HEIGHWAY

[yerffej]

Hi I was wondering if anyone could help me with this...my grandfather emigrated to Australia in 1951 He died in 1967 in New South Wales I believe he is on the electoral roll in 1963 in Bondi and there is another Heighway with him? I have no other record of him since he left the UK and am wondering who the other Heighway is or was? As far a I know my grandparents did not divorce before he left the UK Any help would be greatly appreciated Thanks in advance....

[rosball]

There is a marriage for him on NSW BDM http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/ in Sydney in 1962

regards,
  Ros

By the way if you are considering getting his death or marriage cert then transcriptions are cheaper and they send by e-mail http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/familyHistory/howToTraceYouFamTree.htm

[sparrett]

Is this the birth and full name of your G.father?


Births Mar 1889   
Heighway  William Walter   at   Bridgnorth  6a /582

Sue   

[rosball]

Sue I think his age was 37 when he arrived on 1 feb 1951 on the Strathnaver

cheers,
   Ros

[majm]

Passengers on the Otranto, arriving Sydney 26 Dec 1946 (ex Tilbury Docks)  include Mr William and Mrs Margaret with your person’s SURNAME.   You have your grandfather migrating in 1951…. Thus I am suggesting that there’s more than ONE family with that surname with the same given names as your enquiry and living in NSW in the 1950s,

So  it is possible that you are inadvertently naming LIVING persons…   

Here’s the RChat link re the policy for Living Persons .  http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,368728.msg2632620.html#msg2632620 

Please see the passenger arrivals index at the National Archives of Australia at this link:

http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/search/index.aspx  (Passenger arrivals index does NOT include all the passenger arrivals to Australia, but it is a good place to start looking for migrants).

May I suggest you edit your opening post to remove the name of the female please, as you have not confirmed that she is no longer a living person. 

PS I have checked Ryerson Index and cannot see likely Margaret death/funeral/probate announcement indexed from popular NSW newspapers 
http://www.ryersonindex.org/

Cheers,  JM

[sparrett]

This death notice mentions a person of the correct name whose mother was  MARGARET (LEGGE) ACOTT (father Frank ACOTT whose sister the notice refers to)
I think this may be the future bride of HEIGHWAY and perhaps, like her mother she had the middle name LEGGE

CREW (nee Acott). — On the 11th July, at Vimy House, Emily Ann, loved only sister of Frank, sister-in-law of Peggy, beloved auntie of Helier, John, and Margaret Acott. (Privately cremated.) (English papers please copy
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) Saturday 17 July 1937

[sparrett]

Re the possible Victorian connection--

 
The mother was registered to vote in Victoria , first appearing in 1931, married to FRANK ACOTT who was a gardener in South Yarra

Details of the couple are available.

Her birth name was FARRANT and she and FRANK married in ENGLAND

 Marriages Jun 1922   
 ACOTT    Frank to Margaret L  Farrant at Lewisham
 1d/2202

Sue

[sparrett]

This couple died in Victoria

             
 
ACOTT Margaret
Father Farrant Samuel
Mother Maggie  LEGGE
Death Place CAUL
Age 85
Year 1975
Reg 8439




ACOTT Frank
Father Unknown
Mother UNKNOWN
Death Place FITZ
Age 69
Year 1964
Reg  24126

Sue

[majm]

This chap died in Victoria


Hellier Francis ACOTT aged 27 died in Victoria in 1954.  Vic BDM ref #11794 

Cheers,  JM

CREW (nee Acott). — On the 11th July, at Vimy House, Emily Ann, loved only sister of Frank, sister-in-law of Peggy, beloved auntie of Helier, John, and Margaret Acott. (Privately cremated.) (English papers please copy
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) Saturday 17 July 1937