This link brings up his medal card: https://discovery.nationalarchives.go...ils/r/D8016811
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Thread: Death reg with no body
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10-12-2014, 7:57 PM #11
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11-12-2014, 10:59 AM #12
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11-12-2014, 6:39 PM #13
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The letter written some years ago provided information on the 15 children and at the end stated 'I was told one child died in the canal'.
Re: The Merchant Navy Link - if James Ernest is not the child who drowned then this would be a possibility as 3 of his brothers were engineers in the merchant service . I have seen this record at Southampton Archives who hold the originals.
Thinking maybe he did survive to adulthood - today ordered copy of a marriage cert for 1916 James E Gardner to Laura Williams in Cardiff. So that should give me an answer.
Thanks everyone for your interest.
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18-12-2014, 3:03 PM #14
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Pleased to report brick wall demolished as far as James Ernest is concerned. Marriage cert for 1916 proved that he is the person I was looking for.
Good news, but another brick wall has emerged. Fifteen Gardner children born and two died according to 1911 census - 14 are now accounted for - so it's back to the drawing board. This is what makes Family History such a fascinating hobby!
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18-12-2014, 3:50 PM #15NicolinaGuest
silly thought time. Is it possibe that a second child was given the same name as it's dead sibling?
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19-12-2014, 11:17 AM #16
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Yes, that is a possibility worth investigating. I have already discovered it was quite a regular occurrence for that family to give a child two christian names, only for that child to be known by the second.
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