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London & Middlesex Completed Lookup Requests / Re: Thomas Simpson - Watch Maker. - Completed!!
« on: Tuesday 22 January 19 13:57 GMT (UK)  »
Thomas Osbaston Simpson (Full name) moved from London to Lichfield to get married and join his watchmaker brother Joseph. A couple of years ago a bracket  clock was auctioned, it was wrongly attributed to Joseph Simpson. I bid for it but it was knocked down at £8,900 plus buyers commission, to expensive. Thomas was the journeyman for Joseph. Thomas invented a waterproof pocket watch  which was displayed in a jar of water on the counter of Josephs shop. My Grandfather as a small boy saw the watch on many occasions. I am still trying to locate a copy of his book about clock numbering.

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London & Middlesex Completed Lookup Requests / Re: Thomas Simpson - Watch Maker. - Completed!!
« on: Tuesday 22 January 19 13:39 GMT (UK)  »
My GG Grandfather was Thomas Simpson, DofB 1808 Market Bosworth Leicestershire. Married to Elizabeth Lancaster in 1840 in Lichfield Staffordshire. He was a watch and clockmaker as was his brother Joseph. He was also an author regarding clocks and also a newspaper reporter He died in March 1895 in Lichfield his wife Elizabeth died in 1866. If this is the same person I would be delighted to hear from you. However, they had a daughter Elizabeth who died in infancy ( I will have to check)

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Nottinghamshire / Re: William Curtis 1863 - Gamekeeper- suspicious circumstances of death
« on: Monday 21 March 11 17:29 GMT (UK)  »
It seems very strange that there could be 2 Wm Curtis married to Anne Ellen Edwards of Oswestry and Wm being born in Norfolk. MY Wm Curtis did die under mysterious circumstances in Lincolnshire. As for the marriage I have a birth certificate and a  marriage certificate for them, they were married in Oswestry Salop. He was born October 30th 1863 in Bessingham Norfolk, Father James Curtis, mother Ann Sendal, he married Anne Ellen Edwards in Oswestry on 12th November 1885, witnessed by Annie Sergeant and William Edward Edwards, Ann's brother.
Peter
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Nottinghamshire / Re: William Curtis 1863 - Gamekeeper- suspicious circumstances of death
« on: Friday 18 February 11 10:48 GMT (UK)  »
Dear Diesel, If Wm. Curtis was your husbands G.Grandfather (he is also mine) who is your husband? we are second cousins. you can contact me on (*)

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Nottinghamshire / Re: William Curtis 1863 - Gamekeeper- suspicious circumstances of death
« on: Friday 18 February 11 10:44 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: diesel on Monday 16 February 09 17:28 GMT (UK)
It has taken a bit of time but I have now established that William Curtis died between 1908 and 1912.
I found this out from marriages of his children- in 1908 he is shown as alive but on 1912 certs he is deceased. Unfortunately none of them married in between.
I have not been able to find either William or his wife, Ann Ellen on the 1911 census and some of his children are elusive there too.
He is still a big puzzle and as he is my husbands gt grandfather it is a shame not to find out more about him.
Can anyone help?


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Nottinghamshire / Re: William Curtis 1863 - Gamekeeper- suspicious circumstances of death
« on: Friday 11 February 11 15:36 GMT (UK)  »
Further to your enquiry into Wm. Curtis m Ann Ellen Edwards and their children. I am able to shed some light on it as he is my GGrandfather. this is a list of their children, James b. 1887, Frederick b. 1888, Dora Annie b. 1890, Frank b. 1897, William (my grandfather) b. 1898, Violet Veronica b. 1899, William Thomas b. 1903. William b. 1898 married Gertrude Neale 1920. They had 3 children Gertude Annie b. 1920, William Albert b. 1922, Joyce Margery b. 1924. Gertude m. Thomas Simpson 1939 and had 3 children Ann b. 1941, Peter b. 1944(me) and Jayne Margery b. 1956. William Albert is still alive, also, besides me Jayne. I have a full list of all children/ grandchildren great grand children  etc if required.

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