Hi Folks,
I have been searching for some time for information about CHARLES HODGES
born at Risca, Mon. in 1844. He is listed on the 1851 and 1861 Mon. Census
along with his parents and siblings but after that he seems to have
disappeared from the U.K. Some of you have kindly made an effort to find him
for me but so far all the names suggested just don't fit.
Recently a contact in America found the following on the Immigration
Index;
Charles Hodges age 21
Birth place : England
Port of Departure: Liverpool
Destination: New York
Arrival Date: 15 May 1865
Name of Ship: Isaac Webb
This person was exactly the right age and given the confusion that
Americans seem to have in placing Monmouthshire in Wales or England, :o),
his place of birth may match as well.
There is no further info given on that index so I have looked up, on
The National Archivist web site, the Record of Names of Applications for
Passports in the U.K. Unfortunately the is a gap in the online Registers
between 1863 and 1873 because the registers for those years are not indexed.
So, my question is, does anyone on the list know of any way that I can
get info from those years. Probably early 1865 or maybe late 1864? Also
where are those records kept? It seems to me that this is my only chance of
find out whether or not this person was the one that I have been searching
for. That in turn will decide if I need to do more research in the U.S.
With Thanks
Llew Hodges
Far North Queensland
Australia.