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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: What does this mean on 1841 census?
« on: Monday 11 August 14 13:13 BST (UK)  »
Poor little things…..must've been so, so hard.


Thank you very much for all your replies.


Julie

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: What does this mean on 1841 census?
« on: Monday 11 August 14 12:01 BST (UK)  »
Thanks for your replies…..

The 1841 entry is Samuel Collinge, born 1818 in Lancashire. The Civil Parish is Prestwich cum Oldham, Samuel was living in Whitefield. No indication of whether it was on a farm….OOOPPPs! Just realised it was the entry above Samuel's that had this annotation (for a 10 year old) and another entry just down from Samuel's for 35 year old….Would a 10 year old be an ag lab?

Julie

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / What does this mean on 1841 census?
« on: Monday 11 August 14 10:56 BST (UK)  »
Hello. Does anybody know what this means? At first I thought it said Ag Lab, but it appears to say Aug L. There are several entries the same on this particular census page. There are also entries which are clearly for Apprentice, so it is not that….

Thanks
Julie

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Lancashire Lookup Requests / Re: Chapel of Leck
« on: Sunday 20 April 14 11:36 BST (UK)  »
Thanks for this link too, the Lancs on-line parish clerk site is very useful…. Julie

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Lancashire Lookup Requests / Re: Chapel of Leck
« on: Saturday 19 April 14 16:16 BST (UK)  »
Thank you for the link. I have several ancestors baptised in the Chapel of Leck in the 1820s/1830s so was trying to establish if it still exists. Seems the original building doesn't and is now St Peter's. Thanks again. Julie.

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Lancashire Lookup Requests / Chapel of Leck
« on: Saturday 19 April 14 15:32 BST (UK)  »
Hello, I assume this is St Peter's Church in Leck… could someone confirm that for me? Thank you.

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Does this say Mary E Douglass?
« on: Monday 06 January 14 16:24 GMT (UK)  »
I've received the MC for James Walker & Elizabeth ….Newby! Everything ties in …. he was an omnibus conducter, a widow, aged 40. Ties in with birth c1816 I have for him in the censuses, also being married before, father was also James, a turnkey (prison warder). Elizabeth was a 29 year old spinster living in Salford at time of marriage.

I'm really pleased…..

Thanks so much for your help with this.

Julie


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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Does this say Mary E Douglass?
« on: Wednesday 01 January 14 18:44 GMT (UK)  »
I'll definitely let you know when I get the MC. I really hope it's the right couple!

I didn't expect 'Nuby' to exist as a real name, but it does, however, I would think it's Newby in this circumstance, would you?,  and it is Elizabeth's nephew. Everything ties in, though I know this doesn't mean anything is definite…...

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Does this say Mary E Douglass?
« on: Wednesday 01 January 14 17:27 GMT (UK)  »
I ordered the MC for James & Elizabeth yesterday. Although I feel certain the marriage you found in 1856 is the correct couple.

I also found the possible 1840 census entry you've referred to. Also, I found an 1851 entry, with James 1816 a coachman,  Ann 1815, Charles 1840, Sarah A 1844, James 1847 and George 1850. James and George are on the 1861 with their 1/2 siblings who James had with Elizabeth.

I had got nowhere with this branch for over two years until the last couple of days when I stumbled across my G Grandfather William Walker in 1881, as I knew he was a confectioner, and luckily this wasn't a common profession. But he was listed as Wm and it never came up as William, I should have thought to look for Wm! But we learn as we go along. All I knew was his father was called James. Since I found him, it's opened up all these possibilities to check out. It's great to get help, as sometimes it's easy to look at one entry and get carried away, as I did with assuming Elizabeth was born in Leek!


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