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The Common Room / Re: Ancestry Problems...
« on: Thursday 14 March 24 12:12 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks for the replies.

Romilly - I've had a trickle of new DNA matches over the last few months but none in the last few days.

I’ve had none at all this week. Very unusual. Perhaps they’re saving them up for some (unknown) reason?

Romilly  ;D

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The Common Room / Re: Ancestry Problems...
« on: Thursday 14 March 24 11:57 GMT (UK)  »
Yes, I keep having problems with Ancestry recently ☹️
Usually of the ‘this page no longer exists’ variety…

Also, I haven’t had any new DNA matches for ages now, - very unusual!

Romilly.

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Glamorganshire / Letters of Thanks?
« on: Thursday 14 March 24 11:53 GMT (UK)  »

Were letters of thanks sent from Government Ministers to the parents of men in the Services during WW1?

I found this snippet concerning my Grandparent’s Silver Wedding in The Cambrian Daily Leader (Welsh Newspaper) for the 22nd June 1918.

I’m unsure why my Grandfather would have received these letters of thanks?

Romilly.


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The Common Room / Re: Crew Lists, Merchant Navy Ship, 1891
« on: Saturday 09 March 24 21:29 GMT (UK)  »
Hi hanes teulu,
I too spotted that man and visited Kew to search for his Attestation Papers. He remained in the Royal Marines after 1893 and so wasn’t my Grandfather, who was in Swansea running several businesses and married to my Grandmother.
Interestingly, my Grandfather’s first Painting and Decorating business was run from the Arches in the Northern Docks, Swansea. I think that this lends weight to my theory that he might have spent time in the Merchant Navy.
Romilly.

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The Common Room / Re: Crew Lists, Merchant Navy Ship, 1891
« on: Saturday 09 March 24 15:32 GMT (UK)  »
Yes, hanes teulu, - quite a few Articles about him in Swansea in the Welsh Newspapers Online Site😉

I’ve also got a copy of the patent that he took out for his invention, ‘The Wilson Air Purifier’ in 1897.

He’s listed as a Newsagent at 113 St Helen’s Road in the Kelly’s Directory for South Wales in 1893. Later he ran a Painting and Decorating business, ‘Wilson and Co’ from 1895 - 1930 and a Newsagents and Bookshop from 99 St Helen’s Road. At one stage he also had a Drapery Business in the Mumbles!

Romilly 🙂

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The Common Room / Re: Crew Lists, Merchant Navy Ship, 1891
« on: Saturday 09 March 24 13:55 GMT (UK)  »
A Marriage Certificate only requires a current occupation.

Romilly.

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The Common Room / Re: Crew Lists, Merchant Navy Ship, 1891
« on: Saturday 09 March 24 13:34 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Hugh,

On the 1901, 1911 and 1921 Censuses my Grandfather William James Wilson (1860 - 1937) says that he was born in Manchester, Lancs.

I’ve never been able to find a definite Birth or Baptism for him in Manchester, and I’ve never been able to find him on any of the earlier Censuses.

As five of his six sons, including my late Father, spent time in the Merchant Navy, it seems a reasonable assumption to think that he also must have spent time in the Merchant Navy?

His eldest son was William Havelock Wilson (1894 - 1974). I had assumed that the Havelock part of his name was a tribute to Joseph Havelock Wilson, leader of the Seaman’s Union in Swansea at that time. However, when I noticed ‘The Lady Havelock’ arriving in Swansea from Brest in 1891, I wondered if she was my Grandfather’s last ship?

Romilly

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The Common Room / Re: Crew Lists, Merchant Navy Ship, 1891
« on: Saturday 09 March 24 12:11 GMT (UK)  »
Yes thanks S_L, both seaweed and HMac were very helpful with my previous Merchant Navy research. I’ve visited both Kew and Greenwich and contacted the Maritime History Archives in Newfoundland, but I’ve never been able to find my Grandfather.

Romilly.

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The Common Room / Re: Crew Lists, Merchant Navy Ship, 1891
« on: Saturday 09 March 24 11:52 GMT (UK)  »
Yes thanks hanes teulu, I have no problem finding him after he married my Grandmother in Swansea in June 1893. He’s just impossible to find anywhere before then…☹️

There’s no Birth or Baptism that fits in Manchester in 1860, and the first Census that I can find him on is the 1901 Census for Swansea.

It’s possible that he was in the Merchant Navy before then, but his birth and family are a complete mystery!

Romilly 😔

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