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Hello, I've just discovered (with thanks to the 1901 census) that my Gt Gt Grandfather's brother, Daniel Silas Newman, moved North from Cambridgeshire to Durham.

I found him and his family at Norton Junction, Norton, Durham.

Daniel Newman H M 45 Railway Signalman
Elizabeth Newman W M 40 -
Harriet Newman D U 19 -
Arthur Newman S U 17 - Railway Signalman
Rose Newman D U 14 -
Albert Newman S - 8 -
Janet M Newman D - 3 -

His wife and first three children were all born in Bishop Middleham and the last two children were born in Norton (Daniel was born in 'Little Swaffham' Cambridgeshire).

This is the first time that I've found info on this part of my Newman tree and so I was just wondering whether any of the descendants are researching the family!

Fingers crossed! 

Hello,

I'm trying to collect info relating to my Gt Grandfather's oldest brother - Arthur Robert Dewey. He was born in 1882 in Witchford, near Ely, Cambridgeshire, England.

In 1901 he appears on the Camberwell census for London as a 'Car Man'.

In 1904 he returns to Witchford to be witness for his sister's wedding.

In 1906 it would appear that he is onboard SS Minneapolis, leaving London on 4th August, heading for New York (arriving 13th Aug). The 'List or manifest of Alien passengers for the US immigration officer' (charming!) lists what appears to be him - "A. Dewey" of Ely, Cambridgeshire. His fare had been paid for the Atlantic Transport Co and it is noted that he is looking after the horses along with a few others. Further down the document it notes that all of the 'aliens' would be returning to Europe a few days later.... but.... Arthur Robert Dewey is believed to have stayed in the USA.

Do any readers have any info about this?

The following is a re-post of a thread found in http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,242669.msg1322264.html

Perhaps it is better suited here?

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In my collection of old photographs is a picture of my Gt Gt Grandfather, James Martin (1851-1934), with a group of men... and a monkey.

It's a fascinating photo (not least as some of the faces are quite terrifying and some of the people in the foreground look like understudies for The Seven Dwarves!) but also because I have no idea what was going on, that was important enough to warrant a photo being taken.

Here's a link to the photo: http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=726492313&size=l

Go ahead and download it or zoom in on it to have a better look if needed.

I have read the word "Albert" on their caps and they have ribbons attached to the caps too, so i'm guessing its some special occasion. My Gt Gt Grandfather was a platelayer for most of his years and I suspect that this has something to do with the railways and/or a Royal visit?

..but can anyone shed some/any better informed light on this mysterious photo.


Interesting also to see a pet monkey on my Gt Gt Grandfather's shoulder - particularly as my own father hates them!

Hello, i'm searching for details on Albert Yarrow and his wife Esther who lived in Sandwich, Kent.

Albert was born in Little Thetford, Cambridgeshire and moved to Sandwich (his nephew John moved to Dover). At a guess, Albert married Esther there as she was of Sandwich.

I have a photo of Esther standing outside their house http://www.flickr.com/photos/familytreeuk/262952394/ in Sandwich.

According to my late Gt Grandmother (Albert's great niece), he died around the 1930s and his wife Esther lived for a few more years and may have died in the 1940s.

I'd like to find the marriage between Albert and Esther. It is believed that they did not have any children.

There's more Yarrow info on my website: www.familytreeuk.co.uk/Yarrow