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Hampshire & IOW Completed Lookup Requests / Laura Pitt 1871 census
« on: Saturday 10 October 09 10:27 BST (UK)  »
Hi all

Laura Pitt is my Great Grandmother birth registered Mar qtr 1871 Portsea, so I assumed that she would appear on the 1871 census as anything from 2 days old to 3 months old. However, I can't find her anywhere.

I have her in 1881 as a boarder aged 10 with a James Pitt aged 11 both scholars, in the 1891 she is a servant and then marries in 1893 to Alfred Honeywell.

Any ideas? anyone else come across a similar situation?

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Australia / Re: John William BARTHOLOMEW
« on: Wednesday 07 October 09 07:16 BST (UK)  »
Hi

Not as far as we know, she is in UK in 1901 and 1911 census, in 1911 census there are 6 children born from 1903 onwards all in the UK so very unlikely.

It is a possibility that John came back and fathered the children and that her brother in law and her do not have a relationship, but they are shown as man and wife in the 1911 - the first census that was completed by the householder and not the enumerator.

Nicwnacw

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Australia / Re: John William BARTHOLOMEW
« on: Tuesday 06 October 09 23:00 BST (UK)  »
Hi Troods

Thanks again I had a look at the record - as far as I could  - went to the purchase screen and there was a 'more' button - this chap was in the RAAF, possible but as mine is ex RN I think it more likely that he would be in the RAN or Merchant Marine. I could be wrong.

I did a general search and found a court case bewtween J W Batholomew and Sons vs The govt and the record are closed - that's intriguing.

If you go to the archive can you see the records? I have a couple of cousins in Oz, perhaps they can do a visit for me. If I win the lottery I'll come and do it myself!  ::)


Nicwnacw

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Australia / Re: John William Bartholomew
« on: Tuesday 06 October 09 22:29 BST (UK)  »
Hi

Thanks for that - a couple of possibles I suppose the only way to check is to get the certs?


Nicwnacw

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Australia / John William BARTHOLOMEW
« on: Tuesday 06 October 09 22:12 BST (UK)  »
Hi all

John William Bartholomew was b 30/04/1878 in Brentford, Middlesex, England , he married Florence Belmore/Bulmore on Christmas day 1899, they had a son named William born 1900 died 1901. John was in the RN and on 31/03/1904 he was serving on HMS Royal Arthur stationed in Sydney, where he bought himself out of the navy.

Florence was living 'as a wife' with John's brother Ernest in the 1911 census, there were 6 children in 1911. In 1917 Florence marries Stuart West and Ernest marries Hilda Rose Greenburg.

As a family we had at first thought that Florence was the 'baddy', but it looks like John skipped on her for whatever reason.

We are now trying to find out what happened to John after 1904, can anyone suggest a starting place to look?

I have searched Ancestry and there are several John Bartholomews working as ships crew and/or travelling about  btu no real detail to be able to be sure that one of them is him. He was a Petty Officer second class when he left the navy, there is no mention of any trade.

I look forward to hearing from someone who can give me a tip as to where to go nwext.

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World War One / Re: Grandads service record RN
« on: Tuesday 29 September 09 22:22 BST (UK)  »
Hi folks

I am struggling a bit with this section of Grandads service record: I think it says;

6/16 Satis, ?????, keen, zealous, efficient, reliable Bosun, quiet, smart, very thorough in all his work. Capt Gary.
Gazette 15/9/10 Jutland? Battle noted for early promotion ????????????? 5 years acceleration. I can read the next bit clearly up to Gazette 15/9/16 = 12/16 Sat Ex ?? capable ???

Croiz de Guerre Gazette 2/11/17 then the bit ater the stamp is indistinct.
Mentioned in despatches for services in Russia.


The war had finished at this point 11/11/1919 so what was the Russia thing?

Sorry if this is a mess - feeling old and tired today

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World War One / Grandads service record RN
« on: Tuesday 29 September 09 21:51 BST (UK)  »
With copyright restrictions etc am I allowed to upload an entire service record?

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Clean and colour please Mum's wedding
« on: Wednesday 23 September 09 07:21 BST (UK)  »
Wow!

Thank you again - what can I say that hasn't been said?

I will never get over the effort that people put in just to help someone else

Thank you all very much

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Clean and colour please Mum's wedding
« on: Monday 21 September 09 22:28 BST (UK)  »
All brilliant , love them, i love these pages they always cheer me up. It must be great to be able to give so much pleaseure to people.

My 'whelm' is utterly overed.

I think the stuf on Dads shirt is either confetti or bird poo, whichever it is not important.

You are all stars

Nicwnacw

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