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Australia / Re: Thomas Charles Lenton to Australia
« on: Wednesday 13 December 23 10:09 GMT (UK) »
Thanks maddys52 :-)
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Australia / Re: Thomas Charles Lenton to Australia
« on: Sunday 10 December 23 13:07 GMT (UK) »Am glad so many generous people spent time on this post: it would have been more helpful if you had disclosed the information you had ( ? conjuror etc) in your initial post.Sorry to say I'm still learning the finer points of how to use Ancestry and other research resources (we've all been there at some point). I didn't realise that knowing TL's trade of ventriloquism would be of such importance in finding him on a passenger list. Cheer up
Thanks all for your help. If he did emigrate to Australia in the 1880s I wonder why he found himself lodging in a village pub in Yorkshire in 1891.
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Australia / Re: Thomas Charles Lenton to Australia
« on: Saturday 09 December 23 10:12 GMT (UK) »
Thanks all. My reason for wanting to know his departure year is that I am researching and writing a local book, and Thomas Charles Lenton was a lodger in one of the village pubs in 1891. He was a conjuror and ventriloquist and seemed to be travelling around England with his trade in the 1880s. He made an appearance in 1893, and then my next contact with him was his wife's death in Kalgoorie in 1897. So I guess they emigrated between those years. I thought his stay in the local pub would add a bit of colour to the village's history.
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Australia / Thomas Charles Lenton to Australia
« on: Friday 08 December 23 23:08 GMT (UK) »
Looking for a date when Thomas Charles Lenton emigrated to Australia. It was 1893 - 97. He was born in Hackney in 1857 and died in Kalgoorie, Western Australia in 1924. My UK-only Ancestry membership does show he appeared on a passenger list but I can't access it. Many thanks.
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Armed Forces / Re: Soldier's address
« on: Wednesday 24 May 23 15:40 BST (UK) »Why have you dismissed the CWGC entry for Archibald McLaren Fraser? Ticks the boxes for initials & month/year of deathBecause that one does not show up on my results ... sorry my search skills probably aren't as good as others, that's why I'm here asking.
This photo came with a collection of photos mostly from one family in one town and I'm trying to find out if this town is where he lived, and whether the other photos are connected to him.
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Armed Forces / Soldier's address
« on: Wednesday 24 May 23 14:42 BST (UK) »
I have a photo here showing a Great War soldier, and on the back are the details "Archie M. Fraser. Killed in action June 1916". A search on CWGC finds only one record which fits for 1916. His service number was 16822 and he served with the Royal Scots Fusiliers. He was 31 years old when he died. I am trying to locate where he lived at the time of his death - any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: NEW INN .... but where?
« on: Wednesday 07 September 22 15:21 BST (UK) »
Well done all - special thanks to Sugarbakers .... another victory for Rootschat. 
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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: NEW INN .... but where?
« on: Wednesday 07 September 22 15:19 BST (UK) »
Here's the modern view, at Upper Denby, on the hill above Denby Dale. The New Inn is now a private house (and yes it was New Inn, it's on the old maps).
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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: NEW INN .... but where?
« on: Wednesday 07 September 22 15:12 BST (UK) »
Oh wow ... ! That's the one alright. Many thanks. I did a Google Maps search of the Denby Dale area for the New Inn but it came up with nothing. I assume it must have either changed its name or closed.
Many thanks ..... My quest is now at a satisfactory end.
Many thanks ..... My quest is now at a satisfactory end.