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I have the following soldier in my database who was reported as having died of wounds

Labour Corps
Farquhar
48769
John
Private
Liverpool
12th December 1917
Died of Wounds
Husband of Sarah Jane Farquhar, of Thomaston, Connecticut, U.S.A
Date of list:16th-January-1918

On the National Archives site he is recorded as originally being with the King's Liverpool Regiment

http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.u ... i=D2185986

According to CWGC he was originally with The Royal Garrison Artillery number 131903

http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casua ... QUHAR,%20J

There is no record of a John Farquhar under Regimental number 131903 Royal Garrison Artillery

Thoughts please.

Not sure if this helps Katie....

Sarah Jane Farquhar was not living in the US when her husband died.

FARQUHAR, John married COATES, Sarah J
Registration district: West Derby
Year of registration: 1910; Dec qtr
Volume no: 8B; Page no: 559

Birth: FARQUHAR, John
Registration district: West Derby
Year of registration: 1883; Dec qtr
Volume no: 8B; Page no: 361

FARQUHAR, John [27, fruit porter] and wife Sarah [25, from Wigton, Cumberland] are living as boarders at 25 Adelaide Road, Kensington, Liverpool, in the 1910+1.

Births, Farquhar nee Coates...
FARQUHAR, Olive - West Derby - 1911 Sep qtr
FARQUHAR, Jane B - West Derby - 1913 Mar qtr
FARQUHAR, Norah - West Derby - 1914 Jun qtr

Neither Sarah or any of her children are listed in the Outgoing Passenger Lists 1913 - 1918. However, in 1919....

Passenger: Sarah J FARQUHAR
Date of departure: 25 November 1919
Port of departure: Liverpool
Passenger destination port: Boston, USA
Passenger destination: Boston, USA
Date of Birth: 1885 (calculated from age)
Age: 34
Occupation: House Wife
This passenger travelled with Olive FARQUHAR, Jane FARQUHAR and Norah FARQUHAR
Ship: BOHEMIAN

EDIT TO ADD:
1901..
RG13 - Piece: 4873 - Folio: 15 - Page: 16
Address: South End, Wigton, Cumberland
COATES, Robert - Head - 48 - 1853 - Tailor - Wigton, Cumberland
COATES, Jane - Wife - 48 - 1853 - Durham
COATES, Sarah - Dtr - 15 - 1886 - Seamstress - Wigton, Cumberland
plus 4 siblings

The medal index card is the one where it gives 'Liverpool Regiment'. Soldiers Died in the Great War gives the RGA reference. Curious! Unless you can find his papers, which is unlikely, the mystery remains.

The War Graves Commission often puts in a next of kin with their status long after the war which can be very confusing when, for example, a widow has remarried.

D

Or the family have emigrated. He is not recorded on any memorials. Just checked his death registration and it just states Labour Corps. I will have a look for a obituary for him. I will just make a note on his entry listing the discrepancy

Thanks DS for locating his marriage and census record I had located his birth and 1901 but could not get a marriage.

Blue

Thanks Blue

1920 US Census

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MCNQ-D9X

1930 US Census

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XMP1-VZ2

1940 US Census

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KWML-TN9



Blue

Sarah Jane's older sibling....
RG13 - Piece: 4873 - Folio: 15 - Page: 16
Address: South End, Wigton, Cumberland
COATES, Annie - Dtr - u/m - 24 - 1877 - Dressmaker - Wigton, Cumberland

COATES, Annie married PEARSON, Tom
Registration district: Wigton, Cumberland
Year of registration: 1903; Sep qtr
Volume no: 10B; Page no: 937

Passenger: Mrs A PEARSON
Date of departure: 12 October 1912
Port of departure: Liverpool
Passenger destination port: New York, USA
Passenger destination: New York, USA
Date of Birth: 1879 (calculated from age)
Age: 33
Occupation: H-wife
Passenger travelled with Thos PEARSON
Ship: MAURETANIA