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Hi, I hope everyone is keeping safe 

I am struggling to find the father of William Henry Ridgway, born about 1896, Shankhill, Antrim, Northern Ireland, and died 1st July 1916 at the battle of the Somme.

I have William Henry on the 1911 Irish census, living at home aged 15 years together with siblings Rachel and Charles Frank, and his mother, Mary Elizabeth Ridgway.
Mary Elizabeth is aged 55 years and a widow, the census also shows she was married for 30 years, I am looking for her husband and a possible marriage if possible, could anyone offer any recommendation of where to go from here? as I am struggling a bit.

Many thanks in anticipation of your kind replies, and my very best regards always.

Frank.

Hi, I am helping a friend who is trying to find out about her Grandfathers early life.

Paul John Frei was born on the  2 August 1910 in Oerlikon, Zürich, Switzerland, his Father was Otto Frei but no details are known about his mother.

Paul was released in 1940 in England where he was held as a enemy alien during world war two and went on to change his name to Paul John Graham while serving with the British forces, marriage, children etc is mostly known.

Is anyone able to shed any light on his early life in Switzerland, he may be of German descent, my friend would love to know of his arrival in the UK and his mother, the husband of Otto.

Any help would be really appreciated and gratefully received.

Many thanks for reading my post and as always my very best regards

Frank.

Hello, I am trying to help a friend with a query on her Grandfathers Navy Service rtecord.

We are trying to figure out what he was involved in, there are he names of various Vessels / Shore establishments on it and the word "Copra",   "Combined Operations Pay Records & Accounts"?

What does his mean, is it possible that he was attached to the combined operation section, on a vessel / landing craft in support of Commandos or Marines, I notice that the dates he came under that heading were from 1st of June 1944 until the 31st of October 1945 and he has he "Non Substantive" rating of "A.A.3, (Anti Aircraft Rating 3rd class?)

Any help would as always be greatly received, many thanks for reading my post and as always my very best regards.

Frank 

Hello  I am looking for help in trying to locate a burial:

Elisabeth Kempen (Born Verheijen as her mother was not married to my Great Grandfather at that time) was born in Helden on the  23 March 1894, she married Martinus Lemmen on the 22nd of February 1915 in Maasbree and had a child, Karel Henricus Lemmen in May of that year.

Elisabeth died on Tuesday 17th June 1919 at the age of 25, seven months before her son, and is probably buried in the parish of St. Lambertus in Helden, does anyone know if any records exist online for the parish, I am trying to find out if a grave is still in existence or not, up until I started doing my mothers side of the family no one knew she even existed, in fact it was a member of Rootschat who found me the marriage record of my Great Grandparents and the note of the "Adoption" of Elisabeth to my Great Grandfather.

Any help or tips on how to proceed would be very welcome and greatfully received.

My very best regards always.

Frank.

Hello  I have recently received a photograph from my mother, on the back was wrote in my Grandmother's hand, "My mothers family, Goole". I have for a long, long time looked for a photograph of her Grandfather (my 2 x Great Grandfather) who was a sea captain on the Home Trade runs, the photograph shows him in a jacket with a double row of buttons and braiding around the cuffs, this is the proof I needed that it is indeed him 

Would it be possible for you greatly talented people to clean it up a bit, or is it in too poor condition.

As always, any help would be greatly appreciated 

Thank you for reading my post and as always my very best regards.

Frank.