I have a man employed as a railway carriage cleaner in Folkestone in 1920. Do you think he would be employed by a rail company or a private one? If it was a railway what's the likelyhood of finding any records?
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I would think that he would be employed by the Railway company themselves, I don't think that at that time the work load was contracted out, though I could be wrong..
have a look at this page in our Reference Library.. it might help
RailwaysLast edited by Darksecretz; 15-03-12, 09:41.Julie
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I think this is likely to be a link to the company for which he worked.
With easy access to the continent, could he have moved there?
South Eastern & Chatham Railway Society website contains information on the Society & how join us. Information of SECR the managing commitee formed in 1899 to control the South Eastern Railway and the London, Chatham & Dover Railway. There is a selection of historical photographs many of which are held by the Society on the website.
I'm not far from Folkestone. Let me know if I can help with addresses etc.
Gwyn
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Thanks for yor kind offer, Gwyn. I was helped yesterday, by the Folkestone library, to confirm he was living 1920/25 in East Cliff, Folkestone but his wife and family went to Australia in 1925 but he doesn't appear to have accompanied them. This chap has been a major brick wall for several years. We expected to find him in the north west but he surfaced in Folkestone in 1917. (I may be back...)Cath.
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Perhaps he went to Australia before them via a different route and then sent for them??? Have you any idea where the wife and family went to ie relative/friend in Australia??
Researching Irish families: FARMER, McBRIDE McQUADE, McQUAID, KIRK, SANDS/SANAHAN (Cork), BARR,
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Originally posted by JBee View PostPerhaps he went to Australia before them via a different route and then sent for them??? Have you any idea where the wife and family went to ie relative/friend in Australia??Cath.
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Yes but remember the rolls are compiled months before they're published - nowdays I fill in the electors roll form in Oct for the following year so could have gone up to 15 months beforehand if its the same timeline as now. So I'd look for 1924 as well as 1925.
I agree that he would have worked for the railway company - remember my uncle worked in a hotel but was employed by the british rail. Thinking aloud he also worked on liners - wonder if you're man got a job on a ship and decided to stay in Australia and send for family. Have you found the family in australia? Wonder if he was with them.
Researching Irish families: FARMER, McBRIDE McQUADE, McQUAID, KIRK, SANDS/SANAHAN (Cork), BARR,
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I would have thought it unusual for a married woman (without a husband) and her children to be able to emigrate to Australia in their own right at that time, unless she was wealthy, or had a profession.
Is there anywhere to find out how an individual qualified for an assisted passage?
Did the family have money?
What did she do to earn a living?
Is there a death record in Australia for the husband?
Any relatives in the area they went to?
JayJanet in Yorkshire
Genealogists never die - they just swap places in the family tree
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Lots of info here about a wide range of Australian government schemes 1921 onwards .....
Was your man ex-army? There were schemes to help ex-soldiers (both Oz & UK) The Napier Bay area scheme planned that husbands should go first to clear land, families to follow 14+ months later.
Can't really attempt to help further, without name details and dates - sorry.
JayJanet in Yorkshire
Genealogists never die - they just swap places in the family tree
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So many people have tried to help with this chap recently (thank again everyone) that I didn't really want to trouble you all again by giving his name but here goes.
Thomas Battersby Graham, b.1893, Bury, Lancs. last address in UK 1925, 45, East Cliff, Folkestone.
His wife and 2 daughters left for Australia in 1925 without him. We have found them there on later dates but Thomas has just disappeared. I think we have searched all possibilities. If anyone else wants to have a go I will be very grateful.Last edited by Cath RJ; 16-03-12, 12:27.Cath.
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Got him here - if his wife is Sarah address is same as you gave too.
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec?htx=View&r=5538&dbid=1263&iid=CANIMM1913PLIS T_2000918963-00017&fn=Thomas&ln=Graham&st=r&ssrc=&pid=1686570
arriving in CanadaLast edited by JBee; 16-03-12, 14:13.
Researching Irish families: FARMER, McBRIDE McQUADE, McQUAID, KIRK, SANDS/SANAHAN (Cork), BARR,
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Is your man a "carriage cleaner" or a "cleaner" on a rail engine?
I may not be correct but if I remember correctly then the promotion for steam train drivers went from -
engine cleaner
to locomotive or engine fireman
to engine driverherky
Researching - Trimmer (Farringdon), Noble & Taylor (Ross and Cromarty), Norris (Glasgow), McGilvray (Glasgow and Australia), Leck & Efford (Glasgow), Ferrett (Hampshire), Jenkins & Williams (Aberystwyth), Morton (Motherwell and Tipton), Barrowman (Glasgow), Lilley (Bromsgrove and Glasgow), Cresswell (England and Lanarkshire). Simpson, Morrow and Norris in Ireland. Thomas Price b c 1844 Scotland.
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