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    Thanks - I didn't know about that!

    Thanks - I didn't know about that!
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    Transportation for 10 years seems unusual - the...

    Transportation for 10 years seems unusual - the terms were generally for 7 years, 14 years, or for life. The Ticket of Leave scheme only operated, as far as I know, for convicts already serving a...
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    Safari, Pam - But I sometimes find things don't...

    Safari, Pam - But I sometimes find things don't work on that, but do on Chrome or Brave and I have to alternate between them.
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    Just had a look and all ok at my end...

    Just had a look and all ok at my end...
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    It all goes to show that vote rigging has a long...

    It all goes to show that vote rigging has a long history and it's still going on in some ways, I suppose?
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    Ah, so those whose votes were rejected either...

    Ah, so those whose votes were rejected either refused to swear or hadn't paid up in time - thank you!
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    I think I may have answered my own question: ...

    I think I may have answered my own question:

    "On refusal to swear, poll to be rejected.

    And if any person or persons shall refuse or neglect to take the oaths respectively appointed to be...
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    Interesting! Burdett was obviously a bit too...

    Interesting! Burdett was obviously a bit too radical for some...
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    Reasons for votes being rejected?

    Several entries in the poll book for the 1818 Westminster elections have a note appended saying "Sent to High Baliff and rejected". Could rejection be due to non-payment of rates, a spoiled vote, or...
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    Thanks, Peter. If my ancestor was importing goods...

    Thanks, Peter. If my ancestor was importing goods from Italy, the fact that Napoleon declared himself King of Italy in 1805 may well have ruined his business!
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    Thanks, Mike - That does sound logical, doesn't...

    Thanks, Mike - That does sound logical, doesn't it?
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    Oil & Italian Warehouse

    In the course of trying to locate likely premises for an ancestor usually described as a victualler, I came across a possible entry for him in a London trade directory of 1800 in which 'Oil & Italian...
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    I suppose it could do - in the UK, there is much...

    I suppose it could do - in the UK, there is much debate about what constitutes a traditional folk song. If the original composer is "anon", that usually counts! The fact remains though that I can...
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    Interesting, but that's a German army marching...

    Interesting, but that's a German army marching song from WWI. The sort of music I'm talking about is the equivalent of our morris/country dance tunes and traditional songs like Claudy Banks, Nutting...
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    By the same token, traditional German folk music...

    By the same token, traditional German folk music became so closely associated with the Nazis that it was suppressed and is (as far as I know) no longer performed. I enjoy listening to traditional...
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    I wasn't aware that the Scouts ever used a...

    I wasn't aware that the Scouts ever used a swastika, but I wonder if the Cubs, through their association with Rudyard Kipling and The Jungle Book, might have done?...
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    Sorry, the original post is less than 2 years old...

    Sorry, the original post is less than 2 years old - 14 years is the time I've been a member on here! :-)
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    Hi Gary - My original post is now 14 years old...

    Hi Gary - My original post is now 14 years old (!) but the mystery remains unsolved. The confusion is caused by Richard Rogers (born 1780), the son of the Richard Rogers (born c.1754) who was...
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    My x3 great grandfather Richard Rogers was also a...

    My x3 great grandfather Richard Rogers was also a victualler who was later described as a mariner. In his case, I strongly suspect he was "pressed" into the navy. His first child was born in 1805,...
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    Problem solved! Thank you, Lesley - your...

    Problem solved! Thank you, Lesley - your explanation makes perfect sense. Neither the wife nor I realised that banns were called in both churches if the bride and groom attended different ones!
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    Married in two CoE churches

    Both my wife and I have examples from our family history research of couples marrying each other in two separate Anglican churches in the same London parish within a week or two (one in the late 18th...
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    That's very kind, thank you! My Richard's...

    That's very kind, thank you! My Richard's mother's name was Betty, but I think she died in 1786. The mystery of Richard's whereabouts between 1805 and 1817 continues...
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    So you can - thank you! I obviously hadn't...

    So you can - thank you! I obviously hadn't scrolled far enough down the page to find the PAYG option...
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    Richard Rogers - Mariner?

    My x3 great-grandfather Richard Rogers (born London 1780)goes off the radar between the birth of his daughter Ann in 1805 and the birth of his first son Charles Richard in 1817. As Charles says his...
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    My Living DNA test also had me as 100% British...

    My Living DNA test also had me as 100% British and Irish - it's supposed to go back for 10 generations, or about 250 years, which in my case is further back than I've managed to get with any of my...
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