Alexander [Alec] Horace Mack

[kiterunner]

I can't find an A A Badclay or Radclay. Could it be Barclay or Redclay?

[GARDINER1]

I am wondering if my Great Grandfather was German - Willhelm Heinrich or Heinrich Wilhelm MACK, because Mack is German / Austrian, hence he has not put his place of birth, on his wedding certificate . My Grandfather had said he thought he as related to Austrian Royalty. i found someone who could be my Great Grandfather [Heinrich Wilhelm Karl Mack, Birth: abt 1868, Death: 27 Aug 1911 - Stettin, Preußen (Germany) ? It is in German. I do not know if his occupation was to do with the sea.

Alexander [Alec] Horace Mack

[kiterunner]

Originally Posted by GARDINER1

I am wondering if my Great Grandfather was German - Willhelm Heinrich or Heinrich Wilhelm MACK, because Mack is German / Austrian, hence he has not put his place of birth, on his wedding certificate . My Grandfather had said he thought he as related to Austrian Royalty. i found someone who could be my Great Grandfather [Heinrich Wilhelm Karl Mack, Birth: abt 1868, Death: 27 Aug 1911 - Stettin, Preußen (Germany) ? It is in German. I do not know if his occupation was to do with the sea.

Alexander [Alec] Horace Mack

This is the image of that death record:
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interacti...&usePUBJs=true
It says "der Kaufmann", i.e. businessman.

[GARDINER1]

Could be A. A. Barclay.

[Merry]

hence he has not put his place of birth, on his wedding certificate

The address on a marriage cert is the address at the time of the marriage, not a place of birth.

[kiterunner]

By the way, there isn't much Austrian stuff online yet, so if Alec's father was Austrian he might be hard to find. Also German coverage online is patchy.

[GARDINER1]

Sorry, I meant he did not give his place of birth, maybe because it was Germany/Austria. My Uncle Robert registered his death. However I have not been able to get any information from any of the family over the years!

You can imagine how frustrating this search is.
Thanks for all the help!

[kiterunner]

If he (Alec) wasn't a British citizen by birth, I would have thought we could find some record relating to him obtaining British citizenship - he wouldn't have acquired it by marrying a British woman at that time. But I couldn't find anything.

[GARDINER1]

Maybe his mother was English! I do feel there is a link to the South of England and the sea. He told my mother his father was a ship's captain and he died at sea with his wife, but on the wedding certificate he put his father was a shipping agent.

[Merry]

Sorry, I meant he did not give his place of birth, maybe because it was Germany/Austria.

And I meant he wouldn't have given his place of birth because that isn't a requirement when you get married!