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Old Photographs, Recognition, Handwriting Deciphering => Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition => Topic started by: K44ENF on Monday 03 March 14 16:23 GMT (UK)
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I am hoping for help with this marriage of an ancestor which took place in the St Andrews district of Edinburgh in 1864. In the column which lists the parents, I am trying to read the part in brackets after "John Houston Seaman", and before "Deceased".
Any help would be appreciated.
Karen
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"The Bedford Bell"?
Carol
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Seaman (The Bedford R.N.)
???
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Thanks very much, both of you. R.N. was something I did not consider. John Houston is referred to elsewhere as a Seaman in the Royal Navy. Perhaps The Bedford could have been the name of his ship?
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Perhaps The Bedford could have been the name of his ship?
Could well be :)
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Another possibility, which seems to fit better with the pen strokes, is that it says "(The Bedford Ret)", i.e., a retired seaman whose last ship was the Bedford. I think the last stroke is the closing parenthesis, not part of an N.
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Nice one...I would go with that.
Carol
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Hmm, according to Royal Navy lists the second Bedford was broken up in 1817, which would be too early for this and the third not launced till 1901.
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Hi George..."Cat & Pigeons" springs to mind ;D ;D ;D
Carol
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Hi Carol, sorry about that ;D
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Thank you, thank you! This is so exciting! I would never have thought of "Retired".
Thanks so much for the info about The Bedford. The timing is absolutely fine - it was John Houston's son who was being married in 1864. It was his third marriage and he was 70.
John Houston is the one I am really looking for information on. I only have his name from his son's BMDs. I have no idea where John came from or where he ended up, so any information at all can potentially help.
Thanks very much everybody.
Karen
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That would fit with the second Bedford then Karen. Click where it says 'did you mean HMS Bedford' on the link below. Lot's of info.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Bedford_(1775)
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I just can't tell you how great it is to have that information. I have been sitting on that certificate for so long without realising it. At the weekend I went back to re-examine all my information along this line and realised there was this little snippet that I had missed at the time. It certainly puts John in some kind of framework which I have been lacking up until now.
Thank you very much indeed!
Karen
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Don't you just love it when things fall into place :D
Carol
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Don't you just love it when things fall into place :D
Carol
Isn't it fabulous? ;D ;D