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Durham / Re: prison records
« on: Wednesday 13 September 23 09:48 BST (UK) »
Thanks for clarifying that for me.
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Durham / Re: prison records
« on: Friday 08 September 23 11:49 BST (UK) »
Really,if I duplicated its me putting the effort in,judgement not necessary
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Hampshire & Isle of Wight / Re: prison
« on: Friday 08 September 23 10:32 BST (UK) »
Thank you for signposting me,much appreciated
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Hampshire & Isle of Wight / Re: prison
« on: Friday 08 September 23 09:37 BST (UK) »
I now know he was a soldier,I sort of worked that out,he also has a criminal record in Durham,I found him in newspaper reports.
My Dad maybe knew but it was never mentioned,I think John was a bit of a thief as one article mentions he stole beer and spirits from Cameron Brewers
He was also married at that time and so far I know his first wife Mary-ann died and 2 of the children.
I have a gut feeling that as he became a widower and the his second wife was my Gran,she lived next door and was widowed with one child,will have suited John,never met him he died before I was born.
Now wondering if he served in Ireland as my Dad sang lots of songs from that time,Dad told me that Granda John said " Keep a knife under your pillow if there is any Irish in the house"
My Dad maybe knew but it was never mentioned,I think John was a bit of a thief as one article mentions he stole beer and spirits from Cameron Brewers
He was also married at that time and so far I know his first wife Mary-ann died and 2 of the children.
I have a gut feeling that as he became a widower and the his second wife was my Gran,she lived next door and was widowed with one child,will have suited John,never met him he died before I was born.
Now wondering if he served in Ireland as my Dad sang lots of songs from that time,Dad told me that Granda John said " Keep a knife under your pillow if there is any Irish in the house"
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Durham / Re: prison records
« on: Friday 08 September 23 09:23 BST (UK) »
I have put it on both Durham and Hampshire pages.
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Hampshire & Isle of Wight / prison
« on: Thursday 07 September 23 21:36 BST (UK) »
I am looking for my Grandad John Wigham,born 1881 at Byers Green Durham,in the 1901 census he is an inmate at HMP Saint Faiths Within Hampshire,I have tried to find out why he was there,my parents never mentioned it,they may not have known about this.
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Durham / prison records
« on: Thursday 07 September 23 21:30 BST (UK) »
I am looking for information about my Grandad,John Wigham,born in 1881 at Byers Green Durham,in the 1901 census he is an inmate at HMP Saint Faiths Within Hampshire,I have tried looking for records but nothing coming up.
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England / Re: Drummond/Gott/Genery/Gennery conundrum!
« on: Thursday 27 September 18 20:46 BST (UK) »
Hi SAK,sorry I have no information for you,until this post was created I knew nothing about the Genery family,having read it again I am disappointed that I can't help you out.
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England / Re: Drummond/Gott/Genery/Gennery conundrum!
« on: Thursday 03 August 17 12:52 BST (UK) »
My Gt Grandmother Margaret Bell Gott told my Grandmother that she was the descendant of a Scottish nobleman,whether she was a romantic or if there was any truth in it who knows,I personally feel that the story is real as why would the Earl of Durham befriend James in a time when social difference was well established