General Chat

I take it you haven't found him on the 1911 census?

Sue xx

I was thinking today, as one does now and then, about the trying to find boards etc. Wouldn't it be great if there was an office or people who could subscribe to 'going back in time'......Imagine the requests. Could you go back in time to find out who the Father of me Granny's Mother was?. Or in your case it would probably take longer cos they would have to track down when your fellah was in the first place. Which could have been the nick...yer never know.

I am sure someone with a more vivid imagination ( at this time in the morn ) can come up with other scenarios.....would make a great book or TV series.....( you saw it here first folks )!

Weird Allan!...will have a butchers later

Could this be your man in WW1?

British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920
about Clifford Mortimer
Name: Clifford Mortimer
Regiment or Corps: Yorkshire Regiment
Regimental Number: 11286

On second thoughts he would be too old to fight in WW1. Perhaps an earlier campaign?

Sue xx

Susanwithnumbers

Yes he is on the 1911 census and living in Manchester. His place of birth is given as 'London'

But we can't find him on any earliers censuses. He may have been abroad but we can't find his name on any passenger list.

His father, Joseph, a coach trimmer, is also proving elusive. Joseph had died by the time my grandfather married.

Thanks for the offer, a fresh pair of eyes may work wonders :0))

I'll have to go but if you neeed any further information either pm me or leave a note on Sue's Aussie thread, which I visit daily.

Allan

Hi Sue,

I think that that would be a different person.

At the oubreak of WW1 he would have been 54, way too old to have fought

Allan