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Lancashire Lookup Requests / Re: William Vale 1893 Prestwich Marriage Lookup
« on: Thursday 28 November 13 21:56 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks andycand and CaroleW!

I do not believe that this William and Emily were together in 1891.  Think you may have a different family in the census records.  William does not appear as William T in 1891, 1901, or 1911.  1901 he is in Paddington - place of birth Chester-Le-Street, Durham.  The Russell surname comes from the birth certificate for Thomas Victor Vale, 2nd Q 1908.  Thomas appears in the Vale household in St. George Hanover Square in 1911.

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Lancashire Lookup Requests / William Vale 1893 Prestwich Marriage Lookup
« on: Thursday 28 November 13 01:33 GMT (UK)  »
Hi -

Wondering if anyone has resources close at hand to provide more info on the marriage of William Vale to Emily Russell, 4th Q 1893, Prestwich registration district.

I've checked the Lancashire parish register images on FamilySearch.org - no luck with the available parishes. Nothing on the LAN-OPC website, either.

William and Emily were in London before and after the marriage - I'm at a bit of a loss why they ended up in Lancashire.  This is the only marriage for a William Vale to Emily Russell that I've been able to find, however.

Many thanks in advance,

Meredith

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Restore and Crease Removal Please
« on: Wednesday 01 August 12 21:31 BST (UK)  »
What a brilliant job, Terry!  You'd never think there was a crease in the first place!

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Restore and Crease Removal Please
« on: Wednesday 01 August 12 02:25 BST (UK)  »
Thank you so much charles w, Roy, and Mike - these are lovely!

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Hello -

I would be very grateful for some help restoring and decreasing this photograph of my Grandad. 

If preferred, here is a link to the jpg before the resizing < 500 KB.

https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/zselle2/shared/JR JPG.jpg

Thanks in advance!

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Armed Forces / Re: Merchant Navy CR10 & CR2 Questions
« on: Thursday 20 October 11 02:40 BST (UK)  »
Thanks again for your advice.  To follow up..

Got two agreements from Newfoundland today:
123332 - 5.19 (Tamaqua) - 10/5/1919 to 19/6/1919
131312 - 9.19 (Ascanius) - 20/9/1919 to 28/1/1920

Newfoundland held 1919 for both ships and were able to locate James Robertson on each voyage.

This James Robertson (from the CR10) is, in fact, my great grandfather.  His address matches my marriage cert and he set sail on the Tamaqua the day after leaving the Royal Navy (correctly reporting the last ship I knew he sailed on).  He's 22 years old on the first trip and 28 on the second trip  ;D

Will probably mull over J McDuff's CR2 and pick a good year.  This was a good start, though, as I've obtained a copy of his signature as well. 

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Armed Forces / Re: Merchant Navy CR10 & CR2 Questions
« on: Wednesday 28 September 11 14:20 BST (UK)  »
@Seaweed or any one else with experience...

Do the dates "135456 - 10.20" correspond to voyage start or termination dates?

I've been going back and forth with Newfoundland.  They possess the Nestor agreements for 1920, but not for 1921.  I can't get much except a form response.  If the voyage terminated in 1920, then I'm happy to pay the $40 for that particular search.  But if it's almost guaranteed it terminated in 1921, I'll pick another ship and date range.

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Armed Forces / Re: Merchant Navy CR10 & CR2 Questions
« on: Tuesday 13 September 11 16:37 BST (UK)  »
Sorry if this was implied - do those Form CRS1s still exist?

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Armed Forces / Re: Merchant Navy CR10 & CR2 Questions
« on: Tuesday 13 September 11 16:32 BST (UK)  »
Yes, 1926, writing too early in the morning.

This is fabulous advice - I honestly didn't realize the crew agreements would be so thorough and contain age, address, etc.  I thought I'd be lucky to get a name and date of service.

I have all sorts of complementary evidence for solving my problem (birth cert, childrens' birth certs w/ signatures, addresses for the 1920-1930 time period, etc.).  One of the issues is that the CR10 year of birth is 11 years "off" - to the date.  If the agreements show age that matches more closely with the real year of 1899, that will go a long way in helping me explain the inconsistency.  I had Southampton search and looked myself at the National Archives, but it was the only the online search interface that enabled me to catch these candidates.  I'm more confident the CR10 is my man...but if both belong to him, all the better!

Thank you so much - I will contact Newfoundland and see if they can help!

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