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Family Bibles / SUCCESS Re: James family bible, BELIEVED to be from Faringdon / Littleworth area
« on: Thursday 14 February 19 18:54 GMT (UK)  »
After several previous attempts to trace the current generation of this family I am extremely pleased to say that the bible is now on it's way to Australia to the 2 x great granddaughter of the original recipient, Edward James 1827 - 1891.  The bible was dedicated to Edward in 1838 by his mother Sarah (Gould) & is inscribed with his & his wife’s date of birth, their marriage date & the birth of their 2 children.  One daughter married, lived in the Reading area and had one daughter who never married or had children.  The other married & emigrated to Australia.  Explains why it was so difficult to track them down!

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Family Bibles / Re: James family bible, BELIEVED to be from Faringdon / Littleworth area
« on: Friday 01 February 19 12:02 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks Carol - good idea.

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Family Bibles / Re: James family bible, BELIEVED to be from Faringdon / Littleworth area
« on: Friday 01 February 19 11:03 GMT (UK)  »
OK - thanks, I looked to do that but couldn't see how!

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Family Bibles / Re: James family bible, BELIEVED to be from Faringdon / Littleworth area
« on: Friday 01 February 19 09:41 GMT (UK)  »


mike

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Family Bibles / Re: James family bible, BELIEVED to be from Faringdon / Littleworth area
« on: Friday 01 February 19 09:22 GMT (UK)  »
Hello Sue,
Yes, it's been a long time. but I do still have the bible, if I can find it again!

If you can give me some more information to check against it I'll very gladly let you have it if it's a match.

Mike

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Occupation Interests / Re: Watermen and lighter-men Apprenticeships Bindings Look up Please?
« on: Saturday 21 March 09 19:35 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Sue,
Like others I have just stumbled across your excellent work on here and am hoping you may be able to help me please.
I am looking for any information at all on the Brucas family who were watermen / Lightermen but seemed to have a distinct aversion to anything to do with census etc!
Immediate point of contact is Elias Brucas born c1780 and his son James Brucas c 1808.
As usual spellings are variously Brucas, Brucass, Brocas etc. etc I'm afraid.
The family seems to have been based mainly in the West of London, Brentford, Putney etc. but also in the Westminster area and seem to have married Kentish girls at least twice.

Any information very gratefully received!

Many thanks for your help.

best Regards

Mike


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London & Middlesex Completed Lookup Requests / Re: John Armitage Marriage - Ealing 1827
« on: Friday 12 September 08 19:11 BST (UK)  »
Hello Dawn,

Hope you've been having a better summer than us!!

Many thanks for this, it's added a bit more to the jigsaw - well done ;D

The family was certainly in Brentford at the time, BUT now I'm wondering if in fact Robert was really Sarah's (1805) father - or was her mother widowed and Sarah illegitimate??

By coincidence I had a contact via Genes Reunited a day or two ago:-

..."a Charlotte Langsdon (Langston ?) baptised Ealing April 1817 who I think is the daughter of John Langston born Old Brentford about 1776 and his wife Sarah"...

Could explain why they were back in Brentford if Charlotte's parents were there - especially if she was widowed.

Thanks again for all this!!

Mike

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Mayo / Re: Patrick Molloy / Malloy c1902 from Mayo
« on: Wednesday 02 July 08 14:37 BST (UK)  »
This is the detail we obtained from the various certificates that have just arrived:-

Birth certificates

30 August 1879 at Lee's Back Houses off Belle Green Lane, Ince
Catherine Cunliffe dau of Michael lab at iron works and Mary nee Gavigan
 
2 March 1902 at 5 Francis Street, Ince
Patrick Malloy son of Peter lab at coke ovens and Catherine nee Cunliffe.

Marriage Cert

8 May 1899 at St Williams Catholic Church, Wigan, Lancs
Peter Molloy 26 bac general lab of 41 Longfield Street Aspull son of Patrick farmer
&
Catherine Cunniffe 21 sp of 10 Kirkless Lane Ince dau of Michael general lab
 
Wits: the mark of P..? Molloy (it's smudged so we can't see what the rest is) & Minnie Cone


So that blows one theory – Peter c1873 Ireland was the son of Patrick, not Thomas as we had suspected.

Encouragingly though all the age indicators for Peter keep pointing to 1873 quite consistently.

Is ANYONE please going to the Dublin records office to do a lookup for us PLEASE!

ALL expenses etc. gladly reimbursed, coffe + sticky bun included!


Mike

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Mayo / Re: Patrick Molloy / Malloy c1902 from Mayo
« on: Friday 27 June 08 18:55 BST (UK)  »
Many thanks for that.

I kno wthat at the moment the father being Thomas is very flaky, but as you say the certificate shouls give us the full name.

The first and only census we can find the family in for sure is the UK 1901 and that only says "Ireland", we suspect that we also have Peter in the 1891 but again it only says "Ireland" - very frustrating!

I'll certainly check the Wigan link, many thanks for that it was one I din't know about.

Regards

Mike

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