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The Common Room / Re: Ancestry Subscription
« on: Thursday 08 September 22 10:10 BST (UK) »
I just use the "save to Desktop" method and it worked for me :-) My subscription ran out in April.
Thanks for the info.
Thanks for the info.
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The Common Room / Re: Birth Registration
« on: Thursday 03 February 22 22:07 GMT (UK) »
That is a great find and moves me on 4 years. Thanks so much.
If anyone has any more ideas I would love to hear them
If anyone has any more ideas I would love to hear them
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The Common Room / Re: Birth Registration
« on: Wednesday 02 February 22 11:43 GMT (UK) »
Here is an update to my research on Walter Edwards, and as you can probably guess I an stuck again.
1. Walter said he was born 16/10/1910 but could not get a birth certificate to prove it.
2. Walter was my wife's grandfather but she has no DNA matches to any of the Edwards families in Nottingham/Derby where Walter came from.
3. My wife does have numerous DNA matched to a Derby family. James Toplis(b1884) and Emily Jones(b1884)
4. This Toplis family does not have a child named Walter but they do have one names William Henry Toplis who was born on the same day but in 1911, 16/10/1911.
I strongly believe that William Henry Toplis changed his name to Walter Edwards some time between the 1921 census, when he was 9 years old living with his father and step mother, and when he got married in 1934.
I am struggling to corroborate this. I have tried checking the electoral rolls but he would not have been 21 until 1932 when he could have been included.
Has anyone got any ideas?
1. Walter said he was born 16/10/1910 but could not get a birth certificate to prove it.
2. Walter was my wife's grandfather but she has no DNA matches to any of the Edwards families in Nottingham/Derby where Walter came from.
3. My wife does have numerous DNA matched to a Derby family. James Toplis(b1884) and Emily Jones(b1884)
4. This Toplis family does not have a child named Walter but they do have one names William Henry Toplis who was born on the same day but in 1911, 16/10/1911.
I strongly believe that William Henry Toplis changed his name to Walter Edwards some time between the 1921 census, when he was 9 years old living with his father and step mother, and when he got married in 1934.
I am struggling to corroborate this. I have tried checking the electoral rolls but he would not have been 21 until 1932 when he could have been included.
Has anyone got any ideas?
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Lincolnshire / Re: John Henry Jenkins b1878
« on: Sunday 24 October 21 23:30 BST (UK) »
Having just re-read them all I think you are right. Great work.
Thanks
Thanks
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Lincolnshire / Re: John Henry Jenkins b1878
« on: Sunday 24 October 21 13:52 BST (UK) »This is an interesting story (the Milford elopement) - the Hull connection jumped out at me and on digging it's clear the girl is John's sister
https://newspapers.library.wales/view/4117347/4117350/11/
And an affray involving the parents - under "A carrier and his wife" in the second column
https://newspapers.library.wales/view/4117117/4117121/24/
Inquest into father's death. Another very short report notes he was known as Boscow Jenkins
https://newspapers.library.wales/view/3064275/3064277/17/
JOhn snr seemed to have a few run ins with the law involving drunkenness, stray animals and horses and carts, and this one where John jnr gets a mention
https://newspapers.library.wales/view/3063695/3063698/17/
Another great find. The girl in the first story is definitely his sister. Not so sure about the other stories. At first site the dates don't seem to match but I will check them out properly.
Thank again.
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Lincolnshire / Re: John Henry Jenkins b1878
« on: Sunday 24 October 21 13:48 BST (UK) »On the online index for the archives there is a J Jenkins aged 32 from Milford Haven sailing on the trawler Somerville from Grimsby in 1911. Described as Deck hand on one record and Bosun on a further record Ref 208/5/56/301
That was a great find. I have found the the skipper of the Somerville was Alfred Britton from Hull. John H Jenkins sister, Elizabeth, was married to an Alfred Britton who lived in hull. Too much of a coincidence??? looks like I have some more digging to do.
Thanks again.
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Lincolnshire / Re: John Henry Jenkins b1878
« on: Friday 22 October 21 07:14 BST (UK) »
Hi guys
That's great info. It has given me something to work on. Thanks for your help.
That's great info. It has given me something to work on. Thanks for your help.
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Lincolnshire / Re: John Henry Jenkins b1878
« on: Tuesday 19 October 21 18:52 BST (UK) »
Hi
Thanks for that. I forgot that I had him at his sisters wedding in 1904 so I guess he was at least 27 when he left home.
I haven't got his mother's (Mary Thomas) death details so if you have them I would appreciate them.
Thanks
Thanks for that. I forgot that I had him at his sisters wedding in 1904 so I guess he was at least 27 when he left home.
I haven't got his mother's (Mary Thomas) death details so if you have them I would appreciate them.
Thanks
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Lincolnshire / John Henry Jenkins b1878
« on: Tuesday 19 October 21 16:35 BST (UK) »
Hi
I am trying to fill some gaps in the life of my grand father John Henry Jenkins. He was born in 1878 in Hakin, Pembrokeshire, Wales but lived most of his life in Grimsby.
As kids we were told that he ran away to sea at the age of 14 but the facts that I have come up with don't corroborate this. I have him from birth to the 1901 census living at home in Wales with his parents aged 23. I suppose he could have run away and come back :-) The next record I have is his marriage to Bessie Agnes Chase in 1920 in Grimsby. I then have the birth of his children, including my mum, up to the 1939 register and his death in 1948 (before I was born). I believe that he may have worked on trawlers or in the merchant navy as an engineer.
Does anyone know if there are records of trawler/merchant navy crews or employment records for trawler workers. I did find an uncorroborated medal record on the National Archive site but there were no details of where he served or in what capacity.
I would like to fill in that missing 19 year gap between 1901 and 1920 if anyone has any ideas where I might start.
Thanks.
I am trying to fill some gaps in the life of my grand father John Henry Jenkins. He was born in 1878 in Hakin, Pembrokeshire, Wales but lived most of his life in Grimsby.
As kids we were told that he ran away to sea at the age of 14 but the facts that I have come up with don't corroborate this. I have him from birth to the 1901 census living at home in Wales with his parents aged 23. I suppose he could have run away and come back :-) The next record I have is his marriage to Bessie Agnes Chase in 1920 in Grimsby. I then have the birth of his children, including my mum, up to the 1939 register and his death in 1948 (before I was born). I believe that he may have worked on trawlers or in the merchant navy as an engineer.
Does anyone know if there are records of trawler/merchant navy crews or employment records for trawler workers. I did find an uncorroborated medal record on the National Archive site but there were no details of where he served or in what capacity.
I would like to fill in that missing 19 year gap between 1901 and 1920 if anyone has any ideas where I might start.
Thanks.