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Hi there,

I am trying to identify the biological father of CS - my biological grandfather. I suspect CS’s birth certificate to list the incorrect father (I suspect this as my DNA results currently have no links to the listed father, and a bunch to another male). Although I do appreciate that DNA is somewhat random and its possible matches could appear in the future.

CS’s mother was HD (I match to her ancestors). HD was married to the birth certificate father at the time of CS’s birth. CS was born the 6th child of 7 to this couple in 1902 and was named after the birth certificate father (also CS).

The man I suspect to be the true father is EM, also known as HH. EM was a convicted bigamist and lived a very colourful life to say the least. One of his son’s (RM) has uploaded a DNA test and matches to me at 394cM. I have tried to make contact with RM several times, but have not yet had any luck.

RM’s brother is deceased, but his children (EM’s grandchildren) have also uploaded tests and I match to them as follows:

255cM
207cM

And their children (EM’s great grandchildren):

181cM
170cM
159cM
156cM
144cM
128cM
126cM
124cM
110cM
109cM
107cM
103cM

There is also an unknown shared match at 374cM. I have not yet had any luck making contact with them or connecting them into the tree. They do not have a family tree uploaded to refer to.

EM had two brothers, I haven’t found any descendants of them on any database yet (but I will keep searching). They were all of the right age to be a potential father.

I cannot conclusively link EM or his two brothers to the same local area as HD at the time of CS’s conception, but they were all in the Royal Navy. They all lived in a similar but broader area of the UK.
 
I have seen some photos of EM and one of his grandchildren, and there is a strong familial resemblance.

Am I jumping to too many conclusions, or is there a strong chance either EM or his two brothers is the biological father to CS? It’s one of those brick walls that I feel I have been staring at for too long and need a new set of eyes to look at it. I don’t believe I will ever find a paper trail for this, and that DNA is my only way of putting it to bed.

Thank you in advance,

Hi,

I'm looking for any information on the Sevenoaks rail crash that killed my 3 x G Granddad in 1884. I've only very recently discovered it was the cause of his death and so far all I know about it is the bare details and a photo. I've tried to look into newspaper archives as surely it would have been covered but the only stories I can find are on the British newspaper archives, with whom I don't have a subscription. I'd really like to know a bit more about the accident that sadly took his life

Any information would be much appreciated,

Thanks,

Hi all!

I was hoping someone might be able to help me as I don't have a FindMyPast subscription (only Ancestry!). I know my GGgrandad served in the Boer War from a 1901 census but that's all I know. I would love to get hold of his chelsea pension record but the search results gave me no indication as to which one he is out of a possible 4

His vitals:

William Whitfield born abt 1865 in Shropshire
Worked as a labourer in an ironworks and later an attendant in a private asylum
Moved to Tonbridge, Kent sometime around 1897 where he married Emily Thorn of Downton, Wilts
He had three children that could potentially come up on the record
Edith Bessie 1898 Wilts
William Thomas 1900 Tonbridge
Katherine 1902 Tonbridge

Thanks, I'll be so grateful of any help!

Hi,

I'm having an ongoing problem tracing my GG Grandfather Walter Elston's time in the army. From his service number (7932) I can presume he joined the 2nd Bt Lincs in about 1907. Interestingly he has another service number for the same battalion (63821) but I don't know enough about the military to know why that is.

From his medal card I can tell he came over to France on 5th Nov 1914 where he stayed for the duration of the war.

Following the war he was posted to India where he took his family but died in 1921, interestingly noted as a "post-war casualty" and can be found on the CWGC website though the information is somewhat basic.

What I'd really like is to paint a picture somewhat of what he would have been involved in (someone online once told me he was a drummer but I've never been able to find how they found that, I do know he was a private, then a lance corporal. Pre military he was a shoeing smith) - more significantly why he died so young (32) and despite it being 1921, described as a post-war casualty. Why would that be?

Any help would be hugely appreciated, I understand the later part of my question is purely speculation but I'm happy to hear any ideas.

Thanks,