Hi If you can identify where in Yorkshire, then try following the family forwards using the census. After 1911 use freebmd and the BMD records on FMP. Ancestry has electoral rolls. Some Yorkshire parish registers are on Ancestry and FMP. You can use these to come forwards. Write to the local media (newspapers and radio). They may put out an appeal for you. Also try the public members trees on Ancestry. These were methods we used in trying to trace the descendants of our local war memorial men. Hope this gives you some ideas. Chris ----Original message---- >From : [email protected] Date : 13/11/2014 - 04:08 (GMTST) To : [email protected], [email protected] Subject : [YORKSGEN] {Spam?} WW1 soldier, Witton Kenworthy DALTON Hi all I am a volunteer researcher for the Fromelles Project (you can google it) Looking for family of soldiers who died WW1 on 19 or 20 July battle of Fromelles in 2008 a mass grave was found with 250 Australian soldiers buried by the Germans after the battle.. They were exhumed and reburied in a new cemetery at Fromelles after forensic examination and dna taken. Cemetery dedicated officially by Prince Charles and our governor genial in 2010. Our group of volunteers is looking to find relatives who match dna with the soldiers, to try to identify them. So far 144 have now been identified and we are really dealing with those who have major brick walls Most of these more difficult ones are soldiers born in UK or Ireland with no relatives in Australia. I have a Yorkshire soldier who has a major brick wall to finding his relatives and I wonder if this list is able to help. If we really put our resources together, perhaps a breakthrough may be made. I did ask about a year ago, but no breakthrough then. Now seems like a really good time. The soldier is Witton Kenworthy DALTON b 1884 Eccleshall Bierlow Yorkshire, died 20 July 1916 Fromelles His record is on the National Archives of Australia, just put his name in to read it. NAA. It identifies his immediate family. Red Cross missing and wounded , Commonwealth War Graves and Australian War Memorial all have files on him. We are looking for the dna match on the female line. so are interested in his mother's line, any female relatives who would share a female ancestor, eg mother's mother's mother's line, though all their daughters etc.. (the bonus being when you get to the living, a male donor can be suitable as he would carry the same mitochondrial dna as the soldier, its just that men dont pass this on to their children) Following the female line back: Witton's parents were: Witton DALTON and Edna TAYLOR 1850-1899 Sheffield Edna's parents: William TAYLOR (b Brussels to a merchant TAYLOR) and Edna KENWORTHY 1813-1872 of Saddleworth Edna's parents: William KENWORTHY and Sophia TAYLOR 1773-1844 Saddleworth and possible parents of Sophia, James TAYLOR and Mary, also possible or even probable these are related to Sophia TAYLOR but I haven't found the connection. I have been unable to identify any female line running close to the present from this family but would be most grateful if anyone could review what we have found to see if there are any gaps or errors. I can send a descendant report with more detail, or a dna chart to anyone who would like to help Many hands make light work. Looking forward to any support or ideas please Marg O'Leary Fromelles Association. -----Original Message----- From: Caroline Gaden via Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2014 1:46 PM To: Yorksgen Subject: [YORKSGEN] WW1 soldiers: George Sanderson and William Spaven fromMalton, Yorkshire https://www.aif.adfa.edu.au/search This is the sort of extra info you get if you follow up a specific name. One I was looking for was KIA and I have the Red Cross reports of what his mates told them about him being killed as he went over the parapet. There was no burial as they never found his remains. Good luck Caroline George SANDERSON Regimental number 10923 Religion Church of England Occupation Tram conductor Address Norton-Malton, Yorkshire, England Marital status Single Age at embarkation 31 Next of kin Father, W Sanderson, Norton-Malton, Yorkshire, England Enlistment date 13 July 1915 Rank on enlistment Driver Unit name 3rd Divisional Train, 22nd Company, Army Service Corps AWM Embarkation Roll number 25/16/3 Embarkation details Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A34 Persic on 3 June 1916 Rank from Nominal Roll Driver Unit from Nominal Roll 22nd Company, Australian Army Service Corps Fate Effective abroad (still overseas) William SPAVEN Regimental number 3687 Religion Methodist Occupation Labourer Address Malton, Yorkshire, England Marital status Single Age at embarkation 30 Next of kin Father, T Spaven, Amotherby via Malton, Yorkshire, England Enlistment date 8 October 1915 Rank on enlistment Private Unit name 20th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/37/2 Embarkation details Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 20 December 1915 Rank from Nominal Roll Private Unit from Nominal Roll 5th Pioneer Battalion Fate Returned to Australia 15 January 1919 -- AUTHOR OF "Pounding Along to Singapore, a history of the 2/20 Battalion AIF", available from [email protected] WEB <http://secondtwentiethbattalionaif.wordpress.com/> FACEBOOK <https://www.facebook.com/pages/Pounding-Along-to-Singapore-a-history-of-220th-Battalion-AIF/344892488956481> BOOKS on NSW Colonial History:- "From Baron to Battler, the story of Dr CUD Schrader of Walcha, 1860-1900" available from <www.smashwords.com/books/view/129058> "The Schrader Letters, 1871-1896" available from <www.smashword.com/books/view/109893> ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message