Hi Emma,
We've been corresponding about this on The Genealogist forum.
Have you seen that the army lists have a different birthdate for him - 30 April 1877: https://digital.nls.uk/british-military-lists/archive/89294649?mode=transcription
Hi Shaun,
Yes, we have! I’m trying all avenues that crop up as I’m trying to break down this apparent brick wall!
I had noted that date of birth. Which is just even more confusing now as I have multiple different ones: 21st April 1875, 21st April 1877, 21st April 1887 and 30th April 1877. I keep coming up with more questions than answers!
I am probably very ‘wet behind the ears’ when it comes to this family tree malarkey, but I just don’t understand how I can find quite a few records for him (or, at least I think they are for him!) from 1901 onwards, but not before!
Kind regards,
Emma
1887 seems fairly unlikely given he married in 1901 - Age would have been 14!
Indeed, but he may not have been completely honest about his age…? 🤔
