Forum: Brickwalls

During WW11 my family received lots of food parcels from "Auntie in Australia" My Mother continued to keep in touch with her by airmail until around 1965 -1970 when a Scotsman turned up at our house in Aldershot (I was living in East Africa at the time) with two glass candlebra, and telling her...

ive hit a brickwall concerning my gtgt grandmother annie maria james, b abt 1852 in farnham hampshire, she wed my gtgt grandad william arthur hine in 1872 in the strand london, well on the wedding certificate her father,s name was james james, a jeweller by profesion, i have searched high & low...

Here's a real challenge for those of you who like to get your teeth into something meaty: My cousin's great-uncle Percy Ireland Lathy, born 1874, Tillington, Sussex, was reputed to have left his family for a French dancing girl, and caused something of a scandal:D, apparently. He was a...

Hello everyone this missing father has puzzled my family for years, and only recently have i taken upon myself to do everything i can to figure it out, but im at a loss. I'm trying to find the father of someone on my tree (my great x2 grandfather). His name is Alfred Shrigley born 28 Oct 1876...

I am looking for the original record for John Hassell's marriage in the hope that this will provide information on his birth and parents. I have found the following from FamilySearch to date: spouse: Mary Eldred groom's name: John Hassell bride's name: Mary Eldred marriage...

Charlotte (Sharlott) Clark nee Fleming, born 1864-1867 Blyth, Northumberland. Married Thomas Eli Clark of Blackburn in Dec 1885. Mother Ann, 1826 Ireland. No birth certificates found for Flemming, Fleming, Fle* in this time zone. No Census 1871 records either. 1881, 1891, 1901 and 1911 found. ...

Hi My great-grandmother is very illusive! Elizabeth Borer was born c 1839 possibly in Horsham, possibly in France. She married my great grandfather Jesse Cooper in 1861 in Hurst Berkshire. She had a sister, Victorine born c 1842 who married Elizabeth's brother Joshua Cooper. Both sisters died...

Can anyone help me find the marriage for this couple. They arrived in Langham, Essex before 1751 and already had four children. A William, Mary, Ann and Sophie. On 31st March 1751 they baptised a son Samuel in Langham and went on to have a Daniel, James, Joseph, Thomas and John. William was a...

Hi, I'd be really grateful if anyone can help me trace my Firmin roots back further than Josiah where I have hit a brick wall. I have managed to gather some information but can't go further back... His place of birth is Maplestead in Essex and he married a Mary Taunton...pasted below is everything...

I have traced my G G Grandfather William Ellison or Elliston to living in Great Alne Warwick between 1823 and his death in 1846 (aged 46 from Burial records in GRO) Death Certificate can't be found. The 1841 census says "not born in this County" when he was living in Warwick. He married Anne Hobday...

Hi Really hoping someone can lookup some information for me, it seems to be available on FindMyPast but I just can't see it / find it with Ancestry. It relates to the family and whereabouts of William Holland b.1846 in Devonshire (Barnstaple) on the 1911 census Any help would be really...

Hi I am franticly trying to find my grandmothers lost father. He dissapered without a trace when she was nine. My grandmother was born in 1948. Her mother who was Margaret isabella raine born in 1910 in newcastle upon tyne northumberland and died in 1983 in chichester but married arthur harry...