I am writing up nearly 50 years of research into my Duncan ancestry as "William Duncan, Chirurgeon, His Ancestors and His Descendants, Including Duncans of Seasyde, Lundie, & Camperdown".
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13-11-2023 9:25 PM
Thread: Formatting advice sought
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Formatting advice sought
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26-10-2023 7:14 AM
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Germans to America in the Eighteenth Century
Ships carrying German emigrants from mainland Europe to America in the 18th century had to call in at an English port before continuing to America. Were they also required to deposit a passenger list...
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13-06-2023 2:06 AM
Thread: John George Robinson, Newcastle c1839
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I have returned to this brick wall. The good...
I have returned to this brick wall.
The good news is that I have found a male Robinson relative of the same generation as me - the earliest one still with living members- and who is willing to do a... -
19-01-2023 6:58 PM
Thread: Elizabeth Duckett born Kingsdon, Som. 1808
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A well-known genealogical site has thrown up a...
A well-known genealogical site has thrown up a hint.
In St Mary Redcliffe "in the county of Bristol" in 1828
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07-05-2022 7:42 AM
Thread: Luscombe/Duncan marriage
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Eventually showed up index of Familysearch...
Eventually showed up index of Familysearch "England, Devon and Cornwall Marriages, 1660-1912" with image!
I was trawling through my posts looking for something else and I noticed that this question... -
03-05-2022 9:50 PM
Thread: Hedges, of Braintree and Bocking ..... or?
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Thanks again grisel. I have turned up supporting...
Thanks again grisel. I have turned up supporting evidence that Thomas Hedges the son of Joseph Hedges and Lydia Ralph may very well be the person I am after. The Grainger connection requires that...
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03-05-2022 4:27 AM
Thread: Hedges, of Braintree and Bocking ..... or?
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How right you are grisel It is Thomas! Although...
How right you are grisel It is Thomas! Although as written it is open for transcription errors it does match Thomas the head of the household and Thomas the name of one of the sons. In fact I cannot...
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02-05-2022 8:19 PM
Thread: Hedges, of Braintree and Bocking ..... or?
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Thanks grisel I had Thomas Hedges buried in...
Thanks grisel
I had Thomas Hedges buried in Braintree, in 1834, but had no idea about the circumstances. Wow. -
01-05-2022 9:09 PM
Thread: Hardy-Rayner Marriages
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I am looking at D/P 264/1/9 on the Essex Archives...
I am looking at D/P 264/1/9 on the Essex Archives Online site. Judging from the observation that the signatures are in a different hand to the names in the body of the form leads me to conclude that...
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01-05-2022 9:05 PM
Thread: Hardy-Rayner Marriages
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Thank you one and all for your thoughts....
Thank you one and all for your thoughts. Certainly plenty to work on with all your much appreciated suggestions. There must be something in the water in Essex as NONE of my Essex ancestral lines are...
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01-05-2022 3:06 AM
Thread: Hardy-Rayner Marriages
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Hardy-Rayner Marriages
Not sure if this is the right forum for this ...
I am puzzled by the following ...
In the parish records of St Michael the Archangel, Braintree, Essex [spelling in document retained]
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29-04-2022 9:05 PM
Thread: Hedges, of Braintree and Bocking ..... or?
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I have turned up another clue. The 1851 Census...
I have turned up another clue.
The 1851 Census for Braintree has Thomas Hedges (who married Rebecca Saward), born in Braintree, about 1818, as head of the house. Apart from his wife and children... -
25-04-2022 12:56 AM
Thread: Hedges, of Braintree and Bocking ..... or?
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Thanks grisel. There appears to be some merit in...
Thanks grisel. There appears to be some merit in your suggestion of the family moving from London to Essex as William Thomas Hedges, a weaver, married Rebecka Saward in St Leonard, Shoreditch on 30...
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24-04-2022 4:14 AM
Thread: Hedges, of Braintree and Bocking ..... or?
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Hedges, of Braintree and Bocking ..... or?
This is a brick wall I did not know I had until now. My great-grandmother, Alice Matilda Hedges, was baptised in Braintree, Essex. Her father William Hedges was born in Church Street, in the Parish...
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11-04-2022 7:03 AM
Thread: Daniel Wright, brush maker
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grisel, I would like to read what you have been...
grisel, I would like to read what you have been reading regarding brush makers. There is a William Walden, a brush maker, in High Street London Road in the 1841 census .... perhaps Daniel Wright was...
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07-04-2022 7:37 PM
Thread: Daniel Wright, brush maker
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Thanks for the link grisel, and yes no wonder...
Thanks for the link grisel, and yes no wonder Daniel just wanted to get away from Glasgow where had lost so much.
With the help from you and jomot1 I ... make that WE.... have knocked down a rather... -
07-04-2022 9:19 AM
Thread: Daniel Wright, brush maker
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It looks like this might be Mary Jean Tassie who...
It looks like this might be Mary Jean Tassie who married Daniel Wright
Parish records of Glasgow
1841 August
died 21 funeral 24 Mary Wright, pauper, town Hospital, consumption
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07-04-2022 2:26 AM
Thread: Daniel Wright, brush maker
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Right again, grisel Parish records for Glasgow...
Right again, grisel
Parish records for Glasgow
December 1840
Wright- Daniel Wright Brush Maker in Glasgow and Mary Jean Tassie residing there married 31st December by Dr Duncan Macfarlane one of... -
05-04-2022 6:32 AM
Thread: Daniel Wright, brush maker
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Parish records for Glasgow August 1813 Wright-...
Parish records for Glasgow
August 1813
Wright- Daniel Wright brush maker & Agnes Foyer a law[ful] son Daniel bo[rn] 7th wit[nesses] William Buchanan & George Livingston
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05-04-2022 2:09 AM
Thread: Daniel Wright, brush maker
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Thanks grisel Certainly some interesting things...
Thanks grisel
Certainly some interesting things to follow up here. At this stage Daniel Wright and Agnes Foyer look promising - I will have to look at the original records.
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04-04-2022 6:27 AM
Thread: Daniel Wright, brush maker
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Thanks again Jomot1. Your posts certainly add to...
Thanks again Jomot1. Your posts certainly add to the broader picture. I have to confess that I never thought of investigating witnesses, but of course there is a high possibility of their being...
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03-04-2022 8:22 PM
Thread: Daniel Wright, brush maker
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Daniel Wright, brush maker
My Potter brick wall has morphed into a Wright brick wall.
Eliza Potter's 1844 birth certificate gives her father as "Daniel Wright, brush maker"
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03-04-2022 7:46 AM
Thread: James Potter Greenwich Pensioner
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Thanks Jomot1. I am at a complete loss when...
Thanks Jomot1. I am at a complete loss when trying to find Daniel Wright, brush maker and father to Eliza Potter born Braintree 1844, or at least I was until I logged on again and found your reply....
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24-03-2022 4:02 AM
Thread: who.s the father
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Or Henry Barton as the father ... perhaps James...
Or Henry Barton as the father ... perhaps James Barton Furness "knew/was told" his father was Henry Barton and ASSUMED Henry Barton Furness. Just a thought.
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23-03-2022 6:16 AM
Thread: Charles Milne, Birmingham
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Thanks suemalings and mikejee His wife was Mary...
Thanks suemalings and mikejee
His wife was Mary (Cheesman) Milne (1886–1978), born in Ryton.
His daughters were Jane Margaret Milne (1910–1999) and Mary Joan Milne (1917–2008).
(He also had a son...
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