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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Will in Latin
« on: Monday 23 September 24 00:48 BST (UK)  »
Hi,

I have a couple of Wills from the 1600s for my Cavell ancestors which are written in Latin but I'm unable to read them. On one, I can make out some family names but not how they are connected to the testator Hugh Cavell or the date/year of the Will.

I've managed to get Hugh's Will into 3 small parts so each comply with the attachment quota.

Would somebody on RootsChat be able to help me if I attach one part at a time. I would be most appreciative.

Marj

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / What Is The Occupation
« on: Monday 27 March 23 07:38 BST (UK)  »
Hi,

I was wondering if someone would be able to give me some help with this marriage record please?
I have Carnaby Strutt and Jane Wilson getting married in St Bride's Fleet Street, London. All the entries in the Register give an account of the spouse's occupation, place of abode. I can read the record but just can't fathom the last sentence which says Carnaby's occupation.

Thanking You,
Marj

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Sarah Poole 1835 Will
« on: Wednesday 01 March 23 07:33 GMT (UK)  »
Hi,
I'd like to  ask for some assistance with the 1835 Will of my Sarah Poole of Old Kentish Town, Middlesex formally of Mendham Suffolk. She has left everything to 1) William - I can't work out his surname - of Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury - Ironmonger, 2) John Cavell of Greys Inn Place Middlesex - Law Stationer.

William is the husband of Sarah Poole's daughter Sarah who is also mentioned in the Will along with her sisters Harriet Aldous, Martha Abel, Mary Waller & Catherine Poole and grandson Henry Theodore Cavell.

I would be most grateful for any assistance offered in solving William's surname.

Marj

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Family History Beginners Board / The Dreadnaught Boys
« on: Wednesday 22 June 22 07:55 BST (UK)  »
Hi,
 I was wondering if anyone knows how to find out if a boy who came to Sydney was under the Dreadnaught Boys Scheme. I found a website that had a comment box to ask but my comment wouldn't publish. I tried googling it but there doesn't seem to be any other web site to try.

I have George Brownell Harris b.31 Jan 1907, he arrived on the Euripides May 1923 and seems to be with a lot of other teenagers. The ship departed Liverpool UK 28 March 1923.
Marj

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Family History Beginners Board / James Boulter
« on: Thursday 10 March 22 03:58 GMT (UK)  »
Hi,

I have my James Boulter b 24 Aug 1841 Bethnal Green London. He was a steward in the RN. He died on 4 June 1877 HMS Tamar Hong Kong and is buried in Happy Valley Hong Kong. His probate record 12 Nov 1877 also says he was a seaman. I was wondering if someone would be able to tell me how I can go about getting a Death Certificate please? I've tried GRO but it's not there. I've tried deaths in foreign places or overseas but have drawn a blank also.
Thank you so much.

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Family History Beginners Board / Getting to Australia
« on: Sunday 30 May 21 06:04 BST (UK)  »
Hi,

I was wondering if someone might help me please?

I have George Gordon b. 1846 Tynemouth, Northumberland married 1874 to Sarah Marshall b. 1851 Tynemouth. They had 3 children Jane Elizabeth b 1875, Stephen Marshall b 1877 d. 1879 and Charlotte Stanley b March qtr,1879 all in Tynemouth.

They immigrated to Victoria, Australia sometime between the birth of Charlotte and their next child Isabella b. 1881 Warrak, Victoria.

I can't find any passenger lists etc as to how or when they departed/arrived.

Sarah Gordon nee Marshall's parents Stephen Charles Marshall a mariner and Jane Marshall nee Ord
immigrated to Victoria 19 Sep 1879 on the Hankow but George and Sarah and 2 children aren't with them.

I've tried everything to try find them on a ship to no avail but I may have missed something. I would be really appreciative of some assistance if you could help me.

Thanking you, Marj

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Family History Beginners Board / Where did John McDonald Come From
« on: Thursday 14 January 21 04:26 GMT (UK)  »
Hi all,

I have a really tough one that I can't seem to find any answers to.

My John McDonald/MacDonald b. around 1759 turned up in St.Ives, Cornwall and married Margaret (Peggy) Grenfell on 29th August 1783. The marriage record says he is a Mariner & Sojourner.

 They had 11 children that I know of:- Eleanor 1785; John 1768-1787; Margaret 1787-1787; William 1789-1846; John 1790-1819; James 1795-1845; Thomas 1796-1797; Eleanor 1797-1867; Thomas b/d 1800; Margaret 1802; Thomas 1804-1860.

Margaret's parents are Henry Grenfell and Margaret Thomas.

John ended up a Master/Captain and I found him in Lloyds sailing the Brig "John" owned by William Jones of ? Wales from at least 1803 up until about 1828/29.

Margaret McDonald was buried 23 July 1826 in St.Ives, Cornwall
John McDonald was buried 9 August 1832 in St.Ives.

Their surname varies in spelling throughout all the records.

I would just like to know where he came from, a possible bapt record and his parents. I couldn't find any death duty transcripts or Will either

You helped me so much with my previous post about Mary Rowe/McDonald, I was wondering if you might have a go at my John McDonald because I'm at a real loss here.

Thank you so much.


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Family History Beginners Board / Where is Mary McDonald of Cornwall
« on: Saturday 09 January 21 06:59 GMT (UK)  »
Hello, would someone be able to help me please?

My William McDonald b 9 July 1789 St Ives Cornwall married Mary Rowe in Falmouth 15 July 1810. They had a son William Henry b 23 June 1812 Falmouth.

William, Capt/Master of the "Good Intent" then sailed to Antwerp. Onboard was an Agnes Smith b. about 1813 Liverpool Lancashire. She was pregnant. William took her under his wing and gave both her and the baby girl b 1831 his surname.

He left his wife and child in Falmouth and sailed to Australia where he settled with Agnes Smith (McDonald) and her daughter (Agnes Eliza Smith McDonald) until his death in 1846.

He did return once to Cornwall around 1836 - 1839.

After he died, his legal wife Mary McDonald age 61 petitioned Trinity House for assistance in 21 January 1848 - it was granted 22 Feb 1848.

I found Mary McDonald age 51 living in Mylor, Falmouth 1841 census (name spelled McDonall) with her ?mother Mary Rowe age 75 and an Eliza Rowe age 36.

After 1848, I can't find anything on Mary McDonald. The census and THP put her year of birth between 1787 and 1791. I don't know who her father was.

I would really like some help to find her and possibly a date of death for her and Mary Rowe snr. I don't know what happened to her son William Henry either.

Thank you so much for having a read of this.

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Family History Beginners Board / Lost/Died at sea
« on: Friday 25 September 20 05:46 BST (UK)  »
Hello,

I am trying to find any information on my Thomas McDonald b.1804 St Ives, Cornwell. He married Maria Toms 27 February 1827. He was a Master Mariner and obtained his certificate 1851.

On 16 May 1860 he was engaged onboard the ship "North Briton" which sailed from Liverpool (I think) on 27 May 1860. He was not heard from since.

According to his Probate record he died about 11 May 1860 near Barrow, Lancashire which doesn't tally with the Seaman's Effects Records

Despite searching through Newspapers around both dates, I can't find any articles etc which would shed some light as to the cause/reason for his death. I can't even find any record of an accident.

Also, according to the Seaman's Effects Record, Thomas was one of 7 sailors all onboard the "North Briton" ship whose effects were paid out at the same time as Thomas.

There is no GRO record of his death I could find either - maybe because he ?died at sea.

If anyone can help me please, I would be most appreciative.

Thank you.

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