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Cheshire / STAND OUT Burial Records
« on: Friday 19 April 24 22:45 BST (UK)  »
Hi

I'm reviewing the original burial records of St. Marys church in 1740s Lymm.
Most names appear to be listed in the same or similar handwriting/font size, but occasionally there is a name of an individual in BOLD, or Font type, than some of the neighbouring entries.

Is this down to whoever was responsible for transcribing the records on the day, or (as I suspect/hoping) is this about the standing of an individual in the community, i.e. a land owner would get headline status, whereas a mere labourer your standard entry?

All thoughts, experiences welcome as I've seen this in other burial records beyond Lymm (and Cheshire for that matter).

Many thanks
Neil




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Cheshire / Re: Povar
« on: Friday 19 April 24 22:35 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: wilcoxon on Monday 15 April 24 10:37 BST (UK)
No capital P in pavor. ?

That is so true - it does suggest something that isn't a location, doesn't it, given the context of other locations listed that do include caps.

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Cheshire / Re: Povar
« on: Sunday 14 April 24 22:19 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: wilcoxon on Sunday 14 April 24 19:54 BST (UK)


Cheshire Parish Register Database has transcribed it as  Peov.  abbreviated.

FORENAME MARY SEX F
FATHER_FORENAME*JON SURNAME LEIGH
RESIDENCE PEOV 
NAME_1*JOHN ADDITIONAL_INFORMATION*7090411 *
JOHN:JON LEIGH PEVAR


Thank you!! Is there a database of Lymm baptisms available that make sense of some of the descriptors? I have a few more that would be great to test. e.g. Peter Leigh (03 Oct 1669), Jane Leigh (Jul 1677),  and Alice Leigh (17 Jul 1680) to name a few ;)



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Cheshire / Re: Povar
« on: Saturday 13 April 24 21:20 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: garden genie on Saturday 13 April 24 21:05 BST (UK)
Peover is pronounced Peever so that is almost certainly the places they intended. Of course you still have a choice of Over Peover or Lower Peover (alias Peover Superior and Inferior) but at least they are next to each other.

Thank you! A location such as Upper/Lower Peover would make sense. But wouldn't it be strange that the baptisms would be held at such a distance (c. 13 miles) from Lymm, given the other (closer) churches in the area.

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Cheshire / Re: Povar
« on: Saturday 13 April 24 21:15 BST (UK)  »
Here's an example.

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Cheshire / Povar
« on: Saturday 13 April 24 16:57 BST (UK)  »
Hi

I am looking at a couple of baptism records that use the word 'Povar' or 'Pevar' after the name of the father. Any ideas as to what or where this references? Is it an old way of saying 'Peover'? The baptism records are from late 17th/early 18th century Lymm and from the same father (I assume) i.e. John Leigh.

Many thanks

Neil

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World War One / Re: WW1 'Alien' Conscription
« on: Sunday 28 January 24 16:34 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks, Jim - though doing a bit more research, July 1917 was the critical date when Russians could be conscripted into the British Army (or opt to return to Russia). The October Revolution did set aside the July Treaty, and the British Government decided to pursue a policy of non-combatant conscription from its Russian immigrant population.

Source doc here (just in case others stumble across this thread):
https://londonjewsfww.lgfl.net/history-timeline.php

It relates to the Russian Jewish community but also would have applied to the Lithuanian Catholics who fled Russian Empire persecution in the late 19th century/early part of the 20th.

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World War One / WW1 'Alien' Conscription
« on: Friday 26 January 24 14:47 GMT (UK)  »
Hi

I am looking at the history of a Russian citizen and his role in WW1 and when he would have been subject to conscription in the UK. Did the withdrawal of Russia from WW1 have an impact on conscription?

Specifically as far as I can see:
1916 - Military Services Act - ultimately 18 - 41 British citizen, married/single men would be subject to conscription.
1917 July - Anglo-Russian Military Treaty allowed the respective countries to conscript the citizens of others if they lived within their borders.
1917 October - Russia withdraws from WW1 (given the Bolshevik Revolution).

I would have thought the terms of the Treaty would then be suspended. This explains why the Russian I'm researching withdrew his application for Exemption in October 1917.

However, this blog from the National Archives suggests a different timeline:
https://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/friendly-aliens-in-our-fighting-forces/#return-note-8151-1

Did the Russian withdrawal from WW1 have an impact on Russian citizen conscription in the UK?

Neil

 




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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Death Certificate
« on: Tuesday 09 January 24 23:14 GMT (UK)  »
Hi

I've been puzzling over what this could say - and I would appreciate your thoughts!
It's from a 1935 death certificate, and one word is duodenal, but what are the others?

I want to say 'ulcer' despite the letters not precisely matching. And possibly the last word is 'complications' - given the actual date of death was 2 weeks after the date indicated here. But an appreciation of the other words might help confirm.

All thoughts are welcome!
Many thanks
Neil

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