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Glamorganshire / Re: Cairn Street, Cardiff
« on: Monday 17 September 07 23:38 BST (UK)  »
Sorry Tracey. I've no idea whether the petition still exists but it's worth checking at the Glamorgan Records Office.
My memories of Rhymney Street after the second world war are watching the trains go by in my grandmother's garden and collecting a wheelbarrow full of coal from the coal depot. Those were the days !!.

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Glamorganshire / Re: Cairn Street, Cardiff
« on: Sunday 16 September 07 21:22 BST (UK)  »
Don't blame the planners. The name change (in 1935) resulted from a petition to the Council signed by 184 residents who were presumably upset by the poor reputation which the street had acquired. The author Brian Lee records this in his book of photographs of Cathays, Maindee, Gabalfa and Mynachdy pointing out that the street had been nicknamed "Flagon Alley".

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Elusive adoption
« on: Monday 06 August 07 09:32 BST (UK)  »
Thanks Anna, Dave and Hackstaple. I'll do a bit more digging and your ideas are welcome.

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Family History Beginners Board / Elusive adoption
« on: Saturday 04 August 07 20:00 BST (UK)  »
My ancestor is shown on the 1891 census as aged 9, adopted, born in Bristol and living in Cardiff. His adopted name was Bertie (Albert) Nippers.
All I know is that he was adopted before the 1891 census - where can I start to trace his original name ?

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Wiltshire Lookup Requests / Sherston pre 1837 marriages
« on: Saturday 30 June 07 15:23 BST (UK)  »
Thanks for the offer Las Camelias. I'd be grateful if you could find any reference to the "Nippers" family in Sherston marriages. Could be spelt "nippress".

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Wiltshire Lookup Requests / Re: Nippers in Sherston/Malmesbury
« on: Saturday 02 June 07 23:53 BST (UK)  »
Thanks Alli. He married Mary Ann Richards who pops up as an inmate at Swansea jail on some later censuses.

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Glamorganshire / Re: married in church but no certficate
« on: Saturday 03 February 07 23:33 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks Colinjohn. I have searched the GRO records at the Family History Centre and found no sign of this wedding. I don't know the type of church - the certificate refers to The Parish Church of St John, Waterloo Road, Surrey and indicates that the wedding was in accordance with the rites and ceremonies of the Established Church.
I suspect that this registration just slipped through the net.

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Glamorganshire / Re: married in church but no certficate
« on: Thursday 01 February 07 22:47 GMT (UK)  »
I was thrown for a long time by the wedding of David Phillips and Margaret Bevan in September 1885. There is no reference to this wedding in the BMD records but I have a certificate showing the wedding took place at St John's Church, Waterloo Road, Surrey. Was this church certificate adequate or should the marriage have been registered separately?. David died not long after the wedding so there was a good reason why he might not have registered correctly.

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Orkney / Re: Orkney to Shetland-Urquharts
« on: Monday 08 January 07 17:31 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks Joebhoy and Spanish Eyes. Grateful for your suggestions.
The site you recommended (Spanish Eyes) contains the names of Thomas and David Urquhart who were sentenced to death for stealing from the mail in 1797. I would love to show that these two were related to my wife but it seems unlikely !!.
From the very few Urquharts who appear in the Orkney records it is difficult to make sense of Thomas Matherson's book which says that Thomas and John Urquhart were a pair of pipers who came to Shetland from Orkney in the mid to late 1700's.
I'll keep looking. Your help is appreciated.

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