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Hampshire & Isle of Wight / Re: One more try...
« on: Thursday 26 August 10 22:50 BST (UK) »
If only. I was the only child of an only child so I have very few relations and to find some living relations on that side would be fantastic.
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Hampshire & Isle of Wight / Re: One more try...........
« on: Thursday 26 August 10 12:46 BST (UK) »You may find Echo archives at Southampton Library or Southampton Archives - it's worth sending them an email (I'm not sure as I don't live in Southampton any more)
Sent the Echo an e-mail to see if they knew where the past copies were kept. No reply.
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Hampshire & Isle of Wight / Re: One more try...
« on: Thursday 26 August 10 10:08 BST (UK) »
No, not that I have ever discovered.
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Hampshire & Isle of Wight / Re: One more try...
« on: Wednesday 25 August 10 18:10 BST (UK) »
I did go into Harrys wifes' family but I shall have to reaquaint myself with her history. I did know about Harrys' employer who was a solicitor and had a house in Alresford, near Winchester. I did manage to follow Harry round by the postcards but he seems to disappear.
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Hampshire & Isle of Wight / Re: One more try...
« on: Wednesday 25 August 10 12:34 BST (UK) »
Grrrrr......... Many thanks (I think) but it does seem you're right that somehow I've got on to a totally different Harry Oliver, and there are quite a few about. Harry, born Cowes IOW son of James is nothing to do with my Harry whose father was Herbert, mother Jane and this is absolute certainty. How you found another child baffles me because I've never come across her before, but she fits. Thank you so much for that. I'll now have another go at finding the real Harrys' death.
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Hampshire & Isle of Wight / Re: One more try...........
« on: Tuesday 24 August 10 16:03 BST (UK) »
I have his birth certificate so I know that in 1943 he would have been 55. His marriage certificate for Ellen shows his age as 28 in 1916. This all ties in, and I have never found a certificate for what was supposedly his second marriage. I imagine he may not have married Jessie. I wondered whether his daughter may have registered his death and possibly not known his age.
If he did leave his first wife and not marry the second 'wife' this would most likely explain why he was never mentioned in the family.
If he did leave his first wife and not marry the second 'wife' this would most likely explain why he was never mentioned in the family.
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Hampshire & Isle of Wight / Re: One more try...........
« on: Monday 23 August 10 19:29 BST (UK) »
Thankyou will give it a try.
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Hampshire & Isle of Wight / Re: One more try...........
« on: Monday 23 August 10 18:53 BST (UK) »
How did you manage to find a death for him because I never have? Any ideas on how I access the Echo archives, it's a long time since I did this and I've forgotten more than I remember.
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Hampshire & Isle of Wight / Re: One more try...........
« on: Monday 23 August 10 18:25 BST (UK) »
That's the information I was given with the plot number etc. The coincidences are too many to ignore but it's just the age thing, unless of course he lied about his age. I did consider emigration before but found absolutely nothing.
I think I am going to have to accept that this is him. I seem to remember I tried for a death certificate but they couldn't find anything.
I think I am going to have to accept that this is him. I seem to remember I tried for a death certificate but they couldn't find anything.