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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: What are these two letters on a silver sovereign holder?
« on: Tuesday 26 September 23 07:54 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: Charlie Bucket on Tuesday 26 September 23 06:00 BST (UK)
Thank you. I can see the F L now.

Would the F L be the owner's initials?
Under the lid, along with the silver marks, is a very small "A.W". Is this the manufacturer's name?
Under that is a much larger "233".
my guess is yes re owners initials - (at some stage anyhow.)

Are you able to show us a photo of the Interior Marks ?   

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: What are these two letters on a silver sovereign holder?
« on: Tuesday 26 September 23 04:33 BST (UK)  »
'F L'  is my reading of them. 

 I am old enough to have learnt to write them that way at school!    ;D ;D

Wiggy

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Two Words I can't make sense of
« on: Monday 18 September 23 10:23 BST (UK)  »
Agree with Shaun re Church.

After Grant     'with Church rites' maybe   - cannot actually see rites but it makes sense - goingback to look again.
Is there another word meaning rites?    office's maybe?    :-\ :-\

A slightly bigger snip would/might help to see how writer forms letters - for comparison.   ;)
 
Wiggy.

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Yorkshire (East Riding & York) / Re: George Henry Parkes; born Sheffield
« on: Thursday 14 September 23 21:26 BST (UK)  »
Thanks all - just realised - in my ignorance - this is in the wrong Riding of Yorkshire -   Never mind - you've all found it.

Friend caught up with family this weekend.  She'll be back!   

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Yorkshire (East Riding & York) / Re: George Henry Parkes; born Sheffield
« on: Thursday 14 September 23 07:15 BST (UK)  »
Mckha489, my friend was so pleased to get such a very quick response to our post.  It isn't always like that.  Thank you very much.

Many thanks also Heywood and Maddy  (and Neale) for the extra information.   She has gone home and I will leave it to her to a) register and b) take it from here!

I told her RC was a great site!     ;)   

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Yorkshire (East Riding & York) / Re: George Henry Parkes; born Sheffield
« on: Thursday 14 September 23 06:08 BST (UK)  »
Thanks so much Heywood.

One more question.     How does my friend find out the siblings of the  Zena's mother Florence Amy Pinder, who she knows was at the end of a long family -  whose parents died when she was very young, and she was brought up by her elder Siblings - Florence that is.   ;) 

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Yorkshire (East Riding & York) / Re: George Henry Parkes; born Sheffield
« on: Thursday 14 September 23 06:00 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: mckha489 on Thursday 14 September 23 05:50 BST (UK)
Did Zena like to imply she was a bit younger than she was?

This registration

CURTIS, ZENA  IRENE   (Mothers maiden name =   PINDER )
GRO Reference: 1915  D Quarter in SHEFFIELD  Volume 09C  Page 859

Correct  Mum didn't ever let on how old she was but these names are correct.   Thanks folks!! 

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Yorkshire (East Riding & York) / Re: George Henry Parkes; born Sheffield
« on: Thursday 14 September 23 05:56 BST (UK)  »
Learning here - please where did you pick up that information - I have forgotten which papers and how to goet to them - HELP - please!   ;D

Yes thanks - you are on the right track - my friend hasn't chosen a user name yet hence me 'helping' but not very well.

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Yorkshire (East Riding & York) / George Henry Parkes; born Sheffield
« on: Thursday 14 September 23 05:41 BST (UK)  »
This is my first effort at this family and I am asking on behalf of a friend and showing her how to approach RC.

G H Parkes  born 1922; died 2000.  married Zena Irene Curits b, 1918ish died 2003.

We are looking for his father and mother and siblings of each.  Father also George Henry  born about 1893.

Starting to work back from here and find more family.    ;)

Wiggy

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