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Hi - hope this is the correct board, please advise if not.
I have a relative who was in the East India Company. I'd like to find a world map, preferably from the 1800's that I can show his voyages from the UK to the East and simply mark in the place names.
I'm not brilliant on new software and would like to draw in the voyage and mark key places visited: Teneriffe; Macau; Hong Kong; Chennai etc.
Would anyone know of such a thing. I've Googled and there seem to be one or two that might work, I guess I'm looking for recommendations.
Many thanks in advance.
OzJane

I'm seeking assistance in establishing birth and apprenticeship records for John LEA (spellings vary).

The verifiable facts that I have state that he married in Cheadle, Cheshire, to Elizabeth Lawton in 1828.  From 1829 until 1839, their children were born in Tyldesley, baptised in Leigh and the baptism records indicate that John was a Tailor.

I am fairly confident that he died in Tyldesley in 1839, the burial record states that he was 44. John is not recorded on the 1841 Census and Elizabeth remarried in 1847.
If the 1839 death is the correct John Leigh, then birth year would be around 1795.
   
I’ve checked Ancestry, Family Search, Find my Past, Lancashire OPC, Cheshire Parish Register Data Base, Free Reg and just about anything else I can find.

The marriage record has his parish as Cheadle.

I am trying establish his birth details and his apprenticeship details. For apprentice records, I’ve checked Ancestry which seem to be the National Archives records. Still haven’t had the chance to check the apprenticeship records on FindMyPast at the library.
There is a possible baptism in Leigh in 1795 – to Thomas and Martha (the name Martha was given to their 3rd daughter).

My thinking is that he may well have been born in Leigh (given he started working there immediately after his marriage) and then served an apprenticeship in Cheshire where he met his wife. Comments/thoughts please?  I’m beginning to think I’m clutching at straws.

I have not yet been able to find an apprenticeship record online (I’m in Sydney) that could fit.  Perhaps someone could point me to a source I’ve not yet found.  If he served 7 years as an apprentice, that would put a record around 1803, given his marriage in 1828 and possible birth in 1795.
Or maybe after puzzling over this for years, I just accept that there is nowhere else to go.  I’ve put this on the Lancashire Board but happy to be re-directed.

Thanks for your thoughts in advance.
Jane

Is it possible that John Waddington moved from being a cotton spinner to a watchmaker?

I have John born 1832 to Thomas (a weaver) & Sarah in Tyldesley in 1832.

John married Ellen Holliday in 1852 in Prestwich and his occupation is given as a 'mule spinner'.
In the 1861 Census John and Ellen are living in Kearsley and he is a 'cotton spinner', they have 3 children:Sarah Anne (1853), Charlotte (1858), Richard (1860).
In the 1871 Census they are living in Farnworth and John is listed as 'Watchmaker & Jeweller', they have 5 children: Sarah Anne (1853), Charlotte (1858), Richard (1860), Selina (1862), William (1865).
In the 1881 Census they are still in Farnworth (Ellen is listed as 'Helen) and John is a 'Clock & Watch Maker. There are 3 children still at home: Richard (1860), Seline (1862), William (1865).

Is it at all possible that a cotton spinner in his mid twenties could have become a watchmaker?
I initially thought I may have the wrong family but the dates and the children fit almost perfectly. Given the names are not all that common in the family, the combination of names and birthdates is convincing me.
Would be grateful to you all if you could confirm the possibility of such a career change, or let me know what I have missed and am barking up the wrong tree.
Many thanks
Ozjane

Hi there,
I was given a batch of scanned family photos. There is nothing other than the photo,  for example I don't have the back as I've not seen the original. I'm unable to access the original now as the contact is no longer with us.
I'm guessing that this is of my grandmother, Kath Kempe.  If it is, she was born in April 1897 in NSW Australia.
The photo does need some restoration (if anyone has a chance to do so, I'd be grateful) but wondering if there are any hints that might help with a date.  The child seems to be around 18 months old which would date this as late 1898.  Is there an expert who might be able to pick out something in terms of dress, decoration etc that might definitively place this in Australia? My grandfather who is the other possibility was born in Belfast in 1898.
I'm inclined to think it was my grandmother as that family were financially comfortable and in a position to afford to have a photo - I'm guessing that these weren't cheap at the time.
There seem to be some biro marks on the child's right shoulder as well as the dog's face.  The fact that the child seems to have bows in her hair make me think it is more likely to be a girl.
Kath was the only girl in the family, she had 6 brothers, so perhaps all the more reason a photo was taken.
Any help in confirming or refute all this is thankfully received.

My question reveals my ignorance of church organisation in Scotland, apologies in advance. Am reading up but still confused.

George Drysdale b 13 Dec 1779, son of John Drysdale and Katherine Miller seems to have been christened twice:

• Bristo Associate Congregation, Edinburgh (19 Dec 1779), and
  Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh(30 Dec 1779)

I was wondering whether one was religious and the other administrative?

Two of his siblings: John (b 1781) and another George (b 1782) are recorded similarly.

Three of his siblings: Katherine (b 1784), William (b 1785) and Christian (b 1788) are only recorded as being baptised in Edinburgh Parish. I did note that there were internal divisions within the Bristo Congregation and that 130 members left in 1785 to form the Broughton Congregation.
Bristo seems to have been Presbyterian Non Conformist and Edinburgh Parish was Church of  Scotland, so wondered whether that had anything to do with it?
 
Also there is no specific church mentioned, so wondered if it was purely an early version of a civic record.

I have the OPR  of John's birth in 1781:
"John Drysdale Merchant and Katherine Miller his Spouse Tolbooth Kirk Parish, a son Born 4th February named John - Baptised in Church"

Many thanks ...