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I am chasing information on Jean or Mary Jane Tipping who was born about 1902. My only clue is that she recorded herself in 1924 as a general servant of Glen House, Glenfinnan in Inverness. I have not been able to find a suitable record in Scotland's People, Ancestry, Findmypast or FamilySearch. However I did find a WWI medal card for a Thomas Tipping whose address was also at Glen House.

I notice there are quite a few Tipping records in Glasgow but all the information I can find about Glen House points me to the hotel (which may be correct) or to Bonnie Prince Charlie or the viaduct which is not a help.

Jean Tipping had an illegitimate child in the workhouse in West Derby, Lancashire, England in 1924. The story is that this child was put into the orphanage in Inverness. Somehow it appears this lady is related to me but I have no idea how.

I would appreciate any help.

Cheers

I have George Garlick in my main tree branch. He served in Bengal in the 36th Regt of Foot. He was married to Catherine Smith in Ballysax on 5 Aug 1861 and they then travelled to India.

They had two children: Mary Zipporah b 10 Apr 1864 and Christopher George b 24 Mar 1866. George became terminally ill and was discharged in 1874 travelling home to Stockport, Cheshire to die.

Don't know what happened to Catherine. Another researcher has found a death record for Catherine Garlik in Bengal 1848-1868. My information conflicts somewhat with this.

I would really appreciate knowing the contents of this record for Catherine as I am in the middle of writing up this history.

Cheers from Canberra

I am looking for any information on the burial of George Geary, died 1935 in Wilstead, or his mother, Pamela Geary d 1887 Wilstead.

I am trying to organise the interment of a Geary relative's ashes in Wilstead, but I am having to do it from Australia. It is very frustrating.

Thanks

I have been searching for my great grandmother for some time. Her name was Wilhelmine Emilie Maria Schmarbeck and she was born on Boxing Day, 1862 in Pritzwalk, Mecklenberg, Prussia.

This week, I had a lucky break and found her baptism entry in the Mecklenberg parish records for Pritzwalk. I do not read German, but the most important facts were clearly legible and the record I found was definitely her.

It appears she was illegitimate, so her mother is clearly entered, but the column for her father's information is completely blank. Her mother's name was Wilhelmine Charlotte Fredericke Schmarbeck. From the ages of Minna's godparents, I would estimate her mother was born about 1840. I could not read the place where they were living at the time of the baptism, despite my best efforts with various websites about German handwriting and my rather truncated German-English dictionary.

I also found and entry for Minna's sister Bertha who was born on 14 December 1864 also in Pritzwalk. As with Minna, the mother's column was filled in but the father's column was blank. There was at least one other sister about whom I could find nothing. Even though these children were illegitimate, the mother Wilhelmine Charlote Fredericke obviously had some on-going relationship over a period of time. There is a Wilhelmine Schmarbeck of about the right age listed in the 1900 Census for Mecklenberg but she is listed as a widow and is alone.

I cannot find a Wilhelmine or Minna or Bertha Schmarbeck of the right age in the 1867 Census records for Mecklenberg.

I have tried following up on the locations of the godparents in 1867 and looking at various other parish records in the area to see if I can find a birth/baptism for Wilhelmine Charlotte Fredericke Schmarbeck, but that is a bit "needle in the haystack"-ish since I have no idea about which parish to look in nor the date.

I would really appreciate some assistance with what I should do next.

I am currently trying to track a family which includes:

Bridget Smith born February 1842 in Co Limerick. She married John William Bowen in 1862 in Ballysax, Co Kildare. The family were living at the Curragh Camp at the time. Bridget cites her father as Martin Smith and his occuaption as "servant".

I believe Bridget had a sister, Catherine Smith, who also married a soldier, Christopher George Garlick,  from Curragh Camp in 1861.

From the IGI, I think Martin's wife may have been Ann Duggan.

It looks as though Martin may have been a servant working for someone who was in the military. It does not appear that he was a soldier himself. It is also likely he may have been Church of Ireland and not Catholic.

I have looked everywhere I can think of. Has anyone got any suggestions about where to go from here?

Cheers