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World War Two / A Lancashire Fusilier Bugler ww2
« on: Tuesday 06 November 12 16:53 GMT (UK)  »
hi all - this is a very long shot!   I am trying to find information on a Lancashire Fusilier Bugler who was stationed at Rufford Abbey, Nottinghamshire between 1941-43 possibly 1/5th Battalion.  whether he survived the war or not?

name: Albert Stockham
Born: 1909 Yorkshire
1911 census - radcliffe, Bury Lancashire
mother: Lizzie Stockham nee Etheridge

nothing more I'm afraid

thank you

Angela

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Nottinghamshire / Deerdale Lane, Bilsthorpe Notts
« on: Friday 26 October 12 00:16 BST (UK)  »
Albert and Cecelia Henson 1911 Census 33 Broomhill Road Mansfield.  Post WW1 and on discharge from the war Albert & cecelia lived at 61 Brownlow Road Mansfield. At some point they moved to Deerdale Lane Bilsthorpe on a smallholding type property belonging the Forestry Commission - Albert working as a Ranger.  I would like to know (aside from Nottingham Archives) which Library I would likely find old electoral records up to 1947? When Albert died in 1947 Cecelia had to vacate the property and until her death lived at Pembroke Street Mansfield before it was pulled down for regeneration.

Can anyone help as I am on the last leg of my family history story.

Thank you in anticipation

Angela

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World War One / Cloth hall Lakenhalle Ypres WW1
« on: Thursday 11 October 12 16:59 BST (UK)  »
Albert Henson born Kimberley Nottinghamshire 1876 died 1947 residing at the time  Deerdale Lane, Ollerton/Bilsthorpe Newark.  occupation at time of death - Forestry Commission.

1911 census shows Albert (head) 35 years old and a Miner at coal store married to Cecelia (nee Bradder) aged 20 with one child Herbert under one years of age.

Stories passed down through family have suggested that my Great Grandfather above served in Ypres in WW1 and that he stayed around the Cloth Hall in Lakenhalle while serving on the Western Front?  Great Grandmother passed this information on to my mother - and the story goes that it was cold and that he and his comrades kept themselves warm using all the woolen/fur? from the factory.  He served in the Sherwood Foresters and apparently suffered injuries to his finger nails/hands

I do not doubt the Cloth hall story but I'm concerned about his age - At the outbreak of war he would have been 38 and then over 40 at time of certain battles over in France.  Surely he was too old for frontline service?  I have searched enlistment records etc and can't find him or a medal index card - I'm beginning to wonder if he served at all?  can any military buff help me put this into some perspective please?  Did older men fight in WW1?

Thank you in anticipation

Angela

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Nottinghamshire / marriage Newark 1890
« on: Thursday 11 October 12 16:04 BST (UK)  »
In order to continue with my family tree I need to establish my great great Grandmother's maiden name.
Bertha was married between October and December 1890 in Newark, Notts.  Her spouse was Henry Bradder from Mansfield born 1846.

Bertha was also born in Newark if this helps - 1872 in Muskham.  I have found the Bradder family on the 1901 Census listing Henry as being 55 years old and Bertha 29 years old.  They have 4 children; Arthur, Cecelia (my great grandmother) Kate and George.

Bertha's maiden name as so far been elusive.

Please can anyone help

Thank you in anticipation

Angela

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Lincolnshire Lookup Requests / death notice or report 1941
« on: Tuesday 02 October 12 23:27 BST (UK)  »
Lionel Shields born 1897 Skillington died between Oct-Dec 1941 (death registered at Bourne Lincolnshire) aged 44. Widow Hannah Shields (nee Bainbridge) deceased.  I believe the late Lionel Shields was 'run over' on Christmas Eve/New years Eve on the way home from pub?  I was interested in finding out if there was a death notice or a report in the local paper - could any one help or direct me to how I can find information about this accidental death?  The deceased is an ancestor.

Thanking you.

AS

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World War One / he's got to be recorded somewhere?!!!!
« on: Wednesday 15 August 12 23:56 BST (UK)  »
My Grandfather Robert taylor (bJuly 1896 d 1974) was a WW1 soldier.  He served with the Rifle Brigade as a private and then the Machine Gun Corps as a gunner.  He fought on the western front at Ypres and was gassed with the chlorine gas released by the germans.  He survived the war.  I cannot find his enlistment record anywhere and I have paid £'s out on the usual sites to no avail!

The last information I have accrued of him prior to the war was that at 15 years old he lived in Billy Row, Crook County Durham and that he was a 'Helper Up' at the local mine.  he apparently enlisted aged 18.  There are oodles of Robert taylor's but i can't match him up.

His father was george taylor b1876 d 1905 and his mother was Margaret who remarried in 1906 james trotter - i'm not sure if this info helps

he trained at MGC Belton Camp in Grantham Lincolnshire prior to posting overseas.  Can anyone help?  I've tried national Archives for medal index card to no avail

Thank you in anticipation

Angela

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Durham / New Brancepeth Colliery death 1905
« on: Wednesday 15 August 12 23:42 BST (UK)  »
My great grandfather George Taylor b1876 died in a pit accident on January 25th 1905 (New Brancepeth Colliery) aged just 29.  he left a widow - margaret and three boys, Robert, George and John.  The death is recorded on the Durham Mining Museum website and I have details.  The death may have been included in the Durham Weekly Advertiser or another local newspaper at the time.  I have looked on the newspaper archive website to no avail.  can any one advise how or where i might be able to find articles about this death?  Or even a death notice in a local paper?  he lived at 21 Old Row Willington at the time of his death.

many thanks

Angela

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Durham Lookup Requests / researching a widowed relative who remarried!
« on: Monday 06 August 12 02:06 BST (UK)  »

Taylor Margaret (nee Stephenson)married Taylor George 1895 gateshead.  1901 Census shows george 25, Margaret 23 and Children; George 4, Robert 4, John 6wks residing at 21 Old Row Willington Durham.

In 1905 george taylor now 29 dies in a pit accident at New Brancepeth Colliery 25th January - buried at Brandon cemetary. Children are now 8,9 and 4.

Now I'm really stumped because Margaret remarries at some point and must leave Willington and moves back to the Gateshead/Newcastle area? 

My grandfather Robert, was one of the children and i know he went to war from the Newcastle area in 1914 at aged 18 and subsequently married in the Hebburn area - twice!  First wife marion Burnett in 1920 who died after childbirth in 1921.  Second marriage December 1922 to Janet Round from Hebburn, 

can anyone advise or even help on how to search the second marriage of Margaret Taylor.  I apologise as I know this is a tall order - but thank you to anyone who can undertake it  ???

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Durham Lookup Requests / Taylor - very common surname but very difficult to tie up lbranches of tree!
« on: Wednesday 16 May 12 00:21 BST (UK)  »
1901 and 1911 census look-up.

Taylor George - would be 36 in 1901 and 46 in 1911 - siblings were Thomas, William, Isabella, Eliza and Alice. parents were Wi;;iam and Alice Taylor.

George was living at St Helen's Auckland according to 1881 census but not 1891 when he was 26. A marriage/occupation etc would be ideal.

Also, one of my ancestors apparently died in a 'pit' accident - Thomas born 1900 but may have been called John?  i have looked on the Durham Mining Museum Memorial but cannot find a recorded death under that name or birth date- any help would be appreciated.

1871,1861,1851 taylor line from William born 1839 St Helens residing at Square St helen's Auckland. This will complete my Taylor ancestry (pre-1841 impossible as only head counts done during that period)  Finally anything on Marion Burnett born 1900 married to Robert taylor in 1920 - death occured September 1921.

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