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World War One / WW1 RFA Abbreviations
« on: Friday 28 March 08 19:33 GMT (UK)  »
Can anyone help with deciphering/ the various abbreviations on the Service
Record at  http://www.4freeimagehost.com/show.php?i=6dc7ed1345fe.jpg

Blacker, TF served in the Royal Field Artillery in Salonica from 22 Jan 1917
to 5 Jan 1919, but there is obviously a lot more detail of Battalions etc in
there that might be interesting.
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Paul
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http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=pjutree

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Angus (Forfarshire) / Elizabeth GRAY - 1835 Dundee
« on: Saturday 17 November 07 14:54 GMT (UK)  »
Elizabeth GRAY was born or christened abt 7 Jun 1835 Dundee. She married James G MEREDITH on 4 Nov 1857 in Clinton County, Iowa, USA and died 30 Jan 1909 in Olmsted, Minnesota, USA.

Can anybody find proof of her birth, her parents (possibly John and Barbara) or her date of emigration? I have no UK census info on her.

Theevath

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Kent Completed Lookup Requests / MASON - Greenhithe,Kent
« on: Sunday 26 November 06 15:46 GMT (UK)  »
Dorcas Mason was born about 1802. She married James Underwood 1834 in Lambeth, and the 1851 census gives her place of birth as Greenwich, Kent. The 1861 gives this as Greenhithe, Kent. She died in 1867.

Where would I find a baptism record or parents' names? The Greenhithe churches seem to have been built after that time, the IGI has nothing extracted for the area, and FamilyHistoryOnline have no record of her.

Swanscombe baptisms register has Edward and Diana Mason having children between 1795 and 1805, but no Dorcas (Dorcas' third child was named Diana, born about 1838 - a common name?). Stone-next-Dartford register has no likely candidates.

Any suggestions?

Theevath

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Suffolk / UNDERWOOD = FARROW 1755
« on: Sunday 14 May 06 09:51 BST (UK)  »
Robert Underwood (abt 1735 - aft 1800) married Mary Farrow (abt 1735 - ) in 1755 at Lawshall, Suffolk, UK.

Their son John (1759 - 1831) married Margaret Pratt (abt 1761 - 1841) on 2 Jul 1793 at Brockley, Suffolk.

John's Will reveals he owned land and buildings at Hargrave, Hartest, Hawstead, Whepstead and Brockley.

Any information on ancestors very welcome!

Theevath

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Northumberland Lookup Requests / Benjamin Herring - Newcastle 1790-95
« on: Tuesday 04 April 06 11:46 BST (UK)  »
Benjamin Herring was born in New York in 1771. His mother Lucretia (nee van Deursen b.1743) remarried an Englishman, Basil Francis and they had moved to Richmond, Yorkshire by 1779. Benjamin is believed to have been in Newcastle by 1790 and was in London by 1795 as a 'fringe maker and upholsterer'.

Lucretia and Basil Francis had at least 2 children (probably 5) in England. William and Thomas were christened in Richmond in 1782 and 1785 respectively.

Any details on their lives or addresses gratefully received!

Theevath

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Yorkshire (North Riding) Lookup Requests / Herring / Francis 1790s
« on: Tuesday 04 April 06 11:40 BST (UK)  »
Benjamin Herring was born in New York in  1771. His mother Lucretia (nee van Deursen b.1743) remarried an Englishman, Basil Francis, and they had moved to Richmond by 1779. Benjamin moved to Newcastle by 1790 and then to London by 1795.

Lucretia and Basil Francis had at least two (probably 5) children while living in Richmond, William (ch.1782) and Thomas (ch.1785).

I can find no other details of the Francis' lives or deaths in the UK, or addresses for them.  Any suggestions?

Theevath

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Suffolk / UNDERWOOD - Brockley
« on: Tuesday 14 March 06 19:40 GMT (UK)  »
John Underwood (1759-1831) married Margaret Pratt on 2 Jul 1793 at Brockley, Suffolk. His Will of 1832 leaves  farmland at Hartest to daughters Mary and Elizabeth Ann, a farm at Whepstead to son Robert, a farm at Hawstead to son John and miscellaneous items to  sons James and Thomas, including land at Hargrave.

I can only find (possibly) Robert in 1841 at Whepstead (HO107-1037 F23 P10) and only birth references for James (1802) and Elizabeth Ann (1804) at Brockley.

Can anyone fill in any gaps?

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Yorkshire (East Riding & York) Lookup Requests / Susannah Short - York - 1851
« on: Friday 23 September 05 15:26 BST (UK)  »
In 1861, Susannah Short was a 49-yr old widow living at Clifton Lane, Clifton, York (RG9/3544 F60 P20 wrongly indexed by Ancestry as 'Sudinah Short!). Her 17 yr-old unmarried daughter Sarah was living with her.

Can anyone find Susannah on the 1851, together with her husband and any other details?

TIA
Theevath

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Worcestershire Lookup Requests / James Edward Parkinson b.1856
« on: Saturday 03 September 05 20:40 BST (UK)  »
James Edward Parkinson was born about 1856 to Edward (1825-1893) and Margaret (nee Chapman) (1833-1866).

His place of birth is given in the 1861 census as 'Dudley, Staffordshire' aged 4
His place of birth is given in the 1871 census as 'Dudley, Worcester' aged 14
His place of birth is given in the 1881 census as 'Manchester, Lancashire'!

I can find no record for his birth anywhere! Any suggestions?

Theevath

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