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Hi

I'm looking for the death of my 4 x Great-Grandfather Henry Champs.

1). Henry Champs was born in Sarre, Kent, England in approximately 1817 (son of James Champs (1781-1852) and Amelia White (1782-1862).

2). Henry Champs married Harriet Hancock (1820-1898) in St Alphage, in Canterbury, Kent in 1838.

3). They had several children:

Jane Hancock Champs (1838-1877);
George Champs (1840-1900);
Eliza Ann Champs (1843-1901);
William Hancock Champs (1845-1873);
Henry Champs (1847-1932);
Angelina Champs (1850-1927);
Laura Champs (1852-1883);
Eleanor Maxted Champs (1854-1938);
Charles Arthur Champs (1856-1924).

4). In the 1851 Census they are in Chislet, Kent:

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGLX-87T

5). In 1861 Harriet is in Ramsgate with 2 of her children.

Henry isn't there, but it still states she's married?

Where is Henry? Is he dead or at a different address on census night?

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M752-T12

6). In 1871 Harriet (spelt Hariot) is in Ramsgate (St. Laurence) with her daughter Ellen and a William Baker.
Henry isn't with her.
I can't find this on Familysearch (only on FindMyPast) so I can't determine if it says that Harriet is a widow or not.

7). In 1878 it looks like Harriet Champs re-married to John Langley.

. In 1881 they are in Ramsgate:

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27W-KDGB

9). In 1891 the widowed Harriet Langley is living in Ramsgate (address Plains of Waterloo - which is the street her daughter Eliza Ann Champs (married name Stupples lived in so I'm convinced it's her).

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2MW-K2M

10). There is a tree on ancestry that has Harriet dying in 1898. There is a Harriet Langley dying in 1898.
The same tree has Henry Champs dying in 1906.

Why would he still be alive after Harriet re-married?

I don't think it's my Henry Champs.

I'm convinced Henry Champs died between 1856 and 1878 but I can't find anything to support it.

Can anybody help to find the death of Henry please?

Thanks.

Hi

I am looking for the death dates and places of Albert Bunting (born Belfast 5th September 1899) and his wife Mary Ellen Bunting (maiden name Stubbs - born Belfast 26th March 1901).

Mary Ellen is noted as "Ellie Bunting" in some newspaper articles.

They lived at 14 Cargill Street, Belfast.

They are last noted in the Belfast Telegraph on 13th June 1977 in an "In Memorium" for Ellie's sister (Elizabeth Young) who had died in 1976.

So they were both still alive in June 1977 and living at 14 Cargill Street.

There is no death entry that seems to fit either "Albert Bunting" or "Mary Ellen Bunting" or "Ellie Bunting."

And I can't find a burial record for them.

There is a grave on billiongraves that has an Albert Bunting died in 1986 but his age is a year out, and the wife who died in 1989 is called May Bunting and her aged would be 3 years out to Mary Ellen's age.

https://billiongraves.com/grave/Albert-Bunting/23508484

Can anybody please find when and where they died please?

Thanks

Darin.

Hi

I'm unable to find what happened to my Great-Uncle Henry James Morris (born Ramsgate, Kent, England 1866 - son.of William Morris and Caroline Parsons).

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGNV-1T5Y

He is in the 1881 census in Ramsgate:

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27W-K223

Then he disappears.

No other census records that have Ramsgate or Kent as birthplace that fit.

No marriage or death.

I have just found him in an Irish merchant navy crew list leaving Faversham, Kent in 1888.

But all it gives is his age and place of birth (Ramsgate).

http://census.nationalarchives.ie/search/cl/results.jsp?surname=Morris&firstname=Henry&vessel=&departure_port=&dd_mm=&dd_yyyy=&age_from=&age_to=&town_county=Ramsgate&year_of_birth_from=1865&year_of_birth_to=1868&year_of_death_from=&year_of_death_to=&place_of_death=&search=Search

But when I've searched other crew lists or merchant navy records there is no record of him.

Maybe he settled in a different country after landing in port?

Can anybody please help to find him?

Thanks

Darin.

Hi

I have just found that one of my wife's American ancestors was KIA in Belgium in WWII.

I have found his headstone on FindaGrave, but I wonder if anybody can find an actual photo of him please?

His details are:

Full Name: Horace G Ruiz

State of Residence: Massachusetts

Death: 10-Feb-45

Buried at: Plot C Row 15 Grave 29 Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery Henri-Chapelle, Belgium

Rank: Private, U.S. Army

Service Number: 31432463

Regiment: 309th Infantry Regiment, 78th Infantry Division

Awards: Purple Heart


Thanks

Darin (Newcastle upon Tyne, England).