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London and Middlesex / Re: Coopers of Middlesex Brewery ( Breweries )
« on: Saturday 28 January 23 01:34 GMT (UK) »
My apologies,Coopers,is, of course, an Australian brewery.
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London and Middlesex / Re: Coopers of Middlesex Brewery ( Breweries )
« on: Saturday 28 January 23 01:09 GMT (UK) »
A Thomas Cooper migrated to Adelaide, South Australia, on S.S Omega on 25 May 1852 arriving in Adelaide 24 August 1852. Founded The Coopers brewery which is the largest Austrian owned brewery in the country. There is a long article in Wikipedia under Coopers Adelaide with some of the history.
Hope this is useful.
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Hope this is useful.
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How to Use RootsChat (Please don't post requests here) / Re: Contacting another member
« on: Sunday 11 January 15 03:16 GMT (UK) »
Thankyou, Youngtug, for such a quick reply. I can now contact this member and see if he wants to contact my son-in law
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How to Use RootsChat (Please don't post requests here) / Contacting another member
« on: Saturday 10 January 15 06:19 GMT (UK) »
My son-in-law has asked me if I can trace his ancestors from the time of his arrival in Tasmania in 1834 as a convict.
I have found in the Surnames Index that a member is interested in the same name both in Tasmania and England.
My son-in-law would like to make contact, but I can't find a way of contacting them. Can anyone enlighten me?
Oldfeller
I have found in the Surnames Index that a member is interested in the same name both in Tasmania and England.
My son-in-law would like to make contact, but I can't find a way of contacting them. Can anyone enlighten me?
Oldfeller
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The Lighter Side / Re: Four years of wasted research Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh!
« on: Monday 15 December 14 00:51 GMT (UK) »
I've just read this and I'm going to have to check everything, aren't I - and I bet I'm not the only one!
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The Common Room / Re: Place of Burial
« on: Friday 14 February 14 05:51 GMT (UK) »
G'Day,
Thankyou to those who answered my query, and my apologies for a rather belated reply. It was a sort of general question and I wasn't sure how much detail to include. I do have the Death Certificate and the informant was the Coroner for the city of London. She was a widow and her children were very young so it is very unlikely that her body was transported home to Chelmsford. I have also searched the Burials for Springfield and Chelmsford with no luck.I wrote to Highgate and a very prompt reply told me they had no record of such a burial. I'll try some more of the nearby cemeteries and look for some records for Holloway Prison itself.
Once again many thanks for the helpful replies.
Regards, oldfeller
Thankyou to those who answered my query, and my apologies for a rather belated reply. It was a sort of general question and I wasn't sure how much detail to include. I do have the Death Certificate and the informant was the Coroner for the city of London. She was a widow and her children were very young so it is very unlikely that her body was transported home to Chelmsford. I have also searched the Burials for Springfield and Chelmsford with no luck.I wrote to Highgate and a very prompt reply told me they had no record of such a burial. I'll try some more of the nearby cemeteries and look for some records for Holloway Prison itself.
Once again many thanks for the helpful replies.
Regards, oldfeller
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The Common Room / Place of Burial
« on: Tuesday 28 January 14 00:48 GMT (UK) »
In 1903 an ancestor of mine was sent to Holloway Prison for two months without hard labour. Whilst serving her time there she died. At the time of her imprisonment she was living in Chelmsford, Essex. Would her body have been returned to Chelmsford or was there a dedicated cemetery for the prison?
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Essex / Re: SOUTH family in Essex
« on: Monday 06 June 11 07:23 BST (UK) »
G'Day Lizdb,
Thankyou for your continued interest in my SOUTHs.
My brother, who died in 1999, had started on a family history and my mother was able to tell him what little she knew about my father's family. She was never very happy discussing it and knew only a little. She named some people who she thought were Ethel's brothers and sisters. I searched the 1901 census for Ethel South and found a family in Maldon that matched very closely.
Assuming this was too much of a coincidence - all the names were there plus two others - I decided that I would follow this family. Not an absolute certainty, I know. I have not been able to find a record of the birth of Ethel South in Maldon, which is consistently given as her birthplace in censuses. The only Ethel South born in Essex at the right time was born at Orsett and she was the daughter of a William South and the family appeared in the 1901 census as did Ethel South in Maldon. My search continues!
Regards, Tony
Thankyou for your continued interest in my SOUTHs.
My brother, who died in 1999, had started on a family history and my mother was able to tell him what little she knew about my father's family. She was never very happy discussing it and knew only a little. She named some people who she thought were Ethel's brothers and sisters. I searched the 1901 census for Ethel South and found a family in Maldon that matched very closely.
Assuming this was too much of a coincidence - all the names were there plus two others - I decided that I would follow this family. Not an absolute certainty, I know. I have not been able to find a record of the birth of Ethel South in Maldon, which is consistently given as her birthplace in censuses. The only Ethel South born in Essex at the right time was born at Orsett and she was the daughter of a William South and the family appeared in the 1901 census as did Ethel South in Maldon. My search continues!
Regards, Tony
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Essex / Re: SOUTH family in Essex
« on: Monday 16 May 11 06:36 BST (UK) »
G'Day,
Sorry to be so long in responding to these mails.
Alan,
All of my SOUTHs are, as far as I know, from around Maldon/Colchester area and I have no known connection to Downham, Cambs. although at the start of my research I thought I might have had some from Great Wilbraham but they weren't mine. If I find any connection or references I'll get in touch straight away.
Findem,
Barswel should indeed be Bradwell (0n Sea) and I have the census images of Elizabeth Cooper from 1871 and 1881.
lizdb,
Ethel was unmarried at the time of the birth of both Raymond and Queenie. I have both Birth Certificates and on neither one is the father named, although family lore says they both had the same father. Ethel left both children in the Plomersgate Union and I next found what was almost certainly her in 1911 in Islington. I also found Raymond,as a boarder in a household in Sussex, and Queenie in an orphanage in Oxford.
My sincere thanks to each of you for the interest you have taken.
All the best and good hunting,
Sorry to be so long in responding to these mails.
Alan,
All of my SOUTHs are, as far as I know, from around Maldon/Colchester area and I have no known connection to Downham, Cambs. although at the start of my research I thought I might have had some from Great Wilbraham but they weren't mine. If I find any connection or references I'll get in touch straight away.
Findem,
Barswel should indeed be Bradwell (0n Sea) and I have the census images of Elizabeth Cooper from 1871 and 1881.
lizdb,
Ethel was unmarried at the time of the birth of both Raymond and Queenie. I have both Birth Certificates and on neither one is the father named, although family lore says they both had the same father. Ethel left both children in the Plomersgate Union and I next found what was almost certainly her in 1911 in Islington. I also found Raymond,as a boarder in a household in Sussex, and Queenie in an orphanage in Oxford.
My sincere thanks to each of you for the interest you have taken.
All the best and good hunting,