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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Brooks
« on: Friday 18 June 21 12:27 BST (UK)  »
Thank you all for your replies.
Annette, I'll look further into the possibility that Thomas may have been a casualty in the Boar War.
He still remains a mystery.
Garstonite, thank you for the link, we've jet to research much of this branch so that's a fantastic start.

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Family History Beginners Board / Brooks
« on: Tuesday 15 June 21 06:02 BST (UK)  »
Hello all,
I hope that you and your loved ones are well.
I am looking for any information on my great x 2 uncle, Thomas Brooks b.1883 Loughborough to Charles 'Edwin' Brooks and Emma nee Mee. The family lived in Loughborough and had 11 children. Edwin's brother Albert b.1885 was my Great Grandfather.
It's thought that Thomas enlisted in ww1 and died in 1915, however I am yet to find any documents that match his age.
Also, any information on his extended family would be much appreciated, Charles  Mee b 1810 d 1884. Parents,  Joseph  Mee b 1756 d1852. Mother, Hannah Towe b 1775 d1857. Sarah Ann Brewin b Dec 29th 1821 d October  1891. Sarah Ann's  parents,  George  Brewin  and Elizabeth  Dudley,  b 1801 d 1839.

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Lanarkshire / Re: Thompson-Boyd
« on: Saturday 11 July 20 04:11 BST (UK)  »
No surname unfortunately.. they could be married also..
But another adventure...

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Lanarkshire / Re: Thompson-Boyd
« on: Saturday 11 July 20 02:43 BST (UK)  »
That's been tricky.. No record of his birth in Scotland under Thompson-Boyd.. Unless he hyphenated his own name.
I did find a Georgina Thompson Boyd born Glascow 1861, but no further details.
Edgar died 1942 im Vic, aged 79. A notice was put in the paper by his cousins Annie and Grace.
His death certificate says he was born in Scotland.
I love solving the puzzle! ;D

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Lanarkshire / Re: Thompson-Boyd
« on: Friday 10 July 20 12:40 BST (UK)  »
Hello to you all,
I hope I've posted this in the right place..
I finally recieved the download death certificate for Amy.
She WAS married to Edgar, in New Jersey! (20 years her junior).
What a mysterious man, marrying Amy after her 1st husband died (and perhaps fleeing Egypt to do so).. then marrying Elizabeth the same year Amy died.
He was buried with Amy in 1942.
Thanks so much to you all for your time and help!
- Oh, and Maddy, I'll never get anything else done now that you've shown me how to read even more old papers..
Absolutely love it!

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Lanarkshire / Re: Thompson-Boyd
« on: Thursday 02 July 20 08:44 BST (UK)  »
I'll get straight onto that, and absolutey I will let you know.
Thank you so much

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Lanarkshire / Re: Thompson-Boyd
« on: Thursday 02 July 20 08:31 BST (UK)  »
The dates are all very interesting,
I wonder if Edgar Thompson-Boyd was a student / working with James Broadway.
James died in 1887, and in 1888 Mrs Amy Broadway married Mr Thompson Boyd in Philadelphia.

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Lanarkshire / Re: Thompson-Boyd
« on: Thursday 02 July 20 08:18 BST (UK)  »
Wow Maddy, where do you find this information?  :D
I noted previously that Mr Thompson Boyd married 'Mrs' Amy Broadway in Philadelphia 1888, both of Cairo.

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Lanarkshire / Re: Thompson-Boyd
« on: Thursday 02 July 20 08:13 BST (UK)  »
Thanks so much to everyone who has taken time to look into this family.
Edgar remains somewhat of a mystery.. He is buried at Brighton Cemetery (Melbourne) with Amy Thompson d. 1896.
I will order Amy Thompson Boyd's death certificate and hopefully this will clear up whether she was Edgar's first wife, or his mother.
She would have been 20 years older, and I've seen no children of this marriage. Edgar married Elizabeth the same year Amy died, and had also had a child. As Amy died 16/07/1896 it seems strange that he could marry and father a child in the remaining months.
It is still a puzzle with the name Meyrick / Merryck being Amy's maiden name.
Hopefully we can track down where Broadway fits in!

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