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I have a gt uncle Sidney Herbert Plant who settled in Buenos Aries c 1886 ,married in 1890 had 2 sons william b1892 & Alfred b1894. Sidney h was b 1864 in Liverpool.
How can I find more info on him & his family?

Sid Fowler

Hello Sid.. welcome to the forum

Are you wanting to find out about his family in Argentina or his roots in Liverpool?

You may already have all this, but here is some info to go on with

Sidney's baptism is on Ancestry, baptised 29/5/184 at Everton, St George, to Alfred and Jane Plant. Alfred was a Brass Founder and they were living at Northumberland Terrace.

Their marriage also looks to be there although Alfred's occupation somewhat different
Everton, St George
Jane Beaver, 10 Osborne Grove
Birth Year: abt 1842
Age:19
Marriage Date: 27 Jan 1861
Parish: Everton St George
Spouse's Name: Alfred Plant, Merchant, 27 Conway Street
Father's Name: Jonas Beaver, Iron?
Spouse Father's Name: Joseph Plant , Tailor


1871 census
RG10; Piece: 3818; Folio: 19; Page: 31
38 Monk Street
Alfred Plant 32 Brassfounder, b ? Staffordshire
Jane Plant 29 B Liverpool
Thomas A Plant 9 b Liverpool
Sydney H Plant 7 b Liverpool
James T Plant 2b Liverpool
Edith G Plant 4 Months b Liverpool


1881
RG11; Piece: 3670; Folio: 43; Page: 17
22 Burleigh Road South
Alfred Plant 42 Book keeper,Engineer & Iron Founder, b Lichfield Staffordshire
Jane Plant 39 b Liverpool
Thomas A. Plant 19 Brass Finisher
Sydney H. Plant 17 Iron Moulder
James W. Plant 12 scholar
Edith I. Plant 10
Gertrude M. Plant 8
Lily M. Plant 5
Clara Plant 3
Frederick P. Plant 11 months

Simone x

If you're after information in Argentina I suggest you google Argentina Family History or Argentina Genalogy to see what comes up. I'd also look at the GRO indexes for BMDs abroad as they may have carried on registering family members witht he British consulate etc.

Hi Sid welcome aboard. Good luck.
Have you looked in Mormons site? familysearch.org?
They have a census record for 1895 I put in
Alfred Plant Argentina in the search engine.
Little Alfredo is 1 Guillium is 3, there also Clara? 20 bn Argentina marr.
Above her is another Plant, english 30 unm, can't read first name.
Resident in Pertido San Martin, B.A.
There are lots of Plant's in this site.
For the peeps, ignore the arrival in London from Buenos Aries for the Rev P Plant 1897
Only 5 passengers boarded there, then it came to Australia, several ports.
The Rev boarded in Adelaide.

Thanks to all who answered my query re Argentina.
Itrust I'm doing this the right way as it is my first time on this site.& I aleays like to thank those who have helped.

Sid Fowler

Thank you Sid, it's always nice to welcome our Society Members to the forum, I hope we have been able to be of some help and pop back any time either to offer assistance yourself or if you have any other queries.

Hi Sid,

I'm also researching the same Plant family as you.

The site www.argbrit.org is helpful. You will find that Sydney Herbert Plant aged 26 a clerk married Clara Louisa Agnes Roquette, aged 17, Argentinian, at St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Buenos Aires on 28th Dec 1890.

William Herbert Plant was born 12th Jan 1892 & baptised at the same church on 17th April 1892. Father's profession was "employee".
The 1895 census mentioned below for St Martin, Buenos Aires lists
Plant, Syd 30 English Contador (Accountant)
Roquet de Plant, Clara 20 Argentinian
Plant, Guilliam 3 Argentinian
Plant, Alfredo 1 Argentinian

I haven't found a baptism for Alfred.

Shipping lists also show that
Sidney & son William sailed from Montevideo on the "Oropesa" to Liverpool in 1898. Profession accountant.
A Sidney H Plant sailed on the "Highland Heather" from Liverpool to River Plate on 13 Nov 1911. Profession given as shipwright but the next person on the list was an accountant so I wonder whether they were transcribed in error.
Sidney H Plant sailed from River Plate to London on the "Princessa" 1st class cabin. Profession Civil Engineer.

I hope this helps

Hi and welcome to the forum. Thanks for jumping straight in with some welcome information, I hope Sid logs on to reply soon.