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Immigrants & Emigrants - General / Re: Naturalised in 1781
« on: Saturday 11 August 12 22:00 BST (UK)  »
Good morning everyone,

Thank you all for your efforts while I was sleeping - that's wonderful news to wake up to. I particularly appreciate aghadowey for finding the Act itself and jorose for going through four pages of legalese for me. I now have a place of birth and knowledge that she had been living in Great Britain for at least seven years before her marriage.

I too had found mention of her father possibly being Sir Francis Blake Delaval, but I couldn't find any link between the two. Most records have her as being a 'Blake' not a 'Delaval' so I wasn't sure if this were even true, though jorose's death index find makes a strong case for this. If she were an illegitimate daughter of his, as suggested by jorose, that could explain the necessity for the naturalisation act.

Thank you all for your help.

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Immigrants & Emigrants - General / Re: Naturalised in 1781
« on: Saturday 11 August 12 09:12 BST (UK)  »
Hi Dawn,

I've looked over Debretts and every other 'nobility' guide I could find, but none of them mention anything other than her name and the fact that she was naturalised by this particular Act of Parliament.

I'd love to know more as she must have led a fascinating life. She was obviously born abroad, moved to England and married Sir Robert (oops, in my first post I accidentally said Sir George - I meant Sir Robert).

They then moved to Paris during the French Revolution, moved in the right (and wrong) circles, before Sir Robert ended up in a French prison. He avoided the guillotine but died in Paris in 1802. Charlotte stayed on in Paris, dying in Versailles in 1823.

A fascinating period of history and she was obviously at the thick of it.

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Immigrants & Emigrants - General / Naturalised in 1781
« on: Saturday 11 August 12 05:50 BST (UK)  »
Hi all,

I've known for a while that my 6x great grandmother Charlotte Sophia Blake was naturalised by an Act of Parliament in 1781 (Private Act, 21 Geo. III, c. 8, 12 Mar. 1781) but have been unable to find out any more accurate information about her or the Act.

Does anyone know if there are any records surviving from this time that may tell me which country she was born in? Would the Parliament Act above refer to a particular country or does anyone know of any naturalisation lists from this time? Given that she married Sir George Smyth, I thought the information on her background may have been more forthcoming.

Regards,

Debra

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Essex Completed Lookup Requests / Re: BETTIS, Essex 1840's
« on: Saturday 20 December 08 20:03 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Deborah,

What an amazingly generous offer  :o

I'll send you a personal message to discuss this but just wanted to publicly thank you for making such a wonderful offer.

Warmest regards,

Debra

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Australia / Re: Convict Query
« on: Thursday 18 December 08 21:06 GMT (UK)  »
Hi JohnGirl,

Thank you so much for that information  :)

Looking at the dates in my files, most of the family members applied the moment the seven years was up so they were obviously all well resigned to the fact that there was no way of ever making it home again or seeing their original families.

Thank you again for finding this information for me.

Debs

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Australia / Re: Convict Query
« on: Thursday 18 December 08 20:28 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Jean,

Thanks for sharing your story.

I've found 'permission to marry' applications for the family members I've been looking for but no forms discussing divorces or the like. Maybe the church dissolved the marriages of convicts who were transported overseas?

Either way, I have to just hope that both the convicts and their original spouses re-found happiness with their new spouses.

Debs

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Cambridgeshire Lookup Requests / Re: 1841, 51 or 61 Census - EVERITT
« on: Thursday 18 December 08 20:08 GMT (UK)  »
You're wonderful  :-*

Merry Christmas and many thanks

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Cambridgeshire Lookup Requests / Re: 1841, 51 or 61 Census - EVERITT
« on: Thursday 18 December 08 20:01 GMT (UK)  »
Dear Sue,

More pieces in the puzzle - thank you!  :)

You've got to love that Boyds Marriage Index (and generous searchers like yourself) :-*

By the way, how did you find all that wonderful detail on William Everitt & Martha Ireland's marriage?  :o

Debs

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Cambridgeshire Lookup Requests / Re: 1841, 51 or 61 Census - EVERITT
« on: Thursday 18 December 08 19:31 GMT (UK)  »
Wow!

It's just like waking up on Christmas morning  :D

I turn on the computer and all these gorgeous genealogy angels have delivered a wealth of family information. Thank you all so much!!

Tati & Ambly - you are wonderful. I'm so excited to be able to present all this information to my partner's parents on Christmas Day. You've also created a wonderful mystery for me to follow up on with the mention of a son born in Australia  :o

And David - thank you so much for the information on the Ireland family. You obviously put in so much work finding the census, baptism and burial records.

I can't thank you all enough. Have a wonderful Christmas  :-*

Debs

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