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The Common Room / Re: 2 Crosses and a Capstick, where did they go?
« on: Yesterday at 13:25 »
Frederick's death announcement also has the spelling LISHMAN.
Lancaster Guardian 22 Sept 1950
Lancaster Guardian 22 Sept 1950
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The Common Room / Re: 2 Crosses and a Capstick, where did they go?
« on: Yesterday at 13:11 »
Here's the inquest on Frederick William LISHMAN (note the surname spelling in this article).
Very sad story.
Lancaster Guardian 29 Sept 1950.
Very sad story.
Lancaster Guardian 29 Sept 1950.
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The Common Room / Re: 2 Crosses and a Capstick, where did they go?
« on: Yesterday at 12:34 »
Not sure if this is Joan, the spelling of her surname is off.
Marriage, Dec 1952, Lancaster 10c 909
Joan LISHMAN
Frank Gardner
Marriage, Dec 1952, Lancaster 10c 909
Joan LISHMAN
Frank Gardner
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The Common Room / Re: 2 Crosses and a Capstick, where did they go?
« on: Yesterday at 11:43 »
Here is Joan's marriage announcement, Lancaster Guardian 9 Dec 1949.
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The Common Room / Re: 2 Crosses and a Capstick, where did they go?
« on: Yesterday at 11:28 »
Marriages Dec 1949 Lancaster, 10c 994
Joan Grimshaw
Frederick W Leishman
Sadly a short marriage.
Lancaster Guardian, 22 Sept 1950.
Joan Grimshaw
Frederick W Leishman
Sadly a short marriage.
Lancaster Guardian, 22 Sept 1950.
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The Common Room / Re: 2 Crosses and a Capstick, where did they go?
« on: Wednesday 24 April 24 21:47 BST (UK) »
23 September 1949, Lancaster Guardian.
Harry Grimshaw's death and an acknowledgement from his wife and daughter.
Harry Grimshaw's death and an acknowledgement from his wife and daughter.
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The Common Room / Re: Tracing an illusive Railway employee, London, 1930s
« on: Wednesday 03 April 24 21:13 BST (UK) »I can only add that I think it very likely that your dining car attendant was a member of the N U R,
Warwick university’s records for the national union of railwaymen are available to search on find my past, for years between 1925-1928, it is possible he was a member in 1928.
If these have already been consulted i apologise for bringing this up again.
Mike
https://www.rootschat.com/links/01t3e/
I have been looking at the records Mike suggested but had no luck finding him under any of his names. There are Dining Car Attendants listed so I entered that as a keyword with no name in case his name had been mistranscribed, I also tried the same with the keyword Waiter. Maybe this time span is too early for his railway employment.
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The Common Room / Re: Tracing an illusive Railway employee, London, 1930s
« on: Wednesday 03 April 24 15:09 BST (UK) »
Hi Bob,
Thanks for sharing the lovely photo of Madge, it's good to put a face to a name.
You mentioned a few weeks ago that you bumped into your mother's sister, I wonder if it's possible to have another chat with her. As we have found, the smallest snippet of information can lead to another avenue of research. Often people remember small things which they don't feel are important enough to mention, but can sometimes come out in a casual chat.
I believe we have found the right man, but from your recent posts I can now see why you feel circumstantial evidence is not enough. We'll keep plodding on
Thanks for sharing the lovely photo of Madge, it's good to put a face to a name.
You mentioned a few weeks ago that you bumped into your mother's sister, I wonder if it's possible to have another chat with her. As we have found, the smallest snippet of information can lead to another avenue of research. Often people remember small things which they don't feel are important enough to mention, but can sometimes come out in a casual chat.
I believe we have found the right man, but from your recent posts I can now see why you feel circumstantial evidence is not enough. We'll keep plodding on
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The Lighter Side / Re: New genealogy novel
« on: Tuesday 02 April 24 13:17 BST (UK) »
Thanks Roobarb! Got it.
We can always rely on you to let us know when a good genealogy book deal pops up
We can always rely on you to let us know when a good genealogy book deal pops up