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Hi all,
I am trying to get more information on Edward Hugh Barron, who in 1828 was on the first fleet on ships to arrive in Perth Western Australia, then known as Swan Settlement.
He was listed as a Colour Sergeant of 63rd Regiment and arrived on the ship Sulphur.
He was born in 1796, unsure where but is listed as Ireland in some trees (no source). I suspect he may be English.
I can't seem to find him on web sites for UK army records.  Does anyone have access to anything that might help me?
Many thanks!
Mosher

My father passed away last year and this is the only photo we have of him in his army uniform showing his stripes.  It was a group photo so I have done what I can to get rid of other people, but I am not very good at getting rid of creases etc.

My brother would love a copy of this tidied up.  Can anyone please help?

Many many thanks!

Hello there,
I am back with my long standing search of info on my gg grandfather Henry Lagerstrom.

So far I have determined he was a Russian Fin from the below record on his jumping ship in South Australia.  His ages seem to jump all over the place and I have unable to find anything else apart from the jumping ship, and his arrest and punishment.
see my last post on him http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,585803.msg4370756.html#msg4370756

Some time ago I found a crew list for a ship going Adelaide to Sydney in 1873 and saved it.  Having another look at it now, the name of the person above it is very similar to the man he jumped ship with.  This man's name has been written as Flyeguist, Lelgequest and what looks like Litjeguist.

I am wondering if I can trace this man at all to see if he is from the same place as Henry?

Can anyone help with what the other man's name should be?  Or any other help with Finnish records? 

Hi all,

I am having a lot of trouble tracing the above mentioned Florence hatcher, and wondered if anyone could help?

This is what I have:
Charles Petitjean, born 8 Oct 1862, Otis, Massachusetts, USA (he went to the UK to work)
married (?)
Florence Hatcher, born about 1871, Middlesex, London UK

I can't find a marriage, but the first child was born Nov 1891, in Middlesex (Baptised St James Clerkenwell, London).  There is a family web site http://www.petitjeans.com/charles_petitjean.htm which says that Florence came from yeoman stock in Coventry.

I can locate the family in 1901 & 1911.  1901 says Florence was 30 and born in London, Middlesex. 
1911 says Florence was 40 and born Clerkenwell, London.

On one child's baptism, it gives Florence's name as Florence Louise.

The website above says after they married (they also can't find a marriage but estimate 1889) they went to the US.  I can't access the US re cords so am unable to check that. After their marriage, she came to the United States to visit his family, on the S.S. Tower Hill, out of London, arriving at the Port of New York, on 3 Jun 1889.

There is a Florence Hatcher, born Clerkenwell starting on the 1871 census (her aged 5 months), with parents William & Elizabeth.  William is a cabman,so not exactly yeoman stock!
I can't find them in 1881, but can in 1891 and she is still living at home (aged 15).  The thing is, she shouldn't be with the family in 1891, if she was in the US!  So maybe that is a different Florence Hatcher.
I also found the birth of a Flora Louisa Hatcher, but born in Holbron which seems to be too far away from St James Clerkenwell.

One more clue is on the 1911 census, there is a sister in law living with them Catherine Hatcher aged 45.  The family above has a daughter Catherine about 5 years older than Florence.

Can anyone help me find her, her marriage would be a start?  I am wondering if the married in the US?  From what I can tell, they weren't poor people, like most of my family!  This is hubby's side.  i do have quite a bit on the Petitjeans, thanks to the web site, which links censuses etc that I normally wouldn't have access to.

Thanks in advance
Mosher

Hello there,
I have lost an ancestor and it is driving me mad!

This man is the brother of my great grandfather.  He was from a family of all sons, and the rest I can account for.  I had presumed he had died, but I recently came into possession of a letter from my ggf to his daughter where he tells her he has been in touch with Uncle Frank.  The letter was dated 01/01/1923.

His name was Frank Cotterill (I have never seen him noted as Francis).  He was born to Charles & Annie Cotterill (Annie nee Rayner) July-Sep 1884 in Warrington Lancashire.

He is on 1891 & 1901 censuses living with his parents.  I can't find him in 1911.  (I do have access to 1911 so if anyone find him, let me know the numbers or whatever)

I have a photo that is supposedly him in a uniform (see photo).  I have tried military searches but can't seem to find one that matches him.  I know they are a bit hit and miss for the UK.  I don't have the full photo, just how it is, and don't know if there is anything on the back.

Does anyone have any ideas?  He can't have just disappeared if he wasn't dead.

Many thanks in advance
Mosher