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England / The Three Sisters Slater
« on: Thursday 15 February 24 19:58 GMT (UK)  »
Hello, I need some help please. I am researching a music hall act called the “Three Sisters Slater”, active from circa 1890 to 1914. The sisters’ names or stage names were Maude, Lizzie and Edie. Maude joined them from a different troupe in 1894. I think they were genuine sisters - when they toured the US in 1895, they gave these as their passenger names.

The reliable outbound record (Liverpool to NY) was as follows:
Arrive NY 16th March 1895.
Maude Slater, born c1874
Lizzie Slater, c1875
Edie Slater, c1876
Nationality for all was English.

Confusingly, on their return to Liverpool, their names were noted differently (although I think the person writing may just have been deaf!).
Maude, Lily, Emily.
Other details the same.

I have this much and a lot of info on show dates, but can’t find the sisters themselves.
One of them at least was living or working at 93 Hackford Road, Brixton, London in circa 1910.





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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / 1826 letter
« on: Monday 25 September 23 08:30 BST (UK)  »
Hello, I am reading an 1826 letter from an English army officer. I have made sense of most of it, but I am struggling with one word. My own ideas make no sense. Do you have any thoughts please?

"...removed from the Regiment to gain [_____] for himself but he was mistaken. I should have published..."

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Westmeath / Reynell (married in 1794)
« on: Wednesday 01 February 23 13:38 GMT (UK)  »
Hello, I am trying to build a profile of an Irish woman called Penelope Reynell. I know her marriage date, and in theory her parentage, although that also seems like a surprising dead end.

* She was the daughter of John Reynell (1723–1792) and Catherine Ludlow, I believe.
* She was from Castle Reynell, Westmeath, Ireland
* In April 1794 she married Lieutenant Lynch (Henry) and likely spent the years to his death in 1813 in London. (Source: Ancestry, Marriages in Walker's Hibernian Magazine, 1771-1812)
* I can't find her after that though, and I can't see a record of her being buried with him at St Mary-le-bone, Westminster.
* I don't think Penelope and husband had children. She may have returned to Ireland on his death.

I would be grateful for all pointers.
Best wishes

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England / Advice on locating King's Bench judgments at The National Archives (1804 & 1806)
« on: Wednesday 01 February 23 13:22 GMT (UK)  »
Hello, I have a rather specific question about searching the UK National Archives for King's Court judgments please. I am looking for two judgments, in 1804 and 1806, but can't find either, which has made me think that my technique is wrong.

My understanding is that I look in the docket book (under IND 1) and can then request the correct judgment roll (under KB 122). The cases were:

1. Court of King's Bench, 27th June, Wednesday 1804
Dixon v. Macnamara (defendant found guilty of assault)
This is the Trinity legal term, and 1804 should be "44 Geo III".
The docket book should be IND 1/6302, (44 Geo III, Trinity term to 45 Geo III, Michaelmas term)

2. Court of King's Bench, 23rd or 28th May 1806
Lynch, Esq v. Thompson and Others (defendants found guilty of libel)
This is the Easter legal term, and 1806 should be "46 Geo III". 
The docket book should be IND 1/6305, (46 Geo III, Hilary term to 46 Geo III, Easter term)

I can't find my cases in either docket book though. What am I doing wrong?
Many thanks

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / 1832 cholera outbreak in Maryport, Cumberland
« on: Monday 09 January 23 18:23 GMT (UK)  »
Hello, I would be grateful for help with the bracketed word in the following please, a letter from 1832 regarding a cholera outbreak in Maryport, Cumberland. It was written by a visitor to the town from nearby Whitehaven. Many thanks.

@Admin - the image is copied from an active Ebay listing, not my own (title "1836 WHITEHAVEN - Lord Lowther - ELECTIONS-CHOLERA outbreak to Henry Howard"), so I hope it is alright to post here. Please delete if not. The letter is 1832, not 1836 as listed.

I've got the following so far...

The Cholera [?] has been in Whitehaven for this last week, but not to any great extent. There have only been ten or dozen deaths. I was in Maryport the other, where I found the [?] [?] prevailing in consequence of the Epidemic having shown itself in a most virulent Character. Business was at a [?] [?], & many of the shops closed.


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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / 1830s diary entries, Cumberland
« on: Friday 02 December 22 14:58 GMT (UK)  »
Hello, I am trying to decipher a few more words from the following diary entries, dating to 1830s England. You've all helped me make sense of words before, and I'm mostly left now with some indistinct names. The name bracketed here as [Jimmy] appears in both first and last entries as Miss and Mr. The author is a shipbuilder in Cumberland. Many thanks.

Jan 2. Wind from the Southward, very little, remarkably fine day for the season. Various called on my wife, viz, Mrs J. Walker, Miss Allenby, Miss [Jimmy], Miss Charles [Ludi]. Received 2 doz scotch ale for Mary (towards night dark & [florn] weather). John and his wife at tea with Mrs. A. Wood after safe arrival of the Darling in Liverpool.

Jan Friday 10. Fair morning, wind at SE, very light. My wife came in the coach from Flimby Lodge. A letter from Mr. Clerk. Newspapers from the shipping association the [Florets]

Jan Saturday 25. A dark morning, wind at WSW. Captain Fisher arrived from Liverpool. Mr [Jimmy] measured new ship No. 37, Keel 107-1 ½, Beam 26.11 ¾. Depth 18/7 [?] Dimensions. 352 12/94 tons. Fine afternoon, weather apparently [?].


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Cumberland / Juliana and John Dawson of Whitehaven - Siblings?
« on: Saturday 26 November 22 09:45 GMT (UK)  »
I hope you can help me. I am trying to establish the relationship between two members of the Dawson family in Cumberland, both born early 1800s.
* Juliana Dawson (24 Apr 1808 - 29 Dec 1863)
* John Dawson (20 Nov 1803 - Oct 1874)

Juliana married James McMinn (1804-1848, merchant mariner and Campbell clan member through his mother Mary) at St Nicholas, Whitehaven on 11 Dec 1835.
James McMinn then carried sugar regularly between Antigua and Whitehaven on his brig the Campbell for merchant George Dawson (1774-1838). George Dawson was childless, and left his Whitehaven merchant business to his nephew, John Dawson (1803-1874), son of his brother Robert and Mary Barwise.

I suspect that Juliana Dawson was John Dawson's sister. Both appear to have parents Robert Dawson and Mary (possibly Barwise), but I'm struggling to get further than that.
Many thanks.

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Cumberland / John Dawson, bankrupt Whitehaven sugar merchant (1803-1874), Blennerhasset Manor
« on: Friday 01 July 22 17:48 BST (UK)  »
I hope you can help me. I am researching a Whitehaven sugar merchant called John Dawson (1803-1874), who was declared bankrupt in 1859. As part of that bankruptcy, I think that his creditors called in his mortage on Blennerhasset / Blennerhassett Manor which was then sold. 

The Carlisle Archive has relevant papers, particularly under the following: DLAW/1/75 (George Dawson's Blennerhasset Estate, Including how it left the family). I'm not sure when I'll ever get there in person. There are a couple of legal summaries of his bankruptcy online, including his failure to deliver sugar to a purchasor in 1858, and a case brought by his widow, Elizabeth Dawson vs The Bank of Whitehaven, in 1877 (Law Times Reports of Cases, Vol 36).

More generally though, do you know of any other resources - books, articles etc - which might deal with this subject? I’m less interested in the history of Blennerhasset or the Dawson family, but want to find out what I can about John Dawson’s merchant career and downfall!

Many thanks.

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London and Middlesex / Bunhill Fields plot location
« on: Wednesday 09 March 22 10:21 GMT (UK)  »
Hello, I am planning to visit Bunhill Fields burial ground in North London in the hope of locating two specific graves, but I am struggling to understand how I will find the plots though.

The plot locations are identified as follows:
W Wood, buried: November 23rd 1809
Grave: 11 feet
E&W: 69
N&S: 68

S Abington, buried: January 5th 1839
Grave: 10 feet
E&W: 69
N&S: 68

Will this mean anything on my arrival though? I've turned up at graveyards before, thinking it would be straightforward, only to remember every time exactly how big some of these places are!

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