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    Movement within Surrey early 1700s

    One of my ancestors was named Tosen. I traced the family from South Africa back to the UK. I thinkhave reliably managed to link up nearly all the Tosens in the UK census 1841 through 1911 and the...
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    Thanks Megan. I looked in the British Newspaper...

    Thanks Megan. I looked in the British Newspaper Archive and used one of my free intro downloads to get the one article that mentioned the case. Unfortunately it didn't give the details of the...
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    Thanks Christina - it makes sense if I understand...

    Thanks Christina - it makes sense if I understand that I have to use a URL as opposed to simply linking to an image saved on my computer.
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    Here goes! His military file has his name as...

    Here goes!

    His military file has his name as Adriaan Johannes Fourie and Abraham Johannes Fourie. In the files kept during his convalescence in the UK for amputation of RIGHT leg he also uses the...
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    Conviction - Central Criminal Court 1918

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    I wonder if anyone can point me to where I might find a record of this conviction. I understood from the Archives website that it would be on Find My Past but either I misunderstood or I'm not...
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    Alfred Wright emigrated to South Africa. The...

    Alfred Wright emigrated to South Africa.

    The "John Wright, musician" in the 1851 census I linked to someone who migrated to Australia. I couldn't find anything to connect him to Alfred, apart...
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    That Alfred's birth date is too late to match the...

    That Alfred's birth date is too late to match the marriage certificate, unfortunately. I was optimistic about an 1851 census result for an Alfred Wright living with a John Sadd, shoemaker, and listed...
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    I do have details of his marriage and children,...

    I do have details of his marriage and children, but they don't add anything except his father's name and occupation. Perhaps it's relevant that the children born in South Africa were baptised in the...
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    I think you're correct. He seems to have...

    I think you're correct. He seems to have emigrated with his children to Australia.
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    Thanks, yes, that's the one. I have this...

    Thanks, yes, that's the one. I have this marriage, and the children. They traveled together to South Africa, and had a number of children from 1860. I might be missing a child around 1858, possibly...
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    Alfred Wright - common name, few details!

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    Alfred Wright is my g-g-g-grandfather. He emigrated from England to South Africa in 1859 with his wife and two children. I have been unable to locate him in the 1851 census, or to find any...
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    Thanks so much for the helpful (and quick!)...

    Thanks so much for the helpful (and quick!) reply. I generally use the library for FMP and Ancestry - right now Covid-19 is making that more complicated. I tried Ancestry using "75th Regiment" as a...
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    Looking for info: Samuel McCartney 75th Reg

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    I wonder if anyone can help me with information on Samuel McCartney. He married in South Africa in 1874, and his marriage certificate says "Private 75 Regt". The following year his daughter...
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    Thanks - the local library offers access to FMP -...

    Thanks - the local library offers access to FMP - I’ll check whether newspapers are included.
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    Thank you!! This is all relevant. The “Winsent”...

    Thank you!! This is all relevant. The “Winsent” explains why I missed that marriage and their son William gave his birthplace as Crediton in one census return. Perhaps the ‘not maintaining his...
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    Thanks Pam - Strangely there is another record...

    Thanks Pam - Strangely there is another record from the 1871 census (indexed on Family Search) which has just him and the son William and a boarder. I think it is the same (part) record though. That...
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    Missing Winson/Bright 1841 and 1871

    I am doing some "filling in" of the family tree and have stumbled upon a mystery:

    William Winson (brother to my ancestor) is baptised in Thorverton, Devon, 1829, as son of William Winson and Ann...
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    Thanks, shippo I had missed the 1811 article, I...

    Thanks, shippo I had missed the 1811 article, I have added that one to my "collection".

    Thanks helachau for the name of the book on bankruptcy, I'll see if I can find it online. It's not clear...
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    So in that case it would be reasonable to assume...

    So in that case it would be reasonable to assume that Susannah, daughter of Richard, baptised at Gosport, is the same Susannah, daughter of Richard, living in Alverstoke parish?

    I was reading it...
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    Thanks for the replies! So Kings Bench would have...

    Thanks for the replies! So Kings Bench would have implied insolvency? I’ll read up more at the National Archives, thanks for that advice. I’m guessing then that the family moved away from Gosport,...
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    Gosport and Alverstoke

    I realise that Gosport and Alverstoke are close, but I am not clear about the division in terms of where people would have said they lived. I am trying to decide if these people are the same family:...
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    Bankruptcy and debtor's prison (early 1800s)

    I wonder if anyone has a good understanding of how bankruptcy worked in the 1800s?

    I have information from newspapers about a Richard White, rope-maker, of Gosport, Hamspshire, and I'm trying to...
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    Here are the Durban cemeteries that have been...

    Here are the Durban cemeteries that have been photographed: https://www.graves-at-eggsa.org/main.php?g2_itemId=1242939

    There is also an index - I did a quick search and didn't come up with any...
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    Thanks Arthur! I'll have a look at what you have...

    Thanks Arthur! I'll have a look at what you have on the family.

    Fanny Kellet married Joseph Farrar. They had 5 children in Yorkshire, then immigrated to South Africa in the early 1900s. Their...
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    Lesley, On having a proper look, the Mary Ann...

    Lesley,

    On having a proper look, the Mary Ann Kellet listed above the family is aged 14 whereas the one I'm looking for would probably be 12. But yes, the wives of the two families are around 30...
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