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Does anyone have any information concerning Edward Howard Jones b. Menston 1882 d. Knaresborough(?) 1959; in particular did he spend time in Newcastle in the 1920's. He was a linen merchant in 1911 but may have become a commercial traveller later.

Hi folks The "Princess Royal Maternity Hospital" seems to feature often on my collection of birth certificates. Just wondered if anyone knows exactly where it is/was? I found an article on The Examiner website about it closing down, but not sure how to find it or if it would be visible on...

Hi It appears a family I am tracing in Manchester may have originated in Kirkburton, Yorkshire. I am hoping someone in this forum might be able to help me with look-ups of the following events from IGI..... my Heap family was designated as "born out of county" in the Manchester 1841 census and...

Good evening, I need help please :surrender: Today I got a a tiny little trace, that my great granduncle lived in 1905 in Hull. His full name was Paul J. Oelrichs, on the that ships passenger and Crew list was the name Ole Oelrichs, so I think that "Ole" was his nickname, and his homeadress...

Couldn't get all the words in the title, should have read James Stuart/Stewart Finlay aka Halma the Crazy Dancing Juggler. He was my wife's Grandfather and I have ordered his Marriage Cert - Jul/Sep 1906 - but in the meantime I wondered if anyone here is also researching him? I've found a couple...

Hi I am new to forum. I am trying to trace my relation Patrick Quinn 1885-1948. My information is that he died as a patient in Rotherham hospital in 1948. I have no exact date or home address for him in the UK. I live in Ireland and I am going to visit that area in May to visit his burial place if...

Hi is there anyone looking for the smithies from saddleworth? ann smithies born 1771 married isacc smithies 1798. there children are: abraham born 1798 james born 1801 Mary born 1811 isacc born 1814 josiah 1831 they are lived at Starting Chair saddleworth from 1797-1888. Love to hear if...

Does anyone know the names of the parents of GEORGE MILNES born Briestfield, in 1843 married ANN born 1842 in Kirkheaton and had a large number of children. I have the list of his children and also the newspaper report of George and 2 of his sons being killed in a colliery disaster in 1893 ...

I have a list of the siblings (my Dad is John Reginald RADLEY) but somewhere in there should be my Uncle Jim but I can't find him. I would not have thought he was that much younger than my Dad so maybe his DOB would have been 1919 but I'm by no means sure. I have a photo of all three men (Wilf,...

Hello East Riding, I am trying to find the burial information concerning my paternal great grandparents: William Gage (sometimes spelt Geadge or Gedge but never in later life) and his wife Maria. They both left Norfolk for East Yorks. in 1851 and eventually settled in various parts of Hull, where...

I have traced my family DAY back to Oldstead in the parish of Kilburn. Using a transcription of the Parish Registers (from The YAS) I have linked back to before 1600. But there are gaps. For instance between 1625 and 1635 there are no christenings, 4 marriages and 82 burials. I assume this...

Hello, I am trying to find more information regarding Anne Room nee Morton b1874 in Norton,Derbyshire to Frederick Morton and Ann Smith. Would like to find record of Marriage. I think she married George Room and was living in Ecclesall , Sheffield in 1901. Also interested to know if she had...

I am looking for any information on John Harper who married Rebecca Little on 22 Sep 1879 reg dist Hunslet. John was born c1845 and Rebecca c1859, they were in Australia by 1883. I would like to order their marriage certificate, can someone tell me how to do that online, I found the marriage on...

In the church yard of St Marys church in Whitby just as you walk in from the parking area there are two old gravestones with a skull and crossbones and anchor engraved on the side. Some say that they are the graves of pirates whilst others say they date from the puritan period which would...

I am trying in vain to find where the following places were in Hull during the mid to late 1800's! 1851 - Gales Court 1861 - Wards Place 1871 - Anns Place 1881 - Victoria Terrace 1891 - Edwards Square They are where some of my ancestors lived from census records. Any assistance would be...

Hi All, Looking for any information on John Conder of Norton/Doncaster born in 1840/41. He is shown as living in the the Doncaster workhouse aged 10 in the 1851 census. He married Fanny Bolton in 1864 in Doncaster. Thank You