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Offline Welsh Girl

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Harry William PRIEST - where has he gone ?
« on: Sunday 05 July 15 18:44 BST (UK) »
OK, I am losing the plot.  I've searched Marriages and deaths, Military and newspapers, but appear to have completely LOST one Harry William Priest.

He was born 1865 in Yeovil.  I have his records as a Railway Porter (cleaner) 1883-1884, and I also have him on the 1891 census, living in Clarence Road, as a Railway Porter, with his Mum Eliza and siblings .... from 1891 I can't find him.  He can't have gone far .... can he ?

Any suggestions, please ?

Thank you.
Homer, Smith : Kington, & Tirphil
Davies : Carmarthen & Tirphil
Greenway : Cornwall, Bristol & South Wales
Nicklen : Exeter
Squire & Stone : Cadleigh & Exeter
Vigers : Exmouth
Smith : Corsham
Webber, Salter : Morchard Bishop
Evans, Balsom, Farrent, Salter, Shallis, Snell : Otterton & Heavitree
Thompson, Smith, Leek : Brynmawr & Monmouth
Davies :  Merthyr & Neath
Ridd : George Nympton
Dando : everywhere
O'Mara : Ireland & Wales
Manfield : Bristol & Cardiff
Pollexfin : Devon (var)

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Re: Harry William PRIEST - where has he gone ?
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 08 August 15 07:12 BST (UK) »
If you subscribe to Ancestry, have you tried UK, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960 as well as UK, Railway Employment Records?

One of my Somerset branches had a lad who rose through the ranks from cleaner to engine driver and his son left that line of work to become, briefly, a professional footballer with Blackpool!

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SOM/Chard/Combe St Nicholas/Ilminster:  Dean[e]/Doble/Jeffery/Burt;  DEV/Yarcombe:  Dean/Gill/Every; 
BRK/Newbury:  Westall/Green/Lewis/Canning;  WIL/Allcannings:  Hiscock/Amor;  Froxfield:  Hobbs/Green;  HAM/Kingsclere:  Martin/Hiscock/Westall;  WAR/Marton/Bubbenhall:  Glenn/Holmes;  STS/Yoxall/Hamstall Ridware/Barton-u-Needwood:  Holmes/Dainty;  STS/Brewood/Codsall/Penkridge/Hatherton:  Dean[e]; GLA/Aberdare:  Dean/Dane

Census information: Crown Copyright from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

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Re: Harry William PRIEST - where has he gone ?
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 08 August 15 09:03 BST (UK) »
I'll check again ... I do subscribe to Ancestry and FindMyPast, but haven't had any automatic hints pop up to link him in with their records (as you normally do) .. perhaps it's been mistranscribed (like that doesn't happen often - not) :)
I'll do some more digging - thank youx
Homer, Smith : Kington, & Tirphil
Davies : Carmarthen & Tirphil
Greenway : Cornwall, Bristol & South Wales
Nicklen : Exeter
Squire & Stone : Cadleigh & Exeter
Vigers : Exmouth
Smith : Corsham
Webber, Salter : Morchard Bishop
Evans, Balsom, Farrent, Salter, Shallis, Snell : Otterton & Heavitree
Thompson, Smith, Leek : Brynmawr & Monmouth
Davies :  Merthyr & Neath
Ridd : George Nympton
Dando : everywhere
O'Mara : Ireland & Wales
Manfield : Bristol & Cardiff
Pollexfin : Devon (var)

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Re: Harry William PRIEST - where has he gone ?
« Reply #3 on: Saturday 08 August 15 10:08 BST (UK) »
Hi,
Great Britain,
Anglo Boer War Records 1899/ 1902

Harry Priest service no.20958.
Rank Private.
Regiment Imperial Yeomanry.
Literary Ref. National Archives WO97 Reg. Army Papers.
Unit 16 Imperial Yeomandry Company.[Worcestershire] Rank Private 20958.
Notes:
The Queens South Africa[QSA] medal clasps,Cape Colony,Orange Free State. Transuaal, South Africa 1901.

Norma.
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