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Harry or Henry Sheeky

Updated July 2006

Born: 7 September 1893 in Bradford, Yorkshire, England

Husband of Edith (nee Parker) and father of Margaret and Veronica

Believed to have moved to Australia before 1937 and died in Deniliquin, New South Wales in 1970. See Death Certificate

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More Clues

Random notes about Harry / Henry as remembered by relatives or found when searching-

Now known to be registered as Harry at his birth in 1893. Also now known that Henry, his elder brother, had died soon after birth (July 1889) and that this Henry's twin sister Mary died in 1890 aged 1.
Harry sent a postcard from a liner travelling to Australia - date unknown
Thought to have lived in Victoria - possibly Melbourne - and perhaps was once employed by the city council.
In 1937 he sent a newspaper cutting to Jane Sheeky showing him with a floral clock. [He may, therefore, have been a gardener - for the city council (?) - and the clock may have been to celebrate the coronation of George VI]
Leonard Wray, son of Jane Sheeky, thought he saw his Uncle Henry/Harry during WWII, and tried to search for him afterwards, but with no luck [in London ?]
Henry/Harry was alive in Australia after the Second World War, and was being cared for by the British Legion, still in the same street
The newspaper cutting he sent in 1937 did not include him in the photograph - it was quite large, say 8"x6"
Leonard Wray asked the Salvation Army to find Henry/Harry (don't know whether in UK or Australia), and it was they who told him he was being looked after by the British Legion
Henry/Harry and Eva Cave went to Aberdeen, Scotland in search of some Sheekys. [This could be his Uncle Frank, who may be the person that Jane Wray called Uncle Onie. Frank is also untraced]. They found a Sheeky who was a priest but did not make contact [Frank's son?]
Eva Cave could also be called Eva Caton
Henry/Harry and Eva had a son, his name might have been Sidney, and he took his mother's surname. They lived in or near Barkerend Road, Bradford
Henry/Harry went to Australia and was meant to send for Eva but didn't for some reason
Eva and son went to Australia after WWII (probably under the assisted passage scheme). Her son had a job as a painter on boats. He had an accident and fell off a platform/gantry/ladder and received some compensation
Eva and son decided to come back home. Whilst on the boat home to England, the son met a girl and decided to go back to Australia with her
Eva stayed in England, saying that she had not found Henry/Harry, and that he probably had another family by then anyway
No entry for Henry/Harry was found in a Melbourne telephone directory for the 1940's
No records for Henry/Harry were found by the RSL of Victoria.
Henry/Harry would have been 65 in September 1958 (if still alive) - did he retire from somewhere then?
Death entry for Harry Sheeky aged 78 found in NSW BMD records for 1970 at Deniliquin (Thanks to Donald Dunn)
Death certificate gives occupation as gardener and place of birth UK

Many thanks to everyone who has helped to date - the story will get unravelled one day!

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