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The Lighter Side / Re: Great grand xxxx
« on: Saturday 24 September 16 20:26 BST (UK)  »
HI everyone,

Many thanks for all of your thoughts. It looks like a case of when in Rome.....etc.

Peter, I have a nephew who called me unk when he was young, never heard the term since until you mentioned it.

Rudolf, That is a very nice diagram, I like it, much easier to visualise than the usual diamond shaped one. It does sit on the fence though, great-aunt & great-uncle, but grand-niece & grand- nephew.

Cheers
Maurice

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The Lighter Side / Great grand xxxx
« on: Friday 23 September 16 21:51 BST (UK)  »
G'day everyone,
I was reading a legal document recently and something in it referring to how we address people caught my eye.
Most people nowadays have parents, we know them as our father and mother. They had parents who are our GRAND parents, grandfather & grandmother. Their parents were our GREAT GRAND parents, and so on.
Going the other direction, if we have children they are our sons & daughters, Their children are our GRAND children, grandsons & granddaughters, and their children will be our GREAT GRAND children, and so on.
What caught my eye was the words 'greatniece' & 'greatnephew', the children of a niece. Strange, I thought, shouldn't that be grandniece & grandnephew? Then it occured to me that in my family our grandfather's sister was referred to as 'greataunt xxxx'. I have noticed other people using the same terminology as well, so its not just in my family.
So, I guess that the questions are, what is 'correct', what do great & grand mean, is there a difference and does it really matter? (And the answer is not 42, although it might well be).
Cheers

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One Name Studies: H to M / Re: LEPINE
« on: Monday 12 September 16 00:44 BST (UK)  »
Hi Jon,

Many thanks for the information, greatly appreciated.

Yes, very prolific. I'm amazed that it was possible to raise such a large family on one income, perhaps being a mason had something to do with it.

Cheers
Maurice

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One Name Studies: H to M / Re: LEPINE
« on: Sunday 11 September 16 12:07 BST (UK)  »
Hi,

My 2c2r, Elizabeth Bellingham Grout married Frank Lepine Woodhouse in Sept 1891, both were born in Redhill/Reigate Surrey in about 1868.
Frank's parents were James Woodhouse (b.abt 1820 in Warwickshire) and Ruth Lepine (b.1826 in Paddington, Middlesex). They had married in Jan 1847 in Paddington, Ruth's father was shown as Stephen Lepine, a Cordwainer. On Ruth's baptism her mother was shown as Abigail.
I haven't looked any further back than Stephen & Abigail.
One of Frank & Elizabeth's daughter, Edith Ruth Woodhouse ended up in Australia with her 2 sons (via Hong Kong)
It would be interesting to find out which branch of the Lepine clan they come from.

Cheers
Maurice

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The Lighter Side / Re: The pre census and BMD cert era. Much harder.
« on: Saturday 03 September 16 04:36 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: ..claire.. on Tuesday 16 August 16 14:20 BST (UK)

The only thing I thought they may have pondered about was the minister who signed the register as Robert Lampen - lecturer. But he was a minister.

claire

But, he was a lecturer, see Wikipedia..

"In the Church of England, a lecturer is typically a junior or assistant curate serving in a parish."

Cheers



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New Zealand Completed Requests / Re: headstone photos
« on: Saturday 02 January 16 23:51 GMT (UK)  »
Pictures sent, let me know if they arrived ok

Cheers

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New Zealand Completed Requests / Re: headstone photos
« on: Saturday 02 January 16 23:06 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Chanelle,

Yes I still have them, PM me an e-mail address and I'll send them to you.

Cheers

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Family History Programs, Tree Organisation, Presentation / Re: Software?
« on: Thursday 31 December 15 20:32 GMT (UK)  »
The software appears to be available from TWR Computing.
http://www.twrcomputing.co.uk/store/Generations_Family_Tree_Software.html
They do caution "We don't recommend the use of Generations for continuing work on your tree but if you need access to your data and have lost the old program CD then you may download this version."
I'm not connected to the company in any way, Google is your friend.
Roots Magic is another programme to try.

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Australia / Re: Edith Ruth Andrews
« on: Monday 21 December 15 06:06 GMT (UK)  »
majm, cando & cupoflife, you are fantastic, thanks for all of the info that you have dug up. I'm amazed at the skill and willingness of forum members to help complete strangers.

OK, the plastic card worked and the death certificate information ties in exactly with my cousin Edith Ruth Woodhouse (apart from the spelling of her mother's surname, Grant, should be Grout, but I am used to that).

Now I have to expand my family tree and include all of the stuff that you have found out.

Again, many thanks.

emmygee

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