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Hampshire & IOW Lookup Requests / Isle of Wight County Press
« on: Wednesday 27 April 16 23:16 BST (UK)  »
Hello,

I am needing some help with the Isle of Wight County Press archives am I able to get a copy of a couple of pages.

I am after page 38 of August 24 1984 or page 36 of June 25 1977.

Either of these pages may contain information which could aid a line of research which has been going on for many years.

Many thanks

Glen

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Australia / Migration Case Files
« on: Wednesday 20 April 16 23:10 BST (UK)  »
Hello all,

I have come across an image of an Australian government document (from the transcribe.naa.gov.au website) which contains the name of a person I have been looking for for a long time. The document is headed "TRANSFER PROPOSAL PART 2 CONSIGNMENT LIST" and is just a list of names, box numbers and item codes. The document is listed under Migration Case Files (Kuala Lumpur) Department of Immigration 1987-1988.

Does anyone know if this means that the person named was applying to migrate to Australia in that time period, or was this to dispose of old documents? Also, what if any, other information could be gleamed from such a document to find out any more about anyone listed. The last record I have found for this person was in the 1960s so it would be great to move them on a couple of decades.

I cannot name them because there is a possibility, however slight, that they are still alive.

Many thanks

Glen

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Derbyshire / Re: Any info on Edith Sitwell's butler, John Robins
« on: Wednesday 02 March 16 06:34 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Chris,

To say I am interested would be a massive understatement! 

Firstly, my sincere condolences for the loss of your mother. Secondly, welcome to Rootschat.

My great-grandfather was William Henry Robins, born in 1895, and was the son of Samuel William Robins and Louisa Duly. There seem to have been 11 children starting with Alice in 1885 through to Annie in 1906, of whom I have info on all but 2 of them. I have found no information on brother James Richard Robins after WW1 when he was reported as Awol. Let me know what info you need.

My father says that his grandfather William was cantankerous, but I do remind him that he only knew him after a long life, and knew nothing of why he may not have had the rosiest demeanour.

Many, many thanks

Glen

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Wigtownshire / Re: Wigtownshire Free Press lookups please
« on: Sunday 31 January 16 08:47 GMT (UK)  »
Many thanks to Allan for supplying a copy of the photos of the Patons.

Glen

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Wigtownshire / Re: Wigtownshire Free Press lookups please
« on: Sunday 24 January 16 20:12 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Allan

That's brilliant news. It would be fantastic to see a copy of the page with the photos of the four brothers.

It's such a coincidence that we found out about the paper almost exactly 100 years after the date of publication.

Many thanks

Glen

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Wigtownshire / Wigtownshire Free Press lookups please
« on: Monday 18 January 16 19:32 GMT (UK)  »
Hello

I am looking for anyone who may be able to help with information about Henry Paton who was killed in action in France in 1917. According to the Scottish War Graves Project, a photograph of him and his three brothers appeared in the Wigtownshire Free Press of 30th December 1915. It would be amazing to see a photo of him and his brothers. They were my wifes 1st cousins 2x removed.

Also, he was reported in the same paper dated 25 February 1915, regarding his enlistment, and finally on 22 March 1917 the same paper reported his death.

Many thanks for any help

Glen

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Suffolk / Re: Death of Eliza Amelia Smith, nee Curtis
« on: Thursday 03 September 15 17:42 BST (UK)  »
Nope!

Certificate arrived and it was another false alarm. This one was a spinster.

Oh well, back to the drawing board!

Glen

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Derbyshire / Re: Any info on Edith Sitwell's butler, John Robins
« on: Friday 28 August 15 09:26 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: lizdb on Tuesday 25 August 15 21:56 BST (UK)
So, he had a 2 yr old daughter in 1928
So she was born 1925 or 1926 (depending on if she had had her birthday that year)

There are quite a few female Robins born in that range, but not so many that it shouldnt be possible to work through and look for marriages for the parents of each, until hopefully you find one with parents John amd Susan!

Hi Lizdb

After a quick look at the family of this John Robins he would appear to have married Susan Hamblin in 1924 in Frome, Somerset, and the potty-mouth daughter would therefore be Elizabeth Annie Pamela Robins, born in Chesterfield in 1926.

I may have to order the marriage certificate to establish whether this is the right John Robins. If he married Susan in Somerset, then all the other facts would be confirmation that I have a cantankerous ancestor (among many!).

Glen

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Suffolk / Re: Death of Eliza Amelia Smith, nee Curtis
« on: Thursday 27 August 15 22:20 BST (UK)  »
Hi Milliepede and Lizdb

We have bitten the bullet and ordered yet another certificate for yet another Eliza Smith, this time back in Blyth, Suffolk, so will have a few days to see if it turns out to be another red herring. We have found so many of those that we could make a rather tasty fish stew!

We located son Alfred John in 1939 at 24 Campfield Road, Eltham, with his wife, but no mother. Strangely his wife's name is also Florence, but Florence Jane. After 1939 we only have Albert's death in 1979.

Eliza's husband Sidney died in Ipswich in 1935 so we can only assume that Eliza went to live with her son after his death.

She is turning out to be a bit of a troublesome one!

Many thanks

Glen

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