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Northumberland / Swans of Northumberland
« on: Wednesday 30 October 13 21:57 GMT (UK)  »
I have recently confirmed from research at the Northumberland archives that my ggggrandmother was  Ann Swan, born Horton by Blyth on 06 July 1803. her husband was William Young. They had at least four children Euphemia, my gggrandmother( born Detchant, christened Belford March 1824), Ann (1830, Netherwitton), Mary (1828, Hartburn) and Jane (1839, Netherwitton)

Ann (1803) I believe had a sister, Barbara. Were there any other siblings?

Ann(1803)'s parents were Robert Swan(n) and Isabella Hindmarsh who married 07 AUG 1802 at Horton.

Robert Swan's parents were Robert Swan(born Horton by Blyth) and Dorothy Gilhespey (I have seen this misinterpreted as Githespey) who married at Cramlington 03 NOV 1772.

Does anybody have any sound information on this family? Does anyone know of any linkage between this Swan family and the Darlings, most notably Grace Darling, of Bamburgh, Alnwick etc

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World War Two / Italian POW Camp PG60
« on: Saturday 19 May 12 18:53 BST (UK)  »
My father's military record shows him to have been in PG60 in 1942. It is also possible that he was transferred to PG70.

I had understood that PG60 was closed in Nov 1942 but would be interested to know if that can be confirmed or if someone can provide a more extensive history of the camp

I read an item, in Italian so much of it was unintelligible to me, which seemed to suggest that there was a concentration camp housing the usual groups of prisoners, Jews, political activists etc. at Colle Compito, Cappanori, Nr Lucca. Can that be confirmed?

I am assuming that this was the former PG60 but can't be certain. I was able to glean that conditions in the area seem to have been very bad with marshy land, mosquitoes etc. Was this the reason its use as discontinued as a POW camp?

I have been to Colle Compito and it's in a beautiful location which is hard to equate to older descriptions. Perhaps the area has been drained and brought in to use for arable farming.

I would welcome any further info on PG 60

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World War Two / Location of PG70, Monturano
« on: Friday 05 November 10 00:22 GMT (UK)  »
My father was taken prisoner at Tobruk and ended up in PG70 near Fermo in Italy. Can anybody come up with an exact location for that camp? I have seen a suggestion that it was at 43.14N,13.41E but that gives a location which is more than 40 Km west of where I would expect it to be. Does anything of the camp exist today?

My father thought he was near Lucca, which is several hundred kilometres away, yet his record shows him to have been at PG 70 (not PG 60 Colle Compito, Nr Lucca) and my mother remembers writing to him at PG70. Can anyone come up with a reason for that? Were prisoners given incorrect information about where they were?

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Northumberland / Swans and Darlings
« on: Wednesday 02 June 10 23:47 BST (UK)  »
My (several greats) grandmother was Euphemia (also known as Euphan or Phoebe) Wallace ms Young born in Detchant and christened in Belford in 1824. Her mother was Ann Swan(1806).

William Brooks Darling married Jane Downey(1818) the daughter of Thomas Downey and Margaret Swan(1792).

I am trying to answer two questions. Firstly, was Margaret Swan Thomas Downey's wife as I believe? Secondly, were Ann Swan and Margaret Swan sisters? If not were they related in some other way?

Any help would be appreciated.

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