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Thank you Jomot.

I went ahead and ordered the cremation registers for both George and Margaret from DeceasedOnline.com.

They both lived at the same address - 165 Dunkery Road - and Margaret's...

Yes, that is Margaret in the 1939 Register.



Her father is named as Frank O'REILLY, labourer, on the 1942 marriage record.



There are several trees on Ancestry (and MyHeritage and one on...

Thank you shippo and Pam for your responses.

It definitely is confusing, assuming George's father is correctly named on the marriage certificate.

The witnesses to George and Margaret's marriage...

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I'm trying to trace a Dennis Charles DRYDEN, born c.1900.

His son, George DRYDEN, married Margaret O'REILLY on 30 Dec. 1942 in Belfast according to their marriage record on GRONI.
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Hi Pam,

Thank you for your reply.

I have searched using wildcards in the 1841 and later censuses without any luck.

I do realise this is a long shot question, especially with the 1841 census...

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I'm trying to locate William SPUNNER in 1841 in Scotland; I do not know his date or place of birth, but his father was John Spunner, a labourer....

Hi Janet,

Thank you, I do have the baptism records for Henry's children. The marriage witnesses - Poole and Avins - are not names I've encountered elsewhere, so they don't seem to be related.
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Hi Christina, thank you for your reply,

Yes, that is Sarah, her son William Henry snr. and grandson William Henry jnr. in the 1841 Census. I don't know where Sarah was born, but William snr. was...

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I'm trying to find more information on the Dryden family of Hounslow and Southwark, who were rope makers, twine spinners and flax dressers.

Henry Dryden (for whom I have been unable to...

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I'm researching my Sheldon line, and my fourth great-grandfather, John Sheldon, was born in Walsall Wood in c.1787, according to the 1851 Census. In both the 1841 Census and 1851 Census he...

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I'm trying to find death records for my second great grandfather, Charles Edward Sheldon snr., a gardener (born 6 Sept. 1854, Cannock, Staffordshire), and his daughter, Alice Amelia Sheldon...

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Thank you for the replies and the suggestions; I wasn't sure if I was just not looking properly, or if the record really wasn't listed.

Christina, I will try your suggestion regarding...

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I've been unable to find a marriage record for Edward SHELDON and Elizabeth LEWIS.

Edward, Elizabeth and their children appear in the 1861 Census living in...

Hi Georgie,

Interesting that you should mention WW1, since Alfred did allegedly go over in a troop ship to fight in France.

As for the names of his children:

Following the Boer War the...

Hello Geoffers,

Thank you for that information about findmypast; I've been trying to figure out this mystery of Alfred's identity for some time now, I think I can wait a few more years.

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Thank you for your posts, Sandy and SnowyJen; you've given me some ideas as to where to look for more clues.

I have to admit that I'm still not entirely convinced regarding Edward...

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I'm trying to determine if the Charles Edward Sheldon who fought in the Second Anglo-Boer War is the same man as my great grandfather, Charles Edward Sheldon jnr.

Charles jnr. was born...

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I'm researching the Sheldon family of Rushall and Cannock, Staffordshire.

Edward Sheldon, born c.1810, Rushall, married to Elizabeth, born c.1817 or c.1830, Cannock. Edward may have died...

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Around 1891, my second great grandmother, Lavinia Sheldon (born Granger, c.1850, Norton), and three of her children (Laura, Albert and James) became paupers and were entered into the...

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I'm researching my second great grandfather, whose name may have been either Alfred Hampshire or Wilfred Alfred Hampshire. He was allegedly born c.1876, Oldham, Lancashire and died 13 July...