Show Posts

This section allows you to view all posts made by this member. Note that you can only see posts made in areas you currently have access to.


Topics - david.lyon

Pages: [1] 2 3
1
The Common Room / Elsie Williams d1988, who was she?
« on: Monday 04 January 21 12:19 GMT (UK)  »
I have hit the biggest brick wall, through DnA testing I have found a blood relative of 148Cm's, her mother Elsie Williams died in june 1988 in Bradford, and her birth date was recorded as 2nd aug 1926, on her daughters birth cert (born Halifax) she recorded her maiden name as Clarke but am unable to find her born on that date, I looked for Elsie's born on that date, none. I looked for Clarkes with and without the E born on that date, nothing, I did a general search of any female born on that date and nothing stands out. so who is Elsie Clarke ?

2
The Common Room / Looking for a William Evans
« on: Thursday 07 May 20 17:41 BST (UK)  »
I am looking for a William Evans b 5th june 1886 in Dragon Villa, Durham, Married a Elizabeth Annie Hodgson B1891 in Sept 1910. emigrated to Australia October 1928 on the "Orford" but things didnt work out and he split from his wife buy 1930, his wife came back to the Uk to divorce him in 1948. but I cannot find him coming back on any shipping list, there is a death of a William Evans at Backworth Maud colliery in 1946, he died after a rockfall in 1945, but is this him?

3
Lincolnshire / Jacob Wray b1851 Leverton, who is his wife
« on: Thursday 01 December 16 14:22 GMT (UK)  »
have found Jacob at various addresses in Boston, Witham green and later at St Johns Rd, he was employed as dock foreman, and married ( I assume) to a Sophia, but who is she, I cannot find a marriage, she says that she is from East Ville on one census and Langrick on another. the nearest I have for a surname is Mears as there was a Sophia Mears  living in Witham Green at the same time as Jacob but its only a wild shot,
   any ideas

4
London and Middlesex / the Kingbridge Arms, Poplar
« on: Thursday 19 November 15 17:33 GMT (UK)  »
a bit of a long shot, on the 1939 register I have found my relative "William Evans" living at 158 Westferry Rd, Poplar. I was wondering if anyone had a picture of the house, but I realize that there will be more pictures of the pub next door. the houses lasted until the 60s so there should be some out there. many thanks if you have.

5
Yorkshire (North Riding) / William Magson Lyon and the lost leg
« on: Monday 07 September 15 11:22 BST (UK)  »
William was born in 1894 in Scarborough,and died in 1951, he married in 1915 and had 3 children all born in Scarborough, but some where in the process lost a leg, I have looked  through military web sites but found nothing. would any one on here have access to hospital records that would show why or how he lost the leg.

6
Lincolnshire Completed Look up Requests / Mary Jane Harvey b1844c
« on: Monday 23 March 15 07:56 GMT (UK)  »
In a tree that I am working on I have a large brick wall, she is
Mary Jane Harvey B1844 or so she says on census from 1871 to 1911,
on all she says she is from Dorset, on all but 1911 she is Jane Harvey
 and in 1911 she becomes Mary Jane.
I cant find a marriage that fits the time scale, her eldest(Ada) born 1866 in Louth, Lincs.
On the 1911 she says she was born Chiswick, Dorset but there isnt a Chiswick in Dorset.
so she is a very stubborn wall

yours  David.Lyon

7
Durham Lookup Requests / William Evans
« on: Monday 04 March 13 12:55 GMT (UK)  »
I have been banging my head against a brick wall for some time now,
William Evans B 5 july 1886 at Dragon Villa, Ferryhill.  a coal miner and from a coal mining family. married Elizabeth Annie Hodgson on 17th Sept 1910.
Living at 34 Darlington Rd, Ferryhill on the 1911 census (he says he is 3 years younger on that). what happened to him after that.
In the family its believed that he went overseas but cant find any record, found some William Evans that could be him but the age is wrong, found several deaths for him but again age wrong. where did he go


8
Completed Yorkshire (North Riding) Look up Requests / Charlotte Mead
« on: Thursday 21 February 13 20:30 GMT (UK)  »
I am looking for the birth and or parents of Charlotte Mead, she was born in West Ayton in 1801 according to the details given when she married, but cant find her birth or her parents, she married a Francis Gibson and died in 1871.

9
England / alias
« on: Sunday 09 September 12 16:53 BST (UK)  »
in the 1592 parish records there is a " Robert son of Robert Puckett  alias Hebbs",
what is the purpose of the alias, is it a knickname or something more sinister like hiding from some one?

Pages: [1] 2 3