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The Common Room / What to do with all my genealogical research?
« on: Sunday 12 February 23 20:06 GMT (UK)  »
What are others planning to do with their research? My children aren't interested and I hate to think of it all being thrown out. There is a possibility of archiving in a small museum on one side of my family. The research I am most proud of is about my father - he was born in France of a French mother and an English father with the surname of Jones! He died in West Africa when I was 10 and I knew very little about his life. It's a voyage of discovery as I've found he was almost certainly recruited by MI6 according to the chief archivist of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
I heard of a repository at the War Office but it already has too many personal research documents. Any ideas?

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The Common Room / Trying to find mother's maiden surname
« on: Monday 27 June 22 20:00 BST (UK)  »
I've found this record on the National Archives: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C17496077

I searched birth records and found only one which fits:
PEARSON, ROBERT  WILLIAM     HORNSBY 
GRO Reference: 1914  S Quarter in NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE  Volume 10B  Page 115

I'd dearly like to know more. To make a 100% identification - he married Ivy Williams 1st quarter 1945, Bristol, Gloucester.  Would that information be included on the full records?

 

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The Common Room / Old Maps
« on: Thursday 15 July 21 18:07 BST (UK)  »
Hi

I'm looking at the 1910 Inland Revenue Maps and can see what appears to be separate sets of numbers : 270; 224 PT; PART 108; 227; PART 224. Typical smaller numbers would be e.g. : 110  & 3-247 written underneath; or 111 and 9-810 written underneath. There's also B.M. 119-6. Some of the properties have names as well as numbers and all fields have numbers too.
Do these numbers relate to ownership, title deeds or tax reference? 
There's also F.P. and G.P. - footpath and general path? Both of these have double dotted lines, one side of which is in bold ink. The narrower paths have what looks like an uncrossed long f going through them as do some of the boundaries and properties. There's also a W - which I know indicates a well.
Help appreciated. TIA.

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Berkshire / Clewer/Spittal/Windsor Archives
« on: Friday 09 April 21 18:01 BST (UK)  »
I'm looking for archives relating to Clewer Spittal and/or Windsor and wondering if there's anywhere in Windsor town which holds archives - in particular poor law and bmds circa 1680-1780

TIA

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Berkshire / Jones Brickwall
« on: Monday 16 November 20 17:49 GMT (UK)  »
I am following a line of enquiry to resolve my Jones brickwall.

I have all available information forward from this:
1851 Census: HO107/1541 - F   p   - 4 North St, Bethnal Green, Tower Hamlets
William Jones, Head, M, 31,  Grocer, Berks, Windsor
Ann Jones, Wife, M, 27, Surrey, Dulwich

In 1861 his place of birth was given as Clewer, Berkshire

In 1867 he married for the second time 14TH December 1867. Parish Church in the Parish of Clewer, Berkshire
Groom: William Jones, full age, Widower, Coal Merchant, Spital, Father: William Jones, Lighterman
Witnesses were the Parish Clerk and a Pew Opener, but intriguing that he returned to his pob for his 2nd marriage. First marriage was in 1843 St Lukes, Norwood - witnesses connected to the bride.

In 1871,81 & 91 his pob was shown as Windsor.

The line of enquiry I'm following applies these christenings and burials to William Jones b 1819:
CHRISTENINGS:
A   14th February 1819. Parish of New Windsor, Berkshire. William s/o William & Mary Bargeman of Spital
Others to same? parents:
B.    26th May 1822 Mary Jones, St Andrew, Clewer d/o William Jones Lab and Mary of Spital Row b 28th April 1822
C.    7 May 1826 Charlotte Jones. St Andrew, Clewer. d/o Wiliam Jones Bargeman and Mary of Spital

OTHER:
Berkshire Burial Index:
Charlotte Jones, age 7, born 1826, Spittall. Burial 1 August 1833. St Andrew, Clewer, Berkshire.
Mary Jones, aged 45, born 1785, Spittall. Burial 17 Jan 1830. St Andrew, Clewer.
William Jones. Aged 43, born 1782. Spittall. Burial 8 December 1825. St Andrew, Clewer.
Mary Jones, age 19, Born 1820, Clewer. Burial 23 December 1839, St John the Baptist, New Windsor.
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In this basis, William is without parents from 1830, aged 11 and unless taken in by other members of family, he would most likely come under the authority of the Poor Law and would either be taken in by them or apprenticed - Clewer was in the Windsor Union.

My question is should I contact Berkshire RO to enquire about Poor Law records for William Jones b 1819 - are they working at the moment? Or should I follow up the father of William - also William Jones, Bargeman? I have been in touch with the Company of Watermen and Lightermen and said I am interested in a Lighterman/Bargeman living in Clewer and received the reply: We only have records for the Thames.  We may have some information. The information we recorded was the apprentice’s name, date bound (as an apprentice to the Company), place, his master’s name and the date if/when he gained his freedom of the Company.
An additional charge would be made for searching other of our records

Has anyone had any success with the Company of Watermen and Lightermen?

Thanks in advance




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Sussex / Missing family member sent away to school in Forest Row, Sussex
« on: Sunday 19 July 20 10:50 BST (UK)  »
I'm posting on behalf of someone in my Genealogy Group who has long been searching for a family member born in 1908 in Lambeth and due to difficulties within the family was sent to live with another family - most likely an aunt or uncle. The story is that she attended a school in Forest Row in Sussex. She would have been sent away from about age 3 to somewhere in her teens and although a visit has been made to Forest Row searching for the school she would have attended, nothing was found and the assumption has been made that whatever school it was, is no longer there.

Does anyone have any local knowledge of schools in the area from around 1912 to 1922?

She hasn't been found on the 1911 census.

Any ideas?


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London and Middlesex / Lloyd Brickwall
« on: Thursday 21 May 20 19:55 BST (UK)  »
I'd appreciate comments and views on the following brickwall:

1   Charles           1815   St Mary, St Marylebone   George & Mary   Serv   
2   Mary   1816   St James, Westminster   George & Mary Ann   Porter   Queen St
3   James Richman   1818   St James, Westminster   George & Mary   Servant   20 Queen St
4   John George   1821   St John the Evangelist   George & Mary Ann   Servant   Frederick St
5   George William   1823   St James, Piccadilly   George & Mary Ann   Servant   10 Heddon St
6   Sarah Margaret   1825   St James, Westminster   George & Mary Ann   Servant   Swallow Street
7   Elizabeth Ann   1827   St James Westminster   George & Mary Ann   Servant   Little Vine St
8   Samuel Orange   1829   St James, Westminster   George & Mary Ann   Servant   Swallow Street

The above are possible siblings of my ancestor Samuel Orange Lloyd. The object is to identify his parents and siblings and identify any cuckoos in the nest:
A.   All the above baptisms occurred within one to three months of birth except John George Lloyd for whom there is a 7 month gap. He was also the only one to be baptised at St John the Evangelist which was either in Upper Holloway or Waterloo.
B.   St James, Westminster and St James, Piccadilly are the same church.
C.   Queen Street is in Mayfair, Westminster a short distance from Piccadilly. Frederick Street is in Camden, St Pancras. Heddon Street, Swallow St and Little Vine St are at the lower end and west of Regent Street and Swallow Street joins Piccadilly – all three are in Westminster making Frederick Street (John George Lloyd) the odd one out.
D.   Only the last six children were given middle names. Note: Samuel Orange Lloyd frequently gave his name as Samuel William Lloyd.
E.   Neither Charles, Mary, John George or Elizabeth Ann have been traced. Sarah Margaret died in 1827 which leaves James Richman and Samuel Orange as the only children successfully traced - George William Lloyd-two found in 1841 but the parents are not a match.
F.   On the marriage certificate for Samuel William (Orange) Lloyd in 1859, his father is shown as George William Lloyd, Brass Founder.
H.   On the marriage certificate for James Richman Lloyd in 1845 Dublin, Ireland. His father is shown as George Lloyd, Sailor!!!
I.     James Richman Lloyd not found in 1841 or 1851. In 1861 he is in Finsbury, London with his wife and children. All surnames are shown as Lloydd and the birth registration of one of his children was given as Lloydd. James Richman Lloyd’s only male child was christened James Richman Lloyd in 1860, but his birth registration was given as James Richmond Lloyd suggesting an element of illiteracy.



Any ideas?


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1815 Parish Baptism for Charles Lloyd 22nd Mary 1815 per Ancestry.  Can someone tell me if this was St Mary, Bryanstone, Marylebone Sq - as according to information I have this started in 1825. OR St Marylebone?  I can't decide if Charles was my ancestor's sibling or not!

Add to that, another baptism in 1821 at St John the Evangelist. I know of St John the Evangelist Waterloo (1825) and St John the Evangelist Upper Holloway (1829) - the address of the family was given as Frederick Street, which I believe was in St Pancras, so those churches would be quite a distance.



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Occupation Interests / Lighterman
« on: Saturday 18 April 20 15:52 BST (UK)  »
I'm looking at an old brickwall and attempting to break it.
William Jones, Lighterman is the father named on a marriage certificate in 1867 for the son, also William Jones.
William Jones - the son - christening on 14th February 1819 Parish of New Windsor, Berkshire. William s/o William and Mary, Bargeman of Spital.

Any ideas how to get more information on this Bargeman / Lighterman?




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