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The Common Room / Re: Vanishing Thomasina
« on: Thursday 09 September 21 22:41 BST (UK)  »
Thank you for all the amazing finds.
This has solved the mystery that was Thomasina, as well as shedding some light on the life and times (or should that be crimes?) of Alexander.

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The Common Room / Re: Vanishing Thomasina
« on: Thursday 09 September 21 09:29 BST (UK)  »
djm297 - goodness me 😮
I'll see if I can find these on FindMyPast - thank you.

Gallicrow - I'm ashamed to admit that I never once thought to check if the children were registered with another name (and I've got plenty in my research that are listed under more than one name). Silly me, but thank you 😊

JenB - Ina as in short for Thomasina :o fab find, thank you.

Well, I know what I'm going to be doing this morning :D

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The Common Room / Re: Vanishing Thomasina
« on: Wednesday 08 September 21 18:13 BST (UK)  »
Oooh! djm297 what an exciting find, thank you.

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The Common Room / Re: Vanishing Thomasina
« on: Wednesday 08 September 21 16:59 BST (UK)  »
I'm almost certain that's her mother, died 1974 in Aberdeen.
The 1963 Electoral Roll has Hugh listed as well.

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The Common Room / Vanishing Thomasina
« on: Wednesday 08 September 21 16:27 BST (UK)  »
Thomasina Gillies MILNE b.28 Sep 1913 in Aberdeen (GROS 168/01 1153).
Daughter of Hugh MILNE & Thomasina (nee GILLIES), they also had a son in 1917 - Hugh.
Thomasina married Alexander Nicol DEVOS (b 1904, Aberdeen) 6 May 1930 in London (St Geo Han Sq 1a 1204).
They had 2 children but as there is a chance they may still be living I'm not including details.
1935 Alexander is in Yorkshire with his new "wife", Margaret (b 1909, Aberdeen)(they didn't actually marry - most likely because he was still married to Thomasina) where they had a daughter who was adopted. 1936 they're in Oxford where they had my grandfather, who was also adopted. 1942 They'd gone back to Aberdeen where they had a 3rd child (who wasn't adopted). All 3 children are now deceased. I'm fully up to date with Alexander right up to his death in 1962, and Margaret up to her death in 2004.
Alexander's death cert states "(Married to Thomasina Milne)" and the informant was Margaret Devos "intimate friend".
I'm not sure if that suggests Thomasina was still alive then? It doesn't say (deceased) or "widower of"... not definitive, I know but the Scots do like to be somewhat helpful with little tid-bits on their records very often.
But I can not find Thomasina after the birth of her children with Alexander.
I can't find a death (or re-marriage) for her. I've looked for marriages/deaths of her children with no joy - although I appreciate there's a small chance that they may still be living and unmarried.
I don't know if Thomasina left Alexander or if her left her?
I'm wondering if she may have changed her name (and her children) - maybe living as married and assumed the name of her would be husband, or if she emigrated.
I don't have the slightest hint as to whether Thomasina would have remained in London, returned "home" to Aberdeen, gone somewhere else in the UK or departed for a further destination.

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The Lighter Side / Re: It's OK I'll Remember That...
« on: Saturday 04 September 21 16:35 BST (UK)  »
Hi,
You've probably found this already , but just in case  :)
Regards,
Daisy
04 June 1932
Bury Free Press

Yes, thank you :)

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The Common Room / Re: WWI Pension Paid To Stepchild?
« on: Friday 03 September 21 16:52 BST (UK)  »
Yes, I think you're right Boo :)
I learned quite a lot from that find - until then I wasn't aware Stanley had been in the forces.

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The Lighter Side / Re: It's OK I'll Remember That...
« on: Friday 03 September 21 15:10 BST (UK)  »
Yes, that's the date I have :)
But I have no idea where I got the from in the first place.
Going to look for Bury Free Press (just in case they have any other mentions of these elusive ancestors) - thank you :)

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The Lighter Side / It's OK I'll Remember That...
« on: Friday 03 September 21 14:28 BST (UK)  »
No, no, I won't  ::)
At some point I've found a death date for Isaac SCALES and made a note of it alongside the GRO reference.
Now, the GRO index doesn't show me his date of death in 1932 so where did I get the specific date from ???
Who knows? I don't. No doubt I told myself I'd remember and didn't need to write it down haha silly silly me.
I've now ordered the cert as a pdf to see if my date is magically correct and to see who registered the event (please be Stanley).
Bottom line - if you ever catch yourself saying "it's OK I'll remember that" you probably won't - or you might - until you actually need to recall the details  ;)
write it down, even if it's "I heard from the lady 2 streets over" or "I read it on another tree on Anc".

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