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hi to all i am having huge problems with my henderson chap,i have about 4 questions on him that i carnt answer,would somebody take a look and see if they can solve the problem,SEE BELOW FOR DETAILS.

my james maclean henderson( i can not find a record of birth for him) i know he was born around hull, i ahve found a james henry henderson,1898 and his death date 1931,made him 32 the chap i am looking for died before 1949 i have record that on his son benjamin thomas henderson marriage cert says father dead. the name for the father reads maclean not henry!!!!!!! does anybody think it would be possible that he was adopted and the new parents removed the middle name henry and gave him there name maclean which would result in james maclean henderson!!!!!!!! if so how could i find record of that.... also on his sons birth cert it says fathers occ stoker royal navy, on his sons marriage cert it says fathers occ fireman ss guifport,isnt that an american ship,if he was british why would he serve on an american ship. last puzzle can not find a marriage to sons mother florence monday i have record on sons birth cert that her name was henderson,and on the second marriage her surname was henderson,looked for the marriage between 1916-1923 between the 2 sons births which was 1921 and 1922 born in halifax. please could somebody try and help me im very stuck

can anybody think of a logical explanation!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

In 1901 at 38 Backhouse Land, Sculcoates, Hull theres Ada B Henderson wife marr 23 born Hull, James H Henderson son 2 b Hull. No sign of a husband. Perhaps he was a stoker in the RN and his ship was at sea???

do you have any idea when he was born?

how do you know james was born around HUll?

perhaps he was away, he was born around hull, and jess iknow this because his sons sister from another marriage told me sadly 2 days before she died last week,so i have no other direct sources to ask other wise i would do tracey

but do you have an idea what yr he was born

jean his sons sister said she seems to remember he was more or less the same age as his wife florence and she was born in 1898,she said you could possible add a year or 2 but no more than that, im sorry i dont have that much this is why i am struggling,like i said before would ask her again but shes gone now,theres nobody else within that line left.

do you have son james birth cert?

yes jess i do, james maclean henderson son, benjamin thomas henderson,born 4th dec 1922 registered 1923,birthplace waterloo cottages,stainland,halifax,west yorks. father james maclean henderson----mother florence henderson nee monday fathers occ stoker royal navy,

does anybody have any ideas about the occ question, james occ fireman ss guifport like i said in original message i thought it an american ship does any one have an explanation for why an english man would be on an american ship, i really dont have any knowledge when it comes to the forces.

SS Gulfport was a merchant cargo ship. Why shouldn't an englishman be part of the crew, even if the ship was american - perhaps he'd been paid off in the states and took berth on Gulfport to get back to the UK?

thanks jools, i am going to seem very thick now but that ment nothing to me,what do you mean by paid off,sorry if i sound thick, my head feels like its exploding with all the info or lack of info on this chap.

Paid off as in he got paid when the ship docked.

It could be that James was actualy called James Mclean and then was taken in by a Henderson family? thus James mclean Henderson

There is another thread about this chap.........the two do really need to be linked.............. Reg

Tracy - I'm trying to get tis clear in my head, so please bear with me. One son (birth cert held) benjamin thomas henderson,born 4th dec 1922 registered 1923,birthplace waterloo cottages,stainland,halifax,west yorks.father james maclean henderson----mother florence henderson nee monday fathers occ stoker royal navy, Other son born 1921. Have you the BC for this other son? Have you checked marriages for florence using variations of monday - such as munday, mundy Jools