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Messages - GJJW_1988

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The Common Room / Re: The Brick Wall Of Brick Walls
« on: Saturday 19 January 19 10:02 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Jay jay! No not at all, don't worry, these things happen and I completely understand how you feel! It's frustrating isn't it! I'm just really happy to have found someone as closely linked as you! I still think that we could work together and help each other! So what more do you know about Michael and Catherine living together in the pub? I'm trying to work out whether my great great grandmother, Mary, was the daughter of the man named Vincent or your Michael Brennan because the date Mary was born was around the time that Vincent vanished, and Catherine started to live with Michael. I'm pretty sure that she was Vincent's, his name's on the birth certificate etc. but just looking for any more clues. Thanks again for getting in touch. G

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The Common Room / Re: The Brick Wall Of Brick Walls
« on: Friday 18 January 19 20:14 GMT (UK)  »
Hi JayJay, how are you?

WOW! Just wow! I am so happy that you got in touch! I never thought I would actually find someone this closely related to the situation! Thank you so much for getting in touch! I have so many questions! So, if I have understood the situation correctly, your great grandfather was Michael Brennan, with whom my great, great, great grandmother, Catherine Clinton, lived? Sorry if I have got that wrong! I don't suppose you have any more details about the period of time when Michael and Catherine lived together or what happened to lead to them living together do you? Do you happen to have any photographs of anyone from around that time? As you may have seen from the previous pages of the forum I am trying to find anything out about a man named Vincent (possibly William), I don't suppose that name ever arose did it? Not that it should. Sorry for all the questions it's just that, as you can tell from the title of the forum I have been really struggling to find anything at all to help me and was close to giving up, so your message has got me interested again! Thanks so much for getting back to me, I look forward to hearing back from you soon! Thanks again and have a great weekend if I don't hear from you before then! G

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The Common Room / Re: Tattoo Identification
« on: Friday 28 April 17 16:09 BST (UK)  »
Hmm, I most sincerely hope that the tattoo doesn't mean that! Whilst, of course, one can't be absolutely sure, from what I know about him, and other rumours surrounding him, I don't think it is the meaning from the website. Simply, as I say, because of the things I already know about him! Thanks though for everyone's help! And to those who may help more in the future.

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The Common Room / Tattoo Identification
« on: Friday 28 April 17 15:18 BST (UK)  »
Hello everyone! I hope I am posting this in the right place...sorry if I'm not!

The people of Rootschat have been massively helpful in the past and so I was wondering if you could help me out again!

I have recently found a war record for my great great grandfather and on the page which details his conscription information there is a section that asks if the new solider has distinguishing marks and it states that he had two tattoo dots on his left hand between his forefinger and thumb. Despite all attempt to find information about it...I can't! I have found countless articles about 3 dots, 5 dots etc. but nothing about 2. I am aware that it's probable it's linked in some way to prison or a borstal but I cannot find anything. As far as I am aware he was English but there has always been a strong rumour in our family that he was in fact Irish and I am 99% certain that his parents were Irish so I don't know whether, if it was prison/borstal, it was an Irish prison/borstal. I have tried to find information pertaining to a possible criminal record but so far nothing! The only one I found was for 1909 but he would have been 11! He was born in 1898. Any information you could give would be massively helpful. His name was Francis Murphy born 1898 and he lived in Manchester. G

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The Common Room / Re: The Brick Wall Of Brick Walls
« on: Saturday 10 December 16 07:24 GMT (UK)  »
Hi. Yes I have chechecked those, thanks for the advicem I really appreciate. I am mainly focusing now on finding Vincent/William and where he went. He either died or deserted his family...the only trouble is I have no idea where he went! I cannot find him anywhere!

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The Common Room / Re: The Brick Wall Of Brick Walls
« on: Friday 09 December 16 19:27 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you! That last one is definitely mine - so to speak

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The Common Room / Re: The Brick Wall Of Brick Walls
« on: Friday 09 December 16 16:46 GMT (UK)  »
Firstly I'd like to thank you all for your help! I received the birth certificate this morning of my great great grandmother! She was born in December 1896 in 56 MASON STREET MANCHESTER (ANGEL MEADOW). Her father was given as William Muliesky - now unless that's a spelling error or a deliberate name change I am not sure but I was desperately hoping to enlist your help again in an attempt to find William and to follow up on a suggestion that someone made of checking the electoral registers? How would I manage that? I guess I am now looking, potentially, for a William that died in the Manchester/Lancashire area. Any ideas? You all came through for me massively last time - desperately hoping you can help me now!

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The Common Room / Re: The Brick Wall Of Brick Walls
« on: Friday 02 December 16 19:44 GMT (UK)  »
OK, sorry what are you saying about Bridget and Mary - that it makes it less likely? Also I was thinking if Mary was the daughter of Michael and Vincent has scarpered...why wouldn't she call Mary, Brannan so as to make it seem proper. It makes less sense, to my inexperienced mind, to call her Muleiskey if she is in fact a Brannan? I have ordered Mary's certificate already! In January it'll be a year since I started this journey! Hoping to crack the mystery before a year is out! I shall order the marriage too!

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The Common Room / Re: The Brick Wall Of Brick Walls
« on: Friday 02 December 16 19:30 GMT (UK)  »
Ah of course! Brannan was living on Gould Street! If the birth certificate says Frederick Place then it's more likely to be Vincent! Even if he did run off! The complete rotter! OK. And then you recommend getting a hold of the marriage certificate from London? Do you think it's quite likely to be him?

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