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I would be glad of your help to trace John Northover.
he was b 1851at Dooran Rock in in Donegal Ireland, son of John Northover b1823 Dorset and his wife Mary Samways b 1824 Dorset. We have already the families history.

John 1851 joined the British Navy 1866 and remained til 1879.
His ship was damaged 1976 and went to Vancouver Island Washington for repair. 3 yrs later he retired from the Navy.

The period 1879 - 1910 is a mystery. He seems to be living in America.
We are wondering if he married, had children, what he worked at? Can anyone help me solve this please. We are looking for American records from 1876 to 1910.

1900 census he is working as a stevedore, living pierce Tacoma.
In 1910 census, arrival in USA is stated as 1876 living Birch Bay Whatcom Washington fisherman.
In 1916 through to 1932, he is listed, annually, in US city directories at Bellingham, Whatcom Washington.
And appears on the 1930 census at Bellingham. no work. He did odd jobs for his neighbours.
He died in 1932, a very sad and lonely death at Bellingham. His obituary states he has been 48 years in America and 25 of those years at Bellingham.

{Note: I found a John Northover at Tacoma Pierce Washington married to a Nasqualli woman but his father is William and he appears on 1870 census Tacoma aged 10 with his father and family so, this one is not ours. Wrong dob and wrong father.}

Many thanks

This is really a long shot but I thought someone may know something!

Jane Warner received, from her Mother, in 1868 a large family Bible. This Bible came down to me from Dorset - hence the post, because that is really all the information I have about Jane Warner!

The Bible was bought by Finlator Cameron in 1789. He bequeathed it in his will to his son, Reverend Finlator Cameron, b1782 Kent- d1848 Louth in Lincolnshire.
Rev Finlator's wife is Charlotte Graves from Lincolnshire. She died 1848 in Louth. There are no children probably as they married later in life.
Currently I am searching for their Wills, which I may have to purchase.

Perhaps, someone may be researching a Warner family in the Dorset area and knows of a Jane Warner, or a Jane who married a Warner. She is probably born around 1840-50 and received the bible in 1868.

As I said, this is a long shot... Thanks for reading!

Good Morning. I have a George Lambert b 1728 and baptized the same year in Pucklechurch, Gloucestershire. Unfortunately, the church record book (via Ancestry records) for Baptisms does not record the parents. 
George married Hannah Withers but again the parents names are not recorded in the online records.
Any suggestions as to how I might discover who George's parents were?
many thanks

This is an entry from a railway record book. The line I need help with is the first entry under Parkside. Critchley J. At the end of the line it states died then see ...... and a date.
Try as I might I cannot see or read the date or what it is one is to see.
Perhaps you have better eyesight than me or some means to clarify the text.
I will be most grateful. Many thanks