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Messages - Dave Francis

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Suffolk / Re: Cutlers of Suffolk
« on: Sunday 30 January 11 07:53 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Kaysii

Samuel Newson and Amy Cutler were indeed married on 20 February 1823, after banns, in Halesworth Suffolk. Witnesses were John Smith and Charlotte Taylor.

Unfortunately the register doesn't record the names of their fathers - this information was only included in marriages from July 1837 onwards.

The register does record that Samuel was of the parish of Wenhaston, and that Amy was "of this parish".

Interestingly, Samuel and Amy were also two of the witnesses at a previous marriage in Halesworth - William Townsend and Sophia Cutler on 8 July 1819. The third witness was Sarah Cutler. My guess is that Sophia, Amy and Sarah were sisters.


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London & Middlesex Lookup Requests / Re: 176 piccadilly
« on: Monday 03 January 11 12:16 GMT (UK)  »
Hi again Calvert. Not to worry!

There are also multiple adverts referring to "196 Piccadilly" in The Times. One of them says that it was "next to St James Church". For quite a long time the property was the Head Office for a firm of auctioneers, surveyors and valuers called Goddard and Smith.

By 1928 it was being used as a branch office of the Midland Bank and this appears to have continued for a number a years. But it was also being used as an art gallery by the Royal Institute of Painters / Royal Society of Portrait Painters. And after the second World War several photographic exhibitions were held there.

I get the distinct impression that this was a commercial property sub-divided into a number of separate units. I can't see any reference to a restaurant on the site in the 1930's, so it's not immediately clear why your partner's grandad was living there. But it's possible I suppose that there were some rooms above the business premises which could be rented out.

Dave

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London & Middlesex Lookup Requests / Re: 176 piccadilly
« on: Monday 03 January 11 00:42 GMT (UK)  »
A brief search of The Times suggests that the full address was 175 and 176 Piccadilly and that the property was called "Empire House". The building seems to have been used by various businesses over a number of years. For example, one advert placed in February 1932 was for a Secretarial Training College which was run by a Miss Kerr Sander.

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Family History Programs, Tree Organisation, Presentation / Re: Windows 7 and FH Resource File Viewer 4.0
« on: Saturday 01 January 11 19:30 GMT (UK)  »
Grrr. One of the main reasons for recently buying a brand new laptop was so that I could do my genealogy research on the move. Having invested in a Windows 7 (64-bit) machine it is very disappointing to learn that I can't run BVRI on it. Sounds like FamilySearch have no plans to remedy the situation.

It should however be possible for a third party to develop a new piece of software which can read the datafiles held on the CDs (or maybe convert the data into a different format which can then be read by something like Microsoft Access).

But I think this would only be possible if FamilySearch published the specification for the datafiles in question. Would they co-operate? Is this information available already?

Dave

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: searching for a ship
« on: Thursday 09 December 10 18:38 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: elizasutton on Wednesday 08 December 10 17:02 GMT (UK)
My great great grandfather John Cattel Morton  1843-1886 was in the Merchant navy. He died at sea aboard the 'SS Tangier' Pettapollium, Madras, India. I found his death in the GRO deaths at sea and in the local paper both state he died in India yet the national probate calender has his death in Ipswich.

Thought I should double-check this. Probate was indeed granted in Ipswich, on 1 April 1886 to his widow Sarah Ann Morton. But the probate calendar clearly states that he died, on 19 January 1886, "at Pettapolium near Madras in India". It also mentions that he was a captain in the merchant navy, so I wonder whether he was the captain mentioned in The Times' article? Incidentally, his personal estate was valued at £1,434 10s 2d - quite a tidy sum in those days!

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: searching for a ship
« on: Wednesday 08 December 10 21:38 GMT (UK)  »
The Times, Wednesday, Mar 17, 1886; pg. 8; Issue 31709; col C

"Disasters at Sea"

"Among the passengers on board the P and O steamer Rosetta, which arrived in Plymouth Sound yesterday, were four of the crew of the steamship Tangier, of London, 1,908 tons register, which ran ashore off Madras in December last. The Tangier was bound from Madras for London, and shortly after leaving encountered very heavy weather. On December 18 the Tangier sighted a large foreign steamship of about 4,000 tones, named the [Caraplania?], ashore and signalling for assistance. The Tangier proceeded, and in attempting to tow her off damaged her rudder, and, becoming unmanageable, she was driven by the heavy sea on some rocks. She was subsequently got off but found to be so seriously damaged that she was run ashore on the beach. Her crew were then employed in repairing the ship, which was loaded with hides and caster oil seed, but the ship having leaked so freely the cargo got seriously damaged and in time the stench was abominable. Early in January the captain went into the hold with a European diver and a native for the purpose of examining the damage done, when they were suffocated by the fumes. The captain was subsequently buried on shore."

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Warwickshire Lookup Requests / Re: Probate Record/ Louis Estevan Green de Woolfson
« on: Wednesday 08 December 10 21:08 GMT (UK)  »
Hi there

GREEN DE WOOLFSON Louis Estevan of 250 Brearley-street Hockley and of 101 Soho Hill Handsworth both in Birmingham died 11 September 1926 at 101 Soho Hill Probate Shrewsbury 5 February [1927] to Florence Annis Green de Woolfson widow. Effects £3898 10s.

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How to Use RootsChat (Please don't post requests here) / Re: I am confused here
« on: Friday 03 December 10 18:15 GMT (UK)  »
Here's a solution that works for me.

Type your message in Word / Notepad / Whatever

Copy the message to the clipboard (select all text > right click > copy)

Open the message window

In Internet Explorer select Edit Paste (or Alt+E+P)(or Ctr+V)

Et voila!

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England / Re: Charles John Markie Anywhere !
« on: Tuesday 30 November 10 21:12 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Jemma - and a very warm welcome to RootsChat

I have found the WW1 Service Record of Charles senior on Anc***sty.

Charles Markie enlisted in the Royal Irish Rifles on 11 November 1914 and was 19 years old at the time - i.e. he was born about 1895.

He joined up in Belfast (or possibly Dublin - there is conflicting information).  Regimental number 9454.

His service record yields the following information.

> He was born in Ballymacarrett, Belfast, and was a carpenter by trade.

> He was discharged injured from the army on 4 January 1918 having served with the British Expeditionary Force in France.

> He was the son of Eugene and Mary Markie who were living at 15 Annette Street (off Cromac Street) Belfast at the time of his discharge.

> He married Nellie Deakin on 25 May 1916 at Newry Cathedral.

> Charles and Nellie were living at 2 Surrey Street, Latchford, Warrington at the time of his discharge.

> There are no children listed in the discharge papers - possible Charles junior was the first?

Dave

PS. The US 1920 record is a red herring and obviously relates to a different couple (who were both born in the US and had Russian parents!) In any event I think the census image actually says Martin not Markie.

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