This was a newspaper report of what one of the witnesses (who knew the deceased well) had said at the inquest...and he could have been wrong, I know. Emily appears to be living in with the family she...
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10-03-2021 4:42 PM
Thread: Travel to America
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This was a newspaper report of what one of the...
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09-03-2021 11:46 PM
Thread: Travel to America
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Yes, Martha did marry. Emily, my g. grandmother,...
Yes, Martha did marry. Emily, my g. grandmother, didn't. She was in service in 1881, also in Preston. If one of them had been in America it would have been prior to their father's death, which...
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09-03-2021 10:22 AM
Thread: Travel to America
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Thanks. I have all the details of said ancestor...
Thanks. I have all the details of said ancestor and family, both before his death and the rest of the family going forward. It's just this mention of one of his children being in America. The surname...
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09-03-2021 12:41 AM
Thread: Travel to America
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Travel to America
Hi all. At an inquest in 1877 a witness stated that one of the deceased's (my gg grandfather)children was in America. My subscription doesn't give me access to international records or most passenger...
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24-04-2017 9:22 PM
Thread: Same name half siblings
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Thanks Lesley. I came across it going over some...
Thanks Lesley. I came across it going over some research I did ages ago and it all appears to be correct - it was just bugging me that two children of the second marriage had the same names as two...
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23-04-2017 10:48 PM
Thread: Same name half siblings
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This was at the end of the eighteenth century. No...
This was at the end of the eighteenth century. No way of knowing if first children remained with their father, although no reason to think they didn't, especially if he had remarried. I'm thinking...
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23-04-2017 10:00 PM
Thread: Same name half siblings
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Same name half siblings
Has anyone ever come across a child of a second marriage being given the same christian name as a child of the first marriage, even though the child of the first marriage is still alive?
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07-11-2016 12:55 AM
Thread: William Wilkinson Caythorpe help
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This is looking promising. John Wilkinson also...
This is looking promising. John Wilkinson also christened a son, Joseph, at Eagle in 1722
Sorry...forgot to put in...Sarah's parents were William and Mary.
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07-11-2016 12:43 AM
Thread: William Wilkinson Caythorpe help
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If William died in March 1781 aged 64, he should...
If William died in March 1781 aged 64, he should have been born around 1716/1717. I'm liking this one:
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22-08-2016 11:50 AM
Thread: Jane Thompson
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Where/when did she marry? Was she definitely a...
Where/when did she marry? Was she definitely a spinster when she married your grandfather? What was her occupation at marriage?
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22-08-2016 3:09 AM
Thread: Brickwall Grandfather
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If Daniel was with the Leinster Regt. is it...
If Daniel was with the Leinster Regt. is it possible Cecil was born overseas? There is a Daniel Dunne (born around 1885 in Ireland) at the Citadel Barracks, Dover, in 1901. He is described as a...
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20-08-2016 8:33 PM
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He also named his next of kin as James Martin...
He also named his next of kin as James Martin (father)
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20-08-2016 7:58 PM
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The above James was definitely not the father....
The above James was definitely not the father. James Martin senior died on April 7th 1916 aged 70 (heart failure and bronchitis).
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20-08-2016 6:37 PM
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It's in the British Library Newspapers...
It's in the British Library Newspapers collection, accessible via libraries in England (not sure about elsewhere) but that was literally all that was mentioned of Edward - 'seconded by Edward...
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20-08-2016 6:21 PM
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I was wondering the same thing. I saw the service...
I was wondering the same thing. I saw the service record you referred to but couldn't find a positive link. There was a James Martin living at 16 Orlop St in 1920. Up to 1908 10 Orlop St was lived in...
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20-08-2016 4:40 PM
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The family appear in the 1901 (with Sarah and...
The family appear in the 1901 (with Sarah and Ruby -both born before James). Presumably Jane was Elizabeth Jane/Jane Elizabeth because she is listed as Eliz. in 1901 (aged 30, born Millwall, so looks...
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15-08-2016 5:55 PM
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That's the guy I was referring to. Unfortunately...
That's the guy I was referring to. Unfortunately he's the wrong one. Further searching shows him as James E Banfield, born Scilly Isles. He's in the '51 with his family
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15-08-2016 5:29 PM
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The only James Banfield, born Cornwall, right...
The only James Banfield, born Cornwall, right age, that I can find in other census records is this one in 1901
James Banfield, Widower, age 56, born in Cornwall (Scilly Isles)
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15-08-2016 3:37 PM
Thread: Thomas Spence 1789 ?-1878 ? York
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Ancestry has the following from a public members...
Ancestry has the following from a public members scanned docs:
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If you google the history of the parish there is...
If you google the history of the parish there is a church website with a section on freemasonry which includes mention of the Alderdices and the inn. Edward's name also comes up in the Belfast...
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14-08-2016 11:33 PM
Thread: Confused !!!
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The marriage was 1937.....1915 is Queenie...
The marriage was 1937.....1915 is Queenie Chilver's date of birth
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14-08-2016 10:26 PM
Thread: Confused !!!
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Hi Tom, Which parts of the above is your friend...
Hi Tom,
Which parts of the above is your friend certain are correct? Was the father just Arthur, or had he other names? Does she know where/when he was born or what he did for a living. What, if... -
11-08-2016 9:44 PM
Thread: Help understanding term 'Boon service"
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The following is from 'Analyses of the rules for...
The following is from 'Analyses of the rules for reckoning soldiers' services'
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11-08-2016 9:11 PM
Thread: Batt Photos
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The Battle of France began on the 10th (the 2nd...
The Battle of France began on the 10th (the 2nd Battalion were there with the BEF) and from then and during the allied retreat to Dunkirk many soldiers were killed. It looks like Harry was one of...
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11-08-2016 1:27 AM
Thread: A conundrum, please solve
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The 2nd Battalion Royal Norfolks were in India...
The 2nd Battalion Royal Norfolks were in India until independence in 1947 around Calcutta and Rawalpindi where they were tasked with gathering intelligence on reaction to the plans for partition as...
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