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    Peter Cooper; Royal Army Service Corps

    We are trying to find the military records for my wife’s father, Peter Cooper. Originally, he was one of the Winter War Volunteers who went to Finland in 1940 to help when they were invaded by...
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    Winter War Volunteers

    I've been researching the volunteers who signed up to go to Finland before the start of the war but who ended up in Sweden instead; my father in law was one of these men. During his stay in Malung,...
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    Anullments

    Anyone know if there are any records for marriage anullments anywhere? I'm looking for details of a possible incestuous marriage in the 1920s.
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    Winter War Volunteers: Finland

    My wife's father, Peter John (Wolf) Cooper, 1922-1972, was one of the lads who volunteered to go and help protect Finland from Russian invasion in 1939. Unfortunately, the conflict ended before they...
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    Still looking for John Lovegrove!

    Having taken a break from the search for the illusive John Lovegrove (I've been working on the Swedish side of the family and managed to get back as far as 1480) I am now taking advantage of...
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    The Hollicks of Reading

    Hi David

    My Great Grandmother was Mabel Ellen Hollick (B1883), daughter of George and Sarah Hollick of Reading, Berkshire. She married my Great Grandfather James Henry Page somewhen around the...
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    Which online site is best?

    I have been using Ancestry for a while now but some of the responses that I've had from fellow forum members make me think that I might find more if I use another site.

    At the moment, I've hit a...
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    Winter War Volunteers, Finland 1939-1942

    Does anyone know if there are any living members of the group of men who signed up to help Finland when Russia invaded in 1939? About 230 of them ended up stranded in Finland and spent several years...
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    Hej Brian I've been tracing my wife's Swedish...

    Hej Brian

    I've been tracing my wife's Swedish roots as well as her British ones and the Swedish side is definitely easier.

    Best of luck with your British roots, you've definitely come to the...
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    Hi Geneius Charles William WAS one of the...

    Hi Geneius
    Charles William WAS one of the brothers of MDGs mother Gertrude and there was also Francis George (1889)' Samuel Ernest (1891) and David (1894) but I can't prove a link between any of...
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    Hi Christina I did look at John William and...

    Hi Christina
    I did look at John William and followed his line back a ways, mainly because his family also lived in Carnarvon Road where my wife's dad was born. But the marriage certificate for MDG...
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    Looking at the info I've gathered so far, I get...

    Looking at the info I've gathered so far, I get the feeling that John Lovegrove may not have been completely honest so it is possible that he was older than he declared on the marriage certificate....
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    Hi Fredrik My wife's family did things the other...

    Hi Fredrik
    My wife's family did things the other way around, her mother married an Englishman and moved over here! She came from Malung originally but worked as a pharmacist in Stockholm (down near...
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    Hi Christina Our National Archives say more or...

    Hi Christina
    Our National Archives say more or less the same thing which just adds to my mystery.
    The marriage was a civil one (Reading Registry Office) but when MDG married Tim Cooper it was in...
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    It's a complicated story but the 3 children grew...

    It's a complicated story but the 3 children grew up thinking that they were Coopers and kept that as their family name, even after they knew the truth; their descendants still use it so I have in...
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    I did contact the Archives and their response...

    I did contact the Archives and their response was,

    "Records of applications to annul a marriage, known as petitions for/of nullity, are included in record series J 77 Divorce and Matrimonial...
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    Me too, but I can't find anything to firm it up. ...

    Me too, but I can't find anything to firm it up.
    He was certainly born at around the right time and he would fit the family rumour about MDG marrying her mothers brother but I just don't have...
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    Hi Christina Thanks for that, I had 3 sons for...

    Hi Christina
    Thanks for that, I had 3 sons for Hephzibah and Benjamin but not a daughter. I can now add Caroline, John Ward and little Caroline to my Ancestry tree.

    Andy
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    Hi Geneius We did pay a visit to the Berkshire...

    Hi Geneius
    We did pay a visit to the Berkshire Records Office and looked through the Electorall Registers which is where we got most of the addresses from; that and the Census results too.
    Goodey,...
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    Hi Christina John Lovegrove was my wife's...

    Hi Christina
    John Lovegrove was my wife's grandfather so what I'm really trying to do is trace his line backwards as far as I can.
    He married Mildred Doris Goodey in Reading in 1920 and on the...
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    John Lovegrove, Master House Decorator.

    I'm trying to find information on John Lovegrove, born around 1893/4, father Thomas Lovegrove.
    In 1920 he was living in Reading and was described as a 'Painter Journeyman' and by 1922 as a 'Master...
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    Hi Peter That would be amazing, we've gone as...

    Hi Peter
    That would be amazing, we've gone as far as Benjamin Goodey and Clarissa Carter in the early 1800s but have been caught up trying to break the Lovegrove side since then and haven't really...
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    Hi Nicolina I do have a bit of a nagging doubt...

    Hi Nicolina
    I do have a bit of a nagging doubt in the back of my mind about John B; just because he married someone else in 1928, doesn't mean that he didn't marry Mildred Doris Goodey in 1920! I...
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    Wow GB, I can see how you earned the 'Fountain of...

    Wow GB, I can see how you earned the 'Fountain of Knowledge' handle!
    Looks like my great grandfather could have been Henry John then, I'll slip that into Ancestry and see if it helps to loosen the...
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    Thanks Gortonboy You are absolutely right, it...

    Thanks Gortonboy
    You are absolutely right, it was actually Arthur James George Page.
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