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Australia Resources & Offers / Re: OFFER : NSW State Records Office - photos of probates and divorces
« on: Friday 06 March 20 10:04 GMT (UK)  »
Hello from England,

If it's not too much trouble, would you be able to find, please, the probate record of a distant relative of mine? I'm looking for Anthony Edward O'Hara HUNT who was born 21 Oct 1901 at Burston, near St Albans, Hertfordshire, England and died 16 Dec 1975 in NSW, Australia. Probate was granted 15 Mar 1976 and is at Western Sydney Records Centre, Kingswood.

I don't know when he emigrated, if he ever married or had children. Any information at all would be most welcome. His WWII army service number was NX72184, he enlisted at Paddington, NSW, and the name of his father was Edward Hunt.

Many thanks


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Yorkshire (West Riding) Lookup Requests / Re: Queen Street Chapel, Huddersfield - baptism - CLARK, James
« on: Friday 30 September 16 19:12 BST (UK)  »
Thank you both so much for all this help. It's frustrating that I have so little to go on but the 1841 and 1851 census records you mention seem to me to be the right ones. James Clark is described in an edition of Crockfords clerical directory as being descended from an Essex family. That does not necessarily mean that his father was born there. So the 1851 census which has James aged 15 living with his uncle in Hackney (sort of in the Essex direction!) would fit. I am still mulling all the information over but in the meantime, thanks v much once again.

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Opinions required please on initials.
« on: Thursday 29 September 16 22:57 BST (UK)  »
From ancient memories of being taught joined-up writing at school, I would say a J would have a closed loop at the top. So I think the initials are IS or TS, not JS.

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Yorkshire (West Riding) Lookup Requests / Queen Street Chapel, Huddersfield - baptism - CLARK, James
« on: Thursday 29 September 16 22:09 BST (UK)  »
I would like to find the baptism record for my 2G-grandfather James Clark who was born in (?January) 1836. I believe he was born in Huddersfield. His father was John Clark, a wool dealer, and his mother was Hannah [surname unknown]. In June 1859, James married Hannah Hatton at Queen Street Chapel, Huddersfield. She was a Wesleyan Methodist and I suspect that James Clark was also, although he later trained as a Church of England priest ending up as Archdeacon of Antigua by the time he died in 1895. So far I have been unable to trace a birth record for him. I think it is possible that he may have been baptised at Queen Street Chapel. Can anyone help? Incidentally, I am also looking for any information at all about John Clark.

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Rutland Lookup Requests / Market Overton, church vestry - portrait of Rev John Wingfield?
« on: Monday 23 March 15 18:07 GMT (UK)  »
I understand that a picture of Rev John Wingfield (b. Tickencote, 1734;  m. Sarah Beckett; d. 1773 and b. Market Overton) used to hang in the Vestry of the Church at Market Overton.

Is it still there and can anyone send me a copy of it, please? I tried contacting the church to no avail some years ago; then decided to try Rootschat, hoping that there might be some person here, maybe a churchgoer in Market Overton, who might know.

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: A mystery word on a baptism record - maybe Latin?
« on: Monday 29 September 14 16:40 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: Twdyr on Sunday 28 September 14 22:42 BST (UK)
Do any other entries on the page have a similar notation under the baptism date?
Philip
No, it's the only entry like this.
Like JM, I read it as Ezalee. I wondered if Ezalee might have been a shortened form of Elizabeth Letitia (Letitia also being in the name). But I've never heard of that and, so far as I'm aware, her name wasn't shortened.

I take Sinann's point about the word being under the date of birth to indicate a place different from the baptism place.

There is a sister who was also baptised by the same clergyman (their father) and that sister has the name Denny in her name. Interestingly, I see that Tralee was the home of the Denny family, so maybe the two sisters had a family connection with Tralee. I'm beginning to think Tralee may indeed be the answer.

The nagging doubt in my mind is whether the mystery word really does start with a T!

Thank you, everyone, for your help.  :)

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: A mystery word on a baptism record - maybe Latin?
« on: Saturday 27 September 14 22:36 BST (UK)  »
This is another word (The) written by the same clergyman but in a letter he wrote about 25 years later - the T is very clear. That's why I'm not sure that Tralee is the 'mystery' word.
Any thoughts anyone?

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: A mystery word on a baptism record - maybe Latin?
« on: Saturday 27 September 14 22:33 BST (UK)  »
I'm attaching a word (Elizabeth) taken from the baptism certificate which is the same clergyman's handwriting - the E is distinctive.

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: A mystery word on a baptism record - maybe Latin?
« on: Saturday 27 September 14 14:43 BST (UK)  »
I had been convinced it began with an E. Having looked again at the map, Tralee would make sense. Thank you, that was quick! I'm still not entirely sure though - I think I'll wait a bit, in case there are any other suggestions, before I mark this query 'completed'.

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