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Armed Forces / Dublin regiment photo identification
« on: Thursday 27 July 23 12:56 BST (UK)  »
Hello

Could someone please tell me which Regiment this photo is from.  Obviously it is Irish, but the Regiment, rank and time-line would be really helpful.

Thanks
Mo

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The Common Room / Freebmd
« on: Thursday 13 July 23 14:37 BST (UK)  »
Hello
In the marriages on freebmd, how can you find out which named individual married one of the number of people mentioned as possible spouses.  I've tried narrowing them down through census and death records, but can't find possible matches.
Mo

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Lancashire / Liverpool Workhouse
« on: Monday 03 July 23 11:19 BST (UK)  »
Hello

I hope someone could give me some insight.  I have found an ancestor in the workhouse in the Admissions and Discharge Register on Family Search microfilms.  She was admitted on 11 October 1853.  There is a 'No of Order' 590.  Does this relate to another record and are they available?

It also says 'by whose order' and it cites an H Simpson (this name appears regularly throughout the records) who are they?

She dies in the Infirmary Ward on 9 December 1853. (Stroke - according to burial records)  Now, I know she was buried in the Necropolis in a family grave, so she must have been known to the family and also I know the family were very "comfortable", and she had lived with her uncle previously.  Did people go into Workhouses for reasons other than poverty?

Thanks
Mo


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The Common Room / Ancestry Library Version
« on: Wednesday 24 May 23 16:26 BST (UK)  »
Hi

Does anyone know if the Ancestry Library version differs from the paid subscription version, in that I have found a Probate entry at the Library for a William Palmer, Liverpool, Grocer dated 7 April 1835, but it is only a transcription giving just the information above.  I have looked at the Government Will site, but can't find it. Would it be different on the paid subscription Ancestry site, or is that all it says?

Mo

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How to Use RootsChat (Please don't post requests here) / Attachments to Personal Messages
« on: Monday 10 April 23 09:46 BST (UK)  »
Hi there.

Can you put attachments on personal messages?

Mo

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Oxfordshire / 84 Woodstock Road, Oxfordshire
« on: Friday 08 July 22 15:38 BST (UK)  »
Hi

Could anyone tell me what 84 Woodstock Road was used for in 1939.  I have Googled it and it appears to have been a girls school, but on the 1939 census there are whole list of boys, but no girls!?

Mo

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Durham / Problem tracking down marriage and death certificate
« on: Saturday 09 April 22 10:43 BST (UK)  »
Hi

I hope someone can help.  I am trying to find a Marriage Certificate for a Robert Cunningham Cook Galloway married to Mary Hoggard in 1882 Gateshead - as stated on the FreeBMD site, but I can't find them on the Gateshead Registry Office site or the Durham Registry Office site.

I am also trying to find Mary Galloway's Death Certificate - died 1898 Gateshead - as stated on the FreeBMD site but again, the same problem.

Any ideas?

Thanks Mo

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London and Middlesex / Hanwell Town Football Club 1920s
« on: Sunday 20 February 22 12:37 GMT (UK)  »
Hi

I wonder if someone could help me.  I'm looking for the names of footballers playing for Hanwell Town Football Club in the 1920s, namely a George Holburn/Holborn.

The story is this - my mother told me that her father played professional football for Abertillery Football Club in the 1920s - which seemed odd as he came from Sunderland. (bear with me).  I did find a mention of his name in an old newspaper for the club and it mentioned there were a number of Geordies playing for them.  However, what we really wanted was a photo.  We wrote to the club, but had no response.  I then decided to trawl through old photos online of football clubs in the 1920s.  After many weeks of trawling I spotted a man on a photo whom I thought was the image of my grandad.  However, when it said Hanwell, Ealing I nearly dismissed it but, I got really excited when I discovered that they had been known as the 'Lunatics and Geordies'.  (Geordie being the word of interest here  :D).

https://www.aroundealing.com/history/lunatics-and-geordies-a-football-clubs-history/

See link.

The photo in the link has the man I think may be my grandad on it.  Gunnersbury Lane is also mentioned in the link and that rang bells too as his Uncle lived in Gunnersbury Lane in 1881.  However, he had moved to Australia by the 1920s so maybe just coincidence.

Has anyone got names to go with the photo.

Thanks
Mo




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London and Middlesex / John Herbert Palmer
« on: Thursday 02 December 21 11:54 GMT (UK)  »
Hi
I am hoping someone could help.  I am trying to trace a John Herbert Palmer B: 1891 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.  The family story is that he left Newcastle-upon-Tyne following the death of his wife, Florence Edith (nee Daglish B: 1893/4 ) in 1922, leaving most of his children with relatives, but taking the younger daughter, Dorothy B: 1920 with him.  It is also said that he may have gone off with a lady friend neighbour and was not heard of again.

I have been trying to find him and I have come across a 1939 Census record of a John H Palmer B: 1891 living at Strode Road, Fulham.  He is living with a Florence E Palmer B: 1891 and Dorothy B: 1920.  Unfortunately, it does not say where they were born.  I was very drawn to this record because of the names, obviously; but Florence E was a problem.  Who is she?  Didn't she die!?!? Is it just a huge coincidence?

Again, unfortunately, it just says John H Palmer, so is it Herbert; and Florence E Palmer is it Edith?

There is other information written on re a further marriage for Florence E and a marriage for Dorothy (who seems to have married her neighbour, Stanley J Hutchings.

Very convoluted explanation, I know, but could anyone throw any light on these people?   Florence seems to have married a Mr Day and Dorothy a Mr Hutchings, but what happened to the John H Palmer living in Fulham and is it John Herbert?

Here's hoping.
Mo




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