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Messages - mrsericnorthman

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Cheshire / Re: Macclesfield, Rainow Road mystery
« on: Monday 26 September 16 20:13 BST (UK)  »
I've found it! In the 1911 census the address had been transcribed wrong which is why it wasn't showing up when i searched for it, thank you for your help as the maps you used helped me a great deal!

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Cheshire / Re: Macclesfield, Rainow Road mystery
« on: Monday 26 September 16 13:00 BST (UK)  »
Thanks for your help, isn't lima farm too far away?? Looks like it is in Rainow near Blaze Hill. I've looked at maps and lowerfield farm seems to be where the house is now but still can't find anything when searching :(

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Cheshire / Macclesfield, Rainow Road mystery
« on: Sunday 25 September 16 22:50 BST (UK)  »
Hey there, my brother lives in a house on rainow road and I know it dates back to the 1880's. I'm interested in finding out who lived there in the census's only thing is i cant find the road on there!!
I've searched high and low as to whether rainow road was named something else but can't find anything. I've even gone through all the other roads census's around rainow road in hopes that it'll pop up somewhere.

Can anyone shed any light on this? it's considered higher hurdsfield but that doesn't help my search either :(

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Warwickshire / Re: Reasons for not being in the first or second world war??
« on: Saturday 10 September 16 23:03 BST (UK)  »
hmmm, this is all very interesting!! makes me realise how easy it must've been to get out of going, and I'm guessing my relatives all had similar situations, I'm not disappointed or anything about them not going, of course if they had i might not be here today! it's just i had the impression they were desperate for men so would take anyone, and my nan's so eager to tell me stories of her family i would've thought i'd heard something by now about any effort they may have participated in.

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Warwickshire / Re: Reasons for not being in the first or second world war??
« on: Saturday 10 September 16 00:09 BST (UK)  »
Well one great grandad was born in 1895 and he was an electrical fitter in the 1911 census, his dad, my gg grandad was born 1876, so again age is fine and he was a musician, i can't see that being a reason to not go.
The other side, my great grandad was born 1901, and was a painter and decorator and his dad was born 1874, he was a coal miner.
One guy is too old by the start of WWI, and another is a farmer born in 1879.

thing is maybe all these men did have bad eyesight or ill health but their brothers and sons didn't go either, i have to go into '3x removed cousins' territory to find anyone that was involved!

So strange!

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Warwickshire / Reasons for not being in the first or second world war??
« on: Friday 09 September 16 23:53 BST (UK)  »
Hi there, I was watching who do you think you are? this morning, and it made me realise that none of my direct ancestors from my mom's side were involved in either of the wars.
So it made me wonder why they were not drafted, their age and occupation would not have stopped them. I know some people lied to get out of duty but I can't imagine each one of them doing that.

Does anyone have any ideas as to why this is?? my dad's maternal side were all in the navy, including the women, and his paternal side worked in factories helping the war effort, but my mom's side zilch.

Thank you!

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Warwickshire Lookup Requests / Re: 53 Aylesford Street, Coventry.
« on: Monday 14 September 15 23:17 BST (UK)  »
Hello thank you for replying, I have emailed the relevant people but I don't live in coventry any more or else I'd probably live in the library :) I'm hoping there might be someone passing through there in the near future, if not I'll have to organise a day trip.

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Family Bibles / Re: GRUBB bible from Northamptonshire
« on: Monday 14 September 15 22:45 BST (UK)  »
hello there, was just wondering if you ever found that bible? I have Grubb ancestors from hellidon in northamptonshire as well and I've found this post very interesting!

best regards.

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Warwickshire Lookup Requests / 53 Aylesford Street, Coventry.
« on: Monday 14 September 15 22:15 BST (UK)  »
Hi there, I have been trying to find out who my great granddad is, I have no name or place/year of birth for him. I ordered my granddads birth cert and there's no name under father but the address is 53 Aylesford Road, Coventry.
I was hoping somebody would be able to help me find some sort of record as to who was living at this address with my granddad at his time of birth in 1946. His mother was Lily, so I'm only looking for a male.
If anyone can help me I'd be eternally grateful, I have been searching for years with no luck.

Thank you.

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