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Please could someone help me find some more on my family, I will give you want I have so far.

My gramp robert george and his twin Frederick ernest where born in southampton in the 3rd qtr of 1903 2c 10 now I have been trying to find their parents who my uncles said was george and I think I have found him in 1881 and again in 1901 called george henry but am not sure as I do not have his parents name neither does anyone else all I know was he was born in southampton!! also we have found that there was another brother to the twins called Frederick Charles Marsh who die on the Titanic and is buried in Nova scocha and I wondered if anyone knows how I can find out what he was doing on that ship and how old he was. I know its a long shot but can anyone who can work all this better then me and thats not hard find out anything at all for me please. also one more little thing was that when the twins where born they lived in Back of the walls in southampton and I also need my gt gramps death date (George henry) again southampton

Thanks very much

Julie

Have you sent for a birth cert

this a list of passengers and crew

http://www.lva.lib.va.us/whoweare/exhibits/titanic/p2.htm#m

John
You are quoting the GRO ref for the birth ,that cert will tell you his parents names including mums maiden name so invaluable in going back another generation.
You could look for the GRO ref for Frederick too and then you will know his age when he was on the Titanic. he may have been a crew member or a passenger but you will need his info first . I believe its poss to search for the passenger list OR failing that I,m sure the Shipping Line would still have info on those aboard ship.

Shirley

marsh f ,southampton , engineering crew ,a fireman

Frederick Charles Marsh was working on board as a Fireman aged 28 of 4 Back Walls Southampton.

http://www.titanicstory.com/pac.htm#M

says F Marsh = fireman

According to the Crew List for the Titanic:-

Mr. Frederick Charles Marsh
Age 39
Engine class/dept.
Fireman/Stoker.
He joined the ship in Southampton.

Taken from this site:-

http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/manifest.php?q=21

Kath. x

an F Marsh -Fireman is listed as an Engineering Crew member

Thanks so much all of you for the info on frederick and his job on the titantic, I will see if I can get a birth cert for my gramp amd his twin to go back further, can anyone find my gt gramps death ?

you are all brill and I knew you would help me as you all have in the past

xx
Julie

I think you would be better to wait until you have your gramps birth certificate before looking for great grandads death, so that you are sure you have the correct name.

Kath. x

There are a couple of pictures of 'Back of the Walls' on this site - the houses were literally built up against the city walls..
http://search.plimsoll.org/cgi-bin/dialogserver.exe?THRESHOLD=99&QUERY00=back+of+the+walls&db=plimsoll&PROP00=t%3Dp%2Cs%3Dall

The houses were mostly demolished in slum clearances after the war. There has been an archealogical dig in the area for the past few years, and lots of medieval artefacts found.

maggie

I am really stuck at the moment as one of my uncles has asked me how you find where somewhere is buried ! can anyone tell me the brief outline of how I go about it please.

also does anyone know of a search site that tells you the name of the person the one you are looking for has married ?

Tks
Jules

Julie, this is for FreeBMD. | think it goes up to the 1920's. http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl

http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl

Selena

Not sure about this, married a ? Whitfield

Marriages Jun 1922

MARSH Frederick Whitfield Southampton 2c 82

http://www.gro.gov.uk you can order certificates from this offical site using index details they cost £7

Thanks for your replies, I know he married a lady called emily but have no surname and they married before 1903 as my gramp and his twin where born then. they also lived in the southampton area, I have tried finding george on the census but again do not have parents names and his only brother die on the titanic, that says on one document that he was 28 and on another 39 !! so I gather he was born on or after 1873 as I know my gt gramp was born 1881 as I have that info.

Jules

Hi Julie, are you sure frederick charles was a brother to the twins? if he was their brother there was a large age gap. Is it possible that frederick charles was the twins father, and george henry the twins grandfather. i found a marriage for frederick charles in 1902 which would coincide with the year the twins were born.
on the 1881 & 1891 census there is a George H Marsh (wife called emily) with a son called frederick birth is about 1874, this is close to the age of the frederick that was on the titanic, which states he was 39, which would have made his birth year 1873. it's a very good possibility.thanks rebecca

rebbeca I am hoping we have something here, but frederick C was the brother of George H according to my uncles and the twins dad was Goerge H and their mum was emily !! the twins never again according to my uncles had any other siblings !

sorry just asked my uncle and he said they don't think frederick charles was ever married ! help ha ha