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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Help with deciphering occupation
« on: Wednesday 30 March 11 17:02 BST (UK)  »
Please can you identify the first word in the occupation of Frances Sparks, 40, from 1861 Census form, Portsea, Hampshire.

Appears to be ??? seller Butcher & Greengrocer.

Thanks, Jeff

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Family History Beginners Board / Searching for Luke Sparks
« on: Tuesday 29 March 11 15:06 BST (UK)  »
I'm searching for info about Luke Sparks before 1835 in the Portsea/Portsmouth/Hants area. Can anyone help please?

Known details:
1811 app. born.
1835 Luke married Frances Evans on 24 March at St Marys, Portsea.
1851 he was a Police Sergeant in Dockyard Police Stn. (Metropolitan Police).
1857 he died at Haslar Naval Hosp., Gosport.

Thanks, Jeff

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Iris Kathleen - photo for restoration
« on: Wednesday 16 March 11 15:13 GMT (UK)  »
Could this photo of my grandmother Iris Kathleen be restored please. Thanks, Jeff

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Family History Beginners Board / Searching for John & Harriet - parents of a 'nurse child'
« on: Monday 14 March 11 21:20 GMT (UK)  »
Please can you help find marriage or any info. on parents of my great grandfather: John Henry Gravenor Sparks.

Census 1871 - listed as John Sparks, 'Nurse Child' 8 mths - with the Evans family, 16 Church Path North, Portsea. Portsmouth. (Census 1881, 1891 - listed with Evans family as John Evans although he wasn't adopted by the Evans).

Birth Cert. - 27.06.1870. No fathers name given. Mother Harriet SPARKS, place - 16 Church Path North.

Marriage Cert. - 26.03.1894. m. Eliza Ellen Taplen.  Father's name: John Gravenor SPARKS (Butcher).  Witnesses: E J Taplen & G Taplen. (His address - Kingston Rd. Portsea.)

Family say he was bitter at only finding out he was a Sparks (not Evans) just before his marriage and refused to talk about his father etc.  He went on to become a Master Butcher himself in Portsmouth and called himself John Evans.

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Dating and restoration of photo on metal
« on: Wednesday 02 March 11 09:56 GMT (UK)  »
Please could this photo (printed on thin metal) be dated.

Also grateful if it could be restored. Thanks, Jeff

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The Common Room / Search for Clara of Birmingham Aston
« on: Tuesday 01 March 11 22:02 GMT (UK)  »
I'm searching for records of my great grandmother Clara. The only information I can find is from the 1891 Census for an address at 9 Salisbury St, St George, Bristol:

Robert Taylor 32 abt 1859 pob Sidbury Devon Tram Car Driver
Clara Taylor wife 27 abt 1864 pob Birmingham Aston.
+ 4 children

From app. 1883 she had 8 children: Edith, William, Beatrice, Lilly, Annie, Minnie, Gladys & Bette.

In 1912 Robert Taylor is at 5 Congleton Rd. St. George, Bristol.

Grateful for any help, Jeff.

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Date of a photograph
« on: Monday 21 February 11 20:08 GMT (UK)  »
Please can anyone put a date to this photograph and identify the army uniforms? Thanks.

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Wicklow / Henry Christian
« on: Sunday 20 February 11 11:16 GMT (UK)  »
I'm trying to trace my great-grandfather - Henry Christian, b. Co. Wicklow, Ireland in 1853. Grateful for any help or tips.

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