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The Lighter Side / Re: Marrying your dead wife’s sister
« on: Tuesday 26 March 24 10:17 GMT (UK)  »
My Grandmother's cousin married, as her 3rd husband, their Aunt's widower
She therefore became step-mother to her two cousins

She had divorced her first husband for cruelty ( a rare thing in the early 1900's) -- he later went on to murder the supposed lover of his second wife and was sentenced to hang, but the sentence was commuted to life imprisonment.

She and my Grandmother were close, and my Grandmother inherited several pieces of her gold jewellery which I now have.
One of the pieces has initials on -- but I cannot find anyone with those initials in any of the families she was connected to, so where it has come from is a mystery!

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The Common Room / Re: Finding a will beneficiary called Nicola. How do "THEY" do it?
« on: Saturday 23 March 24 17:03 GMT (UK)  »
..and the full electoral roll.

That the likes of us don't have access to  :)

Yes you do...it is publicly available (but not online) ..... usually at the relevant council office.

But when filling in the form, you can tick for your name not to be included on a publically-available list

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Derbyshire / Re: HADFIELD in Chapel en le Frith/Chapel Milton in 17th/18th Centuries
« on: Wednesday 03 January 24 10:29 GMT (UK)  »
I have an Ann Lingard, daughter of Nicholas Lingard (b 1673) & Ann Ashton who married a Hadfield at around that time.
I don't have any more information at present -- my notes under Nicholas say " His children's names from Wills of sister Ann Kirk and brother-in-law Francis Ashton"

I will have a look later today for my notes on the wills and see if there is any further information


Nicholas was from the  branch of the Lingard family that lived at Stodhart / Stoddart  in Chapel-en-le-Frith. Stodhart is / was a house /farm between Chapel Milton & Chapel-en-le-Frith.
Rev James Clegg of Chinley Chapel fame lived & farmed at Stodhart in the 1700s


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Hampshire & Isle of Wight / Re: Looking for two old houses in Bournemouth ...
« on: Saturday 30 December 23 16:01 GMT (UK)  »
Alwyn (the owner of the flickr site mentioned in the above reply) is very knowledgeable about Bournemouth history -- he has a huge collection of postcards of the area.
It might be worthwhile to contact him and see if he can help identify the addresses for you

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Marriage certs
« on: Monday 02 October 23 10:51 BST (UK)  »
Many Church Registers are on Ancestry, FindMyPast or similar sites

The actual Registers are often held at the local County Archives
A few may still be held at the actual Church

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Marriage certs
« on: Monday 02 October 23 09:56 BST (UK)  »
There won't be a "marriage certificate" for the 1831 marriage -- it was before Registration started in 1837.
You should be able to find the entry in the Church Marriage register which will probably give the father's names.

For the 1864 marriage, there will be an entry in the Church Register and a Marriage Certificate --which will give identical information as one is a copy of the other. Again you should get the father's names.

The Mother's name was never asked for or entered on a marriage certificate or in Church registers.

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Yes, I have an ancestor marrying as a "single man" in the 1780s in the same church where his first wife and baby daughter were buried 6 years earlier.

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The Common Room / Re: The harrowing lives of Pauper Apprentices in Yorkshire.
« on: Thursday 18 May 23 22:37 BST (UK)  »
An interesting paper on Foundling Hospitals and Apprentices

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03071022.2023.2179747

The Rev Thomas Trant mentioned as associated with the Ackworth Foundling Hospital in the 1740s was my 5xGreat Grandfather

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The Lighter Side / Re: Admitting defeat on some ancestors.
« on: Tuesday 09 May 23 20:11 BST (UK)  »
My brick wall is my 3x Great Grandmother

Her first name is Eliza, and on the 1851 census she gave her birthplace as the Isle of Wight.
Her surname might be Warburg / Warbury (spelling varies on different transcriptions) as this name appears in later generations.

She married my 3x great Grandfather James Whitney sometime around 1820 plus or minus about 5 years.

He was born in Herefordshire, had previously married Avis Wilson in 1814 in London. They had a child born & died 1815 in Rickmansworth Hertfordshire
By 1841, James & Eliza were back in Hereford with son Edwin born about 1825 (born in county)

What happened to Avis and when / where James & Eliza married is a mystery!

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