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Hi,
Gt aunt Louisa Kate Thompson was a nurse, possibly worked for a time at a mental hospital. Born 1906 Bishop Auckland Durham, married 1937, when I assume she would have stopped working. She's not on the nursing register on Ancestry. How can I find out more about her career?

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Can anyone decipher this ? I think it's a placename, could be somewhere in Ukraine or Belarus, or possibly Poland. On the back of a photo.

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I've not had to do any maritime research before but am just
 starting to research the career of engineer William Richardson b. 1820 Bishop Auckland Durham, who moved to London around 1848.

I found an entry for him in 1855 in the British merchant seaman records on FindMyPast, no ticket number unfortunately,  but he was an engineer on the SS Amity registered at London. Birthplace is given as "Oakland"
Would I be right in thinking the numbers in the columns are the dates of the voyages?

Also, from the CLIP site,  is the ship  Amity likely to be the one with  number 4620 registered at London 13 th Jan 1855?

https://www.crewlist.org.uk/data/vesselsalpha?shipsearch=amity&SearchType=Exact&submit=search

How do I find more?

1861 William was in Spain as he had a son born there in July.
1871 William with family in Stepney
1881 not at home
1884 wife Hannah dies, her death certificate says wife not widow. Abode Arbour Square, Mile End reg district.

Struggling to find a death for him.Checked deaths abroad on FindMyPast but none particularly stand out.

 Not found 1891 possibly dead, as 2 youngest children Thomas 21, & Beatrice 17 are living with an older married sister.

Marked as deceased on son Thomas Richardson marriage to Kate A Scobell 17 Sept 1892.
2 Dec 1886 daughter Hannah Richardson marries Richard Rose, his father marked as deceased, but not hers.
So I think the window is between Dec 1886 to  Sept 1892, but possibly before the 1891 census.

I have eliminated the deaths of William Richardson registered 1889 Dec ST SAVIOUR LONDON. 01D    94              
   And
1890    Dec    CAMBERWELL    01D    521.

The family mostly lived in east London or Bermondsey but later some moved to East Ham.

Several of his sons and grandsons followed in his nautical footsteps right into the 20th century.

Thanks

Hi,
 This is a bit convoluted so bear with me!

William Campbell was the son of James Campbell, according to his 1857 marriage to my ancestor Mary Ann Richardson of Co Durham England. I have them in the 1861 census in Durham and William is out of the picture by 1868, as his wife has my ancestor Polly by another man, but no death for William found yet! The best fit for William, who is inconsistent with his age,going by birthplace given in 1861  is the one born at Mill Pit in Penshaw parish DUR. This William's mother died soon afterwards, and I do not know enough about James Campbell to be sure what happened to him.

So onto the Irish connection. In 1851 William born Shiney Row, which is in Penshaw DUR is living with William Stead and his wife Catherine nee Cairney( or variants thereof) in Gateshead, described as COUSIN. I find no link to William Stead, but..

in 1841 William is still in Gateshead with Philip Carney born Ireland, and his family, and he has a daughter Catherine born Scotland, so the cousin relationship is with the Carney family or possibly the Conlons

This is what I know about Philip Carney and his family. Philip was born around 1786 somewhere in Ireland and married Mary Conlon b. around 1796 in Ireland and they probably married  in Ireland before traveling to Scotland, where these children were baptized at St Andrews RC Church in Dumfries:

Grace chr 21 nov 1824

Catherine Chr 16 Sept 1827 a Barry Cairney was a sponsor

John born at Maxwelltown Kirkudbrightshire 5 Oct 1830 chr at Dumfries 10 Oct 1830 mother given as Mary Connellan.

John is lodging with some people in Gateshead in 1851 and in the household is a Patrick CONLEN age 80 widower and his son Bernard age 36 born Ireland, who may be related to Mary Conlon, mother of John Cairney. John stays in Gateshead and is found as Kearn(e)y in later records.

I have not been able to get any further back but am not familiar with researching Irish ancestors. So I am looking for how the Campbells may connect to this family, and the connection is probably somewhere back in Ireland. I know I am not actually related to them but this mystery has been intriguing me for a while.

Thank you