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Indian Seaman Search

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Seaman
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You got a marriage cert ? or are you just wanting more history on what your granfather did ?

covertry electrol rolls might help ?

what types of ships was your granfather on and what was his job on them ?
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hi
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Hi would have been the Merchant Navy, not the Royal Navy. Linell.I
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Did he go to London first? Theres an entry for
London. Mr S meah + 1 36 13 Sandys row Lon. Business. Pakistan
Stamped by Immigration office 15 Sept 1953

Deaths...
Sonoo Meah 1913 Apr 1992 Croydon London, Surrey
Sonoo Meah abt 1917 Dec 1953 Wood Green Middlesex

Close in birth years...
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It might be worth your while contacting Birmingham Archives

http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/archives

They may hold records for Dunlop

I am sure your grandfather would have been allowed to vote at that time.

There are loads of Meah's on the Birmingham Electoral rolls on Ancestry, but it is only up to 1952. The electoral rolls, don't tell you occupations though.

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Just looking again at this, if its your grandfathers death reg the 1992 death says born 1913. Or isnt the deaths I found correct?
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Hi all, thank you for your response!

I saw that document. I'm not sure whether he went to London first before going to Coventry.


I haven't thought about looking at the Birmingham archives, but I will have a browse at there archives.

Thankyou for digging around some infor for me.

Cheers :P
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Hi
Where did your grandfather marry? And where were his children (child) born? The certificates for those events may list his occupation, and provide an address. Or the marriage of a child might give father's occupation.
Or were these family events outside Britain?
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Hi, my grandfather was the first member in my family to immigrate to the UK in the 40's/50's. He was married in Sylhet-India (Bangladesh) and all his children were born in Bangladesh. Thus, all of personal life events happened in Bangladesh.
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Thought that might be the case :roll: :-)
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shab89 wrote:Hi, my grandfather was the first member in my family to immigrate to the UK in the 40's/50's. He was married in Sylhet-India (Bangladesh) and all his children were born in Bangladesh. Thus, all of personal life events happened in Bangladesh.


What about the children's marriages? Were they in the UK?
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Any immigration papers or passport?
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I don't know where his passport is..i will have a little dig around and will come to you all. Thanks :wink:
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