Birth: 18 February 1896 Fulham, London, UK
Father: Charlie (Charles) Hay (Henry) Shackleton 1875-a1947
Mother: Elizabeth Seager [Letz] 1863-1919/47
Christening: Unknown
Marriage: South Africa
Wife: Ruby Jane Godden b1904-a1919
Death: Circa 1976 Durban, Natal, South Africa?
Eric Hay Shackleton 1919-1989
Gwen Shackleton a1911
Birth of Harold Shackleton in FreeBMD in January-March 1896 in Fulham (1a 334).
In the 1901 census as Harold Shackleton aged 5, born in Fulham, London, and living with his parents (Charles and Elizabeth), at 9 Atalana Road (just south of Fulham Cemetery), Fulham, London. The address was shared with another family.
Entry in Ancestry UK, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960 for Harold Shackleton aged 6, on Manda of the Aberdeen Line travelling second class with Charles and Lizzie Shackleton (parents?) departing from London on 17 February 1905 to Port Natal. I believe this was the Inanda, a steel steamer built by Hall Russell in Aberdeen, launched in August 1904, registered on 20 September 1904, and owned by John T Rennie. She was 4090 tons gross. She was broken up for scrap at Briton Ferry in 1932 having been renamed Orlando in 1920 and sailed on the Hull North Sea route until 1928.
David Hornblow has an entry in Ancestry Public Member Trees for Harold Shackleton born in March 1896 in Fulham, London, parents Charles Shackleton and Elizabeth Letz nee Seager.
David Hornblow has an entry for Harold Shackleton, son of Charles and Elizabeth Shackleton, born in 1896 in Fulham, London.
The following information is from an email from Elizabeth Sommers:
I am not sure when Charlie, Elizabeth and Harold emigrated to South Africa but Harold married Ruby Jane Godden there and then had my father, Eric Hay Shackleton and a daughter, Gwen Shackleton. From my dad’s baptism certificate dated June 1st, 1919, I can place Charlie and Elizabeth in Durban as they were both witnesses. I also have an old photo of Charlie holding me as a baby and I was born in 1947 but nothing after that. I believe that Elizabeth had already died before my parents were married as my mother did not know her. I also believe that Harold’s siblings did not accompany the family to South Africa but I’m not sure about that. My grandfather spoke of his relatives back in London but we never met any of them. Birth date of Harold Shackleton, February 18, 1896, address 176 Bulwer Road, Durban, South Africa, occupation of Harold Shackleton – electrician, death of Harold Shackleton around 1976.
Harold Shackleton was my half third cousin.
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