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Re: Devonport North - street query
« Reply #9 on: Sunday 28 September 08 14:02 BST (UK) »


The names don't mean anything to me immediately, perhaps they were friends.....but will think on it!

Many thanks again for your kind assistance.
Pearce, Davies, Mulhall, Jesse, Savage.

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Re: Devonport North - street query
« Reply #10 on: Thursday 29 March 18 10:55 BST (UK) »
Not sure if still relevant to you but I was after Hamilton Street which along with Goschen Street and Spencer Avenue were all bombed during the war. I found an old prewar map that shows where the streets were but will probably be difficult to gather what/where the individual houses were. Link to map: http://maps.nls.uk/view/101438819

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Re: Devonport North - street query
« Reply #11 on: Thursday 29 March 18 18:19 BST (UK) »
Hi
Does the family name Bray mean anything for you.
That is the family living at 47 in 1939.
Malmesbury- Bishop.
Gloucestershire-Bishop,Hicks,Higgs,Hill,Hooper,Hopkins,Pitcher,Robertson,Stinton,Terret,Woodruff.
Worcestershire-Stinton. 
Devon- Borrough or Burrow.

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Re: Devonport North - street query
« Reply #12 on: Thursday 29 March 18 18:35 BST (UK) »
It doesn't, unfortunately.


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Re: Devonport North - street query
« Reply #13 on: Monday 02 April 18 14:04 BST (UK) »
Hi, I got an email alert on this subject as I was originally enquiring after this street back in 2008.

Quite a while later, I found that the house I was interested in had been rented out, and that one of the people renting was my great grandmother's grandson (in the navy at the time), so that explained why she had been in the house at the time of her death.  I apologise if I should have let this board know my discovery at the time.....

Her grandson had been sent (via the local court!) from Bodmin to the Technical/Engineering school in Devonport, as he would not attend school, probably explains why he joined the navy afterwards. 

Don't know if any records survive of his time there, it would be interesting to see if he is mentioned.
I may try and look this up when I have the time.

In the meantime, thanks again to all the people who make Rootschat such a success!
best regards.

Pearce, Davies, Mulhall, Jesse, Savage.