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US Lookup Requests / Re: William S Brisby look up
« on: Sunday 10 November 19 19:46 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: rosie17 on Sunday 10 November 19 19:33 GMT (UK)
Registration Card
William Stewart Brisby
Address 10,Crescent Place Brooklyn N Y
Age 20 birth date 19/5/1898
Occupation Marine Machinist
Nearest Relative
Mrs Joan Crawford
26 , address hard to make out

Seamans Certificate American Citizenship
William S Brisby
Address 26,Damforth St Brooklyn NY
Birth confirmed by father's Naturalized Certificate 19/5/1898
Father's place of birth Ireland Mothers place of birth Ireland


You might be able to view this your self on Ancestry  or findmypast  which is free this weekend

Rosie

Thank you, I'm having trouble viewing records on ancestry at the minute, probably my stupid laptop haha!

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US Lookup Requests / William S Brisby look up
« on: Sunday 10 November 19 18:29 GMT (UK)  »
I'm looking for William Stewart Brisby born in Belfast, Ireland 19th May 1898. His family moved to the states, I'm not sure when but at a guess I'd say 1920s.

I believe he was a marine engineer and possibly joined the United States Navy, I'm looking for any military info, thanks.

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Durham / Re: Help Identifying Job
« on: Monday 13 August 18 22:43 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: Viktoria on Monday 13 August 18 22:41 BST (UK)
Sorry Gemma,, I did not see the last line of your original post,I’ve been stating the blooming obvious.
Viktoria.

It's no bother, I feel like an idiot not figuring RO.F meant Royal Ordnance Factory when I was literally researching it a few months back... doh!

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Durham / Re: Help Identifying Job
« on: Monday 13 August 18 22:38 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: youngtug on Monday 13 August 18 22:36 BST (UK)
Royal Ordnance Factory. Birtley.

Blimey I feel really stupid now, I should have known this!!
have you any idea what the C.I.A might mean?

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Durham / Re: Help Identifying Job
« on: Monday 13 August 18 22:33 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: Viktoria on Monday 13 August 18 22:25 BST (UK)
I am not bringing up the whole line,all I can get is ;”Labouring Special Con”
I wonder if it is Constable,so he would be employed as a Labourer but serving as a Special Constable
also.Not sure if that would be a position with remuneration or if it was completely voluntary.
Can you post the whole line?
Not sure what the  C.I.A Ro F Birtly Lights bit is.
Hope this helps.         Viktoria.

I've been wondering if it's military related but I can't find anything even similar to it which is very odd

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Durham / Re: Help Identifying Job
« on: Monday 13 August 18 22:28 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: Viktoria on Monday 13 August 18 22:25 BST (UK)
I am not bringing up the whole line,all I can get is ;”Labouring Special Con”
I wonder if it is Constable,so he would be employed as a Labourer but serving as a Special Constable
also.Not sure if that would be a position with remuneration or if it was completely voluntary.
Can you post the whole line?
Hope this helps.         Viktoria.

That is the whole line sadly, the end of the 1939 census cuts off at Con.

If you can search the '39 register his name is Ralph Barren 24th Feb 1891

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Durham / Help Identifying Job
« on: Monday 13 August 18 22:16 BST (UK)  »
I'm trying to identify the abbreviation written next to my 3x great uncle's job, I've tried doing some googling but haven't come up with anything.

Any help or ideas would be great

Image text: C.I.A.RO.F. Birtley Light Labouring Special Con.(?)

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World War Two / Re: Merchant Navy
« on: Thursday 17 May 18 18:08 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: nanny jan on Thursday 17 May 18 16:46 BST (UK)
HMS Hood was a Royal Navy ship, not merchant navy.

From the National  Archives:


http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/merchant-seaman-serving-after-1917/

Thanks for this, I've found one of the "pouch" records relating to him so all the info should be there! Just have to wait and see now. Thanks again!!

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World War Two / Re: Merchant Navy
« on: Thursday 17 May 18 17:09 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: cath151 on Thursday 17 May 18 17:05 BST (UK)
From Newcastle Journal 31st January 1941
Rescued from Tyne Dock
"Falling into tyne dock while returning to his ship during the blackout early yesterday, Thomas Pickering Kennedy(24), 3rd Engineer, of Bede Crescent, Wallsend was rescued by the skipper and deckhand of a T.I.C tugboat".
They pulled him ashore and "Kennedy was little the worse for his experience and returned  to his ship."
Cathy

Oh my gosh thank you so much for this!
I wish it said which boat he was returned to!!

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