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Cork / Re: Ring Family
« on: Tuesday 27 March 07 07:57 BST (UK)  »
I see you have been looking for both Ring and Din(n)een, both of which are part of my Dinneen line.

I don't know if there is a connection, but I have the following:

On the 26th July 1846 at St. Mary's Church, Newport, Wales:
George Dinneen, of full age, bachelor, labourer of Caer Street, Newport, father Daniel Dinneen, a labourer

married

Ellen Ring, of full age, spinster, a huxter of Pillgwenlly, father John Ring, a butcher.

Witnesses were James and Catherine Leahy.

Later census entries show they were both Irish, but no closer details thn that. Family legend says they were from county Cork, but no specifics.

Luck!
apd



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Wales / Re: Cleopatra Loise Marchant in 1901 Census
« on: Monday 10 October 05 16:11 BST (UK)  »
Tricia,

Thanks for the response. What are the family relationships here? It is tempting , but it looks to me like a family group and not my cleopatra  :(

Thanks
Adrian

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Wales / Re: Searching for Cardiff Orphans
« on: Monday 10 October 05 16:07 BST (UK)  »
Thank you all for the assistance. I will try them out soonest.

Adrian

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Wales / Searching for Cardiff Orphans
« on: Monday 06 June 05 20:02 BST (UK)  »
Hi,

I am trying to find two missing cousins born in Cardiff, not sure when but probably during or before WWII.

They were two boys, sons of Clifford Morgan and Evely Maddocks. The mother committed suicide and the father wanted nothing to do with them, so they ended up in Dr. Barnado's in Cardiff. The elder son was potentially called Christopher Morgan, but I have no proof of this assertion.

Their uncle, Raymond Maddocks (the only brother of mother Evelyn Maddocks - also of Cardiff), spent most of the war in a Japanese prison of war camp, and after surviving and getting back to Wales, he tried to adopt the brothers, but was not allowed to. Since then all trace of the two brothers is lost.

I would like to try to find my cousins, but this is more than a little difficult from Switzerland, and I have been given to understand that UK government rules protect the identity of orphans and make it very difficult to get any information.

If anyone knows the best way to approach this, I would be grateful for a response.

Thanks,
Adrian


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Devon / Re: General Sir Redvers Buller
« on: Wednesday 09 February 05 14:03 GMT (UK)  »
Chris,

Ryan posts a lot of truths there.

My Dart ancestors came from Crediton, and one of them was John Dart, a builder. He got a lot of church work through "Buller influence" according to Venn.

If possible, you should go to your library and see if they have a copy of Venn, as he almost certainly would have discussed the influence of the Buller family on Crediton in his two volumes on Crediton, and there is a good chance that your ancestors may be found in Venn if they lived and worked for any time in Crediton - especially if they worked in such an important household.

The passage I refer to above concerning "Buller influence" is an extract from "Crediton", Page 283, Volume 2, by T.W. Venn (October 1957 revision). As far as I am aware, these volumes are only available in substancial libraries.

Adrian

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Montgomeryshire Lookup Requests / Re: Adams (killed in mine)/ Woolley / Lewis
« on: Wednesday 09 February 05 13:41 GMT (UK)  »
Jan,

Sorry it's taken me a bit of time to get back to you - I have been out of commission for a bit.

What census year is your information taken from? It is difficult to know if it might be the father of Elizabeth. If it was from the 1841 census, then it could possibly be her father if her mother was quite a lot younger than the father.
It could also be a later census if the parents abandoned the children to the workhouse.

Sorry to appear so ignorant, but where is Welshpool?

Adrian

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Montgomeryshire / Re: Caer Street, Newportr and Pillgwenlly
« on: Wednesday 09 February 05 13:31 GMT (UK)  »
Cas,

Tx for response. Sorry took me so long to reply but was out of commisssion for a bit.

Interesting that you have only ever found the term huxter in reference to men.

Adrian

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Wales / Re: Severn Tunnel
« on: Wednesday 09 February 05 13:11 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks DapD
Sorry I took so long to reply - I have been out of circulation a bit
Adrian

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England / Trying to find my cousin Julie F Weeks (b. Bristol)
« on: Sunday 19 December 04 17:55 GMT (UK)  »
My mother (Phyllis Frances Dinneen nee Dart) tells me this story from of the 23rd october 1951:

She went into labour with me and was taken to southmead maternity unit (Bristol).
While lying there waiting for me to arrive another young woman was wheeled into the same room. To her astonishment it was her cousin Peggy Weeks, who had also gone into labour.
After a long night of labour, they both delivered healthy babies within minutes of each other around 06:40 in the morning. The first was myself, and a few minutes later my cousin Julie F. Weeks was born.

I cannot remember ever having met my Aunt Peggy or my cousin Julie, and the families totally lost contact with each other.
Undoubtedly Julie has married in the meantime and therefore a name search is probably useless.

If anyone knows either of Julie herself or has any ideas how I might trace her I would be very grateful.

Adrian

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