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World War Two / ACWI WAAF Hereford
« on: Saturday 23 March 24 12:23 GMT (UK)  »
Good afternoon

I am seeking help with information regarding WAAF service in Hereford c 1944.

I have a marriage certificate giving the bride's rank or profession as A. C. W. I. WAAF and residence at time of marriage as, what appears to read as, Banwell.

The marriage took place in East Glamorgan and the groom, a dockyard worker, lived in Penarth.

I haven't been able to find what A. C. W. I. stands for and I am also trying to find a Royal Air Force training camp in Hereford that would be close enough to East Glamorgan for the bride and groom to have met. Neither have I found Banwell.

Thank you.



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The Common Room / Divorce 1940's UK
« on: Sunday 03 December 23 19:01 GMT (UK)  »
Good evening

I am looking for information on divorce in the late 1940's, please.

How long did it take from application to decree nisi to be granted?

Was it expensive and was it an option for anyone?



Thank you.

Kind regards
Amanda

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Derbyshire Lookup Requests / Caleb Brotherton - prisoner/tramp
« on: Thursday 24 August 23 19:02 BST (UK)  »
Good evening

I have posted previously regarding Caleb Brotherton. Born and baptised 1819 in Sabden, moved to Manchester by 1841, moved to Scotland with his family and in 1852 he was convicted of housebreaking. He served time in Millbank Prison then Portland. On release he joined the army but his last whereabouts may be Glossop in 1875 where he was reported to have been sentenced to hard labour having being discovered to be a tramp sleeping on a haystack.

As the report doesn't give specific details I am assuming he may be the same Caleb. I know of another Caleb in the census living in Newton. Lancashire but he is a relative.

I have found no further evidence of him but believe his next location may be in relation to where he was sent to serve hard labour for a month.

Would he have been sent to a local prison or possibly back to Millbank? 

Any help with ideas or information would be very much appreciated.

Thank you.

Kind regards
Amanda

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Cheshire Resources / The Tabernacle Hillgate-Independent, Stockport, Cheshire
« on: Sunday 18 December 22 14:20 GMT (UK)  »
Good afternoon

I have limited information regarding The Tabernacle Hillgate-Independent, Stockport, Cheshire:

Under Stockport Hillgate Tabernacle were the results of two ministers, father and son, who went around Lancashire baptising and entering them into a book.

Registers of Rev Peter Walkden of baptisms at several churches (1709-1769)
Garsdale c1709-1710
Chipping and Newton c1710-1722
Hesket Lane and Newton c1722-1739
Holcone "and occasionally" 1739-1744
Stockport "and occasionally" c1744-1769
Bramhall, Newton and Littlemoor c1723, 1747-1768

Registers of Rev Henry Walkden of baptisms of several churches (from 1747)
Tingwhistle "and occasionally" c1747-1758
Heaviley Hall nr Stockport c1760-1761
Stockport "and occasionally" c1761
Wimondhouses, Newton and Hesket Lane c1761-1793

Wymondhouses (an old farm in the south of the parish) was purchased in 1667 by the Nonconformist preacher Thomas Jollie. He had a meeting-place licensed in 1672, later building a chapel that was still in-use until the 1860

The chapel at Wymondhouses was used until 1869 and was demolished in the late 19th century.


My ancestor, Reuben Brotherton, was baptised by the travelling minister in 1790 at Wymondhouses near Sabden in Lancashire. Siblings of his were baptised at churches within the area they lived, Padiham and Newchurch in Pendle so I am curious as to why this particular travelling minister was chosen.

I wonder if maybe Reuben was baptised outside of the regular church because he may have been illegitimate. His Scottish death certificate records his parents as John Brotherton and Jane Lightfoot yet his baptism records James Brotherton. Trying to consider all possibilities I wonder if maybe James was his father and Jane Lightfoot his mother and not James' wife, Margaret. I can, however,  find no other record of John Brotherton and Jane. James did have an older brother, John, so I have considered Reuben could be his son but there are no records that I can find of Jane Lightfoot.

Reuben took his family and eventually died in Scotland having left Horwich due to, what I believe, to be him breaking his work contract which was for seven years. He had done this before and was threatened with prison so on the death of his wife I think he left the area and fled to Scotland where he remarried. On this death his wife was the informant and his parents are recorded as John and Jane. I feel that either his wife was misinformed or just didn't know his parent's names or Reuben deliberately told his wife different names of his parents maybe thinking it the best plan as he had potentially fled the authorities. A bit of a stretch I guess considering he kept his full name.

His reason for moving to Scotland is only speculation but would fit the information available. This speculation having come from a news report of his arrest after breaking a previous work contract in 1840.

I have no hard evidence of his younger years with his family as records of him are only his baptism, his first marriage in 1810 which was where the family lived and then the 1841 census where he was living in Manchester. Reuben, however, is a recurring name within the family so I have little doubt that he is part of James and Margaret's family though ready to be proven wrong.

The real point of my query is regarding The Tabernacle Hillgate-Independent. Why was it a travelling ministry? Are there any other examples of them specifically baptising illegitimate children?

I have included as much info as possible as I have posted on other county pages and  always get asked for the details even though it's the church itself I am hoping for more information on.

Any additional information regarding the church would be very much appreciated.

Thank you.

Kind regards
Amanda

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Lancashire Resources / 6th Manchester Regiment c 1903
« on: Sunday 13 November 22 15:01 GMT (UK)  »
Good afternoon

I have my ancestor's militia attestation form,  Robert Layfield aka Robert Richards, from Burnley and it states he enlisted with the 6th Manchester Regiment in April 1903 for 6 years at the age of 18. In December 1910 he was discharged from Netley as wounded from the 1st Bn Kings Own Regiment (Royal Lancashire Regiment) having served four years of an eight year career in India.

Service numbers 7840 with King's Regiment as Robert Layfield and 13757 with 10th Cameronians Scottish Rifles as Robert Richards.

I am trying to discover how he went from one regiment to another and why he was in India around this time period.

Any help would be very welcome.

I also posted on the general military board but figured it was in the wrong place as I only received one response which I found very unusual because I always have great success on here.

Thank you.

Kind regards

Amanda

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Armed Forces / 6th Manchester Regiment c 1903
« on: Thursday 10 November 22 20:00 GMT (UK)  »
Good evening

I have my ancestor's militia attestation form and it states he enlisted with the 6th Manchester Regiment in April 1903 for 6 years at the age of 18. In December 1910 he was discharged from Netley as wounded from the 1st Bn Kings Own Regiment (Royal Lancashire Regiment) having served four years of his military career in India.

I am trying to discover how he went from one regiment to another and why he was in India around this time period.

Any help would be very welcome.

Thank you.

Kind regards

Amanda


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Derbyshire Resources & Offers / Glossop Tramp
« on: Saturday 25 June 22 14:06 BST (UK)  »
Hi

I have posted previously regarding an ancestor, Caleb Brotherton, whose last known whereabouts was reported in the Glossop-dale Chronicle and North Derbyshire Reporter in 1875 as a tramp found sleeping on a haystack.

As I have found no other record of him I would like to know if there are any other accessible parish records that may record what may have happened to him next. As a tramp I can only assume that any other record may be held in local records for poor relief. There is no other mention of him in the local paper after this time. I know that he previously served time in prison as well as in the army. I just don't know his final whereabouts.

Thank you in advance of any assistance given.

Kind regards
Amanda

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Renfrewshire / Register of Marriage Neilston
« on: Friday 24 June 22 16:59 BST (UK)  »
Good afternoon

I have found the marriage banns of an ancestor, Reuben Brotherton, who married in 1847 in the Neilston district on the Scottish Genealogy page but not the marriage itself. Where would I find this, please?

Thanks.

Kind regards
Amanda

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Derbyshire Resources & Offers / Death Registration of a Vagrant
« on: Sunday 10 April 22 13:50 BST (UK)  »
Hi

I wasn't sure where best to post this but as the last known whereabouts of the person I am looking for was Glossop I thought I'd begin here.

I am on the trail of somebody whose last known whereabouts, that I can find, was Glossop and he was reported as a tramp in the newspaper in 1875. I can find no death registration but I appreciate that not all BMD are recorded on the website.

My query is would it be somebody in the local authority who would register the death of a vagrant around 1880?

Thank you.

Amanda

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