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Trying to trace Robert McKersie, who was a Liuetenant in the royal navy he was died befor his sons wedding in 1879
Already Tried: Census, BDM, Greanwich
Hello,Welcome to Just Answer and thanks for your question. Do you know about when he was born or where? By tracing him do you mean you are looking for his parents?
Trying to trace him, his wife, when and were he was born, and his parents ? I no his son William Mckersie, Born 1851, married at Maze Hill Chaple, Greenwich, London, on 15th Feb 1879
William Married Rena Crookell, I also found a Elizbeth who was a nurse at greenwich, and had a son william, they were in the Greenwich navy hospital on the census,
We can do only one thing per question. What one piece of information about him would you like to begin with?
His date and place of birth
Thank you. I will see if I can find that for you.
All the men in the McKersie Family were all mariner
Was the son William the William Henry Muckersie registered Jul-Aug-Sep 1880 Marylebone, London? Do you have the birth record of William?
I've got the marriage certificate of William McKersie 1879 he was 28 and lived at 70 Ashbornham Grove, Greenwich.
Hut do you have his birth record? That would give age and names of parents.
No
Then that would be the first step, since it would provide names and ages of parents. Sometimes they include other information such as occupation of the father. Here is the information you will need to order it http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ if this is the same William.
Name: MUCKERSIE, William Henry
Registration district: Marylebone
County: London
Year of registration: 1850
Quarter of registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
Mother's maiden name: Not available before 1911 Q3
Volume no: 1
Page no: 221
There was no baptism information online that could confirm that his father as Robert.
I did not find a Robert McKersie on any census for England and there was no birth or marriage record for him, and no death record.
All the sons from Robert up to my father were in the on ships when census were done
The fact remains that there is no birth, marriage, or death record for him online from anywhere in England. Since you had told me he was a mariner, I didn't expect to find him at home with his family. However, censuses were also done on the ships, and in the armed forces barracks all over the world on census day, but his name is XXXXX XXXXX them.
Thank you for your reply, but you have not told me anything I already new ? can you suggest any other place I could try.
I'm sorry all my hours of work didn't provide anything you didn't already know. The enxct step would be to hire a genealogist who can look for paper records that have not been transcribed and put online. You can find reputable ones at www.apgen.org or www.progenealogists.com Expect to pay about $75 per hour whether they find anything or not. One pays a genealogist for their work, not for whether there are records or not. Do be aware though that Progenealgists charges a non-refundable $1900 upfront to undertake any project.
Experience: Researcher and genealogist for past 30 years