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Australia / unknown great grandad photo
« on: Sunday 18 July 21 17:02 BST (UK) »
this is a photo of my Great Grandad. We dont know his name but know he emigrated to Australia about 1904 to work in the building trade.
my grandad was illegitimate His name was Ernest Christopher Gibson Downes.
His mother was Florence Downes from Crewe Cheshire England. My grandads birth was kept secret from the rest of his Downes family in the uk and he was adopted, although he still had contact with his mother.
We believe the photo is of my grandads father. Without a name it is impossible to find family in Australia,( who probably dont know anything about my Grandad )
Ive tried all the permutations of Christopher/Ernest and Gibson on passenger list to Oz but no luck.
its a long shot but does anyone recognise him and put a name to the face?
any suggestions on tracing an unknown male from the UK from just a photo?
my grandad was illegitimate His name was Ernest Christopher Gibson Downes.
His mother was Florence Downes from Crewe Cheshire England. My grandads birth was kept secret from the rest of his Downes family in the uk and he was adopted, although he still had contact with his mother.
We believe the photo is of my grandads father. Without a name it is impossible to find family in Australia,( who probably dont know anything about my Grandad )
Ive tried all the permutations of Christopher/Ernest and Gibson on passenger list to Oz but no luck.
its a long shot but does anyone recognise him and put a name to the face?
any suggestions on tracing an unknown male from the UK from just a photo?