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Hi Rballaz,

The Beavis' were a remote part of my Family History so i haven't gone a lot into them.  Good luck with your research.
Cheers
Spruso

Quote from: spruso on Wednesday 01 October 14 22:03 BST (UK)

I have noticed that, on several FH sites he is referred to as John STANFORD Constable.

Is this on official documentation or peoples trees 

Rosie

No, just peoples' trees

Hi,
I am waiting for the Nat. Archives to give me access to the crew ledger for HMAS Perth for Jun-Sep 1939.

When HMAS Perth visited New York in August 1939, a crewman T.H.Edwards, deserted from the ship. This information is recorded in the Ship's Proceedings available online at the AWM.

http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/records/awm78/292/awm78-292-2.pdf ( Page 2, Para.12)

There is no record in the NAA of him serving in the Royal Australian Navy but there is an entry on the crew ledger for HMAS Perth about him.  Because the file is not open to the public I don't know what the entry says.  Hopefully my request to have the file open will be granted and I can then let you know about it.

I have been "indirectly informed" that he is the same person who appears on the Army Records in the NAA as Tidbury Havill EDWARDS.

How or when he joined the RAN is a mystery but he must have been part of the commissioning crew when PERTH left England in July 1939. Why then is there no record? And where did he go and how did he get back from New York to Australia?

Cheers
Bruce
http://www.perthone.com/perth.htm

James Constable was Janes father. He appears in the 1841 Census under the surname "Cunslalle" living at Carshalton.   Jane Agates is the daughter of James' from his first marriage. James' first wife, also called Jane (Surname unknown), died about 1849 and he remarried to Elizabeth Richards at St.Dunstans Stepney 19 May 1850 .

James was an elder brother of John Constable who was my direct ancestor.
John was born 19 Mar 1817 at Beddington Surrey and married Louisa Harding at Carshalton on 25 Dec 1837.

John's parents were William Constable and Letitia. (Surname unknown) Letitia died at carshalton 6 Dec 1849.

Let me know if you need more
Cheers
Spruso

Thanks Pauline. Didn't know that
Cheers
Bruce