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Alderney, Guernsey, Jersey, Sark / Re: Guernsey - Thomas BISHOP and Jane CURNOW
« on: Sunday 25 February 24 04:07 GMT (UK) »
HI Susan
It doesn't look as if I ever replied to you. I am very sorry.
I've been poking around Rootschat looking at previous posts and replies and I found you. I'm in the process of trying to put my family story together in some sort of cohesive something-or-rather!
It came as quite a shock to discover that Thomas made it to NZ and is buried somewhere in Balclutha. I made contact with a person connected to the genealogy club (I think) to try and find out more with regards to cemetery records as the original records were lost in a fire after Jane's death in 1911. Unfortunately she never got back to me.
You may know where Jane is buried and that may lead us to Thomas and their son Valdimer's plots. I have Thomas dying around 1877 based on Valdimer's death where it was stated that his father had died about 30 years earlier.
It was only a DNA test that found the connection to a second family for Thomas.
I live in Te Awamutu
Robyn
It doesn't look as if I ever replied to you. I am very sorry.
I've been poking around Rootschat looking at previous posts and replies and I found you. I'm in the process of trying to put my family story together in some sort of cohesive something-or-rather!
It came as quite a shock to discover that Thomas made it to NZ and is buried somewhere in Balclutha. I made contact with a person connected to the genealogy club (I think) to try and find out more with regards to cemetery records as the original records were lost in a fire after Jane's death in 1911. Unfortunately she never got back to me.
You may know where Jane is buried and that may lead us to Thomas and their son Valdimer's plots. I have Thomas dying around 1877 based on Valdimer's death where it was stated that his father had died about 30 years earlier.
It was only a DNA test that found the connection to a second family for Thomas.
I live in Te Awamutu
Robyn