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Just wanted to grab your thoughts on this,

I have an Alfred Phillip Wilmore

Born 27th April 1896 (Kings Lynn)
Baptised 15 July 1898 (Kings Lynn)
(Parents = Moses Alexander Wilmore & Frances Wilmore, nee Heathorn)

At 4 years of age in the 1901 England census he was living with parents and siblings in Kings Lynn.

At 15 years of age in the 1911 England census he was living with parents and siblings in Kings Lynn and is recorded as being a Shop Draper Boy.

Now he disappears. I cannot find no Marriage or Death for this chap.

Not to be confused with his elder brother of the same name who died as a child (1894-1895)

HOWEVER, either he died, or on the 1939 register he's changed his name to Reginald Phillip Arthur Wilmore (Born on the same date: 27 Apr 1896). Was this common practice or am I looking into the similarity of the name and the coincidence of the exact date of birth too much.

Proofs I have:

Alfred Phillip Wilmore, born 27 April 1896. (The baptism entry on the 15th July 1896 records the birth date).

Reginald P.A. Wilmore. (1939 Register records date of birth as 27 April 1896).

Either way a little help would be very much appreciated.
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I have the 2014 version, but running under windows 10, it tells me it is no longer compatible to run with Ancestry.

80 quid seems a bit steep for the new version, but I am seriously considering it against my wanting to.

Is there any way to get my copy of 2014 to work with Ancestry?

Many thanks in advance

I have this photograph and as the title says I have three questions. I wasn't sure if I had to split the questions or just kill three birds with one stone so to speak.

This image is of Bertram born in 1898 and his brother Sidney born in 1901.

Question 1 - Is the child sat down an amputee or is he sitting on one leg. I think the shoe on his foot seems to be a right footed one which would indicate he is unfortunately an amputee. The owner of the image said his mother used to tell him one of the boys had one leg, but a cousin who knew the boys till they died said they was never aware of it.

Question 2 - Given the ages of these young lads I would assume the picture to be just over 100 years old. It has been in the frame all this time. A newly found family member would like a copy of it. Given the size of the image and pressumably its delicateness, how could a copy be accomplished?

Question 3 - If he had lost his leg, would there be medical records anywhere that could tell us how or why it happened, and most of all, which boy it was that had the disability, was it Bertram or Sidney.

Sorry about the picture, its the best ive been given so far.

Did this actually happen? Or am I missing something here...

Brownlow Hides (Hydes) married Ada Blackburn on the 17th March 1898 at Jarvis, Haldimand, Ontario.

I was researching Brownlow who had an accident at the Jarvis GTR Yard. A kind rootschat member sent me images of two newspaper articles re the accident. It turns out that Brownlow was a Sexton (caretaker) of the St Pauls Church in Jarvis. Upon his death, he was laid to rest in the church grounds.

Another kind Rootschat member visited the churchyard on his passings and sent me a few photographs of the headstone.

Ada, his wife died in 1958. The Headstone inscription reads:

Thy will be done.
BROWNLOW HYDES
1867-1914
ADA. His wife
1867-1958
NATIVES OF YORKSHIRE
ENGLAND

This Ada Hydes on the marriage record states her parents as William Blackburn and Sarah Ann Green.

Now the bit that confuses me, I wanted to close the research that I had so far and am trying to finish Ada on my tree as much as could. But all of a sudden I find a marriage record dated 21st June 1916 in Haldimand, Ontario for a Robert John Watson. He married a widow by the name of Ada Hydes. This Ada Hydes has the same parents, William Blackburn and Sarah Ann Green.

So if Ada Hydes married again, surely she would become Ada Watson. So why as Ada Watson, would she be buried as Ada Hydes with her 1st husband Brownlow. I understand being buried with Brownlow, its the surname throwing me off.

The Jarvis Record had an article on the 3rd January 1924, titled "Gives Service Book To St Paul's Church". (This is not the whole article) A revised prayer book of the Church Of England in Canada has been presented by Mrs R WATSON. An inscription read in loving memory of Brownlow Hydes. The Gift of His Widow.

Am I missing something?