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Peter Ticehurst
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James G. Tweedy, Alnwick
« on: Monday 03 January 05 12:07 GMT (UK) »
My maternal grandmother, Sarah Jane Knox, married James G. Tweedy in Alnwick in the June quarter of 1916. I have found his death registered in Alnwick in the March quarter 1917 - age 0. I have searched for his birth between 1896 and 1900, so far without success.

Sarah Jane then re-married in 1918, still in Alnwick, my grandfather, Henry (Harry) Riley from Brighton.

I am rather curious as to what happened to poor James. He does not appear to have been a First World War casualty, although there are a couple of possibles on the CWGC web-site. But then his death wouldn't have been registered in Alnwick, would it?

Can anyone shed any light on his death circumstances please? Most of my research so far has concentrated on my Ticehurst ancestors in Sussex, but I am quite proud of my North East roots. Any help with my little mystery would be much appreciated.
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Re: James G. Tweedy, Alnwick
« Reply #1 on: Monday 03 January 05 13:11 GMT (UK) »
Hi Peter

From the information you give the death registered in Alnwick in 1Q 1917 aged 0 would indicate to me that this was the death of a child of that marriage.

Regarding the birth registration - why stop at 1896? Do you have an approximate year from his marriage certificate? If not I'd suggest you keep going back year by year until you find him - he could have been an older groom!

Have you looked for a 1901 Census entry for Sarah Knox and James Tweedy?

Just a few thoughts

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Re: James G. Tweedy, Alnwick
« Reply #2 on: Monday 03 January 05 15:13 GMT (UK) »
Thanks for your ideas, Helen

I did wonder if that death may have been a child from the age 0, but scanning through the rest of the page, there seemed to be quite a lot of 0s, so I wasn't sure if this merely referred to a lack of available information during WW1.

I was pretty sure I had the right James G. Tweedy, as my nan definitely re-married as a 20 year old widow at Alnwick register office on 29/4/1918.

The only reason I stopped at 1896 in search of James was so as not to use up all my wife's credits on 1837online!!! I've not yet looked for him in the 1901 Census - to be honest, I've only just found out his Christian name!

Thanks again, regards

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Re: James G. Tweedy, Alnwick
« Reply #3 on: Monday 03 January 05 21:14 GMT (UK) »
Hi Peter

Did Santa not bring your wife some 1837online credits for you to borrow?  Shame on him!!!!

Can't get 1837online working tonight, but when it gets sorted they do hold indexes for British Nationals who died abroad.

If you haven't already searched for James Tweedy there I'll take a look for you when the site gets back to normal.

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Re: James G. Tweedy, Alnwick
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 04 January 05 00:07 GMT (UK) »
Hi again Peter

Managed a quick session on 1837online before it went 'iffy' again!

Army deaths have several possibilities for James Tweedy - all privates in the Northumberland Fusiliers, but no ages.

Probably similar entries to those you saw on CWGC site.

The thought came to me that he may have been a soldier when he married Sarah - his profession from the marriage certificate would certainly give you a bit more to go on.

From that you would also get his age and his father's name which would enable you to get the correct Census entry.

There is a possible birth in the indexes - although indexed as TWEDDY, it's possible this is an error as I couldn't find any other entries with that spelling.  Worth keeping for future reference.

1Q 1894 TWEDDY James George Glendale 10b 420

There is a TWEEDY family at Chatton (Glendale registration district) in 1901 with son James 7 years.

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Re: James G. Tweedy, Alnwick
« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 04 January 05 21:05 GMT (UK) »
Hi Helen

             Thanks for having a look for James Tweedy for me - much appreciated! For some reason my wife objects to me buying her 1837online credits and then useing them myself!!!

             Although I don't intend to research the Tweedy line, I think I will have to obtain the marriage and death certificates to satisfy my curiousity.

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