I Am Looking for Birth and Death Certificate Details of My Grandfather Larry Charles Copeland He Died on February 18th 1974 at a Nursing Home...
Larry was a well known boxer in his younger days, the story goes he won a Golden Glove.
Larry was a well known boxer in his younger days, the story goes he won a Golden Glove.
This could be your Larry.
Name: Charles Larry COPELAND.
Died: 1974.
Place: HEI. (Sloppy abbreviation. Could be Heidelberg)
Age: 78 years.
Father: Not recorded.
Mother: Sarah COPELAND.
Ref: Registry of Deaths, Victoria. Reg. #4856.
No birth located in the Victorian records.
Death certificate may give place of birth if known by informant.
Thanks again tonkin!
Yes this sounds very much like our Larry. I will order his death certificate. How would you suggest I find more info, eg on his mother?
Hi, I do you have any other info on him that may help us, ie his wife's name, date of marriage, names of siblings or children.
Larry adopted an orphan baby girl named Betty Delahoy with his partner in 1928. They named her Marjorie Sarah Copeland. His partner died the same year from pneumonia. I do not know of any other offspring.
Larry was a fettler on the railways, as an employee of Victoria Railways. He also was a returned soldier from the First world War.
I have found newspaper bits on him between 1917 and 1930 also in the voters lists
and his army records and birth record. As he went under different names he has been difficult to find I hope the info i have found is him
That all sounds good markav, how do I access the info you have found?
I have sent you a private message Melle