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Durham / Missing Robinsons at Cornforth
« on: Friday 16 October 15 17:48 BST (UK)  »
According to the 1911 census, Thomas Robinson (b 1861) and his wife Margaret, nee Blenkiron, (1859-1947) had 10 children. Only 5 of these survived until 1911. I have found the 5 who who did and 3 of the 5 who did not. These are:
Christopher (Kit) 1883
James 1886-1888
John 1890-1891
James W 1893-1978
Margaret 1896-1989
Alice 1900
Annie 1902-1903
Annie 1904

I would be grateful for any information regarding the missing two.

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Durham Lookup Requests / Burials Cornforth Thomas Robinson
« on: Thursday 15 October 15 19:51 BST (UK)  »
I'm trying to find the burial details for Thomas Robinson. He was born at Haswell abt 1861 and is thought to have died abt 1939 at Cornforth. He was married to Margaret, nee Blenkiron 1859-1947.

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London & Middlesex Completed Lookup Requests / Burial of Frederick Leaf Franklin
« on: Friday 30 May 14 15:24 BST (UK)  »
Bancroft's School, Woodford is running a project to recognize and honour former pupils who died as a consequence of fighting in WW1. Part of this programme is to lay wreathes. I have provided them with information about one of my second cousins. Because he died in 1920 as a result of injuries sustained earlier, he is not covered by the War Graves Commission and I have been unable to locate his grave. Can anyone help?

The details I have of Frederick are:
BORN July-Sept 1897 Plumstead. Ref: Woolwich 1D 1365.
BAPTISM 7th March 1906, Plumstead St Margaret.
DIED 17th June 1920, Camberwell House, Peckham, Surrey.
HOME ADDRESS 166 Ancona Road Plumstead

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Armed Forces / Military Records for Napoleonic Wars
« on: Monday 25 November 13 16:33 GMT (UK)  »
I recently found the tattered remains of Thomas Middlemast's (my Great Grandfather) army discharge papers dated 1816. These show that he was in the Third Regiment of Foot Guards (Scots Guards) during the latter part of the Napoleonic Wars. I contacted the regiment to find out his battalion and any other details of his involvement. They told me that a fire had destroyed the part of their records that contained his service record.

I've tried The National Archives, Ancestry/Genes Reunited/FindMyPast/etc., but found nothing. Can anyone suggest alternative sources?

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Dating of Photograph
« on: Thursday 20 December 12 16:17 GMT (UK)  »
I've come across an old photograph in rather poor condition. I believe it to be of James Middlemast (b1858). Could anyone please help with a date to give me further evidence?

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Restoration and dating of old school photograph.
« on: Saturday 02 June 12 15:24 BST (UK)  »
I found the attached photograph at the bottom of a box of odds and ends. As you can see, it is poor condition. Can anything be done to improve this?

I'd also be grateful for views on a date. I believe that the gentleman in the centre is Fred Harle. This leads me to think that the school is Page Bank or Willington (Co. Durham) and that it was taken middle to late 1880s.

The back of the photograph is plain.

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Photograph for Dating please
« on: Tuesday 08 May 12 14:57 BST (UK)  »
I think that the attached is a photograph of one of the Middlemast Family, but don't which one. A date would help to narrow down the suspects.

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Monmouthshire / Ellen Davidson, later Dando
« on: Sunday 22 April 12 16:45 BST (UK)  »
The attached photograph is believed to be of Ellen Davidson. She was born abt 1887 in Newcastle, but moved to Willington and then South Moor. Her father was Robert Davidson. Her mother died when she was about 12 and after her father re-married about 2 years later, she left home and lived with the family of Thomas Middlemast (my Great Uncle).

She became a Lay Primative Methodist Preacher and later went to London and did missionary work there. In 1915 she married  David John Dando, A Lay Preacher and School Teacher from Monmouthshire, in1915 and they continued their missionary work until his death in 1943.

Her brief autobiography, Out of Romanism, is dedicated to Thomas Middlemast.

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Durham / Ellen Davidson/later Dando
« on: Sunday 22 April 12 16:37 BST (UK)  »
The attached photograph is believed to be of Ellen Davidson. She was born abt 1887 in Newcastle, but moved to Willington and then South Moor. Her father was Robert Davidson. Her mother died when she was about 12 and after her father re-married about 2 years later, she left home and lived with the family of Thomas Middlemast (my Great Uncle).

She became a Lay Primative Methodist Preacher and later went to London and did missionary work there. In 1915 she married  David John Dando, A Lay Preacher and School Teacher from Monmouthshire, in1915 and they continued their missionary work until his death in 1943.

Her brief autobiography, Out of Romanism, is dedicated to Thomas Middlemast.

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