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I know this is a bit cheeky but:

Is there anyone out there with a Fold3 Premium account who would be able to check some details for me please? I can give you the Fold3 ref and some details of who I think this bloke is. If they match up then I'll fork out for a month to be able to download the images myself, but I can't really afford to do this just on the off-chance. I'm currently unpicking what I thought was a bit of a boggle in my Dad's (largely pre-internet) research and am now wondering just what sort of a bag of worms he bequeathed me.

Cheers,
Stitch

Hi All

Another of my late father's knotted research threads which has been doing our collective heads in for decades:

My ggf Thomas Crimes was allegedly born 1862/3 according to the 1871 census and to his death registration. I can't find a birth or baptism for him anywhere, but all his siblings (older and younger) are born at Duddon and registered, Parents are William and Mary nee Rowlands.

He then disappears again completely until he marries Sarah Parsonage in 1895. from there we have him in the 1901 and 1911 census returns living in the village of Ashton with a growing brood of offspring, but claiming to be born c1867. He is NOK on his son William's Army papers in 1916. We know when he died in 1924.

All the bits I have are on my Crimes database if anyone has time to look.

I remember my Nana (his daughter Ida) telling us there were some family tales of him being involved with a fairground or possibly a circus in his youth but there is no provenance for that. She also thought there was some sort of rift between him and his parents. Apparently, all in all, he was not an easy man.It has also always struck us as odd that, as the eldest son, he is named Thomas, and not William which was a bit of a family 'thing'; this was reserved for his brother a year younger. Dad had a theory that Thomas might actually belong to one of his Rowlands aunts (Eliza b1826, Hannah or Anne b1830, Ruth b1839, Rebecca b1844). If this were to be the case then mathematically my money would be on Rebecca or maybe Ruth. Unfortunately none of my digging about has produces anything on that front either, but my next avenue may well be his numerous Crimes aunts as the culprit.

If anyone out there can help me shed any light here I would be unbelievably grateful.

Blue skies!
Anthea

This is the place of death given on my great-grandmother's death certificate in 1945, with her home address being in Monk Hopton, Bridgnorth. The cause of death was arteriosclerosis, and the informant states his/ her relationship as "occupier".

Am I correct in surmising that this is the Public Assistance Institution, formerly the Union Workhouse? What circumstances might have led to her being there, and are there any records extant for that year? Is there any way of finding out where she was buried?

We know very little about her life, and can't even be sure that my grandfather was made aware of her death (long story). Her (much younger!) husband died in the 1960s but we were ignorant even of her marriage until quite recently. This is all down to the power of the internet!

If anyone can shed any light I would be extremely grateful. I am based in West Yorkshire and on a very limited income, so unfortunately field trips to Shropshire are pretty much out of the question for now.

Many thanks

Hi

Could any kind soul near Gt Budworth check a death for me for Mary BARBER? In theory, she died in 1810 and is in the graveyard, section 1 plot 328 according to FindAGrave. I'm hoping she's the daughter of James Percival, wife of Peter Barber.

Many thanks
Stichwitch of W Yorks

PS If anyone needs some rooting around doing in the Leeds area am happy to help, it's just such a hike over to the Wirral.