Hi Viv
This is Private A Shimmin's family:
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1911
11 Dalton Street, Douglas
Ancestry’s transcription (Shinnie should be Shimmin):
Name Age
Thomas William Shinnie 42
Margoret Shinnie 41
Thomas Edwin Shinnie 17
William Alfred Shinnie 15
Frances Margaret Shinnie 18
Elizabeth Annie Shinnie 10
Mildred Mona Shinnie 4
William Albert Perkins 42
notes:
TWS auctioneer
Married 20 years, 5 children all living.
So presumably Private A Shimmin was William Alfred (articled surveyor in 1911)
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birth from Lawson’s BMD:
SHIMMIN, William Alfre 10 Jun 1895 Douglas 1167 SHIMMIN, Thomas William PASS, Margaret
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Marriage of Pte A Shimmin’s parents, copied from IGI:
Name: Thomas William Shimmin
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 05 Nov 1890
Event Place: Braddan, Isle of Man
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: Thomas Shimmin
Mother's Name:
Spouse's Name: Margaret Pass
Spouse's Marital Status: Single
Spouse's Father's Name: William Pass
Spouse's Mother's Name:
Digital Folder Number: 004494808
Image Number: 00223
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Jean C