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Hiya

I've got a 1926 Christmas Card sent from a Mr. & Mrs. W. Spurr, of Grove Street, Retford, Notts. Let me know if they are your ancestors.

Mishka

Hi

My ancestors John Hall and Eliza Hall are on the 1861 census of Worksop, Notts as being married and living with her father John Thorn, with no kids, they were 21 and 20 years old. However on the 1871 census she is listed at the same address with her father as Eliza Thorn with 5 kids all surname Thorn, and no John Hall.

Then John Hall is back on the 1881 census and there are 2 extra kids. I got their marriage cert and found out they married in May 1873, but i cant figure out why they left it so long!

Out of the first five kids, the third and fifth were registered as Thorn's with the middle name Hall, but i cant find the registration details of the first, second and fourth. The sixth and seventh were registered as Hall's.

I know people were sometimes previously married, but they seemed too young to have been so in 1861. Eliza is listed as a domestic servant at that time, so i thought maybe she couldnt marry without losing her job, but then she had all the kids so she would have left anyway.

Anyway, is this making any sense to anyone?! Id appreciate any suggestions. John Hall came from Killamarsh in Derbys, so im looking to see if maybe he married there between the ages of 16 and 21, but im having no luck.

Thanks

Mishka

I know that one of HM Superintending Inspectors of Factories from Sheffield looked into the circumstances of my g-grandfather's death in Retford, Notts. in 1931.

Has anyone ever looked into the Factory Inspectorate records at Kew? I had a look on the National Archives website and it brought up 12 files in their catalogue, but i'm none the wiser what to look for!

I suspect this train of thought might lead to a visit to Kew, but id like to have an idea of which of these files to look into... 

Thanks,

Mishka

Hi, my great grandfather, Frederick Walter Forster, died on 24th May 1928 as a result of injuries he sustained whilst working down the Rising Sun Colliery in Wallsend. Ive done a bit of looking, but im not having any luck in finding out what the circumstances of the accident were. I would be grateful if anyone could offer any advice, for avenues for further investigation.