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I have an image of an old gravestone, from roughly early to mid 19th century. Very weathered and most of the smaller inscription cannot be read unless enhanced in some way. Sadly documentary information is lost due to a rectory fire in the early 20th century.

The question is can this image be enhanced enough to make sense of the inscription? Anybody looking for a challenge?

 

Thanks for the link. An interesting site yet the census for 1920 is not due release until 2020 and the message forum does not work. Back to the drawing board!

Del

The Sinclair angle baffles me as well. I cannot find any logical link to the subject Bests.

I have found a Nellie Best (Nellie=Ellen?) aged 25 travelling with a Mary Jane Best aged 59, on the Virginian, Liverpool to Montreal & Quebec in 1907.
A Nellie/ Ellen Holliday married a Frank Best and likely the eventual parents of Alec P Best. Mary Jane would be the Aunt of Frank Best. Interestingly Nellie had an address in Pitsmoor in Sheffield, the very area that Ellen and Alec were headed to in 1920 when leaving St Johns NB.

Yes she is mine. I know all needed to know from marriage onwards. I knew nothing of Alec prior to that time. Where he came from, parents etc. I was also puzzled how a person of seemingly British/ Sheffield roots came to be fighting in the RAFVR as a Canadian. Now all is clear..... thank you.

Would you care to help me unravel another family mystery, again Canadian interests, favoured with Poole Dorset?

Del

I am looking for any information on an Alec Patrick Best who would have been born around 1911. I have an Ellen Best and a son Alec leaving Saint Johns in May 1920 on the Minnedosa, arriving Liverpool UK 24th May 1920. They provided a forwarding address of 137 Fox Street, Pitsmoor, Sheffield. It does seem that family Best was well represented in that street so likely this address was a relative. The Alec I seek went on to join the RAFVR around 1938. Any help appreciated.

Del