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Member Since: March 2004 Posts: 1,563 Send Message	David	Report	12 Feb 2009 09:45
Member Since: March 2004 Posts: 1,563 Send Message	I have found Charles Palmer on the 1911 census at Farnham, and he is military rather than household. He was born in S.Norwood/Croydon in 1890 Is there anyway to find if he was killed in WW!? I have looked on the lists and there are a large number of Charles Palmers and I don't know how to find if he was one of them. My mother always said that after her father was killed in WW1 an uncle offered to adopted her and take her to Canada with his wife. The problem with that is that I have trace all her uncles, her dad had one brother who stayed in England and her mum had 8 children according to the 1911 of who only 3 were still alive then. One was my grandmother, the second was Uncle Fred who we know stayed in the UK, the 3rd was Uncle Arthur who lived with my grandmother and died in 1927 and I believe he was unmarried. That leaves Charles Palmer who was the only candidate. He was a step brother of my mother's father. However if he was killed in the war that would rule him out as well. In 1901, Charles was living in Farnham with his parents, Ernest and Elizabeth Palmer.
Member Since: November 2002 Posts: 6,292 Send Message	Sam	Report	12 Feb 2009 09:52
	If he was killied in WWI then he will be listed on the Commonwealth Graves Commission website. www.cwgc.org