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Hello,

I'd like to create a calendar entry/reminder of anniversaries for some of my ancestors in Apple's Calendar app, on my Mac and iPhone, for things like birthdays and weddings. I thought it'd just be a quick and interesting way to bring my predecessors into my daily life.

The attached screenshot is what I'm looking to achieve - a dynamic update, taking into account the year the event happened to generate "xxxx's yy-th birthday".

But the only way I appear to be able to achieve this is by creating fake contact entries in my address book for my ancestors who are no longer alive, which would be more than a little spooky! Is there any other way of achieving this?

It's something I thought would be pretty simple initially, but in practice appears to be anything but. For example, an alternative would involve creating a static yearly event in the Calendar app, but then I wouldn't get the dynamic information about how many years its been since they were born/married, which is one of the main things I'm trying to achieve.

Ideally, the other thing I'd like to do would be able to have these in a filterable calendar, in the same way that's possible for "Work", "Family', etc, and distinct from the birthdays of friends/family who are alive, so that I could switch it on and off when it would be useful to do so.

Hello,

I've found a couple of marriages through Ancestry's London parish records, from 1828 and 1820 respectively, which are in a format that I've not seen before. Annoyingly, they don't include the fathers of the bride and groom, so I don't think I'll be able to go any further back from here. Is there anywhere else I can look?

These are the ones I'm referring to: Henry Scott marrying Susannah Springer, and Frederick Pearce marrying Rainah Turtil:

http://www.mosmi.co.uk/images/frederick%20pearce%20marriage%201820%20crop.jpg
http://www.mosmi.co.uk/images/henry%20scott%20snr%20marriage%201828%20crop.jpg

Alan

Hello,

I can't make out an occupation on a 1901 census entry - RG13/1617/66/31, to be exact. It's the one for William Gladman, who is a clerk of some description. His father, William J Gladman, is a railway clerk, and his brother is a warehouse assistant.

If you could help me decipher it, I'd very much appreciate it!

Morning all!

I'm not quite sure what to make of this. (Though I may just be being naïve, admittedly). A husband dies prior to 1891, but new kids appear in 1901, with no new man in sight! Indeed, when 1911 rolls 'round, she says that she's had *eight* kids in total, with six still alive. She also says she's been married for 25 years, which would mean she tied the knot in 1886.

It's Christopher and Amy Webster which are throwing me - are they likely to actually be her kids?

Any thoughts/insights would be greatly appreciated!

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Here's what I know:

William Edward Webster and Emily Martin Dewar get married on 01/08/1874 in the Church of St James the Great, Bethnal Green, and subsequently appear on the following censuses:

1881: RG11/470/145/36
6, Selsey St, Limehouse, Middlesex
William Webster, head, b 1854, Lighterman, London
Emily  1855, London
William  1875, Scholar, London
Sidney  1880, London
Francis Dewar, Brother-in-law, 1860, Clerk in Warehouse, London

1891: RG12/306/75/40
30, Eutick Street, Mile End Old Town, London
Emily Webster, head, widow, b 1857, Stepney
William  1875, Clerk, Stepney
Sidney  1880, Bow
Percy  1884, Mile End
Leonard  1885, Mile End
Sidney Dewar, Brother, 1866, Stepney

1901: RG13/331/129/41
30, Entick Street, Mile End Old Town, London
Emily Webster, head, widow, b 1857, Stepney
Sidney  1880, Fruit Carman, Mile End
Percy  1884, Waiter, Mile End
Leonard  1886, Errand Boy, Mile End
Christopher  1893, Mile End
Amy  1894, Mile End

1911: RG14PN9588 RG78PN510B RD188 SD6 ED32 SN400
1a Oregon Avenue, Manor Park, Essex
Emily Webster, head, widow, b 1855, London
Leonard  1886, Engineer, London
Christopher  1892, Engineer, London
Amy  1894, Helps at Home, London