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Dorset / Re: Madame Pratt
« on: Tuesday 21 April 20 23:09 BST (UK)  »
Thank you very much Trish for your information.  It is a great help.  I have tried FindMyPast to find out more about her but am not doing very well - looks like I'll have to wait until next time I'm in Dorset - whenever that might be considering everything.  She sounds such an interesting woman and yet I can't find much about her.  I thought I'd find her in the newspapers - and found her invited to one or two nice weddings - though Dorset isn't heavily digitised yet.
All the best at this trying time.
Derby Girl

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Dorset / Madame Pratt
« on: Monday 20 April 20 22:00 BST (UK)  »
My husband worked for 44 years in the NHS and did part of his training at the Royal Eye Infirmary in Weymouth.  There was a plaque which stated that Queen Victoria was the Patron, and Madame Pratt was the Vice Patron.  He's always wondered who Madame Pratt was - can anyone help, please?
Thanks
Derby Girl

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The Common Room / Re: Unconsecrated ground
« on: Friday 04 May 12 23:17 BST (UK)  »
Or, if you know the date of death, try a local newspaper for a report on the coroner's decision.
But the death cert will give you other info that may well be useful.
Derby Girl

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Cumberland / Re: Ratten Row, Dearham, Cumberland
« on: Thursday 03 May 12 20:29 BST (UK)  »
As I understand it Ratten Row, Rotten Row and other variants simply means Route de Roi or Kings Street, or the Kings Highway, so should be a main road in and out of town.
Derby Girl

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Dear Martin
Did you ever get help with this?
If not please PM me.
Derby Girl

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The Lighter Side / Re: who is the daddy?
« on: Friday 13 April 12 20:16 BST (UK)  »
It seems to me that it was often a matter of how vigilant (or sympathetic) the parish priest was.  My great grandparents couldn't marry because they were uncle and niece by marriage, but in a different village in Derbyshire a relative married his deceased wife's sister - with apparently no problems.
Regards
Derby Girl

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The Common Room / Re: Uncle marrying his niece- 1899
« on: Monday 09 April 12 18:13 BST (UK)  »
Actually it wasn't legalised when other prohibitions were lifted.  This was a problem in my family as my great great grandma went to look after her aunt who was dying and her husband and four children.  Her aunt made her promise to look after them after her death, and four years later the children started to arrive.  But no marriage possible.  It was lifted ca 1930.  I have an article from the Derby Evening Telegraph dated 22nd August 1931 where the Bishop of Willesden refused to allow such a wedding to go ahead, and they had to marry in a register office.  The writer of the article says he finds it remarkable as one such wedding had already taken place in a Congregational Church in Lancashire. 
Unfortunately it was too late for my family - so my great grandfather was illegitimate.
Best Wishes
Derby Girl

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Occupation Interests / Re: Clergy of Church of England Database
« on: Friday 24 February 12 19:48 GMT (UK)  »
If they were Church Army they wouldn't be in Crockfords's as Church Army officers weren't ordained.  So I suggest you try getting in touch with the Church Army.  There is the Wilson Carlisle College of Evangelism, 50 Cavendish Street, Sheffield, which is a Church Army training college.  I imagine I'm not supposed to give you their telephone number here, but can't remember how to PM.  If you want this would you send me a PM?  Hopefully they could point you in the right direction.
Derby Girl

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The Lighter Side / Re: How do you tell someone they have got their tree wrong?
« on: Saturday 11 February 12 23:53 GMT (UK)  »
Recently a friend proudly told me she didn't need to do family history as her uncle had done it all in the 50s and their family went right back to Canute - hmmm!  I doubt it - but am saying nothing.
Derby Girl

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