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Australia / Re: William Thomas marriage 1930
« on: Friday 09 December 16 23:35 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you for your hard work, Sue, it's appreciated. Sorry about mentioning his daughter's name, but as she was named in the linked item I assumed it was OK. If I knew the name of the "wife", I could check for a marriage in Britain, but without that there are so many William Thomases that it would be impossible. Is it perhaps available via the daughter's birth registration - or was she not registered in Australia?
    Regards,
       Gareth

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Australia / Re: William Thomas marriage 1930
« on: Friday 09 December 16 00:02 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks for your help, Sue. I assume his wife returned to Britain with him. What I don't know is her name, which would help me track down any Welsh-born children to follow Carrie.
      Gareth

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Australia / Re: William Thomas marriage 1930
« on: Thursday 08 December 16 10:51 GMT (UK)  »
Yes, Sue, that would be him.

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Australia / Re: William Thomas marriage 1930
« on: Wednesday 07 December 16 22:37 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you for trying, Cup of Life, but I know that Billy (and therefore the girl he met on the boat) arrived in February 1929. I don't have a middle name for him; the 1911 British Census that I believe shows the family simply refers to him as Willie, though he was certainly known as Billy as an adult. Unfortunately, every street in Wales at the time would have had a William Thomas or two!

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Australia / Re: William Thomas marriage 1930
« on: Wednesday 07 December 16 21:25 GMT (UK)  »
          I am in Wales and have no access to Australian records, but I'm not surprised there were several William Thomases getting married there in 1930 - our forefathers were a bit unimaginative in their choice of names, unfortunately!
          Billy left London on Dec 8, 1928, arriving in Sydney in February 1929. His parents may have been James Thomas and wife Mabel (nee Davies), though that is not certain. He returned to Britain in the last quarter of 1931.  Hope this helps.
         Regards,
            Gareth

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Australia / William Thomas marriage 1930
« on: Wednesday 07 December 16 15:51 GMT (UK)  »
William Thomas married a Scots lass whom he met on the boat from Britain. The ceremony is said to have taken place in Sydney in 1930, but I don't know the bride's name. Can anyone help? William was from Bargoed in old South Wales, if that helps.
      Fingers crossed!
        Regards,
          Gareth

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Nottinghamshire / Re: Boxers!
« on: Monday 08 August 16 14:47 BST (UK)  »
Liz, if you post one more time - making it three in total - you will be able to send a PM (unless the system has changed - perhaps a mod will correct this if I'm wrong).
         Gareth

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Monmouthshire / Re: George Pembridge of Monmouth
« on: Friday 22 April 16 19:17 BST (UK)  »
Carole, I have indeed found no mention of the "other" George Pembridge, either as a birth or in a census. But I have Monmouth George's birth certificate, so I am confident in his DoB, while the Porthcawl resident's DoB on the 1939 Register is very clear, so it would be strange if he was the same man.
     The man whose death is registered in Bridgend is listed as being 76, which would only fit my George if he died and was registered immediately on New Year's Eve; on the other hand, the Porthcawl resident would have been 74 or 75, so there is clearly some confusion here. I had considered obtaining the Bridgend death certificate, but I am not sure that would confirm his identity anyway - if only death certs included the place of birth!
     Gareth

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Monmouthshire / George Pembridge of Monmouth
« on: Friday 22 April 16 17:20 BST (UK)  »
I am wondering if anyone can tell me what happened to George Henry Pembridge, born in Monmouth on 30.12.1891, who was a professional boxer in the years around World War I and was Welsh middleweight champion for a few months in 1920.
      His last traced fight was in April 1923 and after that - silence! I have found no sign of a marriage, while the only death is registered in Bridgend in Oct-Dec 1967. This is probably the George H. Pembridge who was living in Porthcawl according to the 1939 Register, but he gave his birth date as 11.11.1892 and must presumably be a different person.
      Here's hoping!
        Gareth

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