Hi, a couple of years back I sought advice on finding my grandfather, Ernest McQuillan Hargraves (see Advice-for-an-Aussie-searching-in-England-please) who was reputedly born in the UK. It seems that was false information given by him - either a false name or false birth information - and I am now off on another track.
Ernest's first marriage was to my grandmother, and I am now trying to trace his descendent(s) from his second marriage. He had one daughter from that marriage, C.S. Hargraves, b1927. She travelled to UK from Australia in 1949, married H. Asgill-Tucker in 1953, and the two of them travelled to South Africa in 1956. Their intended place of residence was shown as 'SR', which I'm guessing was Southern Rhodesia. Henry's father was also Henry Asgill-Tucker, and he had died by the time they were married.
I have two questions please:
1. I can find no further information on the Asgill-Tucker family in the UK using Ancestry.com. I'm guessing that either (i) Henry came from Rhodesia and his family was still there, or (ii) his ancestors were Asgills and Tuckers who only combined their names in the generation before him. Does anyone have any thoughts on this please?
2. I would like to see if I can find H & C in Rhodesia, and also check if his parents lived there. Ancestry.com doesn't seem to have any records from there. Does anyone have advice on the best way to search there please?
Thank you
Ernest's first marriage was to my grandmother, and I am now trying to trace his descendent(s) from his second marriage. He had one daughter from that marriage, C.S. Hargraves, b1927. She travelled to UK from Australia in 1949, married H. Asgill-Tucker in 1953, and the two of them travelled to South Africa in 1956. Their intended place of residence was shown as 'SR', which I'm guessing was Southern Rhodesia. Henry's father was also Henry Asgill-Tucker, and he had died by the time they were married.
I have two questions please:
1. I can find no further information on the Asgill-Tucker family in the UK using Ancestry.com. I'm guessing that either (i) Henry came from Rhodesia and his family was still there, or (ii) his ancestors were Asgills and Tuckers who only combined their names in the generation before him. Does anyone have any thoughts on this please?
2. I would like to see if I can find H & C in Rhodesia, and also check if his parents lived there. Ancestry.com doesn't seem to have any records from there. Does anyone have advice on the best way to search there please?
Thank you
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