Looking for Ashley of Gympie Qld Australia
MY GRANDFATHER WAS JAMES PETER ASHLEY, HE EMIGRATED TO GYMPIE,QUEENSLAND,AUSTRALIA IN THE 1890s or EARLY 1900s FROM ENGLAND OR EVEN IRELAND,IN GYMPIE QLD HE HAD A CATTLE RANCH,HE HAD A SON CIRCA 1909 NAMED VICTOR MARTIN,MY FATHER,POSSIBLY HIS MOTHER DIED IN CHILD BIRTH (NAME UNKNOWN TO ME) JAMES ASHLEY REMARRIED AT A LATER DATE HAVING A SON AND DAUGHTER BY THAT MARRIAGE AS FAR AS I KNOW,SADLY I DO NOT KNOW THEIR NAMES,IS THERE ANYONE WHO COULD HELP? AS I MUST HAVE COUSINS OUT THERE SOMEWHERE,JAMES ASHLEY DIED IN THE LATE 1950s OR EARLY 1960S, THANKS.
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From these details you can obtain the marriage certificate for your father, which will give you their ages, marital status, birthplace, occupation, usual residence, fathers name, mothers name and fathers occupations for the bride and groom and it will also give any witnesses names.
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