Edward and Annie Channon, of Marylebone. Present address: 32-34 East 57th Street, New York City and 39-42 New Bond Street, London W1. Cables to Brighton Hotel, Atlantic City.
Cheers
Cando
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1901 Census
Living at Mount View, Coleraine Road, Greenwich
HARMER Henry Head 31 years Commercial traveller Born Stratford, Essex
HARMER Edith A Wife 31 years Born London
HARMER Edith M Dau 5 Born Stratford, Essex
HARMER Ernest W 2 Son Born Forest Hill, London
HARMER Frederick G Uncle 43 Inspector of Police Stratford Essex
HARMER Florence G Aunt 25 Born Islington, London
HARMER Sydney F Cousin 1 Born Calcutta, India
Cando.
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Births Sep 1898
HARMER Ernest Walter W Ham 4a/214
Cando
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This may be Henry R's death, but perhaps you have this info
Deaths Mar qtr 1966
HARMER Henry R
Born c1870 96 years Horsham, Sussex 5h/829
Cando
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Mr E W HARMER 29 years, electrical engineer, embarked from London on the ORSOVA on 19 Aug 1927 ticketed to Sydney, Australia. Last address in UK South Bank House, Surbiton, Surrey. County of last permanent residence England. Country of intended permanent residence Australia.
A return trip on 6 Sep 1936. Mr Ernest W HARMER, 37, engineer and Mrs Enid L HARMER, housewife, embarked from Liverpool on the NESTOR travelling 1st class and ticketed to Sydney. Last address in UK Wakelin House, Main Road South, Hinchley Wood, Surrey.
Australian Electoral Roll
NSW 1954
HARMER Ernest Walter 17 Baden Road, Neutral Bay Engineer
HARMER Enid Louise 17 Baden Road, Neutral Bay HD
Cando
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Births Jun 1896
HARMER Edith Mabel W Ham 4a/12
Births Jun 1901
HARMER Winifred Alice Greenwich 1d/1127
Births Sep 1903
HARMER Cyril Henry C Greenwich 1d/1170
Births Sep 1905
HARMER Leslie Brook Rochford 4a/720
Births Mar 1914
HARMER Bernard B D Channon Maldon 4a/1442
Cando
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This may be Henry R's death, but perhaps you have this info
Deaths Mar qtr 1966
HARMER Henry R
Born c1870 96 years Horsham, Sussex 5h/829
Cando
Died. Henry Revell HARMER, 96, founder and chairman of London's 48year-old H. R. Harmer Ltd., world's biggest stamp dealer, who revolutionized the trade by introducing art-market-style auctioneering while making fond philatelists, during the '20s and '30s, of such customers as then-King Carol II of Rumania and Farouk of Egypt with canny hints that rare stamps are more portable than crown jewels; of a stroke; in Horsham, England.
Cando
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And a little more
Stamps v. Stinks. To Harmer, which has sold and resold more than $42 million worth of stamps, the Caspary auction will be the biggest in a series of philatelic firsts that began 61 years ago. The family-owned company was founded by Henry Revell Harmer, who collected stamps as a schoolboy, decided after taking his first job in a chemical plant that he "could do better with stamps than with stinks." Harmer roamed the world in search of rarities, opened his first stamp auction in London in 1918. Harmer sold $56,000 worth of stamps his first season, trebled his business in the next ten years. Among Harmer customers: King George V (who sometimes squeezed the family budget to add to his priceless Commonwealth collection), King Carol II of Rumania, Alfonso XIII of Spain, and Egypt's King Fouad (whose stamps were sold by Harmer after Farouk's abdication). In 1954-55, its biggest year yet, Harmer's British, U.S. and Australian offices sold nearly $2,000,000 worth of stamps.
Cando
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Henry Revel Harmer was born 1869
Ernest Walter Harmer was born 1968 and died approx 1981
I have given you Ernest Walter's birth reg in 1898
and his death appears to have been in 1983
HARMER Ernest Walter
Death notice 24 Jul 1983 Late of Mosman
Published in the Sydney Morning Herald26 Jul 1983
Would you please remove the names of any living people from your request eg the name of your sons' father ie if he is living.
Cheers
Cando
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Hello,
My great grand father is Henry Revell Harmer, grandfather is Bernard Harmer and Father is Chris Harmer.
Happy to provide you with information you may need from that side of the family.
Best,
Brian