Thanks for going to all that trouble, Peter. I was hoping to find the immigration details, though. Thanks anyway, Jan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Phillips" <pphillip@bigpond.com> To: <mariners@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 21, 2011 7:44 PM Subject: Re: [MAR] SYDEE, Robert > Hi Jan, > > I have found a couple of general entries but no nautical entries for a > Robert Sydee so I hope it is still of interest to you..... > > The 1930 and 1933 Australian electoral rolls show a Robert Alfred Sydee and > Elizabeth Sydee living in Pittwater Road, St Ives. His occupation is given > as labourer. > > Under BDM his marriage to "Gelzabeth Scott" which I presume is a > transcription error and should be Elizabeth Scott was noted as 1915 in > Hornsby NSW. The NSW BDM (for a small fee) would have a copy of their > marriage certificate which have a lot more information such as parents names > exact date of their marriage and details of the location. > > Also I found an entry for the death of a Robert A Sydee in 1933 in > Chatswood NSW. His father's name is Robert B and his mother is Emma. > Similarly his death certificate would have more details and available from > NSW BDM Office. I cannot be sure this is your man but seems to fit. This > matches with his death notice I found in Trove... > > http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/result?q=robert+sydee&l-title=The+Sydney+Morning+Herald...%7Ctitleid%3A35 > > > Hope this helps. > > Regards > Peter > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Neil & Jan Hearn" <neil.hearn3@bigpond.com> > To: <MARINERS@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, October 21, 2011 2:13 PM > Subject: [MAR] SYDEE, Robert > > >> Hello, >> I'm trying to find a record for Robert SYDEE who joined the Merchant >> Navy in England late in the 19th century or early in the 20th please. He >> was born in West Ham, Essex in 1884 and apparently jumped ship off the >> Australian coast some time before he married Elizabeth SCOTT in Sydney, >> NSW in 1915. >> Any help would be greatly appreciated. >> Thanks, >> Jan >> in beautiful Queensland >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> MARINERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ----- >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 2012.0.1831 / Virus Database: 2092/4562 - Release Date: 10/19/11 >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MARINERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >