I'm trying to find information on my Husbands Grandfather. He was born in Bristol UK ? Between 1891 to 1894. He told the family he was brought up in an orphanage in the UK. He immigrated to Australia? Date.
He married Florence Atkins in 1926 in Sydney NSW.
on the marriage certificate it states unknown father and mother but on his death certificate on the 24th March 1979 it states his father as Charles Edward Johnstone.
He told everyone that the orphanage he was in burnt down and all records burnt with it.
I have tried to search for orphanages that burnt down but the ones I've seen are either the wrong era or country.
So we have come up at a dead end.
​​​We are hoping that someone may be able to at least point us in the right direction. We have used Ancestry and my heritage and googled until we can google no more, so we are putting it out there.
Thanking you all in advance for your help.
He married Florence Atkins in 1926 in Sydney NSW.
on the marriage certificate it states unknown father and mother but on his death certificate on the 24th March 1979 it states his father as Charles Edward Johnstone.
He told everyone that the orphanage he was in burnt down and all records burnt with it.
I have tried to search for orphanages that burnt down but the ones I've seen are either the wrong era or country.
So we have come up at a dead end.
​​​We are hoping that someone may be able to at least point us in the right direction. We have used Ancestry and my heritage and googled until we can google no more, so we are putting it out there.
Thanking you all in advance for your help.
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