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Old 13-09-19, 20:49
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Originally Posted by Anstey Nomad View Post
Just checking in to see if there have been any developments. One day there will be, I'm sure of it.

If he was in the KOYLIs before the war, he must be a Yorkshireman, surely?

If he wasn't wanted, did he grow up in an institution and show on earlier censuses by initials only?

Did he take the Harrison name when his mother re-married, or from whoever 'fostered' him?

Rotherham and Castleford are only 35 miles apart. I'm getting a strong sense that the answer to this lies in South Yorkshire.
My father in law insisted his dad was a Yorkshireman, my thoughts are from at least 1908 to his death in 1965 he lived in South Derbyshire and worked in the pits where he would have picked up a south Derbyshire accent, and there are similarities with the two accents. Father in law wasn’t born until 1920 so well after his dad came home from the war.

I also think the man was a compulsive liar

Where else to try? I don’t mind paying for research as I have with Rotherham archives. Any suggestions for anything else other than the Workhouse?
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