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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Great-grandmother Alice Thompson - date?
« on: Friday 29 July 16 07:31 BST (UK)  »
Thanks all for your interest and time!

The Women's Land Army wasn't something I had thought of before, but judging by those postcards it's a great call, they are a perfect match - thank you very much Carol and Amelia.

Off to research the WLA!

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Family Bibles / JAMES family bible looking for a home
« on: Thursday 28 July 16 21:53 BST (UK)  »
Hi all

I have here a rather sadly dilapidated but still readable Welsh language bible. It belonged to David James, born in Porth 28th September 1872, and his wife Margaret, born in Aberdare March 28th 1877; married at Pontypridd 26th May 1900. Children and grandchildren are given also.

If these are your ancestors or you know someone who would be interested in having this bible/seeing photos please let me know, would be nice to think it was of interest to someone.

Sarah

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Great-grandmother Alice Thompson - date?
« on: Thursday 28 July 16 21:40 BST (UK)  »
Hello all

Just wondering if anyone might be able to estimate the date of this photo for me. Searches for the photographer's studio have drawn a blank. Alice was born in 1890 if that helps. I've no evidence of her marriage, so unfortunately the absence of a wedding ring isn't much of a guide.

I'm also wondering about her outfit. I'm thinking it may be some kind of work uniform, like a cross between an overall and a dress... any ideas in this area would be gratefully received.

Many thanks in advance,
Sarah

(Sorry it's a photo rather than a scan - the original is at my mother's but I am burning with curiosity today!)

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Somerset / Re: Edith Dennis, b 1882 or 1883, connected with Wells
« on: Tuesday 02 July 13 21:58 BST (UK)  »
That is some fantastic information, thank you so much!

Auntie lived in Bedfordshire but was from Salford, my grandmother was taken there first to see her grandmother & then back to Beds.

I think Edith was a friend of my great-grandmother, but I don't know where they met.

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Somerset / Edith Dennis, b 1882 or 1883, connected with Wells
« on: Tuesday 02 July 13 20:55 BST (UK)  »
Hello all

In 1930, aged 4, my grandmother Ida Margaret Walker was sent from Canada to England by her parents to live with an aunt. We think Edith Dennis was her chaperone on the crossing; the ship was the Cunard Alaunia & it docked in London on 16th June 1930. Edith Dennis' age was stated on the ship's documents as 46, and her intended address was 6 Stanley Terrace in Wells, although her 'permanent intended place of future residence' states 'Other part of the British Empire' (i.e. not UK or Eire).

The story is a legend in our family & I would love to hear it from the other side, if anyone can help.

I hope this is an OK request under the rules, apologies if not  :-\

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Immigrants & Emigrants - General / Re: Teenage emigration
« on: Tuesday 02 July 13 20:33 BST (UK)  »
Hi jorose

Thanks for your reply.

I have not been able to find William definitively on any census, but Albert is on both 1901 and 1911. He also appears on a 1916 census for Alberta, Canada, but William is not on there either. (He seems to have had an aversion to records, I cannot find his marriage either!)

I genuinely don't know whether they would have had any contacts already living in Canada. Sadly, my great-uncle from whom we got the story has passed away since.

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Derbyshire / Re: Missing marriage - Long Eaton 1918
« on: Sunday 30 June 13 20:20 BST (UK)  »
Thank you all for your input, I really appreciate it and it is lovely to see how friendly everyone is here  :D

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Immigrants & Emigrants - General / Re: Teenage emigration
« on: Sunday 30 June 13 09:51 BST (UK)  »
Hi Andy

Thanks for the link. I'll certainly consider the possibility.

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Derbyshire / Re: Missing marriage - Long Eaton 1918
« on: Sunday 30 June 13 09:38 BST (UK)  »
Well that's the only conclusion I have drawn so far! He was born outside wedlock himself, so maybe he didn't put too much value on marriage.

My information on the year & place of marriage comes from my grandmother's Canadian birth cert, it's nice and detailed. But I doubt the registrar was inclined to check the truth of what he was told.

The one thing I can't work out is, if William & Alice were going to make up a pretend marriage, why did they choose Long Eaton, a place neither of them had any other connection with?

It's a mystery  ???

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