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

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 >