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A family member served both in the Royal Navy and the Merchant Service in the 1800s.

The first ship he sailed on was HMS Brazen, from 1826
The second ship was HMS Salamander from 1833
The fourth ship was HMS Revenge from 1840

But I can't make out the name of the third ship he served on from 1834.

Please can someone help.

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / What could this illness be
« on: Saturday 23 March 24 20:45 GMT (UK)  »
A family member was admitted to The Dreadnought Seaman's Hospital in 1833.
Can anyone help me read the cause of his illness?

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Ross & Cromarty / Philip Macrae or McRae or McCree
« on: Thursday 21 March 24 18:34 GMT (UK)  »
I have been trying to tie in a Philip Macrae (sometimes spelt McRae or McCree) into my Mackenzie family.
Philip was a sailor, and married in Plymouth in 1847. On the marriage record, Philip's father was stated to be Christopher McCree, a boatbuilder.

On 30th October 1866 his "lunatic" son, christened Philip George Alexander, but known as Alexander, was registered for Poor Relief in Lochbroom. He was stated to be 14 years old, but according to the birth record that I have, he would have been 16 years old, as he was born in 1850.

Alexander appears on the census returns of 1871, 1881, 1891 and 1901 living with an Alexandrina/Alexina/Lexy Mackenzie (whose mother was Mary Macrae, and her reputed father was a Kenneth Mackenzie) in Market Street, Ullapool.

On the 1911 census Alexander is living with my great-grandmother, Christina Mackenzie, in Pulteney Street, Ullapool.

Incidentally, although Alexandrina/Alexina/Lexy spent all her life in Market Street, Ullapool - when she died in 1906, she died in Pulteney Street, Ullapool, maybe not in my great-grandmother's house though, as the death was registered by a Thomas Dawson, Red Row, who states that he is a "near relative"

I have just received further information about Philip McCree it seems that on 1st August 1835, he requests that an allotment of 18/- per month should be paid to his sister, Kitty McCree, living in Ullapool.

On the registration application Alexander was stated to be the orphan son of Philip Macrae, native of Annat.

I think Alexander was probably Downs Syndrome, as his mother was in her 40s when he was born.

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London and Middlesex / I need help to find death records
« on: Wednesday 20 March 24 16:55 GMT (UK)  »
I just cannot find two death records.
One is for a Philip McCree / Macrae / McRae, and the other is for his wife, Mary Ann Howell, maiden surname Williams.
The last entry I have for them is on the 1861 census, when they are living at 41 Church Street, Stepney.
I can then see an entry for Philip on 18th June 1862 when he was admitted to the Whitechapel Union Infirmary with a fever, and discharged on 16th July 1862. His address was given as 11 Unanimous Row.
I am trying to find these deaths, because their son Philip George Alexander (known as Alexander) who was born 16th April 1850, appears in the far north west of Scotland in 1866, when he was registered for Poor Relief, and stated to be an orphan and a "lunatic".
He is on the census returns for 1871, 1881, 1891 and 1901, in Ullapool.
On the 1911 census, he is living with my great-grandmother in Ullapool.
I am presuming that Alexander's parents must have died sometime between 1861 and 1866, but I just can't find any records.
Any help will be very gratefully received.

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Inverness / Hilton Cottage, Hilton Village, Inverness
« on: Friday 16 February 24 17:21 GMT (UK)  »
I have just discovered the death certificate of a family member, Elizabeth Fraser, who died on 26 February 1906, in Hilton Cottage, Hilton Village, Inverness.

I can only remember Hilton as being as a housing estate, but wonder if anyone out there has any photos of Hilton Village, with maybe Hilton Cottage.

Thank you, in advance.

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Ross & Cromarty / Glacgour?
« on: Sunday 14 January 24 19:18 GMT (UK)  »
Is there such a place as Glacgour in Ross-Shire?
I'm finding it difficult to read a census image
Thanks for any help.

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Argyllshire / Struan Bank, Victoria Road, Dunoon
« on: Saturday 23 December 23 22:05 GMT (UK)  »
My grandparents came from Glasgow, and I know families from Glasgow went to Dunoon on holiday, so I wasn't too surprised to find my family in Dunoon on the 1921 census. My grandmother, grandfather, my mother and one of her sisters at Struan Bank, Victoria Road, Dunoon.
But then I got a surprise, because on the valuation roll for 1925, my grandfather is listed as a tenant for Struan Bank, as well as 9 Taymouth Street, Glasgow.
Again, on the valuation roll for 1930, he is again listed for the two properties.
What was all that about?

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Lanarkshire / Budhill Avenue, Shettleston
« on: Saturday 23 December 23 21:29 GMT (UK)  »
I have started reading this fascinating book called " As I Lay Me Down To Sleep" by Eileen Munro with Carol Mackay.
She starts life in 74 Budhill Road, Shettleston, and she writes about it being a somewhat run down area.
The name of the street rang a bell, so I checked my family tree, to discover that my grandparents lived at 43 Budhill Avenue from 1906 until 1909.
I have looked on Google Maps to see if I could see number 43, but the doors seem to be just even numbers. I can see door number 36, then 42 followed by 50.
Would number 43 be a flat through door number 42?

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Europe / Yet another certificate in German
« on: Friday 17 November 23 13:07 GMT (UK)  »
I need more help - sorry - but this is the marriage registration for my grandparents, and I would really like a translation.
My thanks in advance.

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