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World War One / 14 year old living in Lambeth London joins Wiltshire reg in 1891 -Odd?
« on: Wednesday 17 January 24 09:27 GMT (UK)  »
I am ignorant about military history so perhaps this isn't odd.

The boy's father had died in 1889 and I find in 1891 census his siblings in a school for pauper children in Norwood and the widow as servant.

Did some regiments recruit from such "schools" ? Were some more keen to take "musicians" which was what this young lad joined up as ?

Just curious and a bit sad for this one who was discharged as an invalid (malaria)6 years later.

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The Common Room / Anyone having trouble with Findmypast this morning ?
« on: Tuesday 23 May 23 08:43 BST (UK)  »
Or is just me ? I'm searching births William Sullivan 1889 Poplar and it's showing "no results found".
Same when I omit location .

If I omit location and dob I get 5 double barreled names .
I'm sure I've found him before .


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Suffolk / Parish of Ketton 1800 baptism ,location ??
« on: Saturday 26 March 22 11:56 GMT (UK)  »
I'm researching a James Jeffery born circa 1801 .

One record on FindMyPast has a baptism in Ketton ,Suffolk but I can't relate this to a geographical location .Can anyone help ?

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Is this an S or something else ?
« on: Wednesday 09 February 22 17:20 GMT (UK)  »
Trying to decipher Frederick's surname .Could it be Scolar ?
Entering Scolan /Scolar into FindMyPast for Gateshead ,any census year brings no results .

And the final letter of Scolar/n ..the n is not the same as on the two examples of Watson .The line joining the "a" and possible n in Scolan comes from the bottom of "a" .In the o of Watson it comes from the top .

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / deciphering surnames 1917 baptism certificate ?- reposted in correct section
« on: Wednesday 09 February 22 08:36 GMT (UK)  »
I'm hopeless at deciphering ,could someone confirm the surnames for Frederick and Elizabeth please ?

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Durham / numbering Jackson St Gateshead ,location of Hardwicke Square COMPLETED
« on: Thursday 03 February 22 08:44 GMT (UK)  »
My mother ,grand parents and great grandparents lived in Jackson street in the late 1800s and early nineteen hundreds. They moved about from nos 15 and 19(possibly 19 back Jackson St) and 1 ,2 and 3 Hardwicke Square .They also worked as wardrobe dealers (second hand clothes I think) at lock up shops in Jackson st ,nos 21 I think.

It would really help me to know whether those 15 and 19 Jackson Street nos were on the same side as the Metropole(or Scala as it later became )or not

If you've waded through all that ,thank you .Any help appreciated .


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Family History Beginners Board / searching marriages in the 1800s where the spouse "married one of these people"
« on: Sunday 30 January 22 08:57 GMT (UK)  »

On a general note can someone talk to me about marriage results on FindMyPast where one person is recorded as having" married one of these people " followed by a list of names .

Does it arise because multiple parish marriages have happened in that year and quarter, have a spouse in common and those parish records have been sent off to a central point ?

What is the best way of identifying who married who ? Would it be by looking at parish marriages ?


I'm sure this has been asked and answered before but a quick search on here hasn't thrown up any relevant posts .
Any advice gratefully received .



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The Common Room / First black British Olympian Louis Bruce -anyone researching who the father was
« on: Saturday 29 January 22 09:59 GMT (UK)  »
Just read this https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/jan/27/louis-bruce-revealed-as-britains-first-black-olympian

and wondered if it had sparked any interest here .

Apologies if against forum etiquette or if silly to suppose posters could compete with the amount of investigation already completed .I've just been so impressed by the knowledge and skill on this forum!

Bruce died, aged 82, in 1958 with an estate valued at £5,897. One mystery remains. His birth certificate states that Louis Bruce McAvoy Mortimore Doney was born in Edinburgh to Jane Elizabeth Doney, who is believed to have been white. However, his father is not named.

Intriguingly, Doney was a widow who had six daughters in Plymouth before giving birth to Bruce in Scotland – yet she was back in the south-west and remarried by the time of the 1881 census. Bruce then grew up in Plympton, Plymouth, with his grandmother and two aunts.

On his marriage certificate, Bruce listed his father as a medical practitioner named William King Bruce, but researchers are yet to find him.

“The only thing missing, frustratingly, is the identity of his father,”

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Road name Gateshead 1899
« on: Sunday 23 January 22 12:44 GMT (UK)  »
Can anyone help with deciphering address on marriage certificate .

The address is on the first attachment ,others for comparison .

I can read Romulus Street ,it's the one above.

W*r ** Yard??

Poor quality ,sorry ,had to have posted to a friend (our post is kaput) and they are not proficient with camera .

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