Dear Robin,

Hi. Your distant relative should be on the 1891 and 1901 Census for England with his family. Goto RootsChat register as a new user, find their England board - Sussex childboard and post a Census lookup request.

Search the National Archives of Australia online as a Guest.

WATERS Family Genealogy Forum

I found two deaths registered in New South Wales, Australia of Percy Waters between 1928 and 1978:-

Source: NSW Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages

Percy Alfred WATERS son of Owen WATERS died 1941 Chatswood NSW.
*Percy Reginald G.J. WATERS son of William WATERS & Winifred died 1971 Burwood NSW.

State Records of NSW

The Ryerson Index online has deat notice for *WATERS Percy Reginald George James Death notice 26AUG1971 Death 91 late of Gladesville Sydney Morning Herald published 27AUG1971.

Looks like this last bit of information could be your chap:-

RootsWeb World Connect Project - contact Mike

# ID: P3095518136
# Death: 1941 in Australia
# Birth: 09/07/1886 in Waldron, Sussex England
# Name: Percy Alfred Waters
# Sex: M 1


Father: Owen Waters b: 1838 in Waldron, Sussex, England
Mother: Martha Blackford b: 1848 in MAYFIELD East Sussex England



Regards,
EDITOR (Qld).

Yes the last one is mine. Percy Alfred Waters fathr Owen.

I now would like to trace his descendants.

Thanks a lot.

Dear Robin, Have you got a family tree online somewhere? If not, this is a good idea as you would not believe how many 4th, 5th etc. cousins you will get in contact with who are researching the same set of ancestors.

Try for example:- Geni.com (my favourite), Tribalpages.com, Genesreunited.com (site I first started with).

Where and how are you storing all your genealogy data? Think about downloading Personal Ancestral File from familysearch.org.

Best wishes
EDITOR.