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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Trying to trace my earliest ancestor......but struggling!
« on: Sunday 24 November 19 00:14 GMT (UK) »
Thanks very much - I'll keep digging!
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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Trying to trace my earliest ancestor......but struggling!
« on: Friday 22 November 19 23:29 GMT (UK) »
Hi,
Thanks for all your replies, but....
I'm still struggling with Alicia de la Pole (1480-1500) !
I have two lineages suggested for her - The first is with her mother being Jane Okeover (1496-1524) and her father as John de la Pole of Hartington (1509-1570). The trouble here is that Jane was born 16 years after Alicia's birth and John was born 29 years after her birth.
The second option is her mother is Elizabeth Plantagenet (1444-1504) and her father as John de la Pole 2nd Duke of Suffolk (1442-1492). At least with this pairing, the dates allow a possibility, but I can't find any definite proof.
If anybody has any views on this, I would much appreciate their comments.
Alicia is doing my head in.
Cheers,
Geoff Deakin.
Thanks for all your replies, but....
I'm still struggling with Alicia de la Pole (1480-1500) !
I have two lineages suggested for her - The first is with her mother being Jane Okeover (1496-1524) and her father as John de la Pole of Hartington (1509-1570). The trouble here is that Jane was born 16 years after Alicia's birth and John was born 29 years after her birth.
The second option is her mother is Elizabeth Plantagenet (1444-1504) and her father as John de la Pole 2nd Duke of Suffolk (1442-1492). At least with this pairing, the dates allow a possibility, but I can't find any definite proof.
If anybody has any views on this, I would much appreciate their comments.
Alicia is doing my head in.
Cheers,
Geoff Deakin.
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Family History Beginners Board / Re: THE MUNRO FAMILY IN SOUTH INDIA IN THE 1800'S.
« on: Tuesday 21 May 19 20:51 BST (UK) »
Hi Colin,
I have been trying to email you, but am unable to do so.
The second photograph is the correct one, and also appeared in the book 'Above the Heron's Pool'.
The information in the Dropbox is brilliant. I am going through it at the moment, and will let you know when I've finished.
Thanks again for all your help.
Cheers,
Geoff.
I have been trying to email you, but am unable to do so.
The second photograph is the correct one, and also appeared in the book 'Above the Heron's Pool'.
The information in the Dropbox is brilliant. I am going through it at the moment, and will let you know when I've finished.
Thanks again for all your help.
Cheers,
Geoff.
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Family History Beginners Board / Re: THE MUNRO FAMILY IN SOUTH INDIA IN THE 1800'S.
« on: Sunday 19 May 19 04:31 BST (UK) »
Thank you Nicol,
All extremely interesting.
Just one thing - The photograph of the wedding of Katherine Richardson and John Deakin in 1944 is not of them! Their wedding was in 1944 in Madras, and I have a similar photograph, but with different persons in it.
I've circulated it to the family for confirmation, but initially I am certain it is not my parents.
I'll come back to you if I find out more.
Cheers,
Geoff.
All extremely interesting.
Just one thing - The photograph of the wedding of Katherine Richardson and John Deakin in 1944 is not of them! Their wedding was in 1944 in Madras, and I have a similar photograph, but with different persons in it.
I've circulated it to the family for confirmation, but initially I am certain it is not my parents.
I'll come back to you if I find out more.
Cheers,
Geoff.
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Family History Beginners Board / Re: THE MUNRO FAMILY IN SOUTH INDIA IN THE 1800'S.
« on: Saturday 18 May 19 21:08 BST (UK) »
Hello Nicol,
That's a very comprehensive history of the Munro's you have dug up!
Re Katherine Richardson and John Deakin - I am their eldest son, born at Ashleigh, and 'returned' to England on the troopship R.M.S. Alcantara with my parents in February 1945.
I would be most interested in any other information you may have.
Thanks again.
That's a very comprehensive history of the Munro's you have dug up!
Re Katherine Richardson and John Deakin - I am their eldest son, born at Ashleigh, and 'returned' to England on the troopship R.M.S. Alcantara with my parents in February 1945.
I would be most interested in any other information you may have.
Thanks again.
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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Trying to trace my earliest ancestor......but struggling!
« on: Thursday 09 May 19 11:56 BST (UK) »
I'm sorry for the long delay in replying.
I feel very guilty after all your hard work.
I think I am going to have to research with far more care in the future.
Thank you again.
With best regards,
Geoff Deakin.
I feel very guilty after all your hard work.
I think I am going to have to research with far more care in the future.
Thank you again.
With best regards,
Geoff Deakin.
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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Trying to trace my earliest ancestor......but struggling!
« on: Wednesday 01 May 19 11:45 BST (UK) »
I've just bought a very big magnifying glass!! and extended my membership of Ancestry to lifetime. (A joke, in view of the recent comments about Ancestry's records.)
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Family History Beginners Board / Re: William Deakin
« on: Tuesday 30 April 19 23:29 BST (UK) »
Hello Maiden Stone,
My apologies - The entry for Francis Deakin, dated 15 Feb 1652 is incorrect. It is a duplicate of 15 Feb 1682 and should be ignored.
I hope I haven't caused you too much grief.
I am doing this too late at night!!
My apologies - The entry for Francis Deakin, dated 15 Feb 1652 is incorrect. It is a duplicate of 15 Feb 1682 and should be ignored.
I hope I haven't caused you too much grief.
I am doing this too late at night!!
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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Trying to trace my earliest ancestor......but struggling!
« on: Tuesday 30 April 19 21:33 BST (UK) »
Hi Everyone - Thanks for your input - It's all most intriguing!
cristeen:
I'm afraid I've implicitly trusted Ancestry Hints in the past, but will treat them with suspicion from now on!
Mort'n'Al:
Not just ladies "put it all about"! One of my great grandfathers, a Major General in India in the 1800's, enjoyed the company of a number of Bibis before he was married, who bore him four children!
Josephine and Maiden Stone :
I'll renew my research of Alicia, but it is good to see her confirmed as a child of John Dakyns and Jane Okeover, with a sister Lucia.
I initially discovered her on Ancestry and then on My Heritage.
Thanks everybody for your help - Your enthusiasm is most heartening - Thank you.
Geoff.
cristeen:
I'm afraid I've implicitly trusted Ancestry Hints in the past, but will treat them with suspicion from now on!
Mort'n'Al:
Not just ladies "put it all about"! One of my great grandfathers, a Major General in India in the 1800's, enjoyed the company of a number of Bibis before he was married, who bore him four children!
Josephine and Maiden Stone :
I'll renew my research of Alicia, but it is good to see her confirmed as a child of John Dakyns and Jane Okeover, with a sister Lucia.
I initially discovered her on Ancestry and then on My Heritage.
Thanks everybody for your help - Your enthusiasm is most heartening - Thank you.
Geoff.