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Can someone please point me in the direction of Boothby Graffoe in the 1911 census?
I am trying to find out who was at Somerton Castle in this census, but I can't seem to pin it down.
I have Ancestry but Boothby Graffoe simply doesn't come up as an option for this particular census.

Thanks in advance. 

Hi

I'd appreciate some help in finding my great-grandfather in the 1939 Register, please.
You'd think it would be easy, but...

In 1921 he was with his family at 20 Edgehill Road, Scarborough; by 1951 the family is at 8 Fairmead Close, Victoria Avenue East, Blackley, Manchester.

Now, I'm guessing that they would still be in the Scarborough area in 1939 - but I can't find them.
A search on A£ doesn't throw up his name or any of the family.
So they might be in the Manchester area by then - but still nothing on the search.
He was too old to be fighting.

My guess is that they have been mis-transcribed.

The details you will probably need are as follows:

John Dodsworth Pashby: born 6 May 1883, Scarborough. Ironmonger by trade.
Agnes Ellen Pashby (nee Wright): born 26 July 1886, Scarborough.
Geoffrey Allan Pashby: born 22 January, 1926, Scarborough.

Thanks for all and any help.

Came across this in the 1901 census for someone in the family household.
I can't make head nor tail of it other than he suffered for 9 years.

Anybody?



Many thanks in advance.

Hi all

First off, I will apologise if I have posted this in the wrong 'area' as I wasn't quite sure where to put it.
It's not that I can't read (most) of it... it's more that I simply don't understand much of it.
Far too much 'legalese' or 'lawyer-speak' for my liking!

To me, it looks like Matthew Winn and William Foottit have entered into a mortgage agreement with Thomas and Richard Garton (Lincoln tobacconists) to borrow £2,600.
I think that Winn is bound to pay back £1,300 plus interest at the rate of 5% per annum on 21st February.

As far as I can see...

Have Winn and Foottit borrowed £2600 between them?
Or are they lending?
And how does William Ellis of Cherry Willingham fit into the deal?

In spite of the document being stamped "1840" it's definitely 1844 because "the eighth year of the reign of our Sovereign Lady Victoria" began on 20th June, 1844.

All and any help gratefully received!

Hi all
I wonder if anyone can please help out with this one?

I know that Hugh Rhind married Ann Noble in Inverness on 1st August 1818.
By accessing Scotland's people we have found the attached original document.
Our problem is fairly evident - there are no details of the parentage or parental occupation of either person.

In 1841...
Hugh Rhind, aged about 50, is a weaver - he's there in the census for Inverness and is identified as a Hand Loom Weaver.
Ann Rhind is with him, together with several of his children: William, Ann, Jemima, Hugh, Mary, Alexander (their second child to be named that), Christy (sic - Christiana), Margaret.

In 1851...
Hugh has died - Ann ("Nanny Rhind") is now a widow living with their children, Ann, Jemima, Mary, Alexander, Christiana, Margaret, and Simon.
I cannot, however, find a death for Hugh...

In 1861 and again in 1871...
Ann is still alive and well in Inverness, together with a few children.

Ultimately Ann died aged 74 on 28th November 1873, identified by her maiden name of Ann Noble, widow of Hugh Rhind.
On that document her parents are named Donald Noble and Ann McKilligan, but I can't find a birth to match that family.

We cannot trace Hugh Rhind further backwards either, because the only Hugh Rhind we can find is the wrong one; born to a Rhind + Jameson, that Hugh married an Isabel somebody or other and has a different family through the censuses.

Neither Ancestry nor Scotland's People are particularly helpful in regard to any of my issues.
Can anyone with FindMyPast or a better means of navigating SP please shed any light on this?