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Occupation Interests / Re: Merchant Mariner help deciphering record
« on: Tuesday 27 November 18 13:20 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: ShaunJ on Tuesday 27 November 18 11:06 GMT (UK)
I am thinking that each line is for a different person named John Robertson, with their ticket numbers on the left, and the place names are their birthplaces.
I did wonder that, the trans script shoed date and place of birth for my John Robertson. Which was Rye, in which case it looks like one years sailings. Wonder where the rest are? maybe not transcribed yet.

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Occupation Interests / Re: Merchant Mariner help deciphering record
« on: Tuesday 27 November 18 13:16 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks for those suggestions. I found the book on Amazon. I have the records now I need to understand them.

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Occupation Interests / Merchant Mariner help deciphering record
« on: Friday 23 November 18 15:15 GMT (UK)  »
My ancestor is on a census as a Master Mariner he was born 1812 and died in 1859. I have found this record but none of the columns have headings and numbers that could be dates don't make much sense unless he was on different ships in different ports at the same time! I'm a bit bamboozled, any ideas?

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London & Middlesex Completed Lookup Requests / Re: Registration errors
« on: Monday 28 September 09 09:47 BST (UK)  »
I too have, among some inherited Certificates etc., some 'short certificates that date to well before 1947. They are all in a box somewhere, which is why my initial reaction to the suggestion of a short certificate was that I had forgotten about those.

I don't suppose I will ever know for sure what the answer to my mystery is, but thanks for the answers and an interesting discussion.

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London & Middlesex Completed Lookup Requests / Re: Registration errors
« on: Saturday 26 September 09 14:18 BST (UK)  »
The certificate is the GRO one. But I had forgotten the old 'short cert' and that maybe why it was never picked up. Because this birth is relatively recent, there are plenty of checks, other than official ones, even photographs that identify the child's parents as being the 'correct' ones.

So, thanks for that, it would offer a reasonable answer to the question of 'Why didn't they notice!!'

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London & Middlesex Completed Lookup Requests / Re: Registration errors
« on: Saturday 26 September 09 08:56 BST (UK)  »
Thanks to all for replies.  The mother is unlikely to have been married before as she was only 19 when married to this child's father. The child in question is the fourth child of the family and all the others have the 'correct' maiden name. The 'alien' name is definitely not the maiden name of either of the child's grandmothers. I can't find any connection at all and there are only 2 instances of this name in the area at the right time and they do not fit at all.

All in al, l I think the best explanation is some sort of brainstorm by the registrar! Maybe there was a queue and he heard a name someone else was giving, a bit of a stretch I admit. The child in question is not my direct ancestor, but a great uncle. It's so hard to imagine no one noticing a mistake like that, or not bothering to correct it. In an earlier period where people were illiterate etc. and rarely needed to consult officialdom it would have been easier to accept it slipping through the net. I have seen plenty of mistakes of all kinds on official documents before, which is why I am so certain this is an error.

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London & Middlesex Completed Lookup Requests / Registration errors
« on: Friday 25 September 09 17:40 BST (UK)  »
Can anyone tell me what would happen if a birth was registered and the parents noticed after leaving the registration office, that a mistake had been made. I assume a new certificate would have to be issued, but would the original be cancelled. I have a child in a family who has a different mother's maiden name to the rest of the family. Other details, such as d.o.b, mother's christian name, address and fathers name are all as expected. This must be an error, and it is hard to believe it was never noticed at all. I am pretty sure these parents were not illiterate, the birth was in 1910.

Thanks

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Occupation Interests / Re: Park Constables
« on: Friday 20 February 09 18:19 GMT (UK)  »
I agree Dancing Master, even in my day they were very strict and suffered no nonsense, I have to say I don't think it was a bad thing!
That's interesting Lucky dog, that as late as the 70s Edinburgh had this kind of 'Parkie'

Regards Susan

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Occupation Interests / Re: Park Constables uniform photo
« on: Friday 20 February 09 10:30 GMT (UK)  »
I have just received a copy of photo of grandad in uniform. It does really look like a police uniform, but his occupation was Park Constable, Couny Council.

Regards
Susan

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