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Essex Completed Lookup Requests / Pub in Burnham-on-Crouch (Essex) COMPLETED
« on: Thursday 07 June 12 13:20 BST (UK)  »
Hi all,
I am trying to fill in a few gaps in the history of my paternal grandparents, Fred Robert and Ellen (or Helen) Carrier. I am fairly sure that they ran a pub in Burnham-on-Crouch (Essex) in the late 1940's or very early 1950's. They took it on when he retired from his job as a panelbeater in London.
My only memory of it was when I was perhaps 8 or 9 years old, and I can remember that it was near the sea, as I used to fish for crabs from the sea wall. The other memory was that it had a stuffed 5-legged sheep (or lamb) in a glass case on the wall, bizarre now but fascinating to an 8 year old. I think it had 4 normal legs plus one on the back of its neck.
I have tried the websites on old pubs etc., without any success. Has anyone any ideas on how I can track this down? I just hope that my memory is not totally wrong, but I'm pretty sure that is correct.
As usual, all help will be very welcome.
Bob.

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Devon / John A NICHOLSON (Royal Navy)
« on: Monday 21 May 12 13:36 BST (UK)  »
Hi all.
I am now tracing my grandmother, Ellen Casey (possibly Helen), who married Fred Robert Carrier in 1915.
Her mother was Elizabeth Casey, born about 1864 in Devonport, who married Edward John Casey. Elizabeth's father was John A Nicholson, born about 1835 in Plymouth. I have traced him back to the 1871 census, where he is shown as married, living in Portsmouth and serving on HMS Excellent, a gunnery training ship.
I cannot find him earlier than this, so I wondered if he was serving on a ship and away from the UK. Does anyone have any information to help me? Any information, especially ships name etc., would be very welcome.

Thanks for any assistance,
Bob (Carrier).

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Cambridgeshire / Christian names 'Roady' and 'Mahala'.
« on: Sunday 06 May 12 11:55 BST (UK)  »
Hi everyone. I am new to this site, and fairly new to genealogy, so please bear with me if I make mistakes. If this is the wrong forum for this query then I apologise.
  I am tracing a branch of my family (Carrier) from Wisbech, the one currently being Mary Esther Martin, who married Robert Carrier in 1859 in Wisbech.
 From the marriage certificate she was born in Wisbech in about 1833. The 1841 census shows a possible match, with 'Mary' as 8 years old, born in Cambridgeshire. I then went to the 1851 census, which shows some family members (still in Wisbech) but not Mary - since she would now be 18 she could very well have left home, but since the marriage certificate shows her as 'spinster' in 1859 she should be somewhere as Mary (Esther) Martin, but I have had no success.
  The only possible route I have is that in 1841 Mary had a twin sister with the christian name 'Roady'. She is also missing from the 1851 census, and could of course have married by then (so a different surname) but with such an unusual name I thought I could possibly find her, but not so far.
  The writing on the census is quite clear, so I'm fairly sure of the spelling, so has anyone an idea of what Roady could be short for, or might it be a nickname?
  Any help would be gratefully received.
  On the subject of unusual names, my wife has been researching her family (from Devon and Dorset) for a while, and has one with the christian name 'Mahala' - is this as unusual as she thinks?

Thanks again,
  Bob.   

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