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Breconshire Lookup Requests / Re: Look up 1851 Census for Davies
« on: Saturday 26 May 12 17:28 BST (UK)  »
My Davies Family - 1841 father Joshua 35, living Sennybridge, woollen M, born this county.
1851 Sennybridge wooln factory, Joshua, 45, wool carder, born Llanfairbryn, Carmarthen.
1861 Factory, Mothvey, Myddfai, Carmarnshire Joshua, 55, wool manufacturer, born Llanfairbryn.
Can't find them on the 1871 census - any ideas?
1881 Ithink this is them - living in Jankin Square, Llangattock, Breckonshire - Joshua widower, age 75, wool carder, born Carmarthenshire, Llandovery ?
Would like to make contact with Mike Cabes who posted the original message many years ago as we may be related.
Thanks
Morris Dancer

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Breconshire Lookup Requests / Re: Look up 1851 Census for Davies
« on: Sunday 20 May 12 11:42 BST (UK)  »
If Mike Cabe is still in contact I would love to get in touch with hime, I just found this topic by accident putting a few names into google.  Joshua Davies is my 2xgt. grandfather, so we must be related.

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Staffordshire / Re: Canal Boatmen and Women
« on: Monday 09 March 09 21:48 GMT (UK)  »
hi all, i am updating my website, but for reasons i will not go into i would like the people of the families if possible who are related to the harrisons,willington,wood,fradley,brooks,clegg,stokes,wright,mander,parker,
wilson,humphreys,duckett,paton,howell,kendall that were canalboatmen to please contact me if you could,

thanks all kerry

Hi Kerry, I think your website is great, I found quite a lot of boatmen on three pages of 1841 census in Harbourne, Staffs whilst looking for my Godfrey/Bishops boatmen family. HO 107/980/7 p.30, 31 & 32.
John Bishop (boatman) married Sarah Ann Godfrey in 1843 her parents were William Godfrey (boatman) and Sarah Holbrook. Any info on these families would be useful. I a beginner at this site and not sure how to post this message, I clicked on quote but I don't think thats right, how do I post a message properly?
 

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Warwickshire Lookup Requests / McGrath and Smith Birmingham
« on: Wednesday 17 December 08 13:28 GMT (UK)  »
I have hit a brick wall with my gt.grandmothers family. Her name was Mary Jane McGrath her mother was Welsh, maiden name Llewellyn who was a free lance cook and her father a soldier who came from Waterford in Ireland. He deserted from the army and cut his face out of all the family photos and took his family from London to Birmingham changing their names to Smith. Mary Jane should have been born around 1870 but I have been unable to find her birth cert, she told my mother she was born at Queen Charlottes hospital, which was then at Lisson Green, Marylebone, London. She gave her age as 22 in 1893 at the time of her marriage to Walter Samuel Bishop age 23, but we believe she may have been older than that as when they went to view their new home she was mistaken for Walters mother! She had a sister called Daisy who was a bit crazy (saying she had seen Christ on the cross), a brother called Fred who is supposed to have drowned (falling overboard ship) another sister who married a Mr Green and they lived in Erdington. If anyone has ever heard any family mention similar stories or can suggest anything at all, I would be grateful. Also does anyone know if there is a list of deserters I could look up?   Thanks

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Staffordshire Lookup Requests / Re: Thomas Edwin Bishop
« on: Wednesday 17 December 08 12:54 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks Mo, he looks a likely candidate, he is the right age.
 :)

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Staffordshire Lookup Requests / Thomas Edwin Bishop
« on: Monday 15 December 08 16:24 GMT (UK)  »
Trying to find out more about Thomas Edwin Bishop whose parents were John Bishop (boatman at time of their marriage, full age living at Aston Road, Duddeston, Nechells, Birmingham) and Sarah Ann Godfery
(Godfrey?) Their fathers were Joseph Bishop Labourer and William Godfery Boatman
Can't find him on the 1851 or 1861 census, father a boatman so maybe moving around on the canal?
1871 census Cook Street, Linthorpe, Yorkshire, age 26, marr, born Arbon (sic) Staffordshire, Labourer in ironworks
1881 census Bearwood Road. Harbourne, Staffordshire,  Age 37, marr. born Harbourne Staffordshire, Labourer Forge(Iron) Dead by 1891.
Thomas Edwin Bishop married Lucy Rudge and they had 8 children, one of which was my Gt. Grandfather Walter Samuel Bishop.

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Occupation Interests / Re: Can't read this occupation
« on: Monday 15 December 08 15:38 GMT (UK)  »
I think this is Dressmaker, when a word contained two 'S'' one was written long and one short and  the long one looked like letter F.
Hope this helps.

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