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Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / 1920s - can father be determined?

« on: Monday 04 March 24 19:07 GMT (UK) »

While helping a friend, “Bob”, with his tree, we found out that his grandfather was not his biological grandfather. Nothing was ever mentioned to Bob, but his mother may not have known about her birth father. Thanks to the families having their DNA tested, creating online trees and including photos, I am certain that I found his previously unknown cousins, etc.

However, there were several brothers in the family. I believe I can exclude a few of the brothers as being his grandfather but might there be a way to determine which brother “met up” with his grandmother? The siblings were born in Ireland and most settled in America. I’ve not yet been able to find out anything about one of the brothers so I can’t rule him out. I also don’t know if all of the brothers were included in the trees.

I’ve started a tree for this family, to do my own research, but I’m just wondering, please, if it is more than likely impossible to determine who might be the grandfather. Thank you, Lisa

Armed Forces / James Mumford, Crimean veteran?

« on: Saturday 24 February 24 02:53 GMT (UK) »

In my ancestor’s (Canadian) obit, it was stated that he was a Crimean veteran. I am wondering how I might check the validity of this statement, please.

James Mumford, born 12 October 1826, Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex, England. Occupation: Butcher
Parents: James Mumford and Martha Grange
In 1857, he married Susanna(h) Vaus and almost immediately sailed to North America

I have additional details about James, his parents (and other family members) and Susanna. I am just curious if there is a way to search for his possible involvement in the war, please. Thank you, Lisa

Canada / J. Harry Ibbotson, 1905 essay re Henty books (Ontario)

« on: Friday 23 February 24 00:45 GMT (UK) »

Toronto: I am in search of an article that supposedly appeared in “The (Toronto?) Star” in 1905. According to a 1950 newspaper article, in 1905, J. Harry Ibbotson’s school essay about Henty books was included in a full page write up submitted by students at McCaul School, University Avenue. I do not know the exact date of the article but supposedly the students’ write ups were in a Saturday newspaper. Thank you, Lisa

Technical Help / Mini iPad: Deleting several History items at one time?

« on: Thursday 01 February 24 07:51 GMT (UK) »

Mini iPad: I had a LOT of webpages open. I was looking at each one, writing down “important” webpages (that I wanted to follow up with) and deleting those no longer needed. Through operator error, I lost all of my pages.

Is there a way, please, to select several items in history at one time and delete them as a group? Deleting one at a time is incredibly time consuming (and very frustrating). Thank you, Lisa

[Added: my goal was to only keep three or four tabs(?) open - logging important sites on paper, then deleting them as well as unneeded sites.]

Technical Help / Sharing Docs - mini iPad

« on: Friday 22 December 23 19:13 GMT (UK) »

I think I know the answer but I want to make sure…

I use a mini iPad. When I open Docs, all of my documents are in one place (I don’t have folders, if that’s even possible to do). Most of the documents pertain to genealogy.

I would like to share a document with family members. If I allow them access to view one particular document, will they have access to all of them? I have nothing to hide from the family members, but I would prefer that others not have access to everything.

Thank you in advance for any guidance.

Ireland / Looking for Irish documents - Stuart, Hamilton, Fowley, early 1800s

« on: Saturday 09 September 23 20:31 BST (UK) »

Hello.

I’m looking for suggestions, please. I’m trying to find any Irish documents about my Stuart/Stewart, Hamilton and Fowley families. (Stuart has been the most common spelling. When infants given middles names, Stuart has always been the spelling.) The following is a lot of information about their lives in Canada, but I’m hoping the details might help find them in Ireland, prior to their departure(s).

John Stuart (born c1790, Ireland) married Jane Hamilton (born c1791, Ireland) c1815, possibly in Sligo, Ireland.

John, Jane and possibly seven of their children and their wives, individually or as a group, arrived in Canada around the early 1840s. They may have lived for a short time in New Brunswick (Canada) before settling in Etobicoke, Lambton Mills, Brampton, Vaughan, Toronto, etc. (all neighbouring towns in Ontario, Canada).
I am still gathering information about their lives (including exact counties of birth), but I believe all of the following were their children:
James, c1816, Sligo. John, c1817, Leitrim? Margaret, c1818. Hamilton, c1821.
Mary Jane, c1824. Erskine, c1825. Nathaniel, c1830.

The Stuart men were coopers; a couple of men eventually became farmers. According to Canadian census records, they were Wesleyan Methodist and Church of England.

I am still looking, but I have not yet found any other Stuarts, Hamiltons or Fowleys (brothers to the elder John, cousins, etc.) who may have also settled in Canada. I was hoping if I found others, their documents might state where in Ireland my ancestors once lived.

James’ wife was Sarah Fowley. Her brother, James Fowley, was also a cooper. James also settled in the same towns as the Stuarts.

James, John, and Hamilton were names that were handed down.

No Canadian records (death, cemetery, birth or marriage records, newspaper articles, etc.) have been found indicating exactly where any of the individuals were born. A few documents have mentioned Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim but I don’t have proof of their accuracy. I am hoping that someone might have suggestions about where I might be able to look for them before they permanently left Ireland. Thank you for reading my long post. Lisa

Note: Over the years, I’ve posted numerous topics about their time in Canada

which has led to wonderful discoveries

but now I’m hoping to really search for them in Ireland, if possible, please.

Canada / Newspaper article c1869, Etobicoke, Ontario - James Stuart

« on: Tuesday 05 September 23 23:16 BST (UK) »

October 1, 1869. The York Herald, Richmond Hill, Ontario.

Name of defendant: James Stuart
Nature of the case: Violent assault
Date of Conviction: Aug 23, ‘69
Amount of fine, etc.: $6 00
To whom paid over…: Treas of Etobicoke

I am wondering if there might be any earlier or later details about this matter, please. There were a number of James Stuarts/Stewarts running around that area during that time but my ancestor “disappeared” (possibly died, we cannot find his death) prior to 1871; I’m wondering if the above could be him. Thank you for any assistance. Lisa

Technical Help / “Last Active” definition in RootsChat

« on: Thursday 24 August 23 22:42 BST (UK) »

I probably shouldn’t admit this but I don’t tend to log out of RootsChat too often. (I pop in in the morning and usually spend a fairly amount of time here during the night so I don’t log out very often.)

If I don’t log out, and if I don’t click on the RootsChat tab when going on the internet (instead just click on an existing open tab such as Ancestry), will the “Last Active” on RootsChat, for anyone checking when I was last active, show the last time I was actually visiting RootsChat, or will it show the date and time that I last opened non-RootsChat sites? Huge apologies if that is difficult to understand; I’m still in the dark ages regarding technology and technical terms.

I’m curious because I don’t want folks to think that I’m ignoring their replies - I just haven’t been here. Thank you in advance for any guidance.

PS. If one should really log out each time so that it doesn’t bog down or something for RootsChat, I will start doing so.

Technical Help / Landline telephone messages

« on: Wednesday 02 August 23 02:55 BST (UK) »

We have a landline telephone. It is connected to a separate answering machine. We recently found out that some messages are solely recorded to the machine, and some are solely recorded “elsewhere”. (We have to call our phone to retrieve those messages.)

The messages that are recorded on the machine appear to be from cell phones and landlines. The messages that are recorded “elsewhere” may be from other landline phones as the messages are from doctor’s offices, the vet, our appliance repair person, etc.

Are there any suggestions, short of getting a new answering machine, that we could try to make sure all messages go to the answering machine, please? Three years ago we bought a reproduction 1930’s phone, to fit in with our farmhouse. Unfortunately, the phone does not have any lights to indicate that there are waiting messages. Our phone provider is through our cable provider and I dread calling them for advice as they haven’t fixed the last couple of issues that we have with unrelated television issues.

Any suggestions most welcomed. Thank you, Lisa