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Bedfordshire / Re: Missing person Vera Harrison
« on: Thursday 06 August 20 12:16 BST (UK)  »
The marriage certificate between Vera Owen and Nicholas Harrison has arrived - at last. It's been over 6 weeks but then these are trying times we live in. Anyway, It doesn't help a lot. It shows Nicholas as living at 187, Cartmell Road, Sheffield. This is quite close to where my dad and his family, including Vera, lived in 1939. When I look it up o the 19939 he is only lodging there. It shows his occupation as Railway Fireman. His father was Frederick Harrison and he was a bricklayer. Vera is shown as a spinster. Btw I was wrong originally her dob was 27th August 1918. On the 1939 Register she is shown as Vera Foster/Harrison/Owen. Owen being her maiden name and Harrison her married name. I have tried to look for a marriage between a Vera Owen or a Vera Harrison to someone named Foster from 1947 onwards but without any luck.
I had hoped to find Nicholas' family home so that I could trace his family with some degree of certainty but think I'll just have to wing it and hope that I stay on track. At £11 per certificate and a 6 week wait to get it I would prefer not to have to buy too many for now.
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
 :D 

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Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / Re: Help with theory
« on: Monday 06 July 20 20:28 BST (UK)  »
I can't think who else I can ask. I shall put my thinking cap on. Would one of my children (not children any more of course) be ok or should it ne someone on my line ie. cousin?
I'm really pleased for you that you managed to find all that out. I've been watching a u-tube video about understanding cousins. I watch it and I'm understanding all that's being explained to me and he carries on and I'm with him all the way and then suddenly my brain just lets go of it. Like it's a step too far. I shall keep watching it in the hope that I will hopefully retain a little more each time I watch it.  :-[

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Bedfordshire / Re: Missing person Vera Harrison
« on: Saturday 04 July 20 18:26 BST (UK)  »
It still hasn't arrived. When is the cut of point between waiting patiently for it's arrival and getting in touch and complaining. Last year it was possible to download certificates. It would have made sense to bring that in again during the last few months.

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Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / Re: Help with theory
« on: Saturday 04 July 20 18:22 BST (UK)  »
It still hasn't arrived. When is the cut off point from being patient and waiting and getting in touch to complain it hasn't arrived? Last year it was possible to download certificates. It would have made sense to have brought that back again during the last few months.

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Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / Re: Help with theory
« on: Tuesday 30 June 20 14:39 BST (UK)  »
Yes I think that you are right. I don't have very many close matches from my DNA results. I have only 3 in the hundreds and all the rest are 70cMs and less. So it's like knitting without much wool. It's years since I did my test though. I did hope that the lockdown would have prompted a few more to do a test. Oh well I think I will take your advice and give it a rest for a while. Thanks for your input over the last few weeks. Take care.

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Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / Re: Help with theory
« on: Monday 29 June 20 15:11 BST (UK)  »
Ah she did say that they had two daughters. I'm rather fuzzy about DNA Brigid. The 7cMs is the connection between me and her isn't it? So we could be cousins about 3 or 4 times removed????? If the chap I found brought her up as a DNA connection that must mean that the MAIN connection between him and me must be somewhere around there mustn't it? I feel like the proverbial blind man in the darkened room looking for something which I think might be there. I'm feeling totally bemused.

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Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / Re: Help with theory
« on: Monday 29 June 20 14:18 BST (UK)  »
Can one of you just clarify this for me please. The person I found who shares 7cM across 1 segment has the connection as being - the brother of the person I think might be my great grandfather was the second husband of her great aunt. Now, I know that's a lot to get your head around but what I don't have a clue of knowing is - would that connection give a result of 7cMs????? I don't understand DNA enough to be able to work out if it would or not.
I have been extending his tree in all directions but I can't seem to bring up anyone with a closer DNA match and my brain hurts.  ???

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Bedfordshire / Re: Missing person Vera Harrison
« on: Sunday 28 June 20 17:41 BST (UK)  »
Yes, louisa maud you did see that but as I mentioned before - there is a story behind this which I do not feel has any bearing on where Vera went to after 1947. I have sorted all that out on my tree and that is really not where my problem lies.
Ladyhawk I got excatly the same facts as you did but until the certificate arrives we won't know which facts are the right ones. I checked with the site this afternoon and it does say that certificates are taking longer than usual because of staff shortages during the present situation. So I expect it will arrive eventually. I promise to let you know as soon as it arrives. Thanks for all your work on this though.

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Bedfordshire / Re: Missing person Vera Harrison
« on: Sunday 28 June 20 13:51 BST (UK)  »
Unfortunately the marriage certificate has still not arrived but I will let you know as soon as.
I did find a Fred Harrison b 1880 who was a stonemason. He was married in Clitheroe in 1906 to Mary Cook b1882. They had 12 children between the years of 1906 and 1926. (poor woman) one of whom was Nicholas. He would seem to be the only Nicholas Harrison born in 1919 anywhere. I'm a little confused as the address seems to be Gisburn Forest, Yorkshire on the 1911 census. Could I have married up two different families?

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