[Genealib] Alfred Henry Foxford

Sat Jan 31 11:41:03 EST 2009

>From http://www.ssa.gov/history/1950.html <http://www.ssa.gov/history/1950.html> 

"September 1, 1954 The Social Security Act was amended to extend old-age and survivors insurance coverage to self-employed farmers, self-employed members of specified professions, additional farm and domestic employees . . ."

In short, not everyone was covered in the 1930s. Worth a try, but not definitive. 

Mara B. Munroe
Oshkosh Public Library
106 Washington Avenue
Oshkosh WI 54901-4985

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From: genealib-bounces at mailman.acomp.usf.edu on behalf of David Walters
Sent: Fri 1/30/2009 5:28 PM
To: Librarians Serving Genealogists
Subject: Re: [Genealib] Alfred Henry Foxford

If this gentleman entered as a young man he was probably emplioyed in the 1930s. would not he have had to obtain a social security card?
David Walters

	----- Original Message ----- 
	From: BeanyCecil at aol.com 
	To: genealib at mailman.acomp.usf.edu 
	Cc: Pat.Gee at moretonbay.qld.gov.au 
	Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 12:54 PM
	Subject: [Genealib] Alfred Henry Foxford

	Perhaps he didn't stay in the United States.  I could find a World War I draft registration (1917-1918 ( for him in the US.  I did find a ship's passenger list for the Empress of Britain's 15 Aug 1914 arrival in Liverpool, England that included an Alfred Foxford, a 32 year old blacksmith.  The ship sailed from Quebec, Canada.  Also sailing with Alfred were: Nellie Foxford, housewife, and two children, Amelia, 10, and Florence, 3.

	This same family, now larger, is found on another ship's list returning to Canada in 1919 (*1):

Name:	 Alfred John Foxford	
Gender:	 Male 	
Age:	 37 	
Estimated Birth Year:	 abt 1882 	
Date of Arrival:	 24 Aug 1919	
Vessel:	 Carmania 	
	<http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?&f2=Carmania&db=passengerships> 	
Port of Arrival:	 Halifax, Nova Scotia 	
Port of Departure:	 Liverpool, England 	
Roll:	 T-14797 	

	The above Alfred John Foxford appears to have died during World War I (*2):

Name:	 Alfred John Foxford	
Birth Place:	 Ilfracombe, Devon 	
Residence:	 Bristol 	
Death Date:	 13 Apr 1916	
Enlistment Location:	 Bristol 	
Rank:	 Private 	
Regiment:	 Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment) 	
Battalion:	 5th Battalion. 	
Number:	 20129 	
Type of Casualty:	 Died of wounds 	
Theater of War:	 British Expeditionary Force 	
Comments:	 Formerly 86641, Royal Field Artillery. 	

	I saw in the 1912 US Border Crossing from Canada that the 29 year old machinest Alfred Foxford's destination was San Francisco, California.  Coincidently he was traveling with another 29 year old Australian, who also last resided in Vancouver and who was also headed for San Francisco, Lena Greer and her 9 year old daughter, Constance I Greer. 

	I can send you copies in another e-mail if there's a chance that this may be the Alfred Henry Foxford that you are seeking.  Perhaps, if my schedule permits, I can visit the local Family History Center sometime next week and search the pre 1940 California Death Index for him.

	Deborah Bruno
	San Diego, California, USA

	*1. Source Information:  Military-Genealogy.com, comp. UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2008. Original data: British and Irish Military Databases. The Naval and Military Press Ltd.

	Source Citation: Class: BT26; Piece: 1132; Item: 43

	*2. Source Information:  Ancestry.com. UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2008. Original data: Board of Trade: Commercial and Statistical Department and successors: Inwards Passenger Lists. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA). Series BT26, 1,472 pieces. 

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	In a message dated 1/30/2009 7:07:59 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, genealib-request at mailman.acomp.usf.edu writes:

		>>> Pat Gee <Pat.Gee at moretonbay.qld.gov.au> 1/29/2009 4:05 PM >>>
		Hi there,

		Our library is situated just north of Brisbane in Queensland Australia.  We don't get much call for American research and as a result my expertise in this area is limited.

		We have a client who is looking for an Alfred Henry FOXFORD, born 1880 in Queensland Australia.  Alfred left for America about 1912.  I have his entry from Canada into the USA in 1912 but can find nothing after that.  Family legend has it that he wrote to his mother from 'the Rockies' and then she never heard from him again and assumed he was dead.  Alfred's mother died in 1923.  Any clues as to where I could possibly find a death for Alfred?

		I have checked through census records and have found a FOXFORD family but they appear to have originated in Scandanavia.  Any help would be appreciated.

		Regards,

		Pat Gee
		Librarian - Local History
		Moreton Bay Region Libraries
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