Brooklyn Nimmo Seeks Australian Cousins
Pneumonia took Andrew. It was May 10, 1912, and he was 46 years old. Andrew was survived by four brothers (John, Matthew, James, and Joseph), three of whom immigrated to Australia. Ancestry.com now has birth, marriage, and death indexes for Australia as well as electoral rolls and directories. I have been spending most waking hours pursuing the hunt I began 10 years ago to track Andrew's family in Australia, hoping that they will have family photos to share. The trail is hot, but so far no photos! Any leads are welcome. I wonder. Did Andrew have any sister(s) or brother(s) who predeceased him? So far, I haven't found any primary records of the birth of Andrew or the birth of any siblings. Andrew's and Joseph's obituaries indicate that Andrew and Joseph were born in Barrow-in-Furness, England. John's and Matthew's death records indicate that John and Matthew were born in Belfast, Ireland. Email exchanges with other Nimmo researchers several years ago, in...