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South Africa / Re: What to do with info from the NAAIRS
« on: Wednesday 26 March 14 17:21 GMT (UK)  »
I do know he had a wife, Margery Gough, married in 1918, in Barnet, Middx. Don't know about children though. I was hoping to find information on him in South Africa to see if he had any children there. The current family in South Africa is from a nearer branch (cousins) and quite coincidental, while this guy is my great grand uncle.

Thanks.

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South Africa / Re: What to do with info from the NAAIRS
« on: Wednesday 26 March 14 12:56 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you, that was helpful. I still have family in Cape Town so I'll ask one of them to head over to the archives to have a look.

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South Africa / What to do with info from the NAAIRS
« on: Tuesday 25 March 14 16:01 GMT (UK)  »
Hi there, following a link from above, in this thread http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=243942.0 I did a search for one of my relatives and it turned up this

DEPOT     KAB                                                                   
SOURCE    MOOC                                                                 
TYPE      LEER                                                                 
VOLUME_NO 6/9/9782                                                             
SYSTEM    01                                                                   
REFERENCE 83748                                                                 
PART      1                                                                     
DESCRIPTION          ELLIS, CECIL HAMILTON. ESTATE PAPERS.                                 
STARTING  19430000                                                             
ENDING    19430000 

Trouble is I have no idea what it means or what to do next. How do I go about seeing the documents?

Also I know he died in South Africa, and no mention is made of him back in England, so I assume he's buried over there, is there any way I can find out where? Or anything more? Other sites and places to search?

Many thanks.

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Shropshire / Re: Trail goes cold in Shropshire
« on: Wednesday 12 March 14 14:49 GMT (UK)  »
Bit of a long shot that you're still around and might catch this, but since I realised that on Charles' marriage certificate it's witnessed by Thomas Ellis that confirms everything said above, I was wondering if you might be able to share a bit more info on their parents, Benjamin and Sarah.

I can't find anything on ancestry.co.uk about Sarah Hill, or their wedding. Do you have the info?

Also, may I see Thomas's will?

Thanks

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Shropshire / Re: Trail goes cold in Shropshire
« on: Monday 02 December 13 18:04 GMT (UK)  »
Hiya,

That's really interesting, builds up a nice picture of what they were doing. Since Charles in later life went on to be a tax assessor and conveyancer they both require (I would have thought) some formal training, the kind of thing a clerk would have, especially around that area, Temple, where you have the bars.

What is an under porter? I wonder what they were doing when they first moved down, and what prompted them to move.

I haven't found anything in the 1841 census. Can you show me the page?

It certainly seems logical that they are brothers.

Many thanks

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Shropshire / Re: Trail goes cold in Shropshire
« on: Sunday 01 December 13 23:30 GMT (UK)  »
Hiya, that sounds possible. On Charles' death certificate his occupation is a tax inspector, and on his marriage certificate he's a 'conveyancer'. It's not inconceivable that a change of occupation from verger occurred, especially as Charles, and all his descendants up to the war (bomb damage destroyed the office), did live and work not far away from Temple Church, on Chancery Lane, which is pretty much opposite.

I have Benjamin's wife down as Sarah Briggs, but I have no idea why. I can't find anything that says as much. I think that Benjamin is the son of Benjamin and Jane Ellis, so if that tallies up with you then we might be on to something.

Did Thomas stay in Shropshire or did he also move to London?

Regards

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Shropshire / Re: Trail goes cold in Shropshire
« on: Thursday 22 August 13 10:07 BST (UK)  »
Okay thanks all :)

Is there a way of seeing a full list of Parish Registers online? Or even which are in the process of being digitized? Or do I have to go up and check the parish itself?


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Shropshire / Re: Trail goes cold in Shropshire
« on: Wednesday 21 August 13 14:26 BST (UK)  »
Hi again,

How reliable is that familysearch.org? It has a lot of information I can't find elsewhere, so I'm having a hard time verifying it with secondary sources. For instance, that Charles Ellis linked above, christened in 1815, father Benjamin, mother Sarah. If I do a search over a wider period for a Benjamin Ellis I find one born not far (or perhaps far in those days?) away in 1782. Assuming the census info of Charles' Birth is right, he was born 1812, only christened 3 years later, which would mean that Benjamin would be 30 at his birth, which is perfectly reasonable, but it's not conclusive. I can follow the whole thing back to 1577 just using the fathers name and picking one who would be of a reasonable age.

That's not really solid ground, or is it? For all I know Benjamin could have been born in Northumbria and moved to Shropshire to give birth to little Charles.

I guess what I'm really asking is, am I doing it all wrong?

Many thanks.

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Shropshire / Re: Trail goes cold in Shropshire
« on: Tuesday 20 August 13 15:59 BST (UK)  »
Shucks. Still, it might give other useful information? I'll wait and see, but that familysearch.org website seems to have a lot more info, so I have plenty to do :)

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