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Wiltshire / Re: BATHE family = confusion!
« on: Friday 28 July 17 21:01 BST (UK)  »
Thank you for offering to share the work you have done on the Bathe family.  It is a long time since I looked at my family research due to my husband's ill health and family commitments.  However, your message has motivated me to renew my interest.  Once I get some spare time I will be in touch.  Thanks again.

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Gloucestershire / Re: Help required solving James Brown marriage mystery
« on: Sunday 20 December 15 22:16 GMT (UK)  »
Hello James 18

Thanks for your reply.  It's true, I don't very often use the email registered with Rootschat so perhaps you would like to message me at

Iris

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Gloucestershire / Re: Help required solving James Brown marriage mystery
« on: Sunday 20 December 15 17:34 GMT (UK)  »
Hello James18.  Thank you for getting in touch.  I have not received an email from you previously so apologies for the delay.  I must admit I have given family history research a rest for a number of years for personal reasons.  However, I was interested to learn that you are descended from James Brown and Emma Cowley.  I would be delighted to learn which line you came down.  I am descended from Edward John (or John Edward) Brown, James' and Emma's son.

I regret that I have still not resolved the first marriage question.  Oh to have had ancestors with a less common surname and much more imagination when it came to first names!

I look forward to hearing from you.

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Wiltshire / Re: BATHE family = confusion!
« on: Thursday 20 December 12 19:55 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks for getting in touch again, Trevor.  I have to admit that I have not done any family history research for months.  I believe that Sarah Bathe b 1836 Wroughton and William Bathe b 1834 Elcombe are possibly cousins.  Once Christmas is over and if the weather confines me to barracks, then I may get back to my ancestor hunting.  I'm waiting for my son and his family to arrive at midnight tonight so shall be rather busy over the holiday period!  Best wishes for a Happy Christmas  :)  Iris

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Yorkshire (West Riding) / Re: Secas, Leeds?
« on: Monday 13 September 10 18:00 BST (UK)  »
Thanks, again to all who have responded.  I've just returned from a week's holiday in York.  I managed to go back two further generations after visiting the Borthwick Institute at York Uni.  Now I have to sit down and input all the data on my PC and I can maybe get back even further using our local Mormon facility.
I'm still confused by the Secas reference but have too many other lines to follow to worry about that just at the moment.

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Yorkshire (West Riding) / Re: Secas, Leeds?
« on: Thursday 02 September 10 13:14 BST (UK)  »
Thanks, Dave, especially for the tip about 1911 census.  Unfortunately I don't have access to this but I have a friend who does!

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Yorkshire (West Riding) / Re: Secas, Leeds?
« on: Wednesday 01 September 10 21:58 BST (UK)  »
Thanks Dave and Andrea.  This is the correct family in the 1881 census.  I've looked again for a marriage for George Foster in Bristol between 1881 and 1891 but without success. 

I have interpreted his occupation as artist's assistant.  He goes on to become a labourer and died as a result of an accident in 1919.

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Yorkshire (West Riding) / Re: Secas, Leeds?
« on: Wednesday 01 September 10 16:35 BST (UK)  »
Thanks to all who have replied. 

I am struggling with this side of the family as they have a common name - Foster - and I have no local knowledge of Yorkshire.

George Foster was born abt 1858 (according to the censuses).  He was the son of William Foster (b 1825 Skelton Nr York) and Eleanor Pullen (b 1827 Wighill, W Yorks).  Father William moved the family around as he was a journeyman tailor.  The first three children were born in Boston Spa.  The fourth (George), fifth and sixth were born in Leeds.  Then the whole family moved to Bristol where another three children were born.  I haven't bought certificates to verify the facts I have picked up from the censuses as it would be too costly.  There are far too many Ann, William, John, George, Allan, Eleanor (Ellen) and Elizabeth Fosters to enable me to hit on the correct ones.

George is an elusive fellow.  On the 1891 and 1901 censuses he declares himself married but neither time is a wife at home with him.  Neither can I find a marriage for him in Bristol and because of his common name I can't pinpoint a marriage elsewhere.

Why do we put ourselves through this?!

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Yorkshire (West Riding) / Secas, Leeds?
« on: Tuesday 31 August 10 22:06 BST (UK)  »
A distant relative has given me the birthplace of my g grandfather's brother as Secas, Leeds.  I have googled Secas but to no avail.  Can anyone enlighten me please?  Is it a parish, a district etc or merely a misspelling?  Any help would be appreciated.

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