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  1. Thread: Gravestone

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    Gravestone

    HI, has anyone ever seen cube shaped gravestones, both my 2x great granparents graves one in Bishops Waltham 1899 and the other in Annan 1911 are quite large cubes, no plinths or anything else just...
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    Arbroath parish burial 1839

    Hi, can someone advise me on where to look for Isabella's grave site, would Arbroath Abbey cemetery be a likely spot ?

    Isabella Woodham wife of Lieut. William Henry Woodham born 1801 died 30 March...
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    Thanks I have tried the Gazette without much...

    Thanks I have tried the Gazette without much success, but will keep looking
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    Yes been here too, have copies of most of the...

    Yes been here too, have copies of most of the letters. He wouldn't accept the loan which I presume was because of whatever happend to get him into financial difficulty in 1826/27

    Tracey
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    Thanks Peter, yes I have seen this, Edward Medley...

    Thanks Peter, yes I have seen this, Edward Medley wasn't the pirate, the 40 people were taken off a slave ship, that was what he was doing off the coast of Africa, chasing slave traders.

    Tracey
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    Insolvent Debtors 1827

    Lieut. Edward MedleyRN was in the insolvent debtors court at Norwich 12 March 1827 (Norfolk Chronicle 17 March 1827), the Norfolk Chronicle of 17 March 1827 reported that of the 41 cases 38 were...
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    thank you both for help

    thank you both for help
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    Wick church yard 1849

    Can someone tell me if the church yard of Wick that was in use in 1849 still exists ? Is it part of the Old Parish Church of Wick ? I am trying to find the burial place of Lieut. Edward Medley RN...
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    Merchant Navy records 1750-1800

    Hi are there any records of merchant seamen particularly certificates of naval service or foreign going Masters certificates for the period mid 1700s to about 1780? Am trying to trace record of...
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    I thought 185 pounds at that time was a fair...

    I thought 185 pounds at that time was a fair amount of money and she wouldn't have qualified, her family must have been fairly well off, a sister leaves her another 600 pounds in her will. Anyway I...
  11. Thread: Will

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    found the will of another relative, another...

    found the will of another relative, another sister dated March 1883 which is the resworn date of the first will so looks like she left money to her sister's estate.
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    Thanks yes I have

    Thanks yes I have
  13. Thread: Will

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    Will

    Hi, what does it mean when a will is resworn? I have a relative's will which at the time of her death May 1881 her effects were valued at 185 pounds, this is then resworn in March 1883 to 816 pounds.
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    Union Workhouse at Poplar

    Hi, I have a relative who died at the Union Workhouse in 1881, she was only there a month and died of 'senile decay'. The 1881 census has her listed as an 'imbecile' at another address, hence how I...
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    Thanks everyone for your advice, George Story was...

    Thanks everyone for your advice, George Story was killed in an accident while piloting HMS Bacchante at Sheerness 14 Feb 1812, have a written reference made by George's son-in-law stating he was...
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    HMS Venerable - battle off Camperdown 1797

    Hi I'm looking for details of the muster roll of HMS Venerable specifically relating to the battle off Camperdown 11 Oct 1797. Looking for George Story possibly listed as a pilot. Can anyone help?
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    Hi, had a look at Trinity House & LMA, think...

    Hi, had a look at Trinity House & LMA, think pilot records at LMA would be worth a search. George's wife was Eleanor and the children I know are John b 1781, Mary b 1784, Eleanor b 1786, Benjamin b...
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    Thank you, yes pilot does seem to get you more of...

    Thank you, yes pilot does seem to get you more of the flying variety. Perhaps a check of the paybooks for HMS Venerable on which George Story is supposed to have served will tell me if he was Royal...
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    Hello, no I haven't been able to find records of...

    Hello, no I haven't been able to find records of death, birth etc, just baptism of 3 maybe 4 children, & marriage of 1 daughter. What paper did you find the reference to Mr Storey in?

    Tracey
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    Hello, thank you for all your suggestions, the...

    Hello, thank you for all your suggestions, the 1811 reference comes from OByrnes Naval Biographical Dictionary 1849 in the details for Lieut. Edward Medley who married Elizabeth Story daugher of...
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    King's Pilot Sheerness Yard 1811

    Hi, can anyone help me find records of King's Pilots at Sheerness? I have a George Story (Storey) who is referred to as a Kings Pilot in 1811 at Sheerness yard but do not know if this means he was in...
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    Hi, correction 5 July 1839 is the date she is...

    Hi, correction 5 July 1839 is the date she is stated as being deceased. Would seem to make sense with the discharge of William Woodham on 30 April 1839, maybe she died then or was sick by then
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    Hi Martin, thank you for the info you sent, I...

    Hi Martin, thank you for the info you sent, I knew some of it but not the Bathurst (is that in Hampshire?), Fawley & Auchmithie, Pennan & Gardenstown bit. That does help me alot in trying to find the...
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    Thank you

    Thank you
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    Bishops Waltham

    Hi Ray Thanks for the advise, do you live Bishops Waltham? I'm interested in Beach Close Dean & Dean Farm I presume are the same place, 1901 census shows a row of cottages, belonging to the farm I...
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