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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Help with title of painting in French
« on: Friday 30 December 22 19:31 GMT (UK) »
Thank you, that will explain his stick and dog.
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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Help with title of painting in French
« on: Friday 30 December 22 18:34 GMT (UK) »
I know this isn't family history but it is only one word and I hope someone can help me.
Background
I have a lithograph of a painting by Hippolyte Bellange.
It shows a man walking along a wooden path, he has a long stick in one hand and a dog on a lead in the other hand. He has a large bag over his shoulder.
The lithograph is glued on a backing sheet of paper and the word is written on that paper underneath the lithograph so my thought is that it is the name of the painting but I can't work out what it is or what it means.
Background
I have a lithograph of a painting by Hippolyte Bellange.
It shows a man walking along a wooden path, he has a long stick in one hand and a dog on a lead in the other hand. He has a large bag over his shoulder.
The lithograph is glued on a backing sheet of paper and the word is written on that paper underneath the lithograph so my thought is that it is the name of the painting but I can't work out what it is or what it means.
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Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / Re: My DNA dilemma a 364cM match, researching for 3 years
« on: Thursday 24 November 22 17:39 GMT (UK) »
Biggles Unfortunately 99.9% of what you say about DNA goes over my head but I wonder if you could give me your thoughts on a problem I have.
I have a match showing 389cM on Parent 1's side.
I have no idea who this woman is but she has an extensive tree on Ancestry with nothing to show any person connected to me.
Now her family came from a part of the country where none of mine have ever lived but her maternal grandfather was born, lived and died in the same city as my Parent 1 was born in.
Looking at her maternal grandparents on 1939 they lived very close to one of my uncles and in fact the 2 men worked for the same company and the 2 women had very similar occupations.
What do I think? well who knows.
I have a match showing 389cM on Parent 1's side.
I have no idea who this woman is but she has an extensive tree on Ancestry with nothing to show any person connected to me.
Now her family came from a part of the country where none of mine have ever lived but her maternal grandfather was born, lived and died in the same city as my Parent 1 was born in.
Looking at her maternal grandparents on 1939 they lived very close to one of my uncles and in fact the 2 men worked for the same company and the 2 women had very similar occupations.
What do I think? well who knows.
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Northamptonshire / Re: Did Alice exist or was she a figment of someone's imagination?
« on: Monday 07 November 22 21:20 GMT (UK) »
The John who married Mary was the son of William a Labourer, so it was a different John.
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Northamptonshire / Re: Did Alice exist or was she a figment of someone's imagination?
« on: Monday 07 November 22 20:58 GMT (UK) »
Osprey There is a marriage between John Eyles and Mary Harris at Byfield 22/9/1852
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Northamptonshire / Re: Did Alice exist or was she a figment of someone's imagination?
« on: Monday 07 November 22 20:50 GMT (UK) »
Osprey That looks very promising.
Birth before the marriage.
On Ancestry is a copy of banns for the marriage between James and Catherine that were read in January 1869 but the marriage didn't take place until October.
At that time James who was a policeman was living in Wellingborough, he was still living there at the time of the marriage, so maybe some reason why the marriage didn't take place until after the birth.
Birth before the marriage.
On Ancestry is a copy of banns for the marriage between James and Catherine that were read in January 1869 but the marriage didn't take place until October.
At that time James who was a policeman was living in Wellingborough, he was still living there at the time of the marriage, so maybe some reason why the marriage didn't take place until after the birth.
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Northamptonshire / Re: Did Alice exist or was she a figment of someone's imagination?
« on: Monday 07 November 22 19:50 GMT (UK) »FindMyPast has the baptism (transcript only) of an -
Alice Eyles, bap 1870, birth place - St Saviour Workhouse, Southwark, Surrey, mother Susan Eyles
Problem with that is Alice's mother was Catherine and there was an Eyles family in London.
The family tree on Ancestry has the 2 families mixed up.
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Northamptonshire / Did Alice exist or was she a figment of someone's imagination?
« on: Monday 07 November 22 18:44 GMT (UK) »
The 1871 census has a family living in Peterborough as follows.
James Steel b. Byfield
Catherine Steel b. Byfield
Alice Steel age 1 b. Byfield
James Steel age 5 months b. Peterborough.
James Steel married Catherine Eyles in Byfield in Qctober 1869
After the 1871 census the couple had 3 more sons Herbert W 1872, Francis J 1873 and Frederick G 1875.
James died in 1879 and in 1880 Catherine remarried to George J Eggleton in Northampton, she had 3 more children with George and lived in Northampton for the rest of her life.
In the 1881 the family are in the census with the 4 Steel boys who have the surname of Eggleton.
No mention of Alice.
In fact the only mention I can find for Alice is the 1871 entry. No birth, baptism, marriage or death.
The 4 Steel boys were baptized together in Peterborough in 1876, again no Alice.
At some times Steel is spelt Steele.
I have tried under Alice Eyles as it would have been possible for her to have been born before the marriage, again I can't find anything.
There is a Family Tree on Ancestry that has Alice marrying James Osborn in London, again they only have the 1871 census and I am afraid I can't repeat what I think of the information on that tree, I would get banned from RootsChat.
So Alice what happened to her? Did she exist?
Can anyone help.
James Steel b. Byfield
Catherine Steel b. Byfield
Alice Steel age 1 b. Byfield
James Steel age 5 months b. Peterborough.
James Steel married Catherine Eyles in Byfield in Qctober 1869
After the 1871 census the couple had 3 more sons Herbert W 1872, Francis J 1873 and Frederick G 1875.
James died in 1879 and in 1880 Catherine remarried to George J Eggleton in Northampton, she had 3 more children with George and lived in Northampton for the rest of her life.
In the 1881 the family are in the census with the 4 Steel boys who have the surname of Eggleton.
No mention of Alice.
In fact the only mention I can find for Alice is the 1871 entry. No birth, baptism, marriage or death.
The 4 Steel boys were baptized together in Peterborough in 1876, again no Alice.
At some times Steel is spelt Steele.
I have tried under Alice Eyles as it would have been possible for her to have been born before the marriage, again I can't find anything.
There is a Family Tree on Ancestry that has Alice marrying James Osborn in London, again they only have the 1871 census and I am afraid I can't repeat what I think of the information on that tree, I would get banned from RootsChat.
So Alice what happened to her? Did she exist?
Can anyone help.
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