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Louth / Railways Dundalk 1840-50s

« on: Tuesday 20 November 07 15:53 GMT (UK) »

Hi All

My great great grandfather was born in Manchester in 1823 and was a railway contractor. He lived some of his life in Ireland, in Dundalk, before going to India in about 1863.

What I am trying to find is any information on what he might have been doing in Dundalk that is connected to railways.

I have records for his marriage in Dundalk in 1848, birth of two of his children in 1850 and 1852 and a Thom's Directory entry for 1852 which says he is the proprietor of the Shakespeare Inn in Dundalk. In 1855 his third child is born in Guildford and in the 1861 census he is in Gravesend. He then went to India to work on the railway, remarried and had five more children before dying in 1881.

So he was in Ireland sometime before 1848 and left between 1852 and 1855.

Can anybody throw any light on what railway building was going on around Dundalk between 1848 and 1855 and who was doing it? Any suggestions as to whether employee records might still exist for this time would be appreciated.

Many thanks.

Ruby

Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Please repair photo of dad taken 1945

« on: Saturday 10 November 07 15:40 GMT (UK) »

Can someone please repair this lovely photo of my dad taken on the 12th February 1945. Its been badly mistreated and needs some tlc.

Many thanks.

Ruby

Cheshire / Gorstach in Bebington

« on: Friday 02 November 07 23:28 GMT (UK) »

Hi All

I am on a bit of a roll with the other half's family, as per usual, and have found what looks a very likely link back to the 1600s in Cheshire.

I have a Clement Anglesea (or Anglizer) marrying an Eleanor Gorstach in 1679.

What I cannot get is any information beyond 1623 on the Gorstach family, which just seems to have appeared in Bebington in that year. I am wondering if this is a name from another European country and have tried google for an origin without success. Anybody else got this family or know anything about them or the name?

As usual, I would very much appreciate any help you can offer.

Regards

Ruby

Fife / James MORRISON b 1790 Falkland

« on: Wednesday 24 October 07 16:47 BST (UK) »

Hi All

Does anyone have access to Parish Registers for Falkland? If so, could you please have a look for James Morrison born about 1790 in Falkland. I have tried the IGI but they only have female births (why is this?) I have also tried Scotlands People but it isn't there either.

I have a marriage for James in Monimail in 1810 and the births of his 12 children in Monimail between 1812 and 1833. I also have him on the 1851 and 1861 Census returns, living in Cupar. Both of these give his date and place of birth as 1790 in Falkland.

I am beginning to think he was born somewhere else.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Many thanks.

Ruby

The Common Room / Help needed with bible inscription 1900

« on: Saturday 20 October 07 13:02 BST (UK) »

I have just discovered a bible belonging to my other half's family and have no idea which ancestor it is or why it might have been presented.

There are two Thomas's in my husband's family Thomas born in 1840 and Thomas born in 1888. They were both living in Durham in 1901, the year after the bible was presented.

Scan of the inscription is attached and any ideas or suggestions would be welcome.

Many thanks.

Ruby

The Common Room / Missionaries - St Augustine's College, Canterbury

« on: Monday 08 October 07 20:28 BST (UK) »

Hi All

Last week when Madpants started the thread about the scrapbook her great aunt had kept which included soliders from WW1, it reminded me that about 20 years ago I acquired a album which had belonged to a student of St Augustine's College, Canterbury. This College trained missionaries from about 1848 to sometime in the mid 20th century. The period of the scrapbook is from 1906 to 1919.

I have extracted the names and list them below together with the date of the contribution, so if any of these are yours, let me know and I'll send you the page. There are an assortment of poems, paintings and drawings some of which are very amusing.

A couple of the paintings are attached to give you an idea of what the album contains.

Hope someone finds an ancestor.

Regards

Ruby

H W Coast 1910
Snooks
I.C.
N Stevens 1912
S C Oliver 1912 (in China)
V M Merrett, 'Gulistan', St Thomas' Hill, Canterbury 1909
M A de Sousa
PTB 1913
Alfred Sousa 1913
Douglas Price 1911
Thomas Bowen Partington 1914
B Kemp
Angela Rougette 1913
Maude Smith 1910
M Jarman 1912
E G Merrett 1909
A C Mills 1913
WG 1912
MAC 1909
Stella Pirrie or Pine 1912
Mabel Gratwick 1912
Charles Underhill 1910
D V Charlton 1913
J G Caldicott 1911
Charles L Lewis SM 66 S.W.L Troop
W Jarvis Whittaker 1912
C Harvey 1912
Daisy Goodwin 1908
Ethel W Hammond 1910
E G Goodwin Courtman 1911
Amy *oll? 1910
Dora Pettit 1909
Mildred Wales 1909
Edgar L Pope 1913
Edgar Francis 1906
S Francis 1906
M W 1910
F D Shield 1914
Dora ? Howley
M A Saunders 1912
Reg Miles 1906
B Phillips 1911
Dorothy Ashenden 1910
Sheila Bryen
E Clinch 1907
E C Nash 1912
H Jacks 1909
Eric Underhill 1910
R T Whittaker 1911
Tom Wright 1919 (in Hong Kong)
M Barrigham, 1909
M E Andrews 1906
S Pettit 1910
F G Harvey 1910
Cedric C Underhill 1910
N C Gilham 1908
B Couper 1909
Marian Bennett
A Guthrie Gamble 1917 (in China)
Doris Willey 1909
Clarence S Merret 1909
Ruth Hawtrey 1912
D Spark 1909
IAB 1909
G Montague Barr 1912
Marie Antoinette van ** eren 1917 in China
Marie A de Sousa 1913 (this maybe the person above before marriage)
Nellie Prebble Craig?
Suzanne Condelier 1910
Frances J Merrett 1909
S H Murrin
Conrad Wates 1909
Mieke A Hasselman
Helen Francis 1906

Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Husband or Son? Help please

« on: Wednesday 03 October 07 20:39 BST (UK) »

This tintype was in a bunch of photographs borrowed from my husband's cousin and we can't figure out who these people are.

It would help if someone could date the picture and also give an opinion on whether they are mother and son or husband and wife. The check trousers and waistcoat are unusual, any ideas?

Many thanks.

Ruby

Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Please colour my Mum

« on: Wednesday 22 August 07 18:48 BST (UK) »

Dear All

This is my only studio photo of my mum who died when I was six. I would love it if you could colour her for me. She had fair hair, green eyes and a fresh complexion. I have no colour photographs of her.

She is the second cousin of the bride who was so beautifully restored at the weekend by the members of this forum.

Many thanks.

Ruby

Sorry. The photograph is too big so I have removed it and will try again when I have figured out how to make it smaller.

Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Can you please date, restore and colour this bride? COMPLETED

« on: Monday 20 August 07 10:37 BST (UK) »

Hi All

Could someone please fix and date this photo of my grandad's cousin. According to family legend she was a model/mannequin in those days - and married a millionaire broker from Cyprus that she met on the New Brighton ferry! They lived in Monte Carlo for some time until he divorced her.

Any suggestions as to what the thing on her head is?

Many thanks.

Ruby