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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Manchester District in 1939 Register
« on: Tuesday 01 May 18 05:39 BST (UK)  »
Thank you everyone for all of your help.  This research is for the fellow who cuts my hair. He was raised in Manchester.  We both live just outside of Vancouver. Whenever I’m there I take my iPad to research a bit more for him. We were looking for Bury Street in Gorton on my last visit and no wonder we couldn’t find it.  It’s no longer there.  He was recently back there for a wedding and got very nostalgic. He has been here for about 40 years but now is keen to return this summer.  There is an aunt in her 90’s that he wants to get more family info from.  I’m trying to help him find some of his old stomping grounds.  On the 1939 Register, the last entry for the Reads would be his dad who was born in 1920.  He passed away several years ago, here in Canada.
Thank you so much again,
Alva

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Family History Beginners Board / Manchester District in 1939 Register
« on: Monday 30 April 18 04:43 BST (UK)  »
Hello all,
Could someone please help with finding out what district this address would be in.  In1939 the family I am looking at , Read, lived at 59 Bury Street.  I have looked up this area and it says that it is Radcliffe.  However, the grandson of this family, who now lives in Canada, says that he doesn’t remember them living in Radcliffe. Thought it was Gorton. The district given at the top of the register page is 464-5.  Would there have been more than one Bury Street and wha district wold it be in?
Looking forward to hearing your responses.
Thank you,
Alva

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Occupation Interests / Re: Sports Photographer
« on: Tuesday 20 January 09 20:52 GMT (UK)  »
Hello failsafe:
Thanks for your response.  I really don't have a lot of info on this great uncle.  I was in England this past fall and a 2nd cousin was telling me of this uncle he had met when he was a child.  He said he was a sports photographer.  Other than that, he didn't really pay attention to any further conversations which seems quite common place.  He was close to all the relatives (by location) and I was way across the pond, yet seem to know much more than those living right near and had met some of our ancestors. I'm finding those relatives over there are actually not all that interested in their family history. So, it's with the help of forums such as this that I eventually find what I am looking for.
Thanks again for repsonding.
Alva

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Essex / Re: Electoral Rolls in Leyton
« on: Tuesday 20 January 09 20:17 GMT (UK)  »
Hello all:

Thanks you so much for your responses.  I wrote to the Redbridge council as they have been very helpful in the past and they did it again.  They have directed  me to Waltham Forest at  wf.libs@walthamforest.gov.uk . Apparently the Leyton library is situated here.  I have also written to the Council of Newham but they have not yet responded.  So, thank you all and now I am off to write to Waltham Forest.

Alva

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Occupation Interests / Sports Photographer
« on: Sunday 18 January 09 01:06 GMT (UK)  »
Hello All:
Does anyone have any ideas where I would look for my great uncle who was , from what I have been told, a sports photographer?  This would likely be in the 1930s to the 1950s possible 60s when a 2nd cousin met him.  He doesn't remember anything other than his dad calling him Uncle Alfie (Alfred Hart).  This would be in the London area.  He was born in the 1880s so would be long gone.
I have tried Goggling his name in different forms along with the word photographer but nothing has turned up.

Any suggestions much appreciated.
Regards,
Alva

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Essex / Electoral Rolls in Leyton
« on: Sunday 18 January 09 00:44 GMT (UK)  »
Hello All:
Could someone please tell me where I could write for an Electoral Roll look up for a residence where my great grandmother as well as my great aunt and uncle lived in the 1920s to possibly the 1940s.  Though my great grandmother's death certificate said it was in registered in West Ham, I know that there are many sub-districts where the Leyton E.Rs could be.
Looking forward to any help.
Regards,
Alva

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Lancashire Lookup Requests / Re: 1841 census lookup for Rammage/ Liverpool
« on: Friday 09 September 05 00:18 BST (UK)  »
Hi Iria:
Once again you have found a gem.  Mary Ellen would have been Mary Wilkinson before marriage I am supposing.  My g grandmother was Ellen, who would have been Mary Ellen's granddaughter.  The names seem to go from one generation to the next.  More amazing stuff.  I can't thank you enough.  My email pal in Oz is doing some checking for me today as well.  She volunteers at the LDS site in Queensland.
Thank you again.
Alva in British Columbia

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Lancashire Lookup Requests / Re: 1841 census lookup for Rammage/ Liverpool
« on: Thursday 08 September 05 21:17 BST (UK)  »
Hi Iria:
You are amazing!  Once I get all of this info together I hope to make a trip to England one day.  My mother's family is from the north and my father and his family were from the London area.  Lots more to collect though.  John Rammages granddaughter was my g grandmother, Ellen Welsh, born in Liverpool.  Her father was John Welsh (Walch, Welch) and he was a waiter.  Later found that he was a tide waiter, a customs man.  At some point they moved to Manchester.  Have found Ellen but have not been able to find her father, mother and sister after the 1851 census in Liverpool.  Well, that's what makes this such an exciting hobby.  The hunt.
Thanks again for your help.
Cheers!
Alva

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Lancashire Lookup Requests / Re: 1841 census lookup for Rammage/ Liverpool
« on: Thursday 08 September 05 20:32 BST (UK)  »
Hi Iria:
Thank you so much for this information.  Now, just to find out which one is the right one!  Lots of info from the Rootschatters today.  Things are moving along after a real flat spot.  Now to find out about John's wife,  Mary Wilkinson.  A more common surname.  Might not be as easy to trace.
Thank you again. So much appreciated.
Cheers!
Alva

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