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The Common Room / (Rev) Henry Forrester Holmes
« on: Wednesday 01 April 15 11:52 BST (UK)  »
Does anybody know anything about Rev Holmes and his family? He was born in Liverpool, England, in 1847 and died in Exeter, England, in 1919. He spent some time in Canada. His parents were John Holmes and Mary Ann Bayley.

I'm intrigued by his middle name, Forrester, and whether that means a connection with a Forrester family.

Brian Jones
Oxford, England

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United States of America / Ethel Gertrude Edna Ford (née Bryant)
« on: Tuesday 30 September 14 13:13 BST (UK)  »
My ancestor Ethel died in Sonoma, California, in 1980.  It was a surprise to find that out.  What was she doing in Sonoma at 97?  The last I knew was that she was living in Wiltshire, England, in the 1950s with husband Percival John Ford.

Can anybody advise me on US databases I could search to find out when Ethel went to the US and where she lived?  I've tried Ancestry.

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Graveyards and Gravestones / gravestonephotos.com
« on: Tuesday 30 September 14 13:00 BST (UK)  »
I can't communicate with this body to inform it of transcription errors.  My plain simple text emails keep bouncing.  Is it still in business?

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The Common Room / www.gravestonephotos.com
« on: Tuesday 30 September 14 12:54 BST (UK)  »
I can't communicate with this body to inform it of transcription errors.  My plain simple text emails keep bouncing.  Is it still in business?

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Wiltshire / Horningsham Trollop(e)s and author Anthony Trollope
« on: Monday 15 September 14 18:37 BST (UK)  »
I find I'm descended from Mary Ann Trollope, b Horningsham 1839.  She married Luke Ford.  Ancestry shows many Trollopes connected with Horningsham.  I can't help wondering if Anthony Trollope had a family connection with the Horningsham Trollopes.  Does any reader know?

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Wiltshire / Fords of Horningsham and Chapmanslade
« on: Monday 15 September 14 18:24 BST (UK)  »
I find I'm descended from the Fords of Chapmanslade.  John Ford (b 1864) was famous at equestrian events such as at the Frome Cheese Show in the 1920s as was his wonder horse "Rocket".
A friend is descended from Luke Ford (b 1836) of the Horningsham Fords but we can't find a link between the two communities.
The villages are only a few miles apart so intermarriage was surely likely.
Can anybody help?

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Shropshire / Quarry House, ex-workhouse, Market Drayton
« on: Monday 07 March 11 13:20 GMT (UK)  »
I'm looking for records for 1938-43.  My g-grandfather Loftus Radcliffe died there in 1943.  Shropshire Archives has only 1946-8.

Any suggestions welcomed.


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Shropshire / Common Edge, Market Drayton
« on: Wednesday 09 June 10 07:46 BST (UK)  »
Has anyone ever heard of a street or house name "Common Edge" or similar in Market Drayton?  It was given in a 1943 death certificate though "Common" is not 100% certain owing to poor handwriting. I'm pretty sure of "Edge".

I can't find anyything likely in handy street list at http://www.proviser.com/regional/towns/market_drayton/street_maps/

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Devon / RADCLIFF, William and son Bernard, hairdressers
« on: Friday 11 September 09 15:35 BST (UK)  »
Does anybody know anything about William (b 1879, Bristol, England) or Bernard (b Pontypridd, Wales, 1910, d 1971 Budleigh Salterton, Devon, England?

William was a hairdresser in Pontypridd in 1911 but it is believed in the family that he moved his business to London.  William died before 1940 but I haven't found his death record in Ancestry, BMD or indexes.

Bernard was a hairdresser in the RAF in WW2.  Possibly he was in business with his father in London or set up on his own.  When he died in Budleigh Salterton he was a ladies hairdresser either there or in Honiton nearby.

Any info or thoughts anybody?

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