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I found part of a letter after the death of my mother, Jennie Hall (nee Ratcliffe) in 2000

The letter was dated 2nd December 1996 and was sent from:
33 Celebration St., Beckenham, W. Australia, 6107.

I belive the family name in Australia is PHILLIPS:
Father - Harry PHILLIPS
Mother - Patricia (or Phyllis) nee HALL from Oldham, Lancashire, England. She is my half-cousin, daughter of William HALL.

I think that they have 4 children:
1. Bethany b. c. 1979
2. Seth b. c. 1981
3. Luke b. c. 1983
4. Ruth b. c. 1986.

Harrty attempted to trace me via the Rossendale Express newspaper several years ago. Unfortunately I had moved from Rossendale to Darlington in County Durham in 2000 and was unaware of this attempted contact until quite recently.

I would be grateful for any information which will help me establish contact.

Have you tried the Australian whilte pages :-)

Hi Shirley,
Yes, I've tried but no luck so far.
Thanks for the tip.

The likely place to look for the young people is facebook.......there are name matches for a couple of the girls although common ones are infact in Australia and one in WA.

could this death be related

Harry Seth John Phillips
BillionGraves Index
death: 11 February 1973
burial: Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia

Wasn the letter dated 1996? If so that death can't be the same Harry Phillips

Hi edann
I've never heard of these people, but then I've just started looking myself!
My family all came from theddlethorpe and then Saltfleetby.
If I can be of any help, I will happliy look at the trees I have been kindly shown by other users for you to see if there are any connections?
Regards
Louisa phillips.

malyon since Edann's Harry's children were born after 1978 the death in 1973 is not likely her Harry ... Harry Seth John Phillips was born in 1903 in Bristol ...


Google is also always a good idea ... this is a Seth in Perth, with a photo if that might help

https://www.linkedin.com/in/phillipsseth

he finished secondary school in 1999 which would be about exactly right

this is that Seth on twitter

https://twitter.com/sethatddls

The letter was dated December 1996 and an attempt was made to contact me about 2000.
This means, unfortunately, that the death record suggested by Maylon is too early.

As JoonieClooney said; the children were all born after that date. The dates of the births are all correct within 1 year as ages are confirmed in the letter. That, plus their address from which the letter came, are the omly concrete facts. I am certain that the mother came originally from Oldham, Lancashire, England

I will attempt to contact the Linkedin link today.
It could be a good lead.

Hello Edann,

May I suggest you google "Australian Residential White Pages WA" - follow the usual and just put in Perth.

It does come up with many S Phillips and lists the state - easily to pick out the WA ones and this may help although I warn you, you may need to eliminate districts first, but a good way to go and phone calls are a quick and easy way to connect at a minimum of cost.

Good luck,
Peahen

Hi again.

The Linkedin suggests Seth is a Director with DDLS:

DDLS Perth:

Address:
Level 7, 553 Hay St, Perth WA 6000

Phone:
1800 853 276

Fax:
08 9225 6022

You could just try this connection. They may have an email address.

Again good luck
Peahen

Hi Edann
The' West Aus State Library' (on-line) has an 'Ask a Librarian' service - they will check electoral rolls -past & present. Any addresses you have would help. They also check newspaper death notices - clues/dates/location would help.

The 'West Australian' newspaper has a special 'Can You Help' page each Monday - they will place an 'ad' for those you're looking for.

Valerie
Albany
WAus

Thanks Valerie,

i will try contacting both the lbrary and the paper today.
edann

All the above suggestions are now in the process of being followed up.
i have made contact through various sources and await replies over the next few days.

Many thanks for all the suggestions.

Edann

JoonieCloonie,

My thoughts exactly. I probably would go a step further and make the call. It is the quickest way to feel what a reception might be. However, this has been ticked as answered and we hope Edann gets what he set out to find.

Good luck again EDann.

Peahen.

ps Lived 5 years in St. Austell where the girls were born. Roche down the road from us.