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Messages - kazzy77

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United States of America / Re: MAJOR STEWART, NORTH CAROLINA
« on: Wednesday 22 August 18 22:19 BST (UK)  »
I have those 2 US census records which do look like they are likely to be him.I look at them from time to time to see if I've missed anything. I am just frustrated that we still don't have a place or time of death as my grandad was never able to visit his fathers grave and it would be good to know what really became of him.

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United States of America / Re: MAJOR STEWART, NORTH CAROLINA
« on: Wednesday 22 August 18 21:19 BST (UK)  »
I am now a few years down the line and still no further along. My uncle has a researcher looking into it for him from family search and they go and message me for information! ::)
I am in discussions at the moment with my mum as to whether we should try the DNA route. After searching through passenger lists, births marriages and deaths, newspapers, census etc etc it seems it may be the only route we haven't gone down :-\

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WW1 In Memoriam / Re: 21/08/1918 William Thornhill age 18 Norfolk Regiment
« on: Wednesday 27 August 14 00:38 BST (UK)  »
Hello there I do believe we may have someone in common. William was cousin to my 2x great uncle Thomas Cooke who was killed 5 days after. Thomas' mother was Mary Jane Thornhill who was also half sister to Harry.
Karen

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Thomas started out in the K.O.Y.L.I but his battalion was disbanded and he was moved into the fusiliers. He earnt himself the MM DCM and MC. He was killed in Albert, France and is buried at Bronfay Farm Military Cemetery

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Lancashire / Re: census help
« on: Tuesday 10 September 13 17:58 BST (UK)  »
Hi there
My great grandmother was in a trip to coontown in 1907 as a family member has a postcard she sent from Belgium and some posters luggage tags etc that tie it all together. The only one I could find that was running that production at that time was will garland and his negro operetta and the article I read confirmed he did it in Belgium. My great grandmother Emma was known as Amy Stewart on stage apparently and travelled around England singing but it wasn't until I spoke with a family member that I found she travelled out of the country too. her  first husband was called major Stewart who I've been told was a concert pianist and his parents were in a dance troupe that travelled from Philadelphia. They were supposed to have had the surname of major but changed it to the surname of the leader of the troupe. I've not been able to prove or disprove about him and his parents but my mum told me there was a tv documentary many years ago about the troupe they were in.
Emma Stewart nee Daniels was born in Sutton oak in Lancashire abt 1874 and major was born in NC abt 1865. Hope this helps

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World War Two / Re: 64th Medium Regt RA
« on: Tuesday 10 January 12 23:27 GMT (UK)  »
Hi there David
my grandad was also in the 64th medium regiment RA as a bdr and pt instructor. Like yourself I am trying to piece together what happened and where. I have only just discovered that the reason they were on crete was due to the destroyer they were travelling on running out of fuel! My grandad used to give us little pieces of info but not a full story so we are just trying to put it together now. I knew he was mentioned in despatches twice but he'd never tell us what for. I know it was hard for him to talk about alot of it. You are right that its not the same reading about it online but I've found that I have been able to understand alot more and attach the fragments he told us to events.

Karen

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Other Countries / Re: george daniels- jamaica
« on: Wednesday 28 April 10 22:04 BST (UK)  »
thanks for those
i've got the marriage thanks iris.
thanks shaunj for the site info i think it might be worth a bash.
new territory here i come  ;D

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Other Countries / george daniels- jamaica
« on: Tuesday 27 April 10 23:23 BST (UK)  »
i've found my great great grandad george daniels on the england census from 1851 to 1881 and his birth is as being in the west indies around 1823. i know that he was black and was said to have been a stowaway to england aged about 16. from family i've been told he came from kingston, jamaica.
this is totally new territory so i'm unsure how to find him further back than i have. i've searched ancestry but not turned up anything so any help or suggestions would be really welcome :)
from what family have said he was told to run away by his mother when some men came to collect on a debt that the owner owed . he was said to have wrote to his mother for a while but stopped because he was frightened of being sent back. also i was told that he had whip marks on his back. i'm not 100% on the slavery timeline so any help with this would be great

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Lancashire / Re: census help
« on: Sunday 18 April 10 16:39 BST (UK)  »
thanks maggie
i agree it is a bit of an unusual combination of careers! i think maybe major was working for his step father in law who had 3 herbalist shops around st helen's, tyldesley and atherton. i have been fortunate to have been sent a publication about the father in law james jarvis wiggins (or benjamin wiggens according to the marriage) but he never mentions names or dates which is a bit frustrating. i'll definately look into the link as it is a bit of a coincidence. maybe something or maybe nothing. time will tell  :)
thanks again

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