Thomas Becton, Soccer Player

[crisane]

Thomas and Martin's mother Margaret died 7 April 1911 so only 5 days after the 1911 census was taken. Probate granted to Mary Wearden wife od William Wearden and Thomas Becton - fireman.

Martin, her husband, death registered March1/4 1921. No probate record

His sister Margaret died age 24 in 1893.

[oldohiohome]

New Bedford City Directory
1914, 1915
no Martin or Thomas

1916
Thomas Beckton, operative, home 31 Ashley
no Martin

1918, 1919, 1921, - skipped to - 1931, 1932
Thomas (Ann) Beckton, oper, home at 15 Viall
no Martin

1934, 1936
no Thomas
stopped looking here, since you have him in England in 1939

[Duck]

I would like to say a big thank you for all your kind help, I will review all the information in the morning after a good nights sleep

Kind regards

Simon

[oldohiohome]

On his immigration in 1914 ...
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:23X6-RCW

The manifest said his last permanent residence was Toronto, Canada. - I didn't find him in the 1913, 1914, or 1915 Toronto City Directories. So he wasn't there long, or maybe was living with someone and didn't find work. - I don't think there are too many records of passengers from England to Canada. His wife's last permanent residence was in England.

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His line on the manifest is stamped "Legal Entry for Permanent Residence verified November 6, 1931, Number: 775970". That would have been just before he went back to England.

I think this page will provide more information on what that means. See the first subheading "Letters "V/L followed by numbers over numbers, sometimes with a date etc.," at
https://www.jewishgen.org/infofiles/manifests/name/

or else he might fall under these cases here, which is linked from that page. See subheading "Other Travel Documents after July 1, 1924"

https://www.jewishgen.org/infofiles/manifests/other/visa/

From what I can understand of those two pages, he might have intended to return to the US. Or maybe he was just making it easier on himself if he ever decided to return in the future.

[Duck]

oldohiohome, thank you for your kind help

Kind regards

Simon