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Lancashire / Re: Brick Wall help needed please
« on: Tuesday 07 November 17 21:13 GMT (UK)  »
Is there any way of searching Chorlton on Medlock in 1871 (just before birth of Robert junior) to see what butchers were living there ?  I do have access to Find My Past and Ancestry .
Jenn

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Lancashire / Re: Brick Wall help needed please
« on: Tuesday 07 November 17 21:10 GMT (UK)  »
I thought the same Carole.  I did find a Robert O'Neil who died in West Derby in MQ 1888 aged 52.  It  a million miles away but still couldn't link him as father to Robert James Henry O'Neill.  It's more likely that another spelling of O'Neill was used.  I tried a few variations  O'Niel,  Oneil Oneel etc but went round in circles.  Hence my request for help !  The biggest clue must be the fact that the father was a butcher who lived in Chorlton on Medlock around 1872.
Jenn

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Lancashire / Re: Brick Wall help needed please
« on: Tuesday 07 November 17 20:45 GMT (UK)  »
Chorlton on Medlock would make more sense.

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Lancashire / Brick Wall help needed please
« on: Tuesday 07 November 17 18:17 GMT (UK)  »
I am trying to find birth details or census returns prior to 1901 for Robert Henry James O'Neill.  His death certificate (1927), marriage certificate (1893)  and census returns for 1901 and 1911 all indicate a birth date of 1872.  The 1911 census suggests his birth place of Chatterton on Medlock but the 1901 census states Manchester.  Both census returns state his occupation is a loco engine packer.  The marriage certificate names his father as Robert Henry O'Neill a butcher who was deceased (1893).   His address on the wedding certificate states 1 Shepherds Street, West Gorton, Lancashire. I have tried searching on Find My Past and Ancestry but couldn't find either father or son prior to 1901 census.  I am quite new to family research so have no idea where to look next.  If anyone can find either man please let me know where to look as I have a subscription to both sites.
Many thanks
Jenn

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Devon / Re: What was the St Mary Major Institute in Rack Street ,Exeter
« on: Monday 16 October 17 21:02 BST (UK)  »
Thank you, I will check it out now
Jenn

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Devon / Re: What was the St Mary Major Institute in Rack Street ,Exeter
« on: Monday 16 October 17 20:10 BST (UK)  »
Thank you for your help.  I hadn't realised that you could search the 1911 census using an address.  I have found the 1911 census for the Institute now.  It was obviously a large building run by church and nuns.   Quite why Ernest and Ellen were there in August 1913 is a mystery I will probably never be sure of - but it is definitely the place of residence when they married.
Thank you again
Jenn

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Devon / Re: What was the St Mary Major Institute in Rack Street ,Exeter
« on: Monday 16 October 17 19:55 BST (UK)  »
Thank you for your help - sometimes it just a matter of knowing where to look and what names to put in.  I will go onto Find My Past now and see what I can find out
Thank you for all your help.  I am quite new to family research and am most grateful for any advice and help to solve mysteries
Jenn

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Devon / Re: What was the St Mary Major Institute in Rack Street ,Exeter
« on: Monday 16 October 17 19:38 BST (UK)  »
I currently have access to both Find My Past and Ancestry.  Where did you locate the 1911 census and I will look myself. 

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Devon / Re: What was the St Mary Major Institute in Rack Street ,Exeter
« on: Monday 16 October 17 19:35 BST (UK)  »
Not the caretaker then.  He was Ernest Henry Darke and she was Ellen Andrews and both were 21.  They married at St Mary Major Parish Church on August 2nd 1913.  He was a laundry man.  Their place of residence (for both) is recorded as St Mary Major Institute, Rack St.  Very strange !  Both fathers still alive - and living in Exeter at the time.  She was pregnant (about 4 months ) at the time of marriage so it occurred to me that it may have been some sort of homeless shelter (or workhouse) but I've found  no evidence of this yet - and 1913 was not at time of kindness to young people who "got themselves into trouble" !

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