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Norfolk Lookup Requests / Re: Marriages with different dates
« on: Sunday 26 July 20 08:13 BST (UK)  »
I know what you mean about SMITH being a common name. I've not followed up my Smiths for a while and have recorded what I found in the Reunion programme. I hadn't got anything earlier than Samuel Smith in Norfolk marrying Sophia Wright and then re-locating to Maldon in Essex. And I had found Samuel and Sophia weren't born in Essex, as you say. But I have the death record of Samuel's death as 1847 in the Union Workhouse, Maldon.  And a son, George Samuel Smith (aka Samuel George Smith) born 1805. I know that's the right line because it leads to my great-grandfather James Smith and down to Ernest Smith my grandfather etc.

I think you are right about a Samuel dying, followed by another Samuel (maybe that was the Samuel George) but I can't remember where I saw that.

Anyway, I mustn't bore you with all this. I wanted to follow my Smith line back because I had wondered if there was a Romany connection. 'Smith' and 'Wright' (and 'Porter' which comes into it) are names Gypsies used, but I know that doesn't mean that everyone with those names were Romany.

Thank you for listening -:)

 Zillah

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Norfolk Lookup Requests / Re: Marriages with different dates
« on: Saturday 25 July 20 06:41 BST (UK)  »
Thank you so much Trish. I looked at FreeReg. So, is the information given on FreeReg taken from the parish registers? I know there's not the same amount of information given in the registers as it was in later years.

I couldn't find baptism details of Samuel Smith. I have found he was a chaff cutter and the couple moved to Maldon in Essex after, or at the time of, baby Sophia's death. I wonder if a chaff cutter moved around a lot and he might have come from Essex in the first place and been cutting chaff in Norfolk where he met Sophia.

Thank you (and Debra earlier) for your help.

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Norfolk Lookup Requests / Re: Marriages with different dates
« on: Thursday 23 July 20 06:30 BST (UK)  »
Thank you very much Debra.I'm finding it hard to work my way around Ancestry but I guess I could do a general search of some kind. But I shall follow up on the link you provided.


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Norfolk Lookup Requests / Marriages with different dates
« on: Thursday 23 July 20 03:27 BST (UK)  »
I have found, on Ancestry, the information that Samuel SMITH married Sophia WRIGHT on 23rd October 1803 at Diss, Norfolk. I have also found that Samuel SMITH married Sophia WRIGHT on 6th November 1803 at Diss, Norfolk.

Can anyone help me with an explanation for this, and/or how to access Norfolk parish registers to search for the church records please

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Worcestershire / Re: Business directories for Worcester 1940s and 1950s
« on: Friday 31 January 20 04:42 GMT (UK)  »
Ray - thank you very much. That looks like an interesting lead. I'll follow it up.

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Worcestershire / Re: Business directories for Worcester 1940s and 1950s
« on: Thursday 30 January 20 00:31 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you very much Jack and CarolW for your replies to my post. I hope this message goes to both of you – I'm rather rusty. 

I don't know if "Uncle Abe" was a family friend and not a blood relative, but what you say is relevant, CarolW. I used to introduce family friends to my small children as "uncle" or "aunt" and one day, out of habit, I called their father "uncle" ! Oops.

And, thanks Jack for looking up all those sources for me. It remains a mystery.

Jamie H

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Worcestershire / Business directories for Worcester 1940s and 1950s
« on: Wednesday 29 January 20 05:08 GMT (UK)  »
I am trying to find a violin maker with the name Abraham [someone] who worked in Worcestershire during the 1940s and 1950s. Can anyone give advice or help as to how to go about this please? Would there be any online sources I could access?

My Tudgey relatives referred to him as "Uncle Abe". But he could be a Wilks or a Young.

Thank you.

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Travelling People / Re: YOUNG or WILKS in Worcester or TUDGEY
« on: Tuesday 27 November 18 05:17 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Helen,

Have you come across any Indian (the country India, not American Indians) ancestry in the TUDGAYs?
I've got a strong possibility that my grandmother's generation had Indian blood. And, though I thought it came from the YOUNGS in Worcester, it could have been from the TUDGEYs.

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Travelling People / Re: SMITHs in Attleborough, Norfolk
« on: Tuesday 27 November 18 05:02 GMT (UK)  »
Hi,
I had family in Attleborough with the name Smith who were romany gypsies.
John Smith was the head of the family and died in the1970's.
He was married to a lady with the maiden name Lamb they had two children Mary and Leafy.
John was my grandmother's oldest brother[my great uncle].
Their father was called Owen Smith and his father was called Woodlock Smith.
Woodlock was an evangelist and his nephew was Gypsy Smith the well known evangelist.
I hope this can help you.

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