Malcolm Camburn
Posted by nicola21 – 2008/10/20 19:49
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Hello
I work as a support worker in Oldham.
I’m supporting a man called Malcolm Camburn at the moment, he was born on 9/8/44 in Whitstable.
His father was George and his mum was Isabell.
Malcolm has memory loss and wants to trace any living members of his family. He knows he came to Oldham , married and had 2 children but nothing else.
any help would be greatly received.
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Re:malcolm camburn
Posted by Suzannah Foad – 2008/10/20 20:05
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Hello Nicola
All I can find is that his mother’s maiden name was Regan. Are you suggesting that Malcolm doesn’t know, or bless him, cannot remember his wife and children’s names?
I could spend a few days looking at the Marriage indexes see if I can find anything?
Suzannah
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Re:malcolm camburn
Posted by nicola21 – 2008/10/21 21:01
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Malcom had a stroke a few years ago which affected his memory, he is unclear about many things from his past.
I’ve got his birth certificate which does say that Regan was the surname thanks.
Its his daughters who are still alive now that he would like to trace. I wanted to try the free way before Malcolm had to part with any money.
He is a lovely gentleman and I would love to help him in any way I can.
thanksx
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Re:malcolm camburn
Posted by nicola21 – 2008/10/29 19:47
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My co worker has found Malcolm’s wife and they are in touch with some of Malcolm’s family so hopefully we are very near to re uniting Malcolm with his past.
x
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Re:malcolm camburn
Posted by Suzannah Foad – 2008/10/29 20:10
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That is fantastic news, well done both of you. A very heart warming story.
We wish Malcolm and yourself the very best in the future
Suzannah
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Re:malcolm camburn
Posted by wickle – 2008/12/29 13:04
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hello, i dont know if this is significant, but ive been trying to find the long lost son of my nans sister in law. my nan is marjorie camburn b1919, from whitstable. her brother was george camburn, known as joe all his life, a fruit and veg seller from whitstable.he married a girl from the east end of london. she was born around 1910, and my mum always knew her as aunt flo. my nan and flo are good friends,and were still going to bingo together until a few years back. my nan is now 89 and flo 99,and both are very frail.f lo is now in a nursing home and recognises very little. she had a son called malcolm born in the mid 1940s in whitstable,he had a family, but things went wrong and he suddenly disappeared. this was many years ago, and he hasnt been seen or heard of since. not a day went by without flo wondering about him. her other children were pam, barry, hazel and alan. could your malcolm be him? everything fits except flos name being different on
marriage certificate, although flo could be a middle or nickname. ive no idea what her maiden name was. hope to hear from
you soon, lee.
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Re:malcolm camburn
Posted by nicola21 – 2008/12/30 20:45
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Yep thats our Malcolm!!!!!:)
I’m in touch with Barry at the moment and Malcolm’s ex wife.
We are passing photos back and forth and I have spoken over the phone with Barry.
Its a small world!
Thank you for replying to the thread:)
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Re:malcolm camburn
Posted by wickle – 2008/12/30 22:06
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Nichola, im so glad this family mystery has been solved and malcolm is back in touch with his family. thank you very much for your help. id be intrested to know why malcolms mum is known to us as flo, maybe barry could shed some light on it, im doing the family tree and want to trace her family but flos too frail to help, regards, lee.
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Re:malcolm camburn
Posted by Suzannah Foad – 2009/01/02 14:55
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George Camburn married Beatrice Florence REGAN Q Dec 1939 Blean Vol 2a Page 5084
Hope that helps
Suzannah
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Re:malcolm camburn
Posted by wickle – 2009/01/02 19:36
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suzannah, thats a great help, many thanks. what confused me was malcolm saying his mother was isabell, but that could be down to the memory loss,
thanks again, lee.
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Re:malcolm camburn
Posted by nicola21 – 2009/01/04 20:32
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Its all coming together nicely!!!
Malcolm cannot remember much about his past due to his brain injury but he is doing really well and its nice to see piccies of him as a young man.
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