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Kent / Tinkler/Gable family
« on: Thursday 13 July 23 21:00 BST (UK)  »
Bit of a random one but I hope someone might be able to help.

Ancestry DNA is matching me to lots of people (paternal matches) with links to this family. It looks like my gt gt gt grandparents are James Tinkler (1830 - 1876), and Emma Gable (1837 - 1914)

However this is where it gets messy. I have zero connections to them which raises the question as to whether my father is my father (a very real possibility), or whether his parentage is in question (all his brothers sisters, and parents are deceased so no way to check)

I have an extensive tree for his side of the family but not a single DNA match to anyone related to anyone on the tree

I don't suppose anyone on here has links to the Tinkler or Gable line who knows of any links to South Wales?

Thanks in advance

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Essex Lookup Requests / O Mitchell - any chance someone could find an obituary??
« on: Tuesday 23 October 18 14:56 BST (UK)  »
Hi guys, a bit far (geographically) for me, but would anyone be able to try and locate an obituary for me? I'll be honest, I don't have a huge amount of info though.

The name is O Mitchell, born in 1930's in Greenwich. I think her husband is still alive, so I won't post his name just in case. I have traced the home address to Romford, and she drops off the electoral role in 2013-2015. The husband is still there until 2018 according to 192.com.

I'm not 100% it's my O, but it's an unusual name for your neck of the woods - the man she is listed at the property with has the same middle initial as the person on the marriage in 1982 in Havering

I assume she has died around 2014, but I don't have any subscriptions to check deaths (assuming they're available at this time anyway).

Thank you for your time guys

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London and Middlesex / Looking for descendents of William John Hughes, Old Woking >>>
« on: Tuesday 09 October 18 09:47 BST (UK)  »
Hi all, apologies as I don't have much info here.

I have (potentially) in my tree a William John Hughes (17/03/1939 - 20/01/1987). I have his death as Old Woking, born in Greenwich, London. His parents would be William John Hughes and Dorothy Doris (Payne). His line appears to be the only one with any living descendents.

There is an ancestry tree with him on it connected to the family I think is mine, and it shows him with two daughters (both hidden, so I presume still alive). The owner of the tree hasn't been on for over a year, and I've had no response to an e-mail on there.

I was really just hoping that someone on here is either related to him, or knows someone who is related to him, and could possibly pass my details on? It's quite an important line in my tree and I'm desperate to get some information on it.

Thank you very much in advance.

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London and Middlesex / Paupers grave, Greenwich Cemetery >>>
« on: Thursday 04 October 18 12:23 BST (UK)  »
Hi guys, new area for me (geographically speaking), so apologies if this is in the wrong area.

I have a relative buried in Greenwich Cemetery (grave reference J/40 - William John Hughes).

He is buried in the same grave as 9 other people, buried between 24/08/1944 and 30/09/1944.

The family rumour was this man died in London and was buried in a paupers grave. Now he's finally been tracked down, this seems to confirm it.

I'll be honest with you, as this is wartime, and you guys in London had it very different to us in rural South Wales, was this a common practice to have large graves, or could it genuinely be a paupers grave?

Any help would be gratefully appreciated

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London and Middlesex / Claremont Street, Greenwich - looking for a building >>
« on: Tuesday 25 September 18 16:52 BST (UK)  »
Hi all, new to this area of the world!

I have a record off the 1939 register, but I cannot for the life of me make out what it says. I don't need a look-up though, so I'm not sure if someone with local knowledge of the area could tell me if they know the place?

The last legible address is 55 Claremont Street.
The next entry is 9, then the best I can make out is Feusais House???? Google doesn't auto-suggest anything. I can't see it on the 1911 census after 55 Claremont Street either. My relatives are in number 14 of this building.

Any idea? Looking at google maps, the street has been re-developed. Thanks in advance

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Glamorganshire / ponting/pontin marriage to ainscow - Neath/Port Talbot - help please!
« on: Friday 14 September 18 15:05 BST (UK)  »
Hi all, tracing my other half's tree and I've come to a dead stop. This is all I have so far, but I spent an hour or two in the library yesterday trying to locate people on census and 1939, but with no luck - possibly just me though, been away from this for a long time.

I am looking for a marriage of a George Pontin(g), and Eliza "Kitty" Ainscow.

I only have their names from Reginald's birth certificate, and Eliza's nickname of Kitty from the family. The birth certificate doesn't give a full address unfortunately, but it is Port Talbot/Aberavon.

The children were as follows - BMD seem to confirm the spellings of the surnames in each case:

Reginald Pontin - 1913
Florence - 1914
George H - 1915
Elizabeth A - 1918

Reginald believed that the Pontin name should have been Ponting, so his daughter (still living) had that spelling.

I have one potential (probable) match for George senior in the censuses, born c1892 in Aberdare, and there are two birth records that would support that (1892 and 1897 in merthyr district), but his wife is showing as Esther - I'm not ruling out that Eliza wasn't her birth name as I've had this issue in the past, but I can't find a marriage for a pontin/ponting to an ainscow (or ainscough in case it was spelt incorrectly) with the matching christian names.

I'm also struggling to find a birth for eliza with so little information.

I'd assume (whether correctly or not) that the marriage would be around the South Wales area, but I can't seem to find anything. I obviously want the marriage cert to confirm their parents and hopefully move back a generation.

I know you lovely lot will find the obvious record that I have blindly missed....

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Kent Lookup Requests / Electoral Role Lookup please - late 1940's (post war) >>>
« on: Monday 10 September 18 15:36 BST (UK)  »
Hi all, new territories for me here so be gentle!

My gt gt grandfather, Nicholas Francis Whitty, committed bigamy during WW2. The only possible match in the UK GRO could be him

Jun 1945 - May E Wratten - Folkestone 2a 4001

This is the only other marriage I can see that could possibly be him. I've only found one death with his name, and there is only one death for a May Whitty (1979 Blackpool) - no death for a May Wratten (that I can see).

Is anyone able to look at the electoral roles in the area for 1944 on at all? Thank you in advance. I don't have a lot of info at this time

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Other Countries / Possible marriage in India? How do I locate it?
« on: Monday 10 September 18 15:29 BST (UK)  »
Hi all, new territories for me here so be gentle!

My gt gt grandfather, Nicholas Francis Whitty, committed bigamy during WW2. The only possible match in the UK GRO doesn't appear to be him.

Family rumour has it that the lady concerned may have been from India (where he served). Where do I even start looking?

I have no military records, can't find the court case, and there are no details in local papers that I can find. By all accounts the case was heard in London (we're in South Wales), and he served time in Wormwood Scrubs just after WW2

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Glamorganshire / Looking for relatives who attended a funeral in the 1970's in Maesteg >>
« on: Monday 10 September 18 14:32 BST (UK)  »
Long shot - I have very little info.

My gt grandfather died in the mid-1970's. He was buried in Maesteg Cemetery.

My gran has told me that female relatives from his side of the family from Cardiff attended the funeral.

To the best of our knowledge, we have no relatives there, so they are possibly descended from an Irish line that we've lost contact with.

His name was Nicholas Francis Whitty - I have contacted living Whitty's in Cardiff a few years ago (that I could find), but there was no success. I appreciate that the surname of these relatives may not be Whitty anymore, or indeed at that point in time.

There is also the possibility that they could be descended from the Connell/Connelly/O'Connell line (his mother).


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