Show Posts

This section allows you to view all posts made by this member. Note that you can only see posts made in areas you currently have access to.


Topics - mijath

Pages: [1] 2 3 4 5
1
The Lighter Side / What was a "toss of the coin" dance?
« on: Tuesday 23 January 24 21:22 GMT (UK)  »
I found a newspaper report of a village dance in 1936 and it mentions a "toss of the coin" dance being won by a couple.

This is perhaps a silly question - but what exactly does that mean?


2
Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / 'V' mark next to entries in parish register (1500s)
« on: Thursday 11 May 23 19:32 BST (UK)  »
In the parish register of Chesterfield there are marks (which look like a V) next to many entries related to the Ash family. Baptisms, marriages and burials.

Does anyone have an inkling what marks such as this might mean? The family weren't poor; they were butchers, tanners and some were aldermen.

Thank you

3
Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Help with location of photo (long shot!)
« on: Friday 10 March 23 19:13 GMT (UK)  »
Can anyone suggest where this photograph was taken?

My great grandfather was in the Royal Field Artillery (4th West Lancs Howitzer Brigade). I believe they were based in Liverpool and before embarking for France in 1915 spent time in Kent.

I don't recognise the place and I know the Liverpool area well.

Thank you

4
Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Help identifying a seaside location (possibly North Wales)
« on: Thursday 01 December 22 19:40 GMT (UK)  »
This may be a long shot - does anyone recognise the location(s) in these photos?

Two are on a beach, close to some hills, with a stepped sea defence. The other is in front of a panorama with what looks like a tidal area of water.

These relatives lived in Liverpool so I've assumed it's North Wales. The two places may not be in the same area.

Thank you

5
Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Dating an army photograph
« on: Tuesday 11 October 22 23:20 BST (UK)  »
Hello, can anyone help me date the attached photograph?

I've always assumed it was connected to relatives who were in the army around the time of the Great War.

I've included a close-up in case the cap badges help.

Thank you

6
Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / 1665 burial
« on: Monday 05 September 22 23:14 BST (UK)  »
Hello,  attached is the burial record of Mary, "the good old wife of Richard Styring, a shepherd".

Can anyone suggest what is meant by the additional writing beneath this entry - there's mention of a storm and what looks like an abbreviation of Christmas. I don't follow what it means! Beneath that is a Latin sentence, I'm not sure if it's related or not.

Thank you


7
Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / Thrulines suggesting half-sibling relationship
« on: Wednesday 15 December 21 00:07 GMT (UK)  »
Hello, attached is a suggested relationship between myself and a DNA match - we share Susannah as a 3xgreat grandmother.

(The DNA match's tree ends at Mary while mine goes back further to Susannah and beyond)

Thrulines is suggesting that my ancestor Robert and his sister Mary were half-siblings. Is this based on the fact that our shared DNA is less than would be expected for two people sharing a 3xgreat grandparent, with the same number of generations between?

I have suspected Robert and Mary were not full siblings, should I take this as the best evidence I'm likely to get?

Thanks for any guidance

8
Armed Forces / RAOC 1940s/50s - help with forms
« on: Tuesday 26 October 21 15:01 BST (UK)  »
Hello, can anyone help me with a couple of queries about these forms - these are the only documents I have about my grandfather's time in the RAOC.

1. Firstly, are these forms him effectively leaving the army? He had married the year before.

2. Regarding his unit - it looks like he was in the 15th AFV but on the first form 'atl D/RWF' is also written. I know RWF is Royal Welch Fusiliers - does this mean the 15th AFV was attached to this regiment?

3. Would he have lived on the base where his unit was stationed?

4. His rank is given as WS/Cpl - what does the WS part mean?

5. He joined aged 15 and turned 18 in 1942. I know he went to North Africa in the War, would this only have occurred after his 18th birthday?

Thank you for any help

9
Lancashire / Location of Green Street and Lincoln Street - Liverpool
« on: Friday 03 September 21 18:21 BST (UK)  »
Hello, I'm trying to work out where Lincoln Street and Green Street were in the Scotland ward/St Martin district of Liverpool, in the 1860s.

Green Street

Green Street still exists, running between Vauxhall Road and Limekiln Lane. Above is Hornby Walk (showing where Hornby Street was) and below is Burlington Street. What I find confusing is that Green Street is called Portland Street on 1890 and 1906 maps, but both streets appear on the 1871 census, one following the other on the enumeration schedule. Was Green Street partially renamed for a period?

Lincoln Street

This street was in the same area - in the registration subdistrict of St Martin. I have no idea where it was and can't find any information about it.


Thank you for any help!

Pages: [1] 2 3 4 5