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Caernarvonshire / Jones - Llanbeblig
« on: Sunday 14 January 07 17:52 GMT (UK)  »
I am trying to help a friend who is researching this family from Llanbeblig.

Hugh JONES and Ann JONES, his wife, aged 40 and 38 respectively are in Llanbeblig on Census Night 1871 with their family..  It is pretty certain that her maiden name was JONES.  In the 1891 census she is a widow - as she was also in 1881 - also at LLanbeblig.  Her mother is also there - Jane JONES.  I need the Marriage Certificate of Hugh and Ann.  FreeBMD throws up two possibilities one in Bangor, one in Carnarvon.  Current thinking is that the Carnarvon one is the most likely.

Am I right in understanding that Local Registrars will often do more research providing there are sufficient extra checks provided?

I think it was this Hugh's death which was registered in the first quarter of 1878 when he was 47. (There are two others to choose from :) )      I am wondering if he was buried at Llanbeblig church and if so if there is a memorial and if so whether any other family members are mentioned. :) :) :)   Gwynedd FHS have produced 11 volumes but I don't want to pay for all 11 on the off-chance.

Would it be possible for someone to do a look up please, advise me which one it is in and then I will order it from Gwynedd FHS?

I mentioned earlier that i had found Hugh Jones (40), Slate Quarrier, his wife Ann and family in Llanbeblig in 1871.  He was born in Llanbeblig but I can't read the 'streetname'.  Can anyone help, please?
Similarly I can't read the 'streetname' in 1881.  This time Ann Jones (38) widow is head of the family born in LLanyfni.  She is a Slate Quarriers Widow. Can this too be read for me, please?

Regards
Reiver




56
Europe / To Rome 1892 - and back
« on: Thursday 04 January 07 16:02 GMT (UK)  »
Hi everybody
My relative having been a hunt servant in Cheshire for a number of years went to Rome - in about 1882 - as huntsman with the Roman Hunt.  He returned to England in about 1892 to Cheshire.

The hunting side I'm fairly comfortable with.  But what possibilities are there of finding out more about his trip out and back.  Obviously Liverpool is highly likely as a leaviing/ returning point.  When he went he was married - in 1891 - and had a young son born in 1892.  He returned, still married but with two additional children.  His name was Harry Reynolds.

Any help or thoughts about finding out more would be appreciated.   What sort of ships for example would he have travelled on?  Emigrant ships stopping at Rome?  Would there have been a regular service there?  Every month? How much of an adventure would it have been?  These are some of the things that are ticking over in my mind.

Regards
Reiver

57
Armed Forces / Woodroffe - Medal Roll Abbreviation
« on: Sunday 31 December 06 17:25 GMT (UK)  »
I have the image of the Medal Roll Card for Joseph Froude Woodroffe. He was born in Salford in 1882.

In the Medal Roll box on the left side appears to be SW B hist   with ASC and a number to the right (ASC = Army service Corps').   But what does SW B hist stand for, please?  Above it are Victory and British and 15 Star.

It is fairly clear that he was in the (Royal) Army Service Corps as both ASC and RASC appear.  Can anything be obtained from the Regimental Numbers?
Against Corporal the Reg. Number is T2SR/01563
and then against Sergeant the Number is SE/SR 01563

Regards
Reiver

58
Dublin / Drumcondra
« on: Saturday 23 December 06 22:01 GMT (UK)  »
This is a new country for me  :)

A relative Sarah Ainsworth nee Hanmer lived in Wales.  Her husband died there in about 1870.  Despite(?) being the daughter of the Vicar of Hanmer, Flint she converted to Roman Catholicism.  She entered the monastery at Drumcondra and became Sister Mary Anne Liguori of Jesus Crucified.

There is a book entitled Converts to Rome by Gordon-Gorman which I understand will refer to her.  I don't know how much but I will have a look at Manchester Central Library who have a copy.

In the 1890s her brother(?), Anthony John Hanmer wrote two books about  her.  Both had her name (Mrs Sophia Ainsworth) in the title.
Unfortunately they were privately published and it will therefore be difficult to read a copy.

Main question, please is:
How can I find out when she died?  I presume being a nun and entering Drumcondra she would have died there.  Are there any other sources that may tell more about her?

Regards
Reiver

59
Flintshire Lookup Requests / Sophia Hanmer in Hanmer Parish
« on: Saturday 09 December 06 19:42 GMT (UK)  »
Could someone see if there is a baptism entry for Sophia HANMER in the Hanmer PR c1819/1820 or thereabouts, please?   1851 Census records from 1851 to 1871  give her age as 31. 41 and 51 respectively.

Yes, her maiden name was the same as the name of the Parish. :)

Many thanks in anticipation

Reiver


60
Denbighshire / Near St Asaph?
« on: Thursday 07 December 06 13:37 GMT (UK)  »
John Hanmer AINSWORTH died at Bod-Erw, North Wales.    Date of death was sometime in the late 19th century.   His father was John Lees AINSWORTH who married Sophie HANMER, daughter of the Rev. James Hanmer of Kent. This is according to Henry Fishwick's 'History of Rochdale' .

Bod-Erw I believe may be what is now the Bod-Erw Hotel near St Asaph close to the Expressway.
Another source - notes written by a family member in the early 20th century  -  reads:-   ' John Lees Ainsworth, lived at a place called Llowesog - not sure of the spelling - in Denbighshire.'

Can anybody identify Llowesog please?
Is this  AINSWORTH family linked to any other member?

Reiver

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