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Australia / What happened to Edwin's wife?
« on: Saturday 30 December 23 17:08 GMT (UK)  »
Hello. I'm looking at the Pettitt family for a friend and it has raised several questions. The first one is about Edwin William Wynne Pettitt and his wife, Sarah Aston.

Edwin William Wynne Pettitt was born on 16th Feb 1818 and baptised at St. Martin's, Birmingham, UK on 5th October 1820.

He married as Edwin William Wynne Pettitt (full age) Glazier & Plumber at St. Philip's Church, Birmingham on October 1st 1839 to Sarah Aston, a minor. His father was Charles Pettitt, a Glover.

The next sighting of EWWP is in the 1851 census. He is living with Lucy, his "wife" and two children. I haven't found the children's births yet but I suspect that the eldest at least would be Lucy's by a former relationship as he was born about 1840 only a year after EWWP married Sarah.

I cannot find any marriage for EWWP and Lucy, which begs the question - was Sarah still alive?

EWWP subsequently leaves Lucy and marries Ann Hawker in 1856. So has Sarah now died?

There are claims on family trees (none of which have evidence on the tree - at least on the ones I've seen) that Sarah and EWWP had a son, Edwin Augustus Pettitt born 1845 in Australia.

So and I've finally come to the point  :) is this true and if so did EWWP leave Sarah in Australia or did she die? If Edwin Augustus did exist, what happened to him?

Brie

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The Common Room / Re: Maps
« on: Wednesday 20 December 23 17:53 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you all for all the extra suggestions and information. It will certainly help keep me occupied!

Brie

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The Common Room / Maps
« on: Tuesday 19 December 23 12:02 GMT (UK)  »
Apologies if this is already listed. The National Library of Scotland has a very useful maps section. Covers the UK, not just Scotland.

https://maps.nls.uk/

Brie

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Can anyone decipher this?
« on: Wednesday 01 November 23 15:14 GMT (UK)  »
Jnomad,

I have just looked at the whole pdf and the dots above the letter i are very high up - higher than the highest point of the tall letters. So there could well be a few dots above that we can't see which would make it look a lot more like gastritis.

Thank you
Brie

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Can anyone decipher this?
« on: Wednesday 01 November 23 15:08 GMT (UK)  »
Ah, I was thinking it was two words. Certainly better than what I have come up with so far - googling Gas bu*, I got gas bubble disease which is apparently decompression sickness! Seemed unlikely.

Brie

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Can anyone decipher this?
« on: Wednesday 01 November 23 15:01 GMT (UK)  »
I'm unable to make sense of the cause of death on ggg grandma's death certificate. Gas .....?

Her death was registered D1870 and she was 42 years old. She had given birth to a daughter earlier that year whose birth and death were registered M1870.

Brie

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Newbie with a puzzle to solve
« on: Wednesday 18 October 23 13:45 BST (UK)  »
I'm afraid I'm not helping with your research but I'd always understood a billiard marker to be the person who scored the games in a club and generally acted as a servant/waiter to the clients. Usually a youngster's job.

Of course someone may quickly disabuse me :)

Brie

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Ancestor appearing twice on the 1891 census
« on: Sunday 03 September 23 08:29 BST (UK)  »
No. He was a elderly widower and in London with a male cousin. All looks very respectable but who knows.......

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Ancestor appearing twice on the 1891 census
« on: Sunday 03 September 23 08:11 BST (UK)  »
Yes, a chap away on business recorded at home and at an hotel.

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