Show Posts

This section allows you to view all posts made by this member. Note that you can only see posts made in areas you currently have access to.


Messages - MotoFreako64

Pages: [1] 2 3 4 ... 9
1
Canada / Re: Last heard of in Canada!
« on: Sunday 18 October 15 19:44 BST (UK)  »
Great news... I have his U.S. World War 2 Draft Registration Card from 1942. Living on 46th Street in New York and working as a waiter in Moran & McGuiness on 8th Avenue. The signature on the card is a perfect match for the signature on his marriage certificate and his Canadian form 30A. It looks like my quest for answers is moving onto the USA now. I visited my 87 year old Mum today who is Jack's niece. She was amazed and shocked as nobody in the family new where he was or what he was doing.... thanks for all your help fellow Rootschatters  :o

2
Canada / Re: Last heard of in Canada!
« on: Sunday 18 October 15 11:34 BST (UK)  »
What a great find Jacquie... That's him... I've just looked up some US records myself and found some military draft documents for him... Same name, same date of birth but gives his birthplace as Birmingham, England. Ooh - this getting good. I definitely know more about him already... Thanks for all the help and feedback everybody.

3
Canada / Re: Last heard of in Canada!
« on: Wednesday 14 October 15 20:56 BST (UK)  »
wow... Sandra - I have done some more research tonight and discovered that James Rock was originally from Old Hill. The address given on James' arrival papers a few months earlier gives an address next door to Jack and his wife in Old Hill!.. so... It looks like Jack already knew James R Rock and they actually sailed to Canada together in April 1922.  The story gets more interesting.

I also discovered that James' wife was still alive in 1985 living only a few miles away from my own home at the time.... oh how I wish I knew that then!

4
Canada / Re: Last heard of in Canada!
« on: Wednesday 14 October 15 20:28 BST (UK)  »
Thankyou for that Sandra, that really opens up a new avenue of research. Jack, his wife and his daughter also lived in Old Hill before he left for Canada. I wonder if there was another link between Jack and the Rock family. I will do some research into the Rock family and see if there are any other Old Hill connections. They may have originally been from the area which is why Jack headed out to meet them... I know of the house in Romsley too, I used to cycle past it when I lived in the Black Country. This is getting interesting now.

5
Canada / Re: Last heard of in Canada!
« on: Tuesday 13 October 15 20:13 BST (UK)  »
I have a copy of his birth certificate now ... born 28th August 1895 at Bishton's Bridge, Netherton, Dudley, UK. (Bishton's Bridge was a pocket of land off Halesowen Road in Netherton owned by his Grandfather David Willetts where he had a pub, a chain works and a small coal mine).

6
Canada / Re: Last heard of in Canada!
« on: Saturday 10 October 15 19:31 BST (UK)  »
You're quite correct there.... I have no proof that Elsie and Jack were legally divorced, neither do I have any proof of his death. I do know that they were still married when he went to Canada. I have ordered a copy of Jack's birth certificate and it should be in my possession very soon. I have also discovered that the employment records for Stewarts & Lloyds steel works are in the Dudley Archives, which may also throw some light on his early life.

7
Canada / Re: Last heard of in Canada!
« on: Monday 05 October 15 22:03 BST (UK)  »
Thanks for the information Manawakian... Jack would have been 120 this year, so maybe I can try the "born more than 110 years ago" route to see if there are some records. It's certainly worth a try...

8
Canada / Re: Last heard of in Canada!
« on: Saturday 26 September 15 22:08 BST (UK)  »
Thanks for the information JDC... My great Uncle Jack really is proving to be a hard man to trace.

9
Staffordshire / Re: Stewarts & Lloyds (Coombeswood) Employee records query?
« on: Saturday 26 September 15 22:04 BST (UK)  »
Thanks Glenys... looks like I need to go on a trip back to Dudley.

Pages: [1] 2 3 4 ... 9