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Yorkshire (West Riding) / No 7 Meadow Lane, Holbeck, Leeds 1911
« on: Monday 27 April 15 19:31 BST (UK)  »
I think this address may have been a hostel/lodging house for men.  Does anyone have any details or info for this place please

Cheers
Kathy (Yorky)

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Yorkshire (West Riding) / Re: Scott Family of Wortley, Leeds, 1911 census.
« on: Wednesday 23 October 13 20:06 BST (UK)  »
Hello Ian

Thanks for the expanded information.   Are you connected to the Scotts?

Kath

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Yorkshire (West Riding) / Scott Family of Wortley, Leeds, 1911 census.
« on: Sunday 20 October 13 18:06 BST (UK)  »
Annie Halliday married Joseph Thomas Scott in 1893.  Marriage registered Bramley, Leeds.

Their children in 1911 were Annie jnr 17, Joseph jnr 7 and 3 year old twins Ada and Roland.

Are these people your ancestors.   Annie snr was one of the sisters of my maternal grandfather.

Kath (Yorky)

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The Common Room / Re: 1939 register for England and Wales
« on: Thursday 22 August 13 07:59 BST (UK)  »
Many thanks Blue.   I will give it a go.  My search is for a Scots born chap who was settled in England from 1901 to his death in 1953.   Always at the same address fortunately.  Family folk lore concerning his life from birth in 1860s to appearance on English census in 1901 is far from consistent.

Fingers crossed I get a correct date of birth and not one he made up.

Cheers
Yorky


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The Common Room / 1939 register for England and Wales
« on: Sunday 18 August 13 23:05 BST (UK)  »
This register is available for searching by the government department at a fee of £42 whether successful or not.

Has anyone had any positive results from this

Cheers

Yorky

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Canada / Statue in Toronto possible Peter Pan c1910
« on: Wednesday 06 March 13 16:55 GMT (UK)  »
Hello
I have a photo of two great aunts taken in Canada c1910.   They lived in Toronto so presumably photo is there.    They are standing in front of a statue, could be Pan or Peter Pan.    I have read about and seen a photo of the Peter Pan in Glenn Gould Park but it is not the same.

Has anyone any ideas please.

Cheers

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Scotland / Re: Change of name
« on: Sunday 07 August 11 15:53 BST (UK)  »
Many thanks to you all for your time and advice.

I have looked at spelling variations to the name Cairns one of which was Currans but did not find anything which looked helpful.

I calculated Peter's birth to the mid 1860s based on the following:

31st March 1901 census Sunderland,  age 36 - occupation driller in shipyard.  Born Scotland
Marriage Sunderland 15th Feb 1903 - age 37        "                                        Father Thomas, deceased shoemaker.  I have a copy of certificate and catholic church register.
2nd April 1911 census Sunderland - age 45 -     Born Greenock
Death Sunderland 5.1.1953 - age 88 given by daughter.  I have the certificate.

I calculate year of birth 1865/66 from these ages.

My father in law spoke of his dad Peter being a merchant seaman from quite a young age.   He never mentioned that Peter was in the army although another family member - my husbands cousin states emphatically that he was in a Scottish Regiment at the time of the Boer War.

The O'Donnell and Cairns marriage looks interesting but the year of birth indicated for Patrick/Peter of 1871 is 6 years different to those given on censuses etc.

Tomorrow I go to visit the next generation of Cairnses so will not be "doing" Peter research for a couple of weeks.

Many thanks again

Kathy


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Scotland / Re: Change of name
« on: Saturday 06 August 11 10:49 BST (UK)  »
 Hello Emma

Thank you for your reply.
The birth I seek is that of Peter Cairns.    He was settled in England by 1901 and appears on the 1901 Sunderland census.   He married in 1903 in Sunderland and remained there until his death in 1953.   I have calculated that his birth would be mid 1860s.    1911 Sunderland census states place of birth as Greenock which his family always thought was the case.   His english marriage cert shows father Thomas Cairns  deceased a shoemaker.  We do not know the mother's name.

I have had no success with birth searching on Scotlands People.   He was Catholic but the registers for the 1860s do not seem to be on there.    I have had some professional research done with no success.

So I began to wonder if

a) could he be born in Ireland and only young when brought to Scotland

b) could he have been orphaned, taken into care,  could his name have been changed to Peter Cairns.


I saw a repeat of a program called Heir Hunters the other day where a name change had taken place when a child had been taken into the Thomas Coram Foundation Home in London in 1913.

To be honest family folklore  about Peter is sketchy to say the least.  He had 7 children, one of whom was my dad in law but no positive history of Peter exists.  They all seemed to have different versions of his life as a child.  They are all now deceased

Hope this helps and thanks in advance for anything you may find.

Kathy

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Scotland / Change of name
« on: Saturday 06 August 11 00:20 BST (UK)  »
If a very young child is taken into care or adopted with their name being then changed would their original birth registration be redone thereby taking the original entry out of the birth indexes.    The period I am interested in is 1860s-70s.   

English cases where this happens are put into a seperate index in the new name and need to be researched seperately I think.    Could this also be the case in Scotland.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Cheers
Kathy (Yorky)

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