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Derbyshire / Re: Hugh Fletcher married Elizabeth Burrows 14/6/1842 Derbyshire
« on: Tuesday 12 March 24 11:40 GMT (UK)  »
There is a will for Hugh Fletcher (senior) that can be found on FindMyPast, which was was made in 1843.
Hugh Fletcher, the elder, Farmer, of Miles Ash near Darley Abbey.

Named are - Hannah Fletcher (wife),  Hugh Fletcher (son), James Blackwell (son-in-law, Derby Inn Keeper), John Derbyshire (Grandson) and Emma Derbyshire (Granddaughter).
Probate granted to Hugh Fletcher (son) and Hannah Fletcher (widow) 9th October1849.

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Derbyshire / Re: Heath Parish Records
« on: Saturday 17 December 22 17:17 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks Rosie. I think I've solved the puzzle. The last but one page of the second document shows two newspaper cuttings from the Derbyshire Times and Derbyshire Chronicle for the 24th June 1882 that must have been stuck into the book. They describe the book as having been lost from Chesterfield parish church for some 50 to 60 years and rediscovered when offered for sale by a Derby book seller and few weeks before the newspaper articles where written.
Fascinating.
Still doesn't explain why Ancestry catalogue the contents for Heath parish and not Chestefield. Ho hum.

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Derbyshire / Heath Parish Records
« on: Saturday 17 December 22 16:46 GMT (UK)  »
I'm a bit puzzled by the Heath parish records on Ancestry. When I search for Henry Hardwick baptised
10 August 1755 I find him recorded and can see the film of the original document for Heath All Saints church 1682-1812
When I search for John Hardwick baptised 11 February 1753 I find him recorded  and can see a film of a different original document for Heath 1712-1760.
Looking through the first document for John Hardwick there is no record of his baptism in 1753. Likewise there is no record for Henry Hardwick's baptism for 1755 in the second ducument.
Actually I am more than a bit puzzled ?????

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Yorkshire (West Riding) / Re: Hillhouse, Bradfield
« on: Thursday 12 May 22 16:18 BST (UK)  »
Thank you so much Claire, that is a great piece of information to add to my records (another skeleton for the closet).
Francis Fearn was baptised at St Nicholas, Bradfield in May 1760, father: Henry Fearn/Fern of Hill House, Bradfield. Henry is my 6x gt grandfather through his daughter Martha (bap. 1762).

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Yorkshire (West Riding) / Re: Hillhouse, Bradfield
« on: Wednesday 04 May 22 13:24 BST (UK)  »
It does now. I don't think it would have looked that good when my ancestor lived there as a tenant farmer in the 1770's

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Yorkshire (West Riding) / Re: Hillhouse, Bradfield
« on: Wednesday 04 May 22 08:38 BST (UK)  »
Thank you Pauline, I should have thought of looking at the Census information. I found mention of Hill House in the 1841 Census for Bradfield district 7. It appears to have been a farmstead.

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Yorkshire (West Riding) / Hillhouse, Bradfield
« on: Tuesday 03 May 22 16:35 BST (UK)  »
I would like to know a little about a place called Hillhouse in the parish of Bradfield. It crops up in the Bradfield parish records in the mid 18th century as the abode of a Fern/Fearn family.
Would it have just been a farmstead or was it more substantial than that. Any information would be gratefully received.

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Other Countries / Re: Norma Evadne Sobers
« on: Monday 13 July 20 11:31 BST (UK)  »
It appears that there were two people named Norma E Sobers that trained as nurses.

1. Born Norma Eloria Williams about 1940. She married a Theophilus Sobers in 1964 in Bath, Somerset. She was working in the hospital in Bath and registered as a nurse in 1966.

2. Born Norma Evadne Sobers (?) in 1933 (according to death record). When she arrived in the UK (1957)she lived and worked at the hospital in Newbury, Berks. In 1965 she worked at the hospital in Maidenhead, Berks where she was registered as a nurse. In the 1960 Electoral Registers she is recorded as living in Maidenhead, Berks. My parents were living in Maidenhead at the time they adopted her son in 1962 so I am confident that this is the one I'm interested in.

I guess that it is possible that either of them could have married Thomas Dyett in 1968 so I will have to send for the marriage certificate to see if that sheds any light. I have already sent for her death certificate.

Is there any way of finding Barbados birth records without having to go there?

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Other Countries / Re: Norma Evadne Sobers
« on: Monday 13 July 20 07:04 BST (UK)  »
The Norma Sobers found in Chelsea may well be the same one, thanks. She initially went to train as a nurse at the hospital in Newbury, Berks when she arrived in 1957 and in 1958 when her son was born she was in Maidenhead. Her son was adopted by my parents in 1962 and apart from a single meeting in adult life has had no contact. The son did not know his natural mother had died and knew nothing of her early life.
I would very much like to fill in as many gaps in his knowledge as possible, particularly if there is a source for information about her life in Barbados.

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