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World War One / Re: Gertrude Mary Giltinan
« on: Monday 25 March 24 17:05 GMT (UK) »
I thought you were looking for the nurse who died in active service? Did you look at the correct entry on that leaflet? She was aged 38. Some sites and the photo have her dying in 1919 not 1918 but I think it is the same person.
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World War One / Re: Gertrude Mary Giltinan
« on: Monday 25 March 24 16:55 GMT (UK) »
https://florence-nightingale.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/hlf-volunteer-research-leaflet.pdf
Given that the mortuaries were full, and the undertakers could not keep up the pace, she may have been buried in a mass grave??
Given that the mortuaries were full, and the undertakers could not keep up the pace, she may have been buried in a mass grave??
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Surrey Lookup Requests / Re: The Infirmary, Hame Road, Farnham
« on: Saturday 27 January 24 18:03 GMT (UK) »
I have family born in the 1920's and 1930's who were born all over the place, no where near where they were from and no connection. Upon asking in the family, it turned out that work was so scarce that people would travel hundreds of miles upon a whisper of a prospect just for the sake of a chance of getting a job and hopefully enough to feed the family for a while.
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Montgomeryshire / Re: 1858 marriage
« on: Saturday 27 January 24 17:56 GMT (UK) »
From the 1871 census, it would appear that Mary was born in Aberdare (and eldest son William was born in Merthyr as was the father harpist William) so I would try and look at the marriages and banns in Aberdare first. The district for Aberdare is Pontypridd, and for Merthyr Tydfil it is the district too if that is any help. I have a lot of family from Wales and most of the marriages cannot be found online as they are non-conformists.
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Durham / Re: Edward John Jewitt
« on: Saturday 27 January 24 16:55 GMT (UK) »
In case you don't have it, there is a newspaper article - The Consett Guardian 4 Dec 1908 about the death of the second son of John Jewitt of the Miners' Arms Inn, Medomsley. His name was George and he died age 27 as a result of ptomaine poisoning which turned into jaundice, from eating three pork pies at a chrysanthemum show in Corbridge. He was buried at Medomsley Churchyard.
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The Common Room / Re: Problem finding a 2x great aunt
« on: Saturday 27 January 24 16:24 GMT (UK) »
In 1911 Elizabeth and Walter Perrin have living with them a niece called Christine Williams, single, born c1886 in Bristol, Gloucestershire and she is a schoolmistress for the school board.
Just checked, that is no help for the Thompson side of things, Christine's mother is Annie nee Perrin.
Just checked, that is no help for the Thompson side of things, Christine's mother is Annie nee Perrin.
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The Common Room / Re: Problem finding a 2x great aunt
« on: Saturday 27 January 24 16:12 GMT (UK) »
Edward Thompson on the marriage register (28 Mar 1891 for Elizabeth Thompson and Albert Hardwell) has his occupation listed as a boot finisher.
There is a marriage on 29 Sep 1887 for an Elizabeth Ann Thompson to a Walter George Perrin in St Philip and St Jacob, Bristol and her father is Edward Thompson a Victualler.
There is a marriage on 29 Sep 1887 for an Elizabeth Ann Thompson to a Walter George Perrin in St Philip and St Jacob, Bristol and her father is Edward Thompson a Victualler.
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The Common Room / Re: Problem finding a 2x great aunt
« on: Saturday 27 January 24 15:54 GMT (UK) »
From further research with census and birth records, I think the Rosina who married William Parsley was the daughter of a James Roberts Thompson, so not your one.