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Derbyshire Lookup Requests / Whittington Hall Hospital - Ethel Fable
« on: Wednesday 05 July 23 11:16 BST (UK)  »
I would be very grateful for any information on Ethel Fable.
I think she was a foundling, her birth was registered in Newark, Notts.  In the 1939 register, Ethel Fable (born 27th August 1917), was a patient at the National Institutions for Persons Requiring Care and Custody, Whittington Hall, Old Whittington, Chesterfield.  She is recorded (as were virtually all patients) as an Incapacitated Inmate. 
The death of Ethel Fable, aged 43, was registered between July and September 1961 at Chesterfield, Derbyshire.  Was she discharged before her death or did she die in hospital?   The National Archives state that the records are held at Matlock.
Thanking you in anticipation

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Hello
I hope you will be able to enhance this photo.   Maybe someone will be able to tell me if I have his rank correct as an RAF Flight Sergeant.

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The Common Room / Arthur Buxton - Not found on 1939 register
« on: Tuesday 21 March 23 19:36 GMT (UK)  »
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Arthur Buxton was born 11th September 1910 at Chesterfield and died 26th July 1990 at New Whittington, Chesterfield.  He married Phyllis Beatrice Godfrey in 1935. they had two children in 1942 and 1949
In the 1939 register, Phyllis Beatrice Buxton is married and living at 353a, Chatsworth Road, Brampton, along with her mother in law, Alice Maude Buxton, who is a widow.  They are the only two people living there. 

Any ideas where he may be found?

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The Common Room / National Archives - Ordering documents
« on: Friday 20 January 23 11:33 GMT (UK)  »
I have decided to order some documents from a file at the N.A. because I don't live in England and can't get there to find them myself.    They have told me that there is an £8.40 charge for finding the files and looking to see if the information is there and then they will tell you how many pages they have and how much it will cost to copy them. 
I would like to know if anyone has done this and could give me advice such as how detailed does the description of what you want, need to be.
Also are low resolution copies fully legible.

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / What was William Johnson's occupation?
« on: Sunday 13 November 22 18:46 GMT (UK)  »
This is a wedding in July 1891 in Notts.  I have not found any later census records of them together.
In the 1891 census William is a bricklayer's labourer. Thanks in advance.

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The Common Room / Has the wrong name been recorded?
« on: Saturday 17 September 22 13:29 BST (UK)  »
In the 1891 census, Francis Newton (my great grand father) had married a woman named Hannah.  No record could be found of the marriage but from the census it was known that Hannah had been born in Clowne Derbyshire in about 1863.  In the 1991 census, Francis and Hannah's eldest child was 8 years old so the marriage would have been about 1882.
In the 1871 census, only one Hannah has been found who was born in Clowne around 1863.  She was the illegitimate child of Martha Morton and was christened on the 6th April 1862 in Clowne.  The birth was registered in Worksop.
In the 1861 census Joseph and Hannah Morton were living with their daughter Martha (14) and their son Thomas (2).  Harriet aged 16 was working away as a domestic servant 
In the 1871 census Joseph Morton (56), a widowed agricultural labourer, was living with his unmarried daughter Martha Morton (25), his unmarried son Thomas Morton (12), and his granddaughter Hannah Morton (8).  All members of the household were born in Clowne.   This ties in with Hannah Newton in the 1891 census.
In the 1881 census Hannah Morton (18) is living with her uncle Thomas Morton on High Street in Clowne as his housekeeper, he is 4 years older than her, both were born in Clowne.
All the information matches what is known of Francis’ wife so I think I have found her.
Unfortunately this record was found in the Derbyshire Church of England Parish Registers:-
The marriage of William Newton (bachelor) residing in Stanfree to Hannah Morton (spinster) residing in Clowne was recorded on 15th January1883 at St Mary and St Laurence Church, Bolsover, Derbyshire.  Both bride and groom were recorded as being of full age.  The groom's father was William Newton and the bride's father was Joseph Morton. (Deceased).The witnesses were Charles Tempril and Elizabeth Highfield.  The groom and the first witness “made their mark”.  The marriage was registered in the first quarter of 1883 at Chesterfield (Vol 7b; page 917) .
The date is right and all the bride’s information matches what is known.  The groom’s father’s name and the groom’s residency are correct but the groom is named William instead of Francis.  The record doesn't give the exact ages of the bride or groom.
Francis put his mark on the certificate, so he would not have been able to read that the wrong name had been written.  No record of a Francis Newton getting married has been found.
I have think that the groom’s name was a mistake and this was the marriage of Francis Newton. Has anybody else come across wrong names being used in records, rather than just misspell? 

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The Common Room / What is the A. O. A. B.?
« on: Wednesday 23 February 22 13:05 GMT (UK)  »
My research found that an Isaac Buxton had been buried at Stanton in the Peak on Sunday 22nd January 1905, aged 64.   The vicar sometimes wrote useful notes about the person.  The note next to this man was that he was a member of A. O. A. B. and that he died after an accident in the quarry and was buried after coroner’s order.
My query is, does anyone know what A. O. A. B. means?   I have tried Gooole but can’t find anything useful.

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The Common Room / Genealogy Subscription Sites. Any recomendations
« on: Thursday 24 June 21 22:40 BST (UK)  »
I have decided to invest some of my pension into a subscription of one of the genealogy sites.  My family were mainly in England.  Can anyone recommend which site I should go for?

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This is a photo of Stephen and Florence Buxton . I don't know the date but they married in 1909. I would be most grateful you could work your magic on this photo.

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