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Gloucestershire / Wendy *** born 1940 and now living in the Gloucester area.
« on: Monday 28 July 14 17:38 BST (UK)  »
I normally post on the Worcester forums, but I have just found a Gloucester link that might fill some gaps in my family history. 
Last week a couple in their 70s were returning from London to Gloucester on a Megabus coach, and got into conversation with a person who posts on a Facebook page that I follow. The message enquired about a property in Malvern Link called London House, where a family called Jones owned a shoe shop. My Jones ancestors were boot and shoe makers for many decades and owned the London House property. A Facebook conversation ensued, and it appears that this chance meeting on a Megabus coach was what prompted the query. This journey took place as far as I know on Sunday 20th July.   The lady said she had grown up in London House, and I now believe she is in fact my 'lost' cousin Wendy (*) age 74 (born in Malvern 1940 , but not certain of her married name). The person she spoke to has no other information, but it would make my day if anyone in the Gloucester area knows this person and could put me in touch with her. I can be contacted by email: (*)

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Sussex Lookup Requests / Philip VALLANCE born Brighton 1803
« on: Wednesday 04 December 13 01:10 GMT (UK)  »
Philip Vallance, born Brighton 1803. D.o.b. from census records. Can't find him on FamilySearch. Looking for his parents and any siblings.  He married Frances Naylor in London in 1852. From 1865 till his death in 1897 he lived at Cobb Court, Cootham. His father may also have been Philip, and he possibly had a brother James who was a surgeon. Living in the West Midlands, I only have online records to look at, hence asking here for someone with local knowledge.

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Worcestershire / A Pardoe Wedding photo 1915
« on: Monday 01 November 10 15:16 GMT (UK)  »
Below is a link to a wedding photo and I'm hoping someone with Pardoe connections can help identify two of the wedding guests.
You will find the two I need to identify in the notes attached to the photo.
http://flic.kr/p/8PMteM
Major Leslie Pardoe (groom) 1891- 1964 born Lye,Stourbridge
William Stanley Pardoe 1893
Andrew Thomas Harold Pardoe 1895
all sons of Thomas Pardoe / Edith Robins

Any help much appreciated.
Roger

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New Zealand Completed Requests / Another New Zealand Herald Look up Please
« on: Saturday 18 October 08 16:33 BST (UK)  »
Moderator comment: topic split from original look-up

Hi KHP,

My first posting to a NZ forum, I hope you can help. I've recently discovered quite a famous relative whose  family emigrated to New Zealand in 1884/5.
One of the 10 children was Horace Moore-Jones, WWl artist who served at Gallipoli. There are several similar obits for him online, and I'm wondering if the report in the NZH for his untimely death rescuing peple from the Hamilton Hotel fire on 3 April 1922 and his obituary the following day give any more details.

I'm also interested in the rest of the family and their descendants who settled in the Auckland suburb of Remuera. Google finds the name Moore-Jones survives today and I suspect there are many descendants including perhaps NZ diplomat Rob Moore-Jones ( but what do I know?)

Horace's father, David Jones, had a brother almost as noteworthy. He was the Rev. John Jones, a missionary who served for 34 years from 1854 in the Loyalty Islands before being evicted by the French.

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Worcestershire / Peter Jones - Alfrick marriage c1840
« on: Tuesday 08 August 06 00:58 BST (UK)  »
In 1844 my ggg grandfather James Jones (b1794) a bootmaker from Alfrick, emigrated to the States as a Mormon convert leaving behind his 2 eldest sons, one of whom was my gg grandfather, Henry Jones (b 1815).

One of the younger son's who went to the States was Peter (b 1819). He was apparently married, but his wife would not go with him. In a letter home to Henry from Liverpool docks, James writes "Respecting Peter's concerns, I called myself at his mother-in-law's, and asked for Susan, and she declared she should not come.   I said "Are you then determined?" Her answer was, "No I shall not go with any such scamps."
There may have been a child or two from this marriage. Whilst I have many letters to Henry from his father and his sister, there is no other mention of Peter's wife. Peter married again in the States to an American woman in Utah. His descendants also believe he was married before he emigrated, but don't know any details.
I have been unable to find any marriage for Peter or ascertain his wife's maiden name. The family converted to Mormonism in 1840 along with many members of the United Brethren sect. Some of James's children were baptised Countess of Huntingdon.
So would the marriage details be lost with the United Brethren or Countess of Huntingdon's records? Any suggestions as to who this mystery Susan might be?
There is a marriage in Leigh on 1 March 1843 for a Peter Jones and Susannah Portman. These were cousins so not the marriage I'm looking for.

Any help or suggestions much appreciated.

Roger Jones

PS  Full letter transcripts for anyone interested in the Jones family's tragic journey to Utah and Mormon Pioneer life can be found here .......
http://www.freewebs.com/littlebury

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US Resources & Offers / LOOKUP OFFER ... Mormon Immigration Index
« on: Sunday 06 August 06 01:35 BST (UK)  »
I have a copy of the above index on CD and can search from just a single name, though birthdate and date they left UK helps.

The Mormon Immigration Index is a database of many of the 94000 immigrants who came from various international ports to the United States.  Information in this database includes the age, country of origin, ports of departure and arrival, as well as the approximate number of Saints and nonmember passengers on each voyage and the company leaders assigned to each voyage. 

The Index also contains transcriptions of autobiographies, journals, diaries, reminiscences, and letters of approximately 1,000 immigrant converts who came to Zion between 1840 and 1890.  These immigrant accounts are linked to over 500 known LDS companies and provide a composite account of those who crossed the Atlantic and Pacific oceans and then by land, rivers, and rails to gather to Zion. 

Roger

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