Maybe a last grasp at Peter Henry Harrison

[Margaret in Burton]

Originally Posted by Merry

When he joined the army I'm sure he wasn't thinking about his descendants trying to find historic records about him. Surely it must have been just that he didn't want to to be associated with the name he had before, or the people the name was linked to.

Marg, did he ever have a passport or have any issue with getting his old age pension?

Not that I know of.

[Margaret in Burton]

I was told he was invalided from working in the pit in South Derbyshire when he was crushed. His cause of death was Coronary artery decease and Emphysema. I assume pit related.

[Merry]

Marg, Every now and again I look for PHH again. When I find someone to investigate, I usually look here to see if we've done it before.

Today I was looking at this chap:

http://www.genealogistsforum.co.uk/F...+harris+rouley

Do you have a master list of people we've looked at? That thread seems to fizzle out without any conclusions. Do you know if we ever found anything more about that Peter?

[Margaret in Burton]

Originally Posted by Merry

Marg, Every now and again I look for PHH again. When I find someone to investigate, I usually look here to see if we've done it before.

Today I was looking at this chap:

http://www.genealogistsforum.co.uk/F...+harris+rouley

Do you have a master list of people we've looked at? That thread seems to fizzle out without any conclusions. Do you know if we ever found anything more about that Peter?

Blimey, that’s a long time ago. I don’t have a list of people unfortunately and I don’t remember anything about that chap

[Merry]

Ok lol It may be easier to find more now we have mmm on the GRO index.

[Phoenix]

I'm putting comments on that other thread, to save confusion

[Margaret in Burton]

Originally Posted by Phoenix

I'm putting comments on that other thread, to save confusion

I’ve added to that but I’ll put it on here too. John Harris and Eliza Holyoake, the parents of Peter, married in 1877 in Rotherham.

https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcr...2F000138%2F099

[Margaret in Burton]

Peter Harris’ birth was registered in the March qtr of 1886 in Dudley. PHH’s supposed birthday was July 1885

[JBee]

I have a great uncle who changed his Irish name from McQuade (too Irish) to Wade when he joined the Army in 1890's.

So perhaps it was more common to hide their roots just to fit in.

[Margaret in Burton]

Forget Peter Harris. I’ve found him in 1921 in Rawmarsh

https://search.findmypast.co.uk/reco...47%2F0425%2F01