Hi everyone this relates to John/Jack Ferris who i thought was my Grandads brother and everything pointed to it being the poor soul buried in Ramleh Egypt.(WW1 Ancestry thread)
Seems it more lightly isn't him,though he was in the Hants/Wilts regiment and came from Bitterne i was puzzled on a few issues,why didn't they know his age,he had a close family and the fact that my dad had mentioned he had died in France
Saw my dad yesterday and wished him well on fathers day and shown him the news on Jack/John,now my dad is very unwell at present so dont like to push things but he is adamant that his dads brother was born JACK(not John who was found on the records)and more importantly he seems to think that poor Jack was returned to the Southampton area for burial,he still thinks that the place of death was the Somme.
http://www.forum.familyhistory.uk.com/newreply.php?do=newreply&p=98430
The link above what Julie found about Stoneham suggests my dad could be right about that........but either dad or the census is wrong as it names him as John.....my dad is also adamant that Jack was the youngest which dosn't add up on the census details
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So i have a lot of searching to do probably starting in the graveyard at Stoneham where he seems to think it could have been...upset me a bit and taught me a valuable lesson...not to rush in without as many facts as possible.
Like to apologise also to everyone who helped me as all that work seems to be in vain
As i said my dad could be wrong,remember poor Jack was long gone before my father was born and a part of me hopes he is...i will just have to be patient and do the job properly this timeredf)redf)
Seems it more lightly isn't him,though he was in the Hants/Wilts regiment and came from Bitterne i was puzzled on a few issues,why didn't they know his age,he had a close family and the fact that my dad had mentioned he had died in France
Saw my dad yesterday and wished him well on fathers day and shown him the news on Jack/John,now my dad is very unwell at present so dont like to push things but he is adamant that his dads brother was born JACK(not John who was found on the records)and more importantly he seems to think that poor Jack was returned to the Southampton area for burial,he still thinks that the place of death was the Somme.
http://www.forum.familyhistory.uk.com/newreply.php?do=newreply&p=98430
The link above what Julie found about Stoneham suggests my dad could be right about that........but either dad or the census is wrong as it names him as John.....my dad is also adamant that Jack was the youngest which dosn't add up on the census details
So i have a lot of searching to do probably starting in the graveyard at Stoneham where he seems to think it could have been...upset me a bit and taught me a valuable lesson...not to rush in without as many facts as possible.
Like to apologise also to everyone who helped me as all that work seems to be in vain
As i said my dad could be wrong,remember poor Jack was long gone before my father was born and a part of me hopes he is...i will just have to be patient and do the job properly this timeredf)redf)
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