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The Common Room / Re: Is your ancestor listed here?
« on: Friday 11 March 11 14:30 GMT (UK) »
Thanks for the web-link. I will certainly try that.
I've discovered that not all the wives/children went out and those that did seemed to travel at different times. My George's wife & son travelled out some 11 months later with James Whelan's wife and family and, as you say, they certainly didn't all come back together. I think I've found Arthur Hopewell and Clement Coulter's return journeys as well. Problem is finding out what they did on their return! I believe Clement died in 1994 in Torbay but that's far as I've got so far. Need to work down through the whole list. There is one other member of the Rootschat forum descended from Albert Allan who I've recently got in touch with but sadly she knows about as much as I do but at least this contact prompted my posting and renewed interest in the journey. Had to jump through quite a few hoops to get a copy of George's death certificate from the New York State archives - been doing this for quite a number of years and usually something turns up!
Thanks again.
I've discovered that not all the wives/children went out and those that did seemed to travel at different times. My George's wife & son travelled out some 11 months later with James Whelan's wife and family and, as you say, they certainly didn't all come back together. I think I've found Arthur Hopewell and Clement Coulter's return journeys as well. Problem is finding out what they did on their return! I believe Clement died in 1994 in Torbay but that's far as I've got so far. Need to work down through the whole list. There is one other member of the Rootschat forum descended from Albert Allan who I've recently got in touch with but sadly she knows about as much as I do but at least this contact prompted my posting and renewed interest in the journey. Had to jump through quite a few hoops to get a copy of George's death certificate from the New York State archives - been doing this for quite a number of years and usually something turns up!
Thanks again.