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Hello,

I posted this photograph some years ago in Nairnshire, confidently stating that it was taken in Nairn and asking for family information. I have now been told by two RCers that it most definitely isn't Nairn at all!

 I need to establish roughly when it was taken so that I can try to work out where my great grandfather might have been living at the time. He spent most of his adult life in Nairn, with a brief spell in Aberdeen.

According to family legend, this photograph is of him with his Nairn pals, so if it isn't taken in that town, where on earth is it?

So an approximate date would be really helpful.

Thanks.

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Hello,

It's that time when I think I must get to grips with some of the sticking points in my tree and to see if anyone can help me to unstick them.

To go back to the beginning:

My earliest known Howe is my 5 x great grandfather Benjamin, probably born somewhere around 1760. He married Mary Turner in Tillingham in 1783. I can find no trace of him before his marriage. Mary Turner's family was Tillingham based.

What I know is that for the next five generations, all eldest sons were called Benjamin and many second sons were Samuel.

So my line goes:
                    5 xggf: Benjamin Howe ( c 1760)
                    4 xggf: Samuel Howe (1790 Tillingham - 1861 Tollesbury)
                    3 xggf: Benjamin Howe (1813 Tollesbury - 1869 Brightlingsea)
                    2 xggf: Benjamin Howe ( 1837 - 1892 Brightlingsea)
                         ggf: Clarence Samuel ( 1865 Brightlingsea - 1932 Aberdeen) - His elder brother was Benjamin but it seems he was ostracised by his family because my ggf was known to the family as Ben and his elder brother wasn't known about by my family until I started researching! In true family tradition though, his own eldest son was Benjamin - as was Clarence's.

In searching through the burial index for Essex, I have found evidence of another Benjamin, born around 1790, died 1869 in Burnham on Crouch. Census entries have him born in Althorne. He doesn't seem to fit into my tree anywhere but his name leads me to think that he might! Married to a Hannah but no maiden name for her.

Having given you the background, my question is about the origins of my earliest Benjamin - born c1760. Can anyone find any mention or trace of his birth or any other information which might help me to go further back on this line. I can't find any evidence of a will, land documents, a burial or anything at all to help pin him down but I know how clever my fellow chatters are so I am pinning great hopes on you.

Many thanks for reading this,

Jen

Hi,

If there are local historians who could help with this query, I'd be very grateful.

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=624553.new

Many thanks,

Jen