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Cornwall / littlechild family
« on: Sunday 23 March 14 14:27 GMT (UK)  »
Hello, was wondering if anyone is looking for this family, they seem to be in the falmouth/probus areas mostly looking for Timothy littlechild and spouse Ann gill ,  they married  July 1740 and any connections to Stephen Harte who marries their daughter Sarah littlechild February 1772 in Probus, bit of a long shot I know, but know doubt there are R/c's out there with a handle on this.

regards
         dafpilot

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The Lighter Side / a understanding wife
« on: Saturday 09 March 13 17:02 GMT (UK)  »
Whilst at the library today trying to knock down the od brickwall, I came across this entry on the 1881 census that concerned a relation of mine, he and his wife were "boarders" with a widow and her teenage daughter, well my relation took a bit of a fancy to his landlady, and she had a child by him,  his wife stayed and they brought the child up as her own, and just to rub salt in the wounds he did it again, and still his wife stayed, makes you wonder what Jerrmy kyle would have made of that :o :o :o :o
       dafpilot

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Family History Beginners Board / which george hornsby is right?
« on: Monday 31 October 11 16:20 GMT (UK)  »
trying to track down my g-grandfather George Hornsby, but have come across a mystery, I have one that is born in 1869 in Shirley, and one born in stepney in 1869, both in the army at the same time, both have the same christian name of father, both living in the same area on the 1901 and 1911 census and both working on the railway in the docks, so which one is which?? the one from Shirley marries a Mary Jane Wilson in around 1890, (who is from stepney), but when I look for proof of birth for him I hit a brickwall, any help would be great, as this one is getting very frustrating


regards

         dafpilot

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Occupation Interests / what would he be doing?
« on: Friday 03 June 11 11:10 BST (UK)  »
While digging through the Dorset opc pages looking for my Wilson connection I came upon this entry in the Abbotsbury Baptism page

20 June 1833, William, son of Job & Lucy Wilson from punchknowle fathers trade is listed as  "Preventive Man" and I wondered if this was an early form of customs officer as there is a listing for a Preventive office on another entry, would this be a correct assumption?

dafpilot ???

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World War One / regimental number and service records
« on: Monday 30 August 10 18:03 BST (UK)  »
hello to you all,
                      I was hoping one of you really clever people on here can help.
    I am trying to find details of my grandfather's war record, but all I have to go on is his name and what regiment he was in,
his name was Albert Edward Hart born in Southampton in 1892 and in 1914 he was in the 2/6 Essex regiment at the rank of private, these were the details on my fathers birth certificate, at the time of service he was living in Southampton, is this enough to go on??

  regards
                 dafpilot

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Occupation Interests / dock runner
« on: Saturday 14 August 10 17:37 BST (UK)  »
hello all,
            after spending a good 1/4 hour trying to work out what the guy who took the 1901 census wrote, it seems that my g-uncle charles wilson was a Dock Runner, can anybody tell me what that would have involved??

 regards
            dafpilot

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The Lighter Side / family ties you can choose your freinds!!
« on: Sunday 18 April 10 22:49 BST (UK)  »
while searching through my family history and my wife's as well,i keep coming across how we are tied together through time, going right back to our g/g-parents, both lived in the same street in Guernsey, both offspring moved to the mainland to not only the same city but to the street next to one another, and when my wife and i were growing up our families lived very near to one another, but we never met,and you can imagine my surprise when we were first going out with one another to find out she was my best friend's girlfriend's aunt, and after we were married to discover that my new bride was my cousins husbands uncles ex wife!!!! talk about a small planet, well that's my six degrees of separation has anyone else come across this, or is it just me??

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