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Morning, I hope someone can help me with the following:- All information I have is oral without any references.

Jack Akers, Royal Navy, chef, born 1910 to 1920 possibly Yorkshire.  He was in Durban, South Africa Feb/March 1943.

The story:  During the time Jack was in Durban, either shipping in and out or RR?, a illegitimate child was conceived, I doubt he even knew about the baby. At the end of the war, the mother could not explain to her husband returning from war, that a baby had miraculously appeared, so a friend "adopted" the child and raised it as her own.  The child (still alive) only found out just before the adoptive mother passed away, and the above info is all that remains.  I wonder if they assumed Jack came from Yorkshire because of the accent?

Any help would be great.  Unfortunately don't have Ancestry.

Regards
Catherine

Morning,  Please could someone have a look at an 1841 census for me - have a transcription form fs but would like to check if I'm missing any crucial information.

Joseph Ridley 1802 bap Kirkwhelpington.  Census reg HO0107 folio: 831/2

This is an extention of a previous post:http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=792004.0

Trying to link him to another tree on geni.com, they have his dob as 1806 but I'm assuming they have used the rounded down age on the 1841 census to calculate this.

I am also assuming the Mary on the census is his wife - a marriage for them would be great

Thanks in advance
Catherine

Hi all, please could a kind person have a fresh look at the following and see if they agree with my conclusions?

Starting with what it definitely correct:-
William Ridley (20/12/1859-2/8/1928 SA) as per birth cert.
Mother: Elizabeth Ridley nee Turnbull Father: John Ridley Ag Lab "Longhaugh Shields" Charlton East
Following John Ridley
Census 1841 (H0107 841/4) - 20-24 yrs  living at "White House" Kirkwhelpington NBL
Marriage cert  -24/10/1846 Thockrington m Elizabeth Turnbull father: William occ: Husbandman
Census 1851 (H0107 2417/144)- John Ridley Ag Lab 30yrs born Hill Head NBL
Census 1861 - John Ridley Wid. 40 yrs  Ag Lab "Longhaugh Shields" Birth Town: St John Lee (I know it is not a town but a parish!!)
Census 1871 - John Ridley Wid. 50yrs Railway Lab Bellingham Mill, Bellingham.
Possible death  2 Q 1879 Rothbury.

Conclusion 1
Birth for John Ridley:  1821 parents Mary and William Lab at Errington Hill Head
                                 Bap 14/4/1821 at St John Lee.

If parents are correct then who was Mary?
Conclsion 2
Have a suitable marriage William Ridley to Mary Codling 4/4/1802 at St Bartholomew's Kirkwhelpington. I bit earlier than I expected, but don't find any other.
This couple have the following children:
Joseph 30/6/1802 Bap: Kirkwhelpington
Isabel   19/10/1803           "
Elizabeth 15/8/1805          "
Codling 21/7/1809            "
Mark 12/5/1811                "
William 1813             Heartburn
Mary    1815           St John Lee
Mathew 1815                  "
Ann  1818                      "
Robert  1819                  "
Jane 1820                      "
John 1821                      "
Margaret 1822                "

Census 1851 - William Ridley 73 born Warch? NBL(Think this should be Wark ??)
                       Mary Ridley 75 born Kirkwhelpington NBL
                      Isabella dau 48 born        "     
                      Robert son 34 born St Jonley NBL

Then possible birth for William bap 7/2/1779 at Simonburn - parents Thomas Ridley and Elizabeth Moor.
Problem: I would expect to find a son named "Thomas" born to William and Mary !!!!

Thanks for any help.

Regards
Catherine


 

Hi, I am trying to get copies of Military records from the  Dept of Defence Archives.  I know you can e-mail the request directly to them which I have tried and ultimately got no response.  Does anyone know of a researcher that could help?

Thanks
Catherine