Help with finding a Thomas Robert Fletcher

[Milliepede]

Have you got a passenger list for your person?  Is he on his own.

His brother stayed in the UK

Where has that information come from please?

Would need double checking but I think the Thomas son of George & Ann is married and still in Hertfordshire on later census.

[fletch001]

Hi All,
Sorry for the delay in my reply just back in from work. I had to email USA this morning asking for some more info. They are not certain he was born in Coventry and not certain if he arrived in the USA by himself or with his family.

Would it be better if I transferred this to general England instead of county site?
Regards
Mike

[fayl]

It would appear Thomas was married twice in the USA. Would your family (in the US) have copies of the marriage certificates or would they be able to obtain copies.

Or can they access marriage registers/records  that we don’t have access to as I think they would name his parents. 

Fay

[fletch001]

Hi Fay,
Thanks for the information, I will ask them and will let you know, it may take a day or two.
Regards
Mike

[fayl]

Mike

Just to add Thomas's first marriage was a Catholic ceremony - the 2nd one I am unsure about at the moment,  but will do some more research this afternoon when I have more time.

Fay

[fletch001]

Hi Fay,
Just back from work and had a reply from the USA. They have checked the marriage certs they have and there are no names of Thomas R Fletcher's parents on it.
However, his first wife was Ellen Powers born in 1852 in Watertown, New York, and married on 06/06/1869.

Thomas R Fletcher's second wife was Mary Wylde born 18/07/1850 in Watertown, New York, and died 24 May 1940. They both married in 1883.

Still does not solve the problem of finding Thomas R and his brother Robert T Fletcher and their parent's names and whereabouts they came from in the UK.

Regards
Mike

[fayl]

Mike

Thats the information I had come up with - 2nd marriage to Mary Wylde was her 2nd marriage as well.

The reason i asked about marriage certificates is that an ancestor of mine left England for the US and got married there in 1911 and his parents names are listed in the register.

If we had the parents names it may have made it easier to search the UK births and census.

Fay

[fletch001]

Hi Fay,
Just had a look at a copy of Thomas R Fletcher's memorial notice, he died 05/01/1908 aged 60yrs. That makes his DoB around 1848 not 1843 as stated.
Hope this helps
Regards
Mike

[fayl]

Mike

Do the family still have his death certificate - this may also show his parentage.

Fay