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Looking for Harold Ferson

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SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 26 Feb 2014 20:22

There are 3 Public Family trees on ancestry for him


all have much the same information.

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 26 Feb 2014 20:20

Bev ................



..... everything is seemingly well documented in OZ, from his marriage, birth of children to his death

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 26 Feb 2014 20:19

not much information in official records!!


A public tree on ancestry, with some documentation, has the following .................


Ferson Hisley Family
Owner: Irene Sachs



Harold Julius Ferson
Birth 1882 in Kristiansund, More og Romsdal, Norway
Death 1974 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Parents

Dennis Ferson
Anne Larsen


Spouse

Agnes May Hisley
1893 – 1991

Children

Private

Private

Isabel Edith Ferson
1919 – 2009

Harold James Ferson
1921 – 2009

Jean Barbara Ferson
1924 – 1926



everything is well documented in Australia




This might give you some leads on to where to start your search re his birth, and when he arrived in the UK

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

BeverleyW

BeverleyW Report 26 Feb 2014 20:16

Do you know what state of Australia he went to?
There is a death in New South Wales for a Harold Ferson in 1974, reference 42179/1974, parents' names Dennis and Ann.

http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/Index/IndexingOrder.cgi/search?event=births

No more info given on the page I'm afraid.

Researching:
Weedon - Australia, Hertfordshire; Paterson - Scotland; Elmer - Huntingdon; Ball, Lloyd, Warren - Birmingham; Branson - Bucks;

WDYTYALive

WDYTYALive Advisor Report 26 Feb 2014 17:21

Looking for Harold Ferson born 1881-82.

London c. 1902-1906.

Arrived Australia 1906.

Mother Norwegian or Finnish.

Any information welcome.