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Hi all,
I am looking for any info on William Lawson Sharp b c 1882 Dundee and Annie Adams Walker b c 1886 also Dundee. I am looking for parents of the above as well as marriage date. Anything will do.
Many thanks
Ruth

Hi all,
My grandmother, born 1896 was Naomi Watmough Wood, her parents being Shadrack Wood and Annie Eliza King. I believed Annie Eliza Kings parents to be George King and Annie Porter, born in Nottingham around 1840 - info from the various census have differed.
I have yet to find Annie Porter on either the 1841 or the 1851 census but maybe the 1861 with a birth place as Aslocton and not Nottingham. I have Annie Eliza's birth cert(1866) which says mum was Annie King formerly Porter.
I have Anne Porters marriage cert (1864) which states her father was James Porter deceased - here her age is given as 27 years
That was until yesterday....
I received a death notice saying Annie "Porter" was Annie Whatmough b Nottingham.
So ....
I was wondering if Annie Porters mothers maiden name was Whatmough/Watmough and if she was married to a Porter.
or ....
Annie Porter was in fact Annie/Anne Whatmough b between 1837 and 1849( according to the 1901 census!!!!) Her ages in the census info I have range as follows:
1864 marriage aged 27
1871  28 b Nottingham
1881  39 b Nottingham
1891  47 b Nottingham
1901  52 b Nottingham

I would appreciate any help I can get at present as I would love to Know where the Watmough name originated. At present i do not have  death dates for either George King or Annie King ( Porter)
Many thanks
Ruth

Hi all,
I am sitting on a hotel internet/TV so excuse any errors as I cannot see too clearly! I am over from south Africa for 10 days and will have a car at my disposal from tomorrow. my dlema is where to start looking and not to waste valuable time by going in the wrong direction!!
i ahve traced my Archer roots to the Brafferton Tholthorpe area but now i need birth/marriage records from the early 1800"s for the area. Where is the best place to go - I am in Yarm so not far from York or Teesside. Please I need advice this time instead of giving it!!!
Ruth
moderator South African immigrants board!!!

Hi all,
I have traced some of my Wilks family to Geelong travelling on the Omega in 1855. They were from Essex and traded as blacksmiths and wheelwrights. I would appreciate any help to point me in the right direction to find out more about them. I believe them to have owned the Fyansford Carriage Works. I am hoping that in a round about way I might find James and wife Caroline and daughter Caroline Betsey with them as I have not found them on any shipping lists yet.
Thanking you in advance
Ruth Archer

Hi all,
There were a number of immigrants to South Africa who then went on to Australia leaving families behind here. Some returned, some did not. Some folk also came from Australia to South Africa as well. However here is an unlikely place to find shipping lists to Australia!
Rosemary is constantly adding to these lists

http://www.genealogyworld.net/rose/natal.html

Good luck
Ruth
Moderator South Africa Immigrants Board