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I am looking for previous occupants of my cottage. I think it was built in the 1800's but possibly earlier. I don't know any names of previous owners or of anyone in the surrounding cottages. I can search Ancestry but don't know how to begin without a name so that I can search the census returns. Please can anyone give me a 'starter'.
Thank you.

Can anyone help with the date of my Aunt's death?
She was my father's half sister born on 18th Sept 1876 in Boscombe, Bournemouth. I never met her and my father never mentioned her. She was from my grandfather's 1st marriage. Her mother died when she was 9 and there were no siblings.
I have just found her with Occupation - 'Under Matron' at a small boarding school in Weston Super Mare on the 1921 census. The school was Etonhurst which no longer exists. I have searched the 1939 register but haven't found a suitable person. I have many letters written by my father to my mother during the 1940's and there is no mention of her. I feel sure that if she had gone abroad there would have been some mention of this as he talked about the rest of his family. I am the only one left in this branch so there is no one to ask.
All suggestions gratefully received. I have posted in Somerset as this is her last known address.

Warwick is my 1st cousin twice removed. He was born in Exeter, Devon in 1871, the eldest son of Henry John Dicker and Emily Ann Tapper. I have recently discovered that he married Violet Elia Taylor in Durban on 19th Sept 1908.
Please can anyone help me fill in the gaps as to whether or not they had any children and when did Warwick and Violet died. Warwick came from a very musical family and other relatives had gone out to South Africa before so I wonder if he went out there at a relative's invitation.
Any information will be very gratefully received.

An ancestor in my tree is John Kendall. He married Caroline Doley on 11th Dec 1842. On this certificate he gives the occupation of his father as a Gold Beater. My possible brick wall is who is his father? I have a strong suspicion that his parents are John Kendall (a gold beater) and Mary Trever but their son was baptised as John Trever Kendall on 19/04/1824 (born 29/07/1823). The parents both appear to have died in 1826 and a sister, Phebe, in 1829. I can't find any further evidence of John Trever Kendall until he possibly becomes just John Kendall on the 1841 census and I am fairly sure that this is the John Kendall who married Caroline Doley. So, are these one and the same person? One could argue that there is a slight discrepancy in age but as he was left without parents at the age of 3 this could be understandable. Is there any way of finding out what happened to John Trever Kendall after his parents died? I haven't been able to locate Kendall grandparents but Mary's parents were William and Jane Trever.
Has anyone any ideas? All suggestions gratefully received!!