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Might this be George travelling by himself? There are no other Georkes transcribed on the manifest

GOERKE, George
Ship/aircraft name Otranto

Port of embarkation London
Port of disembarkation Sydney
Date of arrival 08 Feb 1927

From National Archives of Australia Passenger arrivals index, 1921-1949

On second thoughts perhaps not, unless he had been back to the UK for a visit. The 1925 ER find suggests he arrived before then.

Tree on Ancestry has George O'Goerk born 27th March 1891 in Liverpool, died 11th July 1960 in Melbourne. Child of marriage given as Brian Thomas O'Goerk born 1934, died 2003.

Australia Marriage Index, 1788-1950


Name: George O'goerk

Spouse Name: Hilda Ethel May Hiscock

Marriage Date: 31 Oct 1933

Marriage Place: South Australia

Registration Place: South Australia

Registration Year: 1933-1937

Page Number: 4

Volume Number: 343


Could this be George Goerk ???

1901

RG number: RG13
Piece: 3455
Folio: 64
Page: 8
Reg. District: West Derby
Sub District: Walton
Parish: Walton on the Hill
Enum. District: 26
Ecclesiastical District: St Luke the Evangelist
City/Municipal Borough:
Address: 5, Dunluce Street, Walton On The Hill, Liverpool
County: Lancashire


GOERKE, Catherine Wife Married F 50 1851
Scotland
>>>>>>GOERKE, George O Son Single M 10 1891
Liverpool, Lancashire
CLEGHORN, John Visitor Married M 66 1835 Pensioner Sergt Major Engineer
Scotland

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915


Name:George Otto Goerke

Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1891

Registration District: West Derby

Inferred County: Lancashire

Volume: 8b

Page: 451

For info

Headline: Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries
Publication:Liverpool Mercury
Publication date:Monday 30 March 1891
Article text:"March 21. At 38 Makin St., Walton, the wife of Captain A. Goerke, of a son."

Nudged up
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Hello Ann and welcome to the Community boards. :-)






I'll send Ann a message to help her find her way back to her thread. :-)

Thanks Cynthia :)


Ethel's death in NSW shows her father as Samuel, so that matches:

19684/1945 GOERKE ETHEL / SAMUEL / / PADDINGTON

Paddington refers to the NSW district in which her death was registered.

Listed in the West Australian newspaper as new settlers in 1924, arriving aboard Euripides: Goerk; George, Ethel and Kathleen.

her birth:

Births Mar 1920 (>99%)
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Goerke Kathleen I / Heathcote / W. Derby / 8b 771



He was being sought in NSW in 1930, formerly of a Paddington address:

The Sydney Morning Herald, Thursday 26 June 1930
GOERK, GEORGE (late 31 Norfolk-st, Paddington), please communicate this address. Urgent.

Marriage in NSW for daughter Kathleen - in Paddington district!!!

15933/1942 NELSON HAROLD FRANCIS / GOERKE KATHLEEN IRENE / PADDINGTON

:-)

Possibly husband's death from Ryerson Index:
NELSON / Harold Francis / Death notice
09MAR1984 Death late of Maroubra
Sydney Morning Herald 12MAR1984

Death of George found by Choccy:

Surname: OGOERK
Given Names: George
Father: Unknown
Mother: UNKNOWN
Death Place: RICH
Age: 69
Year: 1960
Reg Number: 9554
Event: D

Hilda Ethel May O'GOERK died in South Australia in 1991.

A Hilda May O'GOERK, daughter of George O'GOERK, died in Hindmarsh, SA in 1931 (note he did not marry Hilda HISCOCK until 1933!)

Son Brian Thomas 1933-2003 as found by Choccy; suspect his wife was Ethel Florence, d. 2007 SA.

There is an article in The Argus of 23 May 1942 where George O'GOERK (soldier) was charged with bigamy (so it caught up with him!). But "that O'Goerk's legal wife had written him a letter in which she expressed regret that she had been obliged to give the police his address, as she was not spiteful. The second woman said she was willing to forgive and forget the fact that she had been deceived into contracting a bigamous marriage." :-)

Also a few articles about him in SA newspapers in the 1930s, where he shows as an engineer, or a motor mechanic, and that he had been in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police at some time, and in another he is stated to be an ex-navy salvage officer!

OK this is the 'soldier'

O'GOERK GEORGE : Service Number - PM2610 : Date of birth - 21 Mar 1897 : Place of birth - LIVERPOOL ENGLAND : Place of enlistment - PORT MELBOURNE VIC : Next of Kin - O'GOERK D

O'GOERK GEORGE : Service Number - VX39373 : Date of birth - 21 Mar 1897 : Place of birth - LIVERPOOL ENGLAND : Place of enlistment - ROYAL PARK VIC : Next of Kin - O'GOERK DOROTHY

O'GOERK GEORGE : Service Number - V144716 : Date of birth - 21 Mar 1891 : Place of birth - LIVERPOOL ENGLAND : Place of enlistment - ROYAL PARK VIC : Next of Kin - O'GOERK DOROTHY

This is the 2nd wife Dorothy - they married in Victoria:

Family Name: OGOERK
Given Name: George
Spouse Family Name: REDMOND
Spouse Given Name: Dorothy
Registration Year: 1938
Registration Number: 8561
Event: M


Not sure if same chap who married Ethel in the the UK? I fhe is, then Dorothy was actually his 3rd wife!

your great aunt edith heathcote was my dad;s half sister - after ediths mother, Lydia died, Samuel Heathcote married Clarinda, my dads mother, they had two boys, my dad , AlbertHeathcote and Arthur Heathcote
- I cant remember any mention of her emigrating, but her sister Lily emigrated to America, New York
if I can be of any help let me know, I know a bit about the Heathcote history.

agnes alice heathcote was my maternal grand mother her sister lydia died in 1989 in brunswick usa . dont have any info on edith have only found lydia ,ethel richard and the 2 half brothers you mentioned.so any info u could give me would help :-)

hi, sorry I said edith when I should have said ethel - what I know about the heathcotes is that my dad and his brother had half siblings, dick (Richard) lily, agnes, I never heard about ethel but that could just mean that my dad didn't mention her, dicks daughter edith is still alive and lives in Wallasey. lily married and emigrated to New York , I do remember aunty aggie, did she have a daughter Edna - I remember visiting her when we came to Liverpool - we lived in Edinburgh, my mother was Scottish and my dad moved there after the war. so my dads dad was Samual Slinger Heathcote his mothe Clarinda Morton. Samuels first wife Lydia died around 1910 - my dad was born in 1914. my brother and I spent many happy holidays in Liverpool / Birkenhead - it would be good to hear from you again - any other snippets I can supply, I will be glad to help.

the edna u spoke of was my mum.as we share a greatgrandad i guess that makes us half/cousins.so hi cuz! My dad maried edith in 1990. so she is my cuz and stepmum. mum passed away in 1988

hi again, well this is interesting - I remember staying at your mum Ednas house I have a picture of my dad, brother cousin tony heathcote, what on earth happened to him - the picture was taken outside the house, i remember aunty aggie being there - was your dads name bill? do you have a sister June and i thought there was a girl called Hilary - i was about 10 then - i;m 70 now - i don't feel it though - i know that Edith married for a second time - so that was to your dad - how complicated - so were half cousins, that's great - maybe ive met you, when dad went to Liverpool, we were always taken round all the relatives. we usually stayed with uncle Arthur and his wife Marie in Birkenhead. my dad hardly spoke of his dad. he kept in touch with lily who went to n York,i wonder if that was Lydia, and she was called lily. im really pleased to have found you, i was looking up Samuel when i saw your note. look foreward to hearing from you.

dads brother was bill my dad was harry.i am 65 so would have been about 5 at that time.lydia was always known as lily my sisters are june and hilary. we probably did meet i was only 5 abit young 2 remembe r. we should link up our trees.

dads brother was bill my dad was harry.i am 65 so would have been about 5 at that time.lydia was always known as lily my sisters are june and hilary. we probably did meet i was only 5 abit young 2 remembe r. we should link up our trees.

hi again, its good to get to know about the history of the family, Lily had a daughter called Doreen, she sent the occasional xmas card to me and when she came to uk with her husband, she paid me a visit, I think lily had died by then - I remember you sister June - are we a similar age? Hilary was younger, maybe you weren't born then - my dad kept in touch with his brother Dick and dick and his wife used to regularly come to stay with us in Edinburgh, he was a very nice man - he always sent Lily a Xmas Card and I remember when my brother an I were young, she used to send American comics - did you know my uncle Arthur? when we came to Liverpool on holidays, dad always used to take us to the beach at new brighton - I have such good memories of that time. yes, we should link trees. :