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The Common Room / Re: Robert Brock in 1851
« on: Monday 20 September 21 11:48 BST (UK) »
Thanks, Colin.
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The Common Room / Robert Brock in 1851
« on: Monday 20 September 21 10:34 BST (UK) »
Given the gaps in the 1851 census this is possibly a vain hope, but perhaps someone could find him.
Robert Brock was born in Stainforth near Doncaster c.1814. I can first pick him up in 1861 when he is master of a Humber keel called "Carrier" moored in the Old Harbour in Hull. Ten years later he is on a keel in the Stainforth canal with his wife Mary (born in Beverley). It would be very useful to find him earlier.
Robert Brock was born in Stainforth near Doncaster c.1814. I can first pick him up in 1861 when he is master of a Humber keel called "Carrier" moored in the Old Harbour in Hull. Ten years later he is on a keel in the Stainforth canal with his wife Mary (born in Beverley). It would be very useful to find him earlier.
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Yorkshire (East Riding & York) Lookup Requests / Thomas Giles in 1862
« on: Saturday 04 September 21 10:10 BST (UK) »
I wonder if someone with a subscription to the BNA or similar could look something up for me. I know that in 1862 Thomas Giles, a builder, appeared at Hull Police Court with allegations of breaching the Builders Act, and that there were reports in the local papers. Your help would be appreciated.
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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / 1881 occupation
« on: Saturday 21 August 21 10:42 BST (UK) »
What's the first word? Clearly the rest is boot / shoe, but the first? Mechanical?
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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / mistake
« on: Tuesday 17 August 21 15:46 BST (UK) »
Sorry, I want to delete this post.
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Yorkshire (East Riding & York) Lookup Requests / Re: 1851, Hull, Fullam
« on: Friday 06 August 21 10:23 BST (UK) »
Fullam, I've just come back to this because by a weird coincidence I am now researching inmates of the Hull Charterhouse, where I live, and George T. Fullam died there in 1883. If there is information of mutual interest, I'd love to share it. For instance, would it be fair to say that it was Ann who was the expert in navigation rather than her husband, who had been a customs weigher?
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Yorkshire (East Riding & York) / Re: Hull centenarian
« on: Thursday 05 August 21 13:22 BST (UK) »
They (understandably) charge for the service. I want to avoid that if possible.
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Yorkshire (East Riding & York) / Hull centenarian
« on: Thursday 05 August 21 10:13 BST (UK) »
I'm frustrated by the fact that the Hull Daily Mail is not digitised in the 1970s and I can't go to the Hull History Centre to look them up. Sarah Mary Cluderay died in the 1st quarter of 1972 aged 100. I need to know where she was living at the time of her death. If she was still officially a resident of the Charterhouse it would make her our only known centenarian. I'm hopeful that the Mail would have given her death, or her birthday the previous September 12th, a write-up. Any help gratefully received.
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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Labourer in what house?
« on: Tuesday 03 August 21 11:06 BST (UK) »
Many thanks, I've learned something new 