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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Burial 1945 in either Bournemouth (then Hampshire) or Poole (then Dorset)
« on: Sunday 24 October 21 19:46 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: CaroleW on Sunday 24 October 21 19:09 BST (UK)
Think parents were John C Davidson & Violet A Mitchell - married 1933 Bournemouth.  Are you able to confirm if that's correct?  No obvious deaths in England.

Birth reg was Dec qtr 1944 as they were 11 & 12 weeks old in February 1945

That sounds like them thank you Carole - maybe they emigrated to South Africa after this tragedy - please see the other response, and I'll let you know how we get on...it certainly all points to Bournemouth doesn't it...

Dave

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Burial 1945 in either Bournemouth (then Hampshire) or Poole (then Dorset)
« on: Sunday 24 October 21 19:35 BST (UK)  »
Thanks all...I'd just got to FreeBMD and found the births, then the deaths (thanks BumbleB and bearkat for confirming)...To short circuit this, as suggested by Carole I've been asking my daughter for a birth cert for her MIL and she's emailed hubbies sister whose in SA asking if there's a birth cert...

The suggestion from KGarrad re the Crematorium and Cemetery Team also seems eminently sensible and I'll forward those details to my daughter

Thanks all and will let you know how we get on!

Dave

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Burial 1945 in either Bournemouth (then Hampshire) or Poole (then Dorset)
« on: Sunday 24 October 21 19:01 BST (UK)  »
Don't know if it's known (it not being a side of the extended family I've ever looked into before today and probably much of their paperwork still being in South Africa)...I'll enquire and come back!

Cheers

Dave

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Family History Beginners Board / Burial 1945 in either Bournemouth (then Hampshire) or Poole (then Dorset)
« on: Sunday 24 October 21 17:14 BST (UK)  »
Not sure where the most appropriate place is to post this, and it's not strictly family history, and yet in a sense it really is, so please feel free to shift it if I'm wrong.

My son-in-law's mother has recently died in South Africa and has been cremated. Apparently she has expressed a desire to be interred with the remains of her sisters, triplets, one of whom was stillborn and the other two of whom SUSAN CLAIRE DAVIDSON (died 16th February 1945) and DIANA JEAN DAVIDSON (died 23rd February 1945) at 11 and 12 weeks old respectively.

It is thought the two named sisters were interred in a cemetery in either Bournemouth or Poole (there is apparently a photo which I haven't seen). Little more is known at present.

Is there any way anyone is aware of that I can find out for my son-in-law's family just where this burial may have taken place, so that appropriate approaches might be initiated?

Many thanks indeed

Dave

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Occupation and Officiant Name
« on: Tuesday 22 June 21 00:56 BST (UK)  »
The poster doesn't suggest anywhere that it's a death certificate. Merely confirms the name of the officiating vicar and provides some background info about him - including his date of death.

Dave

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Dad in the 1930's - but which ship is he on
« on: Saturday 29 May 21 11:54 BST (UK)  »
I'm no expert but all I can see, I'm afraid, is (Royal Naval?) Reserve

Dave

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The Common Room / Re: Connecting with other interests.
« on: Thursday 22 April 21 19:02 BST (UK)  »
Family History is actually my newest hobby.

My older hobbies are reading, railways, the Whitechapel Murders and Postal History/Stamps.

I originally bought into Ancestry because of background researches for the Whitechapel Murders (I should explain most of my mother's side of the family originate in Whitechapel, hence the interest!) and rapidly found that exploring the familial connections of some of my earlier Postal History was interesting too.

From there it was simply a leap and a jump into a hobby in which one of my daughters had an interest some years back.

Dave

(PS And no I have virtually no interest in who the murderer was...very few real "Ripperologists" (as we've been dubbed) do...the interest is mainly in the area, it's history and how the events fit in with the beginning of the modern age)

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Hicks or Wicks?
« on: Friday 02 April 21 23:00 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: Treetotal on Friday 02 April 21 22:38 BST (UK)
I see Wicks too.....before I saw replies.
Carol

Ditto - I reckoned Wicks without seeing the other replies - I'm going to have to set you lot on some of my 1600s/1700s postal history some time!   ;D

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Northumberland / Re: Can anyone translate Italian memorial in local cemetery?
« on: Tuesday 30 March 21 16:56 BST (UK)  »
suspect "MUNERE" - does that mean something?

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