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Hi,

just wondering if anyone has any information on the Vaughan family that emigrated to America on 13th December 1920?

Clifford Vaughan and his wife Gertrude Elizabeth (nee Lill) and their 5 children! their last child, Slylvia was born in the USA.

If anyone knows anything, please get in touch. many thanks

hi laura

where did they emigrate from and what where their dates of birth

possible birth:-

Births Sep 1888 (>99%)
LILL Gertrude Elizabeth Basford 7b 153

o k found his passenger details

New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
about Clifford Vaughan
Name: Clifford Vaughan
Arrival Date: 13 Dec 1920
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1912
Age: 8
Gender: Male
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England
Ethnicity/Race­/Nationality: English
Ship Name: Kaiserin Auguste Victoria
Search Ship Database: View the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Nativity: England
Line: 26
Microfilm Serial: T715
Microfilm Roll: T715_2890
Birth Location: England
Birth Location Other: libshelf
Page Number: 170

travelling with his parents

eldon age 34 occupation miner
gertrude age 32 house wife
clifford age 6
edna age 6
gladys age 5
eric age 3
winifred age 1

gertrude is not cliffords wife she is his mother

Marriages Dec 1911 (>99%)
LILL Gertrude E Mansfield 7b 200
Vaughan Eldon Mansfield 7b 200

Are you sure his name was Clifford?

Children Vaughan mmn Lill

Births Dec 1912 (>99%)
VAUGHAN Clifford Lill Mansfield 7b 212

Births Dec 1913 (>99%)
Vaughan Edna Lill Basford 7b 423

Births Jun 1915 (>99%)
Vaughan Gladys Lill Basford 7b 390

Births Dec 1917 (>99%)
Vaughan Eric Lill Mansfield 7b 99

Births Sep 1919 (>99%)
Vaughan Winifred Lill Mansfield 7b 127

1930 United States Federal Census
about Eldon Vaughan
Name: Eldon Vaughan
Home in 1930: Sykesville, Jefferson, Pennsylvania
Age: 44
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1886
Birthplace: England
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's Name: Gertrude E
Race: White
Occupation:

Education:

Military service:

Rent/home value:

Age at first marriage:

Parents' birthplace: View Image
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Household Members: Name Age
Eldon Vaughan 44
Gertrude E Vaughan 41
Clifford Vaughan 17
Edna Vaughan 16
Gladys Vaughan 14
Cile Vaughan 12
Winifred Vaughan 10
Sylvia Vaughan 6

So the husband was Eldon and the oldest child was Clifford!

Birth for Eldon:-
Births Dec 1886 (>99%)
Vaughan Eldon Mansfield 7b [56]9

Social Security Death Index
about Eldon Vaughan
Name: Eldon Vaughan
SSN: 169-07-5447
Last Residence: 15865 Sykesville, Jefferson, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Born: 31 Aug 1886
Died: Dec 1984
State (Year) SSN issued: Pennsylvania (Before 1951

England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index: 1837-1983
about Eldon Vaughan
Name: Eldon Vaughan
Year of Registration: 1911
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
District: Mansfield
County: Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire
Volume: 7b
Page: 200 (click to see others on page

Gertrude E Lill 1911 Oct-Nov-Dec Mansfield Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire

Eldon in 1901

Name: Eldon Vaughan
Age: 14
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1887
Relation: Son
Father's Name: Edwin
Mother's Name: Martha
Gender: Male
Where born: Tibshelf, Derbyshire, England

Civil Parish: Tibshelf
Ecclesiastical parish: Tibshelf St John the Baptist
Town: Tibshelf
County/Island: Derbyshire
Country: England

Occupation:

Registration district: Mansfield
Sub registration district: Blackwell
ED, institution, or vessel: 3
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 61
Household Members:
Name Age
John Coupe 27
Ernest H Rodgers 23
Charles H Vaughan 20
Edwin Vaughan 55 - 1846-born: Monmouthshire, Wales
(Coal Mine Deputy - Below Ground)
Eldon Vaughan 14
Harold F Vaughan 19
Kate Vaughan 16
Martha Vaughan 59 -1842-born: Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Percy Vaughan 11

Social Security Death Index
about Clifford Vaughan
Name: Clifford Vaughan
SSN: 208-10-9471
Last Residence: 16365 Warren, Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Born: 7 Oct 1912
Last Benefit: 16365 Warren, Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Died: May 1987
State (Year) SSN issued: Pennsylvania (Before 1951

Social Security Death Index
about Eric Vaughan
Name: Eric Vaughan
SSN: 169-07-5448
Last Residence: 16345 Russell, Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Born: 26 Sep 1917
Last Benefit: 16365 Warren, Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Died: Feb 1980
State (Year) SSN issued: Pennsylvania (Before 1951

Eric Vaughan 1917 Channel Islands or England or Great Britain or Isle of Man or Northern Ireland or Scotland or Wales 25 Jun 1942 Alaska Pennsylvania



U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
about Eric Vaughan
Name: Eric Vaughan
Birth Year: 1917
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Channel Islands or England or Great Britain or Isle of Man or Northern Ireland or Scotland or Wales
State: Alaska

Enlistment Date: 25 Jun 1942
Enlistment State: Pennsylvania
Enlistment City: Greensburg
Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life

Education: 3 years of high school
Marital Status: Married
Height: 69
Weight: 153

Probably Gertrude in 1901:-

Name: Gertrude Lill
Age: 12
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1889
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: Joseph
Mother's Name: Mary Ann
Gender: Female
Where born: Old Batsford, Nottinghamshire, England

Civil Parish: Leeds
Ecclesiastical parish: St Hilda
Town: Leeds
County/Island: Yorkshire
Country: England
Registration district: Leeds
Sub registration district: South East Leeds
ED, institution, or vessel: 42
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 36
Household Members:
Name Age
Agnes Lill 11
Alfred Lill 7
Gertrude Lill 12
Joseph Lill 38 - 1863 - Coal Miner
born: Alford, Lincolnshire
Mary Ann Lill 36 - 1865
born: Derbyshire, Somerset,
Agnes Moon 34 - 1867 - Sister
born: Greasborough, Yorkshire



Do you need anything else?

wow - thats fantastic! thanks for all your help!

i'd already got the records of their departure to the USA but the other bits of information are great! i'm now hoping i can get in touch with some of the relations from the USA to see if there are any bits of history they can provide.

thank you once again.

Laura