Help in finding someone in America please

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Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 192 Send Message	Sharon	Report	20 May 2004 20:09
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 192 Send Message	Does anyone know how i would go about finding someone who in 1923 worked on the ship Francisco ,when the ship reached America he deserted leaving a wife and children in England never to be heard of again. Thank you
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 83 Send Message	Linda	Report	20 May 2004 21:29
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 83 Send Message	Have you tried Ancestry? If you give me his name I will have a look for you.
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 0 Send Message	Crista	Report	20 May 2004 21:37
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 0 Send Message	Sharon, List his name and age and I can look at the 1930 census. Crista
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 192 Send Message	Sharon	Report	20 May 2004 22:12
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 192 Send Message	Thank you very much, His name was Alfred Ernest Pexton he was 42 years old when he went.His mother Sarah Pexton had gone to America in 1919 to stay with her daughter Mrs F Tiegel at 10417 Ostend Avenue Cleveland Ohio.He may have gone there i dont know as yet if Sarah ever came back to england she was 60 years old and a widow when she went. Thanks again Sharon