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Australia / Re: UK Citizen Death in Aus
« on: Wednesday 18 October 23 19:17 BST (UK)  »
Have you tried searching for him in U.K. overseas deaths? As Dundee has said, there is a limitation on available Australian death records but his death might also be registered on U.K. end. [ SNIP]
https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-records/british-armed-forces-and-overseas-deaths-and-burials?ds_kid=39700048641132052&&&&&gad=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIoOiW8Zj9gQMVM4loCR1Hawh6EAAYASAAEgIYh_D_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds
Thank you for this and I've finally managed to nail him.  I used the above FindMyPast link which didn't find anything, but FindMyPast helpfully suggested I search the Newsapaper archive and produced a list of finds with the same name, the first of which covered details of his wedding. If it covered his wedding - the bride would be (just) in their circulation area - then maybe it covered his death, so I restricted the search to the same newspaper. 

I found his death in 1996 not in the 1980s as I had been led to believe.  Also it was while he was on the way to Australia and having a stopover in Singapore.  The dangers of relying on anecdotal information but sometimes that's all we have to go on. 

This would also explain why I couldn't find him earlier since I was limiting the search to 1994.  I thought I had allowed a reasonably broad date range but it just goes to show. 

Full details of his death are inside the paper so now to do some further exploration.  Not sure if FindMyPast has copies of full editions, if not the BL should have them.  Now I know when he died I should also be able to find probate details.

Many thanks to all for the help. 

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Australia / Re: UK Citizen Death in Aus
« on: Tuesday 17 October 23 12:21 BST (UK)  »
Was there an administration of his estate ?
I have tried looking at Wills and Admons via the .GOV Probate website but no luck for him although I did find his father's Will.  From that it appears the farm was structured as a trust between his mother and father and him and his sister.  After his father's decease I think the trust was between him, his sister and mother, though without full details of the trust I can't be sure. 

At this point - 1981 - he was married but nothing on any Will for him though, which I find surprising. 


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Australia / UK Citizen Death in Aus
« on: Tuesday 17 October 23 10:58 BST (UK)  »
A fairly distant relative died suddenly whilst on a visit to Australia some time between 1976 and 1994, exactly where remains unknown.  He was born in Derbyshire and at one time was a leading figure with the Young Farmers Clubs; attempts to trace him through them have met with no response.  Any relatives who may have known him have moved and most likely passed on.

Most of the databases deal with deaths of Australian citizens so no luck there.  I have tried to trace him via UK local newspapers obituaries but unfortunately there are several people with the same name also connected with Farming.  However I try to reframe the query finds one of these. 

Has anyone any suggestions as to how I could trace him? 

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Army Discharge Document
« on: Friday 29 September 23 19:15 BST (UK)  »
I'm not sure what arrangements there would be for invalidity pensions for the Boer Wars.  I think there was some form of pension for WW1, but "invalidity" covers a multitude of things from war wounds to disease so I would think it was something of a lottery as to whether you were deemed eligible. 

I've only looked at one page but the general impression is that poverty and ill health were showing up in their lack of fitness for combat.There were significant numbers on the same page who had TB.  Others bought themselves out for £10 , a significant sum in those days, some were discharged as unfit, whilst there were a couple of desertions. 

I did wonder if "indifferent" meant he was nothing special.  FWIW he was born near Stirling in  Scotland and in 1910 married my Grandfather's sister.  He appears in the 1911 Census, but not in the 1921 although she described herself as married and the head of the household, so I must assume he was still alive in 1921.  He would have been in his early 40s at the start of WW1 so probably didn't join up,  so what happened to him is anybody's guess at this stage, although it's quite possible he simply legged it back to Scotland :)

Thanks again for the suggestions.

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Army Discharge Document
« on: Friday 29 September 23 16:18 BST (UK)  »
Attached is a section from the Army Book which relates to the Boer Wars.  My relative was discharged in January 1901.  The columns are headed:

Cause (of discharge), Rank & Character, Rate of Pension Awarded (if any), Remarks

The first two columns are clear, he was invalided out with the rank of Private.  However, the right hand two columns are unclear.  The pension appears to be "Indifferent" and the remarks are unclear - at least to me.

Does anyone have any idea as to what the wording in the two right hand columns is?

Any help appreciated.  I'm not really sure whether this is the best Roots Chat forum for this or one of the Military sections.

 

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Find Children of given parents
« on: Tuesday 05 September 23 07:31 BST (UK)  »

Cornelius, I think, was just asking advice and started this thread unless you think his query is linked to Hector.
That's right Heywood, it was a general request for advice on constructing a particular type of search and had no relevance to Hector.  As I said upthread, I did find a son named Brian, who appears to be an only child.

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Find Children of given parents
« on: Thursday 31 August 23 19:28 BST (UK)  »
.......you would see if there was a child soon after marriage.
I discovered a child was born in 1940.  So far it appears to be the only one.

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Find Children of given parents
« on: Thursday 31 August 23 19:26 BST (UK)  »
Thank you for the tip regarding Ancestry.  Very useful.  :)

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Find Children of given parents
« on: Thursday 31 August 23 09:17 BST (UK)  »
There was no census in 1939 ;)
I think you must be referring to the 1939 National Register.
  Yes I was aware of it and should have put Census in inverted commas :) Or better still used the correct terminology....

This was used, after the war, by the NHS and updated by them until the early 1990s.
I didn't realise that, although I suppose it would have been a logical choice as the most up to date info available.  Must have taken a lot of work to allow for war casualties and get it into reasonable shape

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