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Boer War soliders
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Jackie | Report | 5 Oct 2006 16:45 |
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How do I search for my grandfather who was serving in the Boer War so is not showing on the 1901 census so I cannot trace his parents. |
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English Bob | Report | 5 Oct 2006 16:58 |
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If he was serving in 1901, he must have been over the age of ten! so search for him as a younger man in 1891. Bob |
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Lynn | Report | 5 Oct 2006 17:25 |
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I have the same problem, I can't find my gt.grnadfather in the 1901 census and I think he was away fighting. I can't find him on the 1891 census because he has a common name, and I don't know which one is mine. Lynn |
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English Bob | Report | 5 Oct 2006 17:34 |
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.....if they had siblings, look for them. The next census back or forward may have the sisters and younger brothers still at home.. keep trying sometimes you have to go sideways at the search. Bob |
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Jackie | Report | 5 Oct 2006 17:44 |
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Thanks Lynn If I get anywhere I will let you know the secret!!!!!!!! |
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Jackie | Report | 5 Oct 2006 17:47 |
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Thanks English Bob, Have tried that one but like Lynn have come across hundreds with the same name. I have found him after 1904 when he married my grandmother and he was in Kilburn London but that is about it. |
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ErikaH | Report | 5 Oct 2006 17:56 |
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The best thing you can do is to obtain his marriage cert.........it will tell you his age at the time, plus his father's details. That info should make the task easier.......... Reg |
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