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Hi, Can anyone help me.  On a census return one of my ancestors was a 'Pedestrian Trainer'.  Wondering if anyone would know exactly what the job might have entailed.

Many thanks
TD

Hi there,

Can anyone help date this photo for me. Its either my great grandfather who married in 1868 age 23, (wife was 21) or his oldest son who married in 1893 age 22 (wife was 19).  I'd say the photo was taken not long after one or other marriage.  Was wondering if there was anyone out there with enough knowledge of Victorian fashions to give an informed guess as to which of the two dates its likely to be.

If it helps, I know that Griffiths photographers moved to Bow Common Lane, Bow but I'm not sure when.  If anyone can establish what dates they were operating at Armach Road, Bow it might give a bit more insight into the date the photo would have been taken.

Be very grateful to anyone who can help........oh and if anyone wants to give the image a digital cleanup that would be an added bonus.

Many thanks
TD

Geography never was my strongest point, but take me back 200 years and I'm totally lost.  I'm trying to identify the exact locations of three places in Caithness 1 - Bilbster 2 - Bower and 3 - Killimster.  Anyone who can shed some light on my ingnorance will be blessed by my ancestors I'm sure!

According to the BMD marriage index my cousin William D Mennie married in Q1 1957 reference is District: Bury, vol: 10b, page: 1658.  The surname of the lady he married was Thompson.  However when I searched the Thompson listings in the relevant quarter so that I could find her fist name but I couldn't find a Thompson who had married a spouse with the surname of Mennie.

Does anyone have any ideas how I can locate the other half of the index entry?

Many thanks

Hi can anyone help me?

Right from a young child I was made aware that a large number of my relatives were killed in single air raid in WW2 when the shelter in which they had sought refuge received direct hits from HE bombs.  However I am only just uncovering the whole sad story.

For some reason I can find no entries for any of the relatives on the Free BMD Index on Ancestry and wonder if anyone can tell me why, or help me find them.

All were killed on the night of 27 July 1941, in Broomfield Street, Poplar, London, (it could be referred to as Bromley, Middlesex).  All were related, although some, through marriage, had different surnames to their parents, who also perished.

The deteails are:

Victoria Jublilee Mitchell nee Rusz age 54
John Alfred Mitchell age 57
Alan James Mitchell age 6
Dennis Albert Mitchell age 16
Harry Lewis Mitchell age 19, (Firewatcher)
Ronald Robert Mitchell age 13
Stanley Mitchell age 12

William Arthur Samuels age 37 (Home Guard)
? Alice A Samuels nee Mitchell age unknown

Clara Eleanor Dove nee Mitchell age 30 (she was pregnant with first child and had only just returned from being an evacuee)
Ernest George Dove age 31

Charles James Frederick Lovell age 2
Doreen May Lovell age 9 (Could be listed as Doreen May Mitchell as she was the daughter of Victoria Jubilee Mitchell nee Rusz)
May Emma Lovell nee Mitchell age 37

I appreciate there are a great many people in my list.  But it is a heart rending story.  Most of the individuals are listed on the CWGC site, however I would so much love to find their documentation and to be able to pay my own tribute.

Many thanks for any help or guidance anyone can give.
TD