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The Common Room / Johann Schildknecht
« on: Tuesday 27 May 14 14:46 BST (UK)  »
Having put my own tree aside for several months, as I seem to have progressed as far as I can, I am now trying to help a friend find her ancestors. And I have got stuck very quickly!  ::)

I know that Johann Schildknecht (b. c1884 Austria) did not marry Lilian Clements, his partner of several years. They both worked in a hotel in Manchester. They lived together and are in the 1911 Census in Manchester saying they were married, but the children's birth certificates prove otherwise.

He was from Austria, and was deported in 1914 at the onset of the Great War. Alas, Lilian died in 1919, and the children found themselves fostered to relations and Barnardo's. Their father was never found. I suppose he might have died in the WWI.

I have traced the Clements family, but of the Schildknechts, I can find no clue. The name is not not even in the one name section of RootsChat!

I see there are several in the USA, and I guess he might have emigrated after the war. I don't have a subscription to any US records. And I am unsure how to look up Austrian records.

Any suggestions on how to proceed gratefully accepted.

meles

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Norfolk / Charles Brock, b. Yarmouth 1850
« on: Sunday 16 March 14 17:56 GMT (UK)  »
Hi - I've not been on here for some time, as my research has come to a halt. Well, a pause, anyway. Brick walls everywhere. But I've done well, and got back a long way on most of my lines. But after a year of putting my research on the back burner, I'm hoping to make some progress now.

One line that has frustrated me is Charles Brock, b. 31.7.1850 in Row 130, Gt Yarmouth. He's in the 1851 Census - King Street, Yarmouth (just down the road), but that's it. No death that I can find. And nothing after.

Any suggestions?

Thanks.

meles

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The Common Room / Coulson marriage Newark, Notts
« on: Friday 19 July 13 13:13 BST (UK)  »
I have started working on a family tree for a friend. I have got stuck very quickly - perhaps after so many months not working on a tree, I have lost some of my skills!

John William Coulson married in Newark Q1 1895 (7b 483). I am trying to find the name of his wife, Mary Ann.

Not in FreeBMD, and I can't find them on the LDS site.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

meles

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Immigrants & Emigrants - General / Prussia - Papenfuss
« on: Friday 25 January 13 19:35 GMT (UK)  »
Working on OH's tree. Mother's maiden name is Papenfuss. Surely such an unusual name will be easy to trace?  ::)

Found them coming from Prussia in the late 1800's.

So - how do I look up Prussian records? Any other Papenfusseseses out there?

meles

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England / Brock/Crowther marriage?
« on: Tuesday 30 October 12 13:33 GMT (UK)  »
I have been trying to find what happened to Maria Brock, b. c1861 Norwich, Norfolk, for years.

But now, someone has contacted me saying she married one Leonard Crowther in Caistor in 1879 and they lived in Grimsby.

A little checking shows this is (probably) not the case. But I have found a Maria m. Edwin Crowther and living in Grimsby in 1881.

But I can't find the marriage.

Can anyone help, please?

meles

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Norfolk / Brock/Smith marriage 1780's?
« on: Monday 23 April 12 19:51 BST (UK)  »
I have one gap in my immediate tree - the marriage of my 3xG grandfather. I wonder if any of you clever people can find it.

He is John Brock, b. c1787, in Denton, Norfolk. The date is approximate. His baptism is 7.1.1787, his army records say 8.1.1788, and the 1851 Census says 1791.

His wife was Mary Smith ( ::)) b. c1789 (deduced from 1841 census). Norfolk. She died in 1850.

Their first child Hannah, was born c1810 in Norwich. Second child 1813. So the would have married some time before (or after!) then.

There is a marriage on the LDS site. John Brock, b. 1791 Denton  marrying a "Mrs John Brock" ! (b. 1795, Denton)  in Denton in c. 1815. This did not happen. I have been through the PRs again and again. They also record the first child as being b. in 1817 in Denton, so I think someone made an assumption.

I've been through most of the PRs in the Denton area (though I might have missed something).

If anyone has the time, I'd be grateful for another pair of eyes to look at this. One of those mysteries that's been driving me mad!

meles

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Armed Forces / KG630 crash 6 Feb 1945
« on: Friday 20 April 12 17:05 BST (UK)  »
A friend is doing research on a Dakota plane that crashed at Folkington, Sussex on 6 Feb 1945.

It took off from RAF Breadwell, Oxon.

The crew and 19 passengers were killed.

The crew were:
RAAF 425544 PO Oleinikoff, P M Captain (Pilot)
RAAF 434121 Flt Sgt E A Barsby, (Pilot)
RCAF FO Forseth, K G (Navigator)
RAF Flt Sgt R A Brock, (Wireless Air Gunner)

Can anyone help me/him in tracing details of the crew?

They are buried in the Brookwood Military Cemetery.

meles

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The Common Room / Pappenfus from Prussia
« on: Monday 02 April 12 16:23 BST (UK)  »
I'm trying to help OH with the family tree.

The Pappenfus branch which ended up in S Africa came from (we think) Prussia. c 1900.

How can we trace these Pappenfussesseses? Surely, there can't be that many of them?!

meles

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Essex / Elizabeth Barker, Harwich
« on: Sunday 22 January 12 16:10 GMT (UK)  »
I'm trying to find the birth details of my 3xGreat granmother, Elizabeth Barker, b. c. 1790 in Harwich.
It would be nice to have her parents' names and get another generation back!  :)

I can't find anything on line...

meles

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