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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Ancestor appearing twice on the 1891 census
« on: Sunday 03 September 23 08:29 BST (UK) »
No. He was a elderly widower and in London with a male cousin. All looks very respectable but who knows.......
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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Ancestor appearing twice on the 1891 census
« on: Sunday 03 September 23 08:11 BST (UK) »
Yes, a chap away on business recorded at home and at an hotel.
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Technical Help / Re: Uploading picture to totally off topic board - Resolved with thanks to KG
« on: Saturday 24 June 23 09:55 BST (UK) »
Thanks again KG, that worked!
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Technical Help / Re: Uploading picture to totally off topic board
« on: Saturday 24 June 23 09:53 BST (UK) »
Thank-you. I must be very unoriginal 
I'll try again
Brie
I'll try again
Brie
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Technical Help / Uploading picture to totally off topic board
« on: Saturday 24 June 23 09:44 BST (UK) »
Hello, I hope someone can help.
I tried to upload a picture but it was too large so I made it smaller. However, when I came to upload it, I got a message that I had already used that file name and to change it.
So I did and got the same message. Tried again from a different file. Same message. Tried different file, different name and different photograph. Same message.
Where am I going wrong?
Brie
I tried to upload a picture but it was too large so I made it smaller. However, when I came to upload it, I got a message that I had already used that file name and to change it.
So I did and got the same message. Tried again from a different file. Same message. Tried different file, different name and different photograph. Same message.
Where am I going wrong?
Brie
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The Common Room / Re: The harrowing lives of Pauper Apprentices in Yorkshire.
« on: Friday 19 May 23 11:32 BST (UK) »
Thanks for that David, a very interesting read. And a salutary reminder that child exploitation continues.
Am halfway through the article Marmalady posted and will work my way through the rest.
Brie
Am halfway through the article Marmalady posted and will work my way through the rest.
Brie
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The Common Room / Re: The harrowing lives of Pauper Apprentices in Yorkshire.
« on: Thursday 18 May 23 10:44 BST (UK) »
That's interesting. Part of our oft forgotten history. Fanny Trollope wrote a really interesting novel - my view - about child slave labour in the factories/mills. Although she came under a lot of criticism at the time she also brought the issue to a previously unaware public which apparently raised support for the 1844 Factory Act.
"The Life and Adventures of Michael Armstrong - The Factory Boy" Well worth a read.
Brie
- about child slave labour in the factories/mills. Although she came under a lot of criticism at the time she also brought the issue to a previously unaware public which apparently raised support for the 1844 Factory Act."The Life and Adventures of Michael Armstrong - The Factory Boy" Well worth a read.
Brie
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The Common Room / Re: What happened to John Hunt, born Leicester 1848?
« on: Wednesday 17 May 23 11:31 BST (UK) »
This doesn't help with what happened to him but a couple of addresses.
This is his entry in "Leicester Portrait Photographers before 1900" compiled by Jonathan Wilshere published 1988.
"John Hunt 309 Countesthorpe Road 1886-1900; 87 Saffron Lane 1895"
I believe the information is taken from Directories.
Brie
This is his entry in "Leicester Portrait Photographers before 1900" compiled by Jonathan Wilshere published 1988.
"John Hunt 309 Countesthorpe Road 1886-1900; 87 Saffron Lane 1895"
I believe the information is taken from Directories.
Brie
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Family History Beginners Board / Re: family trees
« on: Friday 21 April 23 10:16 BST (UK) »
Following branches often helps in establishing you have the correct family and can sometimes help with brick walls.
However, the main reason I follow branches is that I get completely sidetracked. It's like reading a novel, I want to know what happens. So when a brother/sister/cousin emigrates to Canada/New Zealand/South Africa etc I want to find out if it worked out for them - and thank you to those indefatigable rootschatters in Canada and elsewhere who have helped me so much over the years.
Also you get to learn so much about trades etc - I knew quite a bit about farming, milling, hosiery and rail workers but for example sugarbakers and the 19th century immigration of Hanoverian workers was a completely new subject.
And then the day I found a second cousin of Granny's had designed a hall which I'd often visited along with other buildings in the area.
And many more surprises, distractions, stories.
Brie
However, the main reason I follow branches is that I get completely sidetracked. It's like reading a novel, I want to know what happens. So when a brother/sister/cousin emigrates to Canada/New Zealand/South Africa etc I want to find out if it worked out for them - and thank you to those indefatigable rootschatters in Canada and elsewhere who have helped me so much over the years.
Also you get to learn so much about trades etc - I knew quite a bit about farming, milling, hosiery and rail workers but for example sugarbakers and the 19th century immigration of Hanoverian workers was a completely new subject.
And then the day I found a second cousin of Granny's had designed a hall which I'd often visited along with other buildings in the area.
And many more surprises, distractions, stories.
Brie