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Lindsay
02-07-10, 14:10
Name - "official" name and what they were known as
Wilhelm Born (William Born / Bourn)
Date and place of birth
11 Jan 1854 at Ustka, Germany (aka Stolpmund)
Names of parents
Frederick Born, unknown mother possibly English
Date and place of baptism - if applicable
Not known - presumably Ustka
Details of each of his or her marriages - if any
4 January 1890 married Jane Ann Stanbury at West Ham, Essex
Occupation(s) - if any
Boatswain, Merchant Navy
Military service - if any
Not known - possibly came to England to avoid being drafted into the Prussian army. Naturalised Jan 1888
Addresses where they lived - and please list which censuses you have or haven't found him/her on.
Only found on 1891 census when he was at 78 Evesham Road West Ham, Essex.
According to the family story he left Germany in about 1870; presumably he's at sea for every other census.
Date, place and cause of death
14 Feb 1941 Uxbridge, Middlesex - pulmonary embolism
Date and place of burial / cremation.
Northwood Cemetery
Details of will / administration of their estate - if applicable
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Memorial inscription - if any
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