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Found my great grandma, Olive Burton, in the Manchester Evening News on Friday, April 17, 1942. She's being fined for (presumably) overcharging for a jar of jam but the transcription I can see contains a lot of gibberish. Would anyone be able to tell me how much she was selling her jam for and what the control price was? I think it says she was fined £10. Thanks!

https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/800830902/
https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000272/19420417/181/0008

Afternoon all,

I'm trying to figure out what's going on with the patriarch of a family I'm researching who seems to keep changing his name between William, Humphrey, and Henry, as well as shifting his birthdate quite a bit. At no point is he listed with a middle name. I'm pretty certain this is the same guy throughout because the names and dates for his family all lineup but any insights anyone might have into what's going on and why the name changes would be much appreciated. This is what I have so far:

1851 Census - Uttoxeter
William Elsmore, b. 1813 Fradswell, Staffordshire (Farm Labourer)
Harriot Elsmore, b. 1825 Doveridge, Derbyshire
Salana, b. 1851 Kingstone, Staffordshire
https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=uki1851&indiv=try&h=8432175

There is another potential 1851 Census in Kingstone:
Humphry Elsmore, b. 1832 Kingstone, Staffs
Jane Elsmore, b. 1848 Kingstone Staffs
https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=uki1851&indiv=try&h=8431984

1861 Census - Manchester
Humphrey Helsmore, b. 1827 Blythebridge, Staffordshire (Farm Labourer)
Harriet Helsmore, b. 1826 Devirdge, Derbyshire
Jane, b. 1847 Staffs
Selina, b. 1851 Staffs
Harriet, b. 1853 Staffs
Ann, b. 1854 Staffs
George Hanna, b. 1860 Staffs
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/sharing/29659083?h=23da1a

1871 Census - Ancoats, Manchester
Henry Elsmore, b. 1831 Utoxeter (Labourer, Cotton Mill)
Harriet Elsmore, b. 1826 Uloxeter Dewridge
Selina, b. 1851 Utoxeter
Harriet, b. 1853 Chorlton, Shropshire
Ann, b. 1854 Chorlton, Shropshire
Georgina, b. 1861 Utoxeter, Staffs
Sarah Ellen, b. 1863 Manchester, Lancs
John Wm, b. 1868 Manchester Lancs
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/sharing/29659191?h=a6b3df

Found a marriage between a William Elsmore and a Harriet Wood in Uttoxeter on 1st December 1845 that seems to fit. https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/4711329:9852

I've also found all the children on the GRO records with the mother's maiden name as Wood (Jane is Ward and Ann is Mood which feel like they could well be transcription errors.) Jane through Georgina (so 1847 - 1860) are all born in areas with the word Union in the name, either Uttoxeter Union or Wellington (Salop) Union so I don't know if there's a workhouse connection? The family moves to Manchester between 1860 and 1863 which is when he seems to change his name to Humphrey but he's still listed as William on some later records.

Found baptism/christening records for the following children with various names given for their father:
Jane - 1847 - William
Selina - 1851 - William
Harriet - 1852 - William
Ann - 1854 - William
Georgina - 1866 - Humphrey (they held off baptising her for 6 years)
Sarah Ellen - 1866 - Humphrey (held off for 3 years)

The daughter Harriet was baptised a second time as an adult in 1884 to convert to Catholocism, she gives her father's name as William but this is after his death because her mother appears as a widow on the 1881 census.

There's a marriage for a Selina Ellsmore of the right age in July 1872 with her father's name as William Ellsmore. Also a Catholic marriage for the daughter Harriet in 1884 where her father's name is listed as Gulielmo which I believe is a Latin form of William.

Am I missing something really obvious here? Is this two families who happen to have similar surnames and identically named kids? Is he changing his name to hide himself? I'm rather at a loss!

Afternoon all,

I'm trying to confirm that a relative emigrated to Canada in 1923. I have a hint coming up on Ancestry for an Ocean Arrivals Form 30A that appears to match his details but I only have an Ancestry UK subscription so I can't see all the details. Would anyone be able to get me a copy of this one so I can try to confirm it's him?

If the link below doesn't work, details I can see for the document are:
Name   Percy Sharpe
Birth    abt 1899 Creastills York Eng
Arrival   10 Aug 1923 Quebec, Canada
Departure   1923 London, England

Many thanks in advance!

https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=1588&h=42755&tid=48895&pid=-692328595&hid=1047660940275&_gl=1*hx0c9v*_ga*MTUyMDI4NDc1MS4xNjM4Mjg2MDg5*_ga_4PXYE4RLH1*MTY0ODY0OTg2MC4yMy4xLjE2NDg2NTMyMTEuMA..

Hi everyone,

I'm trying to find some information about some relatives based on their uniforms and hoping someone here might be able to help.

My paternal grandad Kenneth Wilson Sharpe (set of four photos) born Keighley, 1921. Top left has "Poss Salerno" on the back and bottom right is noted as "Algiers 1944". I have additional photos of him including "Brennar Pass 1944", "Venice 1946", and "Austria 1946". My mum thinks she remembers being told he was a cook.

Edgar Sharpe (sitting) born Yorkshire 1897.

Henry Samuel Reade Kirkpatrick (portrait) born Manchester, 1868. This photo is dated 5th March 1919. I've been told he was in the Cheshire Regiment based on this photo but is there any other info that might be gleaned from it to help track him down? There's a lot of people named Henry Kirkpatrick based on my searches!

Thanks!

I think I may have located a relative on a ship heading to Canada, we know he was born in Stockport but had joined the Canadian Army by the age of 18. The name appears in a long list of 14 and 15 year old boys all sailing together and they seem to have all come from this same home. Can anyone work out what it is? I've attached an image of the original document.

Thank you.