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The Lighter Side / Re: Unfortunate surnames of the past #2
« on: Saturday 12 August 17 00:46 BST (UK) »
Has anyone mentioned Shatwell?
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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Anyone know what this says?
« on: Thursday 10 August 17 23:02 BST (UK) »
Someone who removed bones from bacon! 
. He would have worked in the butchery industry, perhaps in a bacon factory.
. He would have worked in the butchery industry, perhaps in a bacon factory.
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The Lighter Side / Re: Heir Hunters
« on: Thursday 10 August 17 10:51 BST (UK) »
Having been contacted by Finders International last year, I'd be interested to see this. Thanks for flagging it up, KG.
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London and Middlesex / Re: Charlotte Shaw birth 7 May 1805 Shoreditch, London, England
« on: Wednesday 09 August 17 14:10 BST (UK) »
Could there be a transcription error there, Jolee? If Charlotte was born 7 May, her death three months later would have been in August.
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London and Middlesex / Re: Charlotte Shaw birth 7 May 1805 Shoreditch, London, England
« on: Wednesday 09 August 17 13:57 BST (UK) »
There's an index record on Family Search for Charlotte Shaw that shows a christening on 27 May 1805 at St Leonard's, Shoreditch. It also records her date of birth (7 May 1805) and her date of death: 22 Aug 1805. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J3MS-WZ9. Parents are named.
Also on Family Search is a burial record: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NRQ1-MJX, with a burial date of 22 Aug 1805 (same as date of death) in Shoreditch.
Also on Family Search is a burial record: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NRQ1-MJX, with a burial date of 22 Aug 1805 (same as date of death) in Shoreditch.
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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Matching Signatures
« on: Tuesday 08 August 17 19:47 BST (UK) »
Top and bottom do, I think. The middle one: maybe - it looks like the short form of William, Wm. but the York part looks similar.
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Other Countries / Re: Charles William Wallace (1855–1916)
« on: Tuesday 08 August 17 15:36 BST (UK) »
There's a couple of hits in the British Newspaper Archives (http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk), which suggest that Charles William Wallace's Will was disputed in some way, something about "a clause providing that if his son failed to obtain a baronetcy ...". (I'm not at the library at the moment so can't read more than this).
Edit: I can see enough of it to grasp that if the son, Captain Charles William Wallace, of Asiiley Gardens, London, failed to obtain a baronetcy or superior title, the whole of the residuary estate, valued at over £250,000, would go to the British and Indian Treasuries. It seems the trustees were seeking to set aside this clause.
Edit: I can see enough of it to grasp that if the son, Captain Charles William Wallace, of Asiiley Gardens, London, failed to obtain a baronetcy or superior title, the whole of the residuary estate, valued at over £250,000, would go to the British and Indian Treasuries. It seems the trustees were seeking to set aside this clause.
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Other Countries / Re: Charles William Wallace (1855–1916)
« on: Tuesday 08 August 17 13:21 BST (UK) »
A great grandchild of Christian "Kate" Wallace was researching this family 19 years ago! http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/wallace/368/ http://www.genealogy.com/forum/regional/countries/topics/india/41/. Some information there. Interestingly, Helen Davidson's surname is given as Paton - Helen Davidson Paton.
And I see a marriage: Alexander Wallace (b. 1815, father Fraser Wallace) m. Helen Davidson Paton (b. 1826, father Charles Paton) on 25 Jan 1845, St Andrews Calcutta.
And I see a marriage: Alexander Wallace (b. 1815, father Fraser Wallace) m. Helen Davidson Paton (b. 1826, father Charles Paton) on 25 Jan 1845, St Andrews Calcutta.
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Other Countries / Re: Charles William Wallace (1855–1916)
« on: Tuesday 08 August 17 12:33 BST (UK) »
[Copied over from the thread on the beginners board]
I see three children of Alexander Wallace and Helen nee Davidson (the parents of Charles William Wallace, named in Grace's Guide).
Christian Jane Wallace, b. 20 Jan 1846, Calcutta
Jessie Paton Wallace, b. 20 Sep 1848, Calcutta
Charles William Wallace, b. 21 Nov 1855, Calcutta - your gg grandfather
So two sisters for Charles. I don't see Alexander or other siblings yet.
I see three children of Alexander Wallace and Helen nee Davidson (the parents of Charles William Wallace, named in Grace's Guide).
Christian Jane Wallace, b. 20 Jan 1846, Calcutta
Jessie Paton Wallace, b. 20 Sep 1848, Calcutta
Charles William Wallace, b. 21 Nov 1855, Calcutta - your gg grandfather
So two sisters for Charles. I don't see Alexander or other siblings yet.