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Thank you everyone for your replies, they all give me something to think on.

I maybe wrong about William Colin being the child in the photo, I do know he was a private during WWI in the 16th and 9th Battalions of the Notts & Derby Regiment. He would have been 18 if he's the child but if he's the one in the uniform then the photo would have been taken sometime from 1914 to 1920. In that case the child is not his because he was still single in the 1939 register!

Surely you wouldn't be going to all the trouble of dressing up & travelling to a studio/photo booth for a four generation photo when the child wasn't yours and the older man is not family, it doesn't make sense.

So far I haven't been able to find out if Wm Colin's father William Gregory was in the military around 1897, this isn't my family so I need to wait on more information. I'll be back when I have something.

Thank you all again, it is much appreciated.
Cheers....Dawn

I'm hoping someone can give me an idea of the age of this photograph please? I think it is a four generation photograph of Wm, Wm, Wm and Wm Colin Gregory but others say the man sitting down is not a relation, why would he be in the photo if he wasn't?

Anyway I think the child is Wm Colin born 1896, others think he is the one standing behind him in the uniform. I'd also love to know if anyone can identify the uniform but it is not very clear.

If it is a four generation photo then it would have been taken before 1903, so a general idea of the date of the photo would be appreciated thank you.

Does anyone know if the Medway City Ark is down for any reason? I haven't been able to access it for two days, just keep on getting the 'Please contact Adlib if the problem persists.' message after a few minutes. But I can't see anywhere that gives you an address to contact, very frustrating.

I've tried both of these URLs:-

https://cityark.medway.gov.uk/

I get the above message after clicking on 'Parish Records' and the second one which was posted on RootsChat back in Feb this year no longer works either:-

http://www.medway.gov.uk/leisurecultureandsport/medwayarchivescentre/searchthecollections.aspx

Help please.....Dawn

Well this is about 7 years too late but just wondering if Dorothy is still around as I think I may be able to answer her question about who married George Cursham MD. I don't know about the marriage to an Ann Heathcote in 1817, he may have been married previously but on the marriage I have he said he was a bachelor.

On 30 May 1822 at St Edward the Confessor's Church in Leek, Staffordshire a George CURSHAM bachelor of St Peter's parish in Nottingham married Ann PHILLIPS spinster of Leek, by licence. The officiating minister was Thomas L Cursham.

The licence was a bit more enlightening - they were both aged 21 years & upwards, George was a surgeon and Thomas L Cursham was the Vicar of Mansfield in Nottinghamshire.

Better still Ann had a brother Samuel Phillips Esquire of Leek who left a will on the 14 Apr 1847 which mentioned his sister Ann Cursham and his brother in law George Cursham of Saville Row, London, Doctor of Medicine.

I have a bit more information on the Phillips family if you haven't already found the above by now. At the very least this might help someone else in the future who might be just as stumped as I was when looking for them in the census, I knew it was going to be an uphill battle with the spelling but I never would have thought of 'Aushuther'!

Cheers....Dawn

Hi Folks,

This time I am looking for Cursham(s), specifically, a George Cursham b. 1795 in Annesley/chr. 02 Jan. 1796/d. 23 Sept. 1871.  The freebmd shows that his death was registered St. George Hanover Square, London.  George Cursham was the son of Rev T. Cursham of Sutton-in-Ashfield - his mother was Ann Leeson.  He attended Repton School in 1808 and graduated M.D. from London and Paris, was elected F.R.C.P. in 1844, and became Physician to the Hospital for Consumption and the the Asylum for Female Orphans.

There is much about Dr. George Cursham on the internet but nothing about whom he married.  I am asking for help in finding his marriage.  The IGI shows one entry for a George Cursham to Ann Heathcote in 1817, however, I am reluctant to acccept this at face value.

I am also trying to connect this George Cursham as father of William G. Cursham who md. Harriett Nicholson.  Their marriage is registered in Liverpool in 1846.  The children of this couple were born in various towns in Nottinghamshire.

I would be very grateful for any help.

Dorothy
Ottawa

Sandon is on my to look at list thanks Stevie and I'll also look at that Bocking one too, thanks so much Solidrock.