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Immigrants & Emigrants - General / Look up or Suggestions - Edward Anderson Wilson
« on: Tuesday 23 January 18 11:25 GMT (UK) »
I’m looking for help with my ancestor Edward Anderson WILSON, born about 1837-9, possibly in or around Manchester, UK. He migrated to Australia, but I don’t know when or at which port he arrived. His marriage certificate states he was from Lancashire and that his parents were James WILSON and Katherine ANDERSON, but I cannot find a record for his birth, baptism or any records for his parents. The problem is that the name is too common and when I look he could be any one of dozen.
But he was married whilst still in the UK, so maybe this first wife in the UK had been looking for him! Unfortunately, I have no details of this marriage.
Is anybody able to look up a newspaper or gazette to see if a wife is looking for her estranged husband? Or make some suggestions for where I might find this sort of information.
I don’t know if he had children in the UK, but his first child in Australia was in 1875, so he could not have left the UK any later than 1873-74. I also know his profession was a journalist and he wrote turf or racing reports.
Any other brick-wall suggestions are welcome!
Thanks!
But he was married whilst still in the UK, so maybe this first wife in the UK had been looking for him! Unfortunately, I have no details of this marriage.
Is anybody able to look up a newspaper or gazette to see if a wife is looking for her estranged husband? Or make some suggestions for where I might find this sort of information.
I don’t know if he had children in the UK, but his first child in Australia was in 1875, so he could not have left the UK any later than 1873-74. I also know his profession was a journalist and he wrote turf or racing reports.
Any other brick-wall suggestions are welcome!
Thanks!