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Re: Heir raising moment -spooky or what ?!?
« Reply #9 on: Friday 08 April 16 21:31 BST (UK) »
Does this just apply to dates or general coincidences in genealogy?

In 1863 my ancestor lived in Viaduct Terrace, Brighton, his fiancee Mary was from Slaugham, 13 miles away, and 2 of her neighbours in her village, members of the Rayward family were living at Viaduct Terrace in 1871, they moved to Brighton in about 1867. By then Mary was in London. And one member of the Rayward family registered the death of Mary's mother in 1845.

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Re: Heir raising moment -spooky or what ?!?
« Reply #10 on: Friday 08 April 16 23:06 BST (UK) »
I have come across this quite often in my genealogical travels. I will see a date and think, "Oh, that's so-and-so's birthday; what a coincidence!"
Not quite the same, but my mother and two of her siblings share the same birthday or one day apart, only the youngest, my uncle, has a birthday in a different month.
And a spooky coincidence for me was breaking down one of my biggest brickwalls on my youngest son's first birthday. Pre-internet, an ordered microfilm had arrived at the LDS, and I ducked in for a quick look, and there was the marriage record confirming a surname I had been looking for for years.
I am Australian, from all the lands I come (my ancestors, at least!)

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Re: Heir raising moment -spooky or what ?!?
« Reply #11 on: Saturday 09 April 16 00:04 BST (UK) »
My Gt Gt Gt  Grandfather died 15th Oct 1874 and my daughter was born on 15th October.
I know I have come across other date coincidences as well.
Also my 'proper' name is Caroline. My Gt Gt Gt Grandfather had a sister called Caroline. There has been no other relatives of that name connected to our family.

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Re: Heir raising moment -spooky or what ?!?
« Reply #12 on: Saturday 09 April 16 00:18 BST (UK) »

All these 'coincidences' spooky or otherwise make this hobby interesting, and in a way brings us closer and gives us a bond to the people we are researching.

I love it  ;D .....although I have to admit to being a bit freaked out  :o

claire
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Re: Heir raising moment -spooky or what ?!?
« Reply #13 on: Saturday 09 April 16 00:20 BST (UK) »
C_W you have reminded me of another coincidence. My father-in-law wanted to name my wife Angelina, but when my mother-in-law found out it was the name of one of his ex-girlfriends, she said no obviously.
Angelina happens to be the name of his great grandmother as well, a fact he did not know.
I am Australian, from all the lands I come (my ancestors, at least!)

Pine/Pyne, Dowdeswell, Kempster, Sando/Sandoe/Sandow, Nancarrow, Hounslow, Youatt, Richardson, Jarmyn, Oxlade, Coad, Kelsey, Crampton, Lindner, Pittaway, and too many others to name.
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Re: Heir raising moment -spooky or what ?!?
« Reply #14 on: Saturday 09 April 16 00:28 BST (UK) »
I have a few.  My daughter was born on my Dad's birthday, his first grandaughter after 7 grandsons. He said it was the best birthday he ever had!

My son was born just 10 days before my Dad died, so sadly he didn't get to see his 8th grandson!

There's a couple more matching birth dates in my tree, but I can't remember which ones off hand.

I guess with the law of probability, there's a much higher chance of having common birth dates (day and month) than there are in winning the lottery - only 365/366 days in a year 😄
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Re: Heir raising moment -spooky or what ?!?
« Reply #15 on: Saturday 09 April 16 00:33 BST (UK) »
I guess with the law of probability, there's a much higher chance of having common birth dates (day and month) than there are in winning the lottery - only 365/366 days in a year 😄

It doesn't stop me buying a ticket every week. I live in hope....
I am Australian, from all the lands I come (my ancestors, at least!)

Pine/Pyne, Dowdeswell, Kempster, Sando/Sandoe/Sandow, Nancarrow, Hounslow, Youatt, Richardson, Jarmyn, Oxlade, Coad, Kelsey, Crampton, Lindner, Pittaway, and too many others to name.
Devon, Dorset, Gloucs, Cornwall, Warwickshire, Bucks, Oxfordshire, Wilts, Germany, Sweden, and of course London, to name a few.

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Re: Heir raising moment -spooky or what ?!?
« Reply #16 on: Saturday 09 April 16 00:47 BST (UK) »


..Don't we all  ;D ;D ;D...
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Re: Heir raising moment -spooky or what ?!?
« Reply #17 on: Saturday 09 April 16 00:49 BST (UK) »
Ditto Claire!!
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