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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Waterprover?
« on: Sunday 08 June 14 17:43 BST (UK) »
Yes, that's it, Waterprover and Writer. I thought I was misreading the second word. But what IS a waterprover and Writer? What do they do?
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Family History Beginners Board / Waterprover?
« on: Sunday 08 June 14 17:23 BST (UK) »
Does anyone know what a waterprover is as an occupation? I am looking at the 1871 census for William John Proctor (born 1832 in Marylebone). I am sure that the occupation says Waterprover & W...... (I can't tell the rest). Any ideas?
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Europe / Re: Wiesenberger from Vienna
« on: Monday 02 June 14 19:57 BST (UK) »
I had looked and the information from Austria, as with other European countries, seems scarcer than British, hence I felt hard to trace. But that is obviously because I don't know where to look. However the friedhoefewien seems to only cover burials from the 1900's, and no Friedrich.
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Europe / Wiesenberger from Vienna
« on: Friday 23 May 14 16:16 BST (UK) »
I thought my family were difficult before I started looking at my wifes family. On both sides they have people from Europe.
I am now trying to find out anything I can about a Friedrich (Fritz) Wiesenberger, born 1876 in Vienna. I have found him in the 1911 UK census but that is it. It looks like Austrian records are hard to trace. Any ideas?
I am now trying to find out anything I can about a Friedrich (Fritz) Wiesenberger, born 1876 in Vienna. I have found him in the 1911 UK census but that is it. It looks like Austrian records are hard to trace. Any ideas?
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Family History Beginners Board / Eugene Antoine Francois
« on: Wednesday 21 May 14 16:44 BST (UK) »
Eugene Francois was a dentist born in Belgium in 1819. He immigrated to the UK in 1846, arriving at Dover on the 14 Jun. He arrived with Jean Joseph Marcellis, with them both listed on the same page on the Port of Dover Arrival Certificate, although it only seems to give Eugenes profession and job.
I can't find anything about Eugene from before he entered the UK. Anyone able to help at all?
I can't find anything about Eugene from before he entered the UK. Anyone able to help at all?
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Family History Beginners Board / Who is John Embry?
« on: Wednesday 21 May 14 16:36 BST (UK) »
I am trying to trace back my family (OK, that's obvious isn't it, wouldn't be here otherwise). On my mothers side I have managed to go back to the late 1700's and a John Embry. Where I am getting stuck is in deciding if there is just one John Embry or if there were two.
The John Embry (also Embery) I am after was born in gloucestershire, I believe in Frampton. And he died in March 1872. On the 3 Apr 1815 he married Maria Ann Price. So far, so good.
My difficulty is that looking at different records then he could have been born anywhere between 1784 and 1791.
To make it more difficult, in 1838 he is recorded as a waterman, and in the 1871 census as formerly waterman. But in the 1841 census the John Embry I have found is an agricultural labourer, in 1851 a bricklayers labourer, and in 1861 simply a labourer.
Have I got one person here with records that have become confused over the years, or am I confusing two different people?
{I have possibly done the wrong thing by posting this in the gloucestershire forum as well as here, apologies if so}
The John Embry (also Embery) I am after was born in gloucestershire, I believe in Frampton. And he died in March 1872. On the 3 Apr 1815 he married Maria Ann Price. So far, so good.
My difficulty is that looking at different records then he could have been born anywhere between 1784 and 1791.
To make it more difficult, in 1838 he is recorded as a waterman, and in the 1871 census as formerly waterman. But in the 1841 census the John Embry I have found is an agricultural labourer, in 1851 a bricklayers labourer, and in 1861 simply a labourer.
Have I got one person here with records that have become confused over the years, or am I confusing two different people?
{I have possibly done the wrong thing by posting this in the gloucestershire forum as well as here, apologies if so}
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Gloucestershire / Who is John Embry?
« on: Wednesday 21 May 14 16:33 BST (UK) »
I am trying to trace back my family (OK, that's obvious isn't it, wouldn't be here otherwise). On my mothers side I have managed to go back to the late 1700's and a John Embry. Where I am getting stuck is in deciding if there is just one John Embry or if there were two.
The John Embry (also Embery) I am after was born in gloucestershire, I believe in Frampton. And he died in March 1872. On the 3 Apr 1815 he married Maria Ann Price. So far, so good.
My difficulty is that looking at different records then he could have been born anywhere between 1784 and 1791.
To make it more difficult, in 1838 he is recorded as a waterman, and in the 1871 census as formerly waterman. But in the 1841 census the John Embry I have found is an agricultural labourer, in 1851 a bricklayers labourer, and in 1861 simply a labourer.
Have I got one person here with records that have become confused over the years, or am I confusing two different people?
The John Embry (also Embery) I am after was born in gloucestershire, I believe in Frampton. And he died in March 1872. On the 3 Apr 1815 he married Maria Ann Price. So far, so good.
My difficulty is that looking at different records then he could have been born anywhere between 1784 and 1791.
To make it more difficult, in 1838 he is recorded as a waterman, and in the 1871 census as formerly waterman. But in the 1841 census the John Embry I have found is an agricultural labourer, in 1851 a bricklayers labourer, and in 1861 simply a labourer.
Have I got one person here with records that have become confused over the years, or am I confusing two different people?
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