On Sat, 31 Aug 2013 17:10:01 +0100, Mick <mrcycleuk@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: >At Findmypast in the Britain: outbound passenger lists1890-1960 >I found a George Bull (born 1884 at IOW) and his wife had left >Liverpool on the 19th April 1911 on the Corsican going to Quebec, >Canada. > >They had had a son born in 1910, there is no mention of him travelling >only George Bull and Mrs Bull. >The son named George Edward Bull died at Portsmouth, Hampshire, in >1917 and their 2nd son also named George Edward Bull was born on the >Isle of Wight on 10th July 1917. > >Is there any way of finding out when they travelled back from Canada? >Mick. IOW. > The available incoming lists (as available on Ancestry and probably also if/as available in FMP) don't seem to include all ports of entry and even those ports included can be seen to have gaps in their records (e.g. I don't believe that Glasgow would have had a month or two with no incoming vessels when my great-grandfather returned apparently unrecorded from Canada). There is a bit of pot luck involved. In case FMP hasn't got it, the closest match in Ancestry is George BULL, 27y, clerk, arriving on the Andania at Port of London (i.e. anywhere between Teddington and the North Sea) on 29 Jun 1914 but he is unaccompanied. However, it only takes one indexing mistake or inkblot to miss him so that doesn't allow for his wife possibly showing up if she is searched for.

On 2013/08/31 19:44, Charles Ellson wrote: > In case FMP hasn't got it, the closest match in Ancestry is George > BULL, 27y, clerk, arriving on the Andania at Port of London (i.e. > anywhere between Teddington and the North Sea) on 29 Jun 1914 but he > is unaccompanied. Wrong! Port of London has always been defined as that part of Thames from London Bridge out to the North Sea i.e. the navigable (for tall-masted ships) part of the river. The Tideway extends up to Teddington Lock. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg