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Hi All

Can anybody fathom out what the name of this chap is .................  ???OBrien labourer

I am at a complete loss and would appreciate the extra help

Thanks in advance

Z

Hi All

Lavinia Stockham born 1861 in Talywain Monmouthshire is my GG Grandmother, her parents were John Stockham born 1823 Trellech and Elizabeth Jones born 1826 Llandogo and her son Thomas Charles Stockham born 1876 Chepstow was my G Grandfather, however whilst I have a picture of Thomas I do not have a picture of Lavinia and would dearly love to see one as she was the very first person I searched for when I started to look into my family history -  is there anybody out there that may be able to help?

I hope this is a suitable location for my request

Thank-you

Z      

Hi

I am struggling to understand why it took 9 yrs for probate to be granted.

I have two wills husband and wife - the husband died first on the 5th June 1877 Effects £140 - and left everything to his wife (who is named as the executrix) Amongst various household items she was left furniture, linen, china, glass etc it reads " I give devise and bequeath all my messuages, lands, tenements and real estate whatsoever and wheresoever of or to which I am now or at my decease shall be entitled for any estate or interest (except estates rested on me as Trustee or Mortgage)etc.

However, before probate was granted to his wife she died on the 1st Dec 1879 - she too left a will of which I have a copy it reads "and to which I intend the provisions of the statute 23 and 24 Victoria Chapter 145 shall be applicable as except so far as the same are hereby altered or ?.  She too mentions tenement, land and real estate etc to be left to her brothers in law their heirs and assigns upon trust until all of her children reach the age of 21 then it would be sold and shared equally etc

Also where she has made her mark on her will it reads " Witnesses being both present at the time of execution and such will having been read over to the Testarix and "she appeared to perfectly understand the same"

I have tried to include the most relevant material from these wills as it may provide a clue as to the reason for the length of time it took - Probate was granted 1st June 1886 - so 9yrs is this normal? 

I would appreciate any advice or guidance, I am keen to learn but the more I read about Probate etc the more confused I am.

All the best

Regards

Z

Hi 

I have been struggling to find the parents of Hannah/Ann Burditt b1826 Market Harborough, after she married in St Margarets Leicester in 1853 I have been able to follow her and her husband (Joseph Weston) until her death in 1879, I have a copy of her will, together with a copy of her marriage certificate which shows that both her and her husband were living at Charles St and that her father was William Burditt Labourer - witness information John Roe and Mary Roe - using this information I have checked family search but have not found anything, I have also searched the census to see whether I can find her with her parents but unfortunately there does not appear to be an entry that shows her with her family although I have come across a couple of entries which might be her parents and are quite promising:-

1851 HO107 2079 343 4 - William Burditt 55 Head Harborough - Coal Dealer by retail although in 1861 his occupation is a Labourer - Hannah Burditt 56 Wife etc also it appears that there is another Burditt family living next door Ann Burditt wife 32 husband absent although if you follow this family to 1861 RG9 2249 29 14 William Burditt b 1819 Market Harborough - Dealer in Fish Game and Poultry - his occupation is my biggest clue to date as Hannah/Ann Burditt married Joseph Weston a butcher - therefore could this William be the brother of Hannah/Ann Burditt and therefore share the parents as shown above in the 1851 census?

Hope this makes sense - thank-you for reading

Regards

Z

Hi

Is there any other way of checking who was living at an address in 1904 Dublin?

Avenues pursued to date:-

Electoral rolls - timeframe too early!
Thoms Directory - person listed must have been the owner and not the person I am intersted in!
1901 Census - No joy!

Is there anything else?

Any assistance resulting to a point in the right direction would be most welcome.

Regards

Z