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Suffolk Lookup Requests / Re: Ipswich Cemetery look up request
« on: Saturday 17 March 18 19:54 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you so much for taking the time to find Susan’s grave for me and letting me know the details of the memorial text. I am so grateful to you. It was very kind of you to help me.

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World War Two / query on arm badge WW2
« on: Wednesday 29 November 17 15:26 GMT (UK)  »
can anyone tell me what Army regiment had a "panda head" arm badge please, I believe it was a Hussar Tank regiment ...Thanks

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Suffolk Lookup Requests / Re: Ipswich Cemetery look up request
« on: Tuesday 27 December 16 13:14 GMT (UK)  »
thanks David  She was 60 as I have her death certificate. I can only read the top few lines on her headstone as I can only view a copy of the image but hopefully if anyone is going to the Ipswich cemetery they might be kind enough to read the bottom part for me.

Regards Caron


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FH Documents and Artefacts / Re: Silver Medallion Identification please
« on: Wednesday 27 April 16 21:24 BST (UK)  »
Thank you both for your comments.   

 I believe the O letter on the reverse might be 1913 which I need to confirm.  My late father played in many golf tournaments but this date would be too early for him.

Ill have to check the O letter to confirm the year to see which member of my family this belonged to.

I was interested to hear that the medallions were issued as sports awards Imber. 


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FH Documents and Artefacts / Silver Medallion Identification please
« on: Wednesday 27 April 16 15:41 BST (UK)  »
I have inherited a silver medallion.  Can anyone help me identify what the front of the medallion signifies please?

The reverse of the medallion has the capital letters R.P  an Anchor, a lion and the letter O

Thank you

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Technical Help / Photo size
« on: Wednesday 27 April 16 11:37 BST (UK)  »
Hi I am trying to post details of a  silver medallion that I would like to get identified, when I try and add the two pictures of the medallion front and back, I am told that the file is too big.

What size do these pictures have to be please so I can attach them to my post

Thank you

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Suffolk Lookup Requests / Ipswich Cemetery look up request
« on: Wednesday 20 April 16 15:59 BST (UK)  »
I was delighted to find via the ancestry site a website called gravestones photos where volunteers photograph graves and you can search for your family member on the site.   If you find an entry that matches your ancestor you can then request a copy of the photograph of the grave stone.

I was lucky enough to find my gt gt grandmothers gravestone that is in Ipswich Cemetery, Old Municipal Section D 

Susan Munday burial year 1891.  Age 59. 

 I can read the top part of the gravestone from the photograph but cant read the bottom part, I wonder if anyone is going to this cemetery and would be kind enough to read the gravestone for me.  I live in Kent and cannot do this myself.

Thank you


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England / Re: could people change their surname without formally doing so?
« on: Tuesday 19 April 16 22:13 BST (UK)  »
Thank you all for your advice. I always thought you had to change your name by deed poll but if somebody can change their name when they want I guess my three relatives all chose to change their names at different times. I still feel that the father then mention May of existed. They are all using the same father name on their marriage certificates.  I think I will see if there are any records of a George fox having to pay maintenance for both of the children.  I inherited a photo album from my gt grandfather with photos back to mid 1800 but not many names. There are a few men in military uniform.  Perhaps one may be George fox as he is said to be a deceased soldier in 1888 on his sons marriage certificate.  I was interested to hear other people have the same surname changes in their families too.

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England / could people change their surname without formally doing so?
« on: Tuesday 19 April 16 17:25 BST (UK)  »
I have got a very strange situation in my family tree that is confusing me, and I cannot solve.


My great grandmother was called Caroline Mayhew and was born in  1858 to Susan Mayhew out of wedlock (there was no father mentioned on the birth certificate) and was brought up  by her grandparents as Susan  was working away, and therefore was brought up as a  MAYHEW.  When caroline married in 188o she says her name is Caroline Fox and her father is George Fox an Engineer.

Her mother Susan was single in the 1871 census, and was calling herself Susan Mayhew  but when she marries in 1874 she says her name is Susan Fox a widow.  She married a william Munday in 1874 and after the marriage she  was calling herself Susan Munday which is her married name.

I have not found a marriage between Susan Mayhew and a George Fox between 1871 when Susan was a Mayhew and 1874 when she said she was a widow at her marriage.

Susan had another child out of wedlock in 1865 and he was brought up as George Mayhew until Susan married William Munday and then he was called George Munday, which is his stepfathers surname, but when he marries himself in 1888 he is calling himself George Fox.  He says his father is George Fox a deceased soldier.

So Susan, the mother, Caroline and George her children are all changing their name in different years to fox.  I have not been able to find a George Fox the father, as I dont know when he was born, or where he was born.

Could Caroline and George change their surname to Fox without any formal documentation?

If Susan the mother had not actually married George Fox, would she have had to provide documents to prove her identity in 1874 when she married? 

Very confusing.  Who is George Fox Senior?
Any thoughts?

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