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Montgomeryshire / Powys Offices hours/Llansainffraid ym Mechain research
« on: Monday 11 April 16 20:21 BST (UK)  »
Hello
I had been hoping to visit the Powys offices when I come to the UK in June.  As I look at their website, I see that they are only open every second Friday and the listing only goes until the end of May.  I am unable to be in Llandidrod Wells on a Friday and am very disappointed that I will miss this opportunity.  I am trying to locate records for Llansainffraid yn Mechain for James Edwards who was 60 in the 1841 census (he was a farmer but I cannot read the location of his farm), or to find out more about the birth and death of his son, Thomas, I think 1812 - 1836.  I think my 2x great grandfather, William, 1833-1887 was raised by James.  I keep coming up blank on ancestry.com

First, could anyone please advise about this office in Llandidrod Wells for the month of June?

And, if that office is not accessible to me, could you please advise if there is another location, other than Aberystwyth where I can find records for Montgomeryshire?

Thank you
Stormybay
North Vancouver, Canada   
 

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Sussex Lookup Requests / Cornelius and Ann Walker, Chichester
« on: Sunday 06 March 16 16:33 GMT (UK)  »
Hello
Frances Walker, my 3x great grandmother was baptized October 31, 1795 at St Peter the Great in Chichester; parents were Cornelius and Ann Walker.  I have found nothing else concrete about them associated with this parish.  I would like to find a maiden name for Ann or information about other children in this family and if they had roots in West Sussex. 

I believe that they went to London for the 1800's as I have found a Cornelius Walker buried in Bunhill with his granddaughter Elizabeth Frances Cade.  Frances went by the name Fanny and married Robert Cade in London. 

So, can anyone help me with more ideas about the family in Chichester?
or, if I come to West Sussex, where could I go to do my own digging about this family?

Would appreciate any guidance on this, please.
Stormybay 

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London & Middlesex Lookup Requests / John Cade birth b 1766?, d 1799/1800?
« on: Sunday 06 March 16 16:06 GMT (UK)  »
Hi
I need help with John Cade.  My guess is he was born of Luke Cade and Elizabeth of Old Street about 1766, but fear that record showed a death in infancy.  I can find no other birth of John Cade.
He was married to Elizabeth Archer in 1788 at St Michael Bassishaw, but died 1799/1800 as Elizabeth Cade then married George Cowley at the same church.  She had other children but her son, whom she named George, was baptized two years after his father's death in 1802. 
I just need to confirm when John's life started and when it ended, if anyone can help, please. 

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Lancashire / St Helen's, Farnworth, Gt Sankey, St Mary's, Prescott, Widnes - Banner family
« on: Wednesday 06 January 16 01:31 GMT (UK)  »
Hello - I have tried reading up on these names to get a sense of what is what back in the 1600's, 1700's.  From a distance it is very hard to figure it out and I would like a little help.  I understand that there were four townships (Eccleston, Parr, Sutton and Windle) in what seems like a county and that there was a church (chapel) called St Helen's at a crossroads, and another church called St Mary's.  I have looked at Wikipedia and Genuki. 

I am onto the Banner family (like rabbits all spread out over Lancashire).  I thought I was in luck when I got to Thomas William Banner, a cabinet maker born 1774 of Sutton baptized in Farnworth (Prescott), St Helen's, Lancashire...but then as I go back I get similar records that show St Mary's and then sometimes Farnworth disappears and I get Gt Sankey and Widnes. 

It is like untangling the Christmas lights.  But can someone please help .. if I am starting at Sutton, 1774 and heading backward, should I ignore Gt Sankey and Widnes references?  And I haven't been able to figure out the Prescott or Farnworth bit.  All that seems sure is Sutton, St Helen's, Lancashire. 

If anybody else is a descendent of Thomas William Banner (Wiliam born 1797 is mine), perhaps we can work together on this.

Thanks for any advice.

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Merionethshire / Rug Chapel, Corwen
« on: Sunday 01 November 15 19:05 GMT (UK)  »
I recently posted requesting help with Griffiths/Roberts wedding.  With kind help, have found it to be the Corwen Parish Church.  On the Genuki cite, it seems to be described as a rug chapel.  Yet further down the list, there is another Rug Chapel with that as its name.  I have found the Rug Chapel on a Google search with lovely photos. 
Could it be that the Rug Chapel was the Parish Church? 

It is a peculiar name and at first, I wondered if it originated with a small group of parishioners actually gathering in someone's home on a rug....probably silly idea. 
S

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Merionethshire / Martha Griffith and Thomas Roberts
« on: Sunday 01 November 15 00:47 GMT (UK)  »
Soooo sorry to get into this Roberts tangle again.  I am looking for a marriage between Martha Griffith(s) of Corwen, born about 1814 to Thomas Roberts, born also about 1814.  They may have married in Llangollen.  I believe they married about 1835.  Their son, John Roberts, born in Llangollen in 1844 was my 2x gt grandfather.  There was a daughter, Mary, born about 1836. Other sons were Edwin, born 1851 and David, born 1839.  I do have them in the 1841 Welsh Census, but lose them after that.  By 1871, Martha was a widow in Acrefair.

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Armed Forces / Families of Soldiers in the 1800's Travelling to Oversea Postings
« on: Friday 06 December 13 19:47 GMT (UK)  »
Hello
I have just finished a historical fiction about families who travelled with the British Army to the Crimea.  The book described squalid conditions, cholera, alcoholism, starvation etc. because the Army had made no provisions for the wives and children, especially when their soldiers died on the battlefield.  From this book, I gather that Florence Nightingale was overwhelmed with improving conditions for the soldiers only, while the wives and children were left to fend for themselves.  What a huge problem that would be! 

My question is not so much about that battle as it is about even earlier times.  What was the longstanding tradition regarding families of members of the forces? 

My 3x great grandfather, William House, was a gunner with the Royal Artillery in Quebec and possibly other points in Canada from 1820 to 1824.  His young wife, Sarah, was with him and two sons were born to them while they were in Canada.  We have found records reporting the birth and baptism of the second son at the Garrison in Quebec in early 1824 with the names of the godparents included.  I believe that the journey at sea in those times took as long as 47 days to travel from Britain to Canada.  Probably men and women were separated on the boat as was the case for most immigrants.  And so, I have often wondered about the conditions for those wives and the children on the voyage and at the settlements.  Does anybody know if they were allowed to cohabit with their husbands or how they were fed and clothed during such challenging times as winter in Canada?  Would low ranking soldiers have had to share their allocated barrack bunks with their families?
S

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Somerset / Foghamshire, Nunney - House and Davis families
« on: Saturday 19 October 13 22:21 BST (UK)  »
Hello
I am researching the House Family who lived in and around Nunney and Frome in the late 1700's and into the middle of the 1800's.  In the 1841 Census, William House, a pensioner from the Royal Artillery, wife Sarah and sons, David and James, are shown to be living at Foghamshire in Nunney - apparently near the Red Fox.  Having been to Nunney, I realize that it is a very small and beautiful village comprising mostly a cross roads near the Church where William was baptized in 1787, and his parents were married.  Would anybody happen to know anything about Foghamshire>  Was it the name of a farm? 
William's parents were William House and Susannah Davis; he had a brother, Charles, born 1785.  I would appreciate hearing from anyone who might have connections with this family or who has more knowledge about Nunney.
Thank you
S 

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Suffolk / Is there someone who would take a photo at the Old Cemetery Ipswich?
« on: Friday 21 June 13 19:38 BST (UK)  »
Hello
I was in Ipswich a year ago today, staying at at the Melverley Guest House on Tuddenham Drive.  It was very stupid of me NOT to go to the Ipswich Cemetery which was probably only yards away.  However, soon after I returned to Canada, I found out that my ancestors are buried in the Ipswich Cemetery - probably in the Old Cemetery as the burials started in 1879.  Is there anyone who would take a photo of the obelisk for my family - either someone at the Cemetery itself, or a group of local historians who undertake such a task?  I am quite willing to pay for the service as I am quite sure that I will not be able to return to this site myself. 
Any suggestions appreciated.
S

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