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There is this 1894 marriage showing on FMP -

Yorkshire Marriages

First name(s) Henry
Last name Palfreyman
Age 29
Birth year 1865
Residence Hoyland
Marriage year 1894
Marriage date 26 Jun 1894
Marriage place Foston on the Wolds
Spouse's first name(s) Ruth
Spouse's last name Greenley
Spouse's age 26
Spouse's residence Foston
Father's first name(s) George
Father's last name Palfreyman
Spouse's father's first name(s) William
Spouse's father's last name Greenley
County Yorkshire (East Riding)
Country England
Archive reference PE 136/9
Page 110

Henry a Bachelor and a Miner, living in Hoyland Father George a Miner
Ruth a spinster living in Foston. Father a LAbourer

Both signed
Witnesses William and Lydia Greenley

Looked at Yorkshire marriages on FMP

The one you refer to was at Foston on the Wolds to Ruth Greenley

Groom’s father named as George

1901 census gives occupation as Coal miner below ground

If you get a copy of the 1894 marriage certificate it will include the father’s name for cross reference

He is in the Australian 1891-
their census only give the name of the head of the household and number of males & females in the household. So boarders dont show by name....-

He went to Australia in 1888 , with his two brothers Tom & John, and their children, They all lived in Corrimal for generations after.
'Founder' members of the Wesleyan Church there - buried in Wollongong.

He allegedly married in 1894 in Yorkshire. and there are a couple of entries that might be him there in 1901.

There is no record of him in NSW in 1903 electoral roles- or burials.

There were several mine disasters in Wollongong at that time in which he might have perished.

That's why the return journey is important to find..

The out ward journey of them all in 1888, is clearly documented.

What census have you found him on after 1891

Looking for the return journey of a man named Henry Palfreyman. .

Noted in Corrimal, NSW, Australia in 1891 in the purchase of 2 land plots. And building of a cottage there.

These plots sold in 1897 to William J Jeffrey. (Registry record)

HP born in Wortley, Yorkshire, in December 1864 to George & Elizabeth