Tucknott/Tucknutt/Tugnut/Tugnott. Help I'm lost

[mothermicheal]

Hi Roy G

Would love to see this film if you manage to find it

John Tugnutt ( my grandma's brother ) was in south Africa.

His father died in 1897,   in 1901 at least 4 of john's siblings where at warren farm, but do not know what happen to Jane, his widowed mother.
(Maybe she was rescued)
 
Sound's like a film script

I have  at least 3 children (john's siblings) sent to Canada-Fredrick, Albert and Alfred.
Any help on where I can look for these would be great.

I know they joined the Canadian over-seas expeditionary force, in 1915/16

Thanks
Linda

[kizmiaz]

Hi Linda

Looks like you have a lot of info to go through now. And a new family member as well in PaulVT, with whom you can now share your research!

Just one more bit of info for you which may or may not be related.

There's a female named Tucknott listed in 1901 without a first name, born in Brighton in about 1860 who was a widow and a laundress, living at 48 High Street, Brighton (RG13/921 Folio 110 Page 22) who corresponds well with the 1891 census (and also with the 1881 census apart from her age. Although it shows her as born in about 1854, this could have just been a small error in transcription from the enumerators notes to the census return).

The Warren Farm Industrial School brings back a lot of memories for me, since part of the same block of buildings was my infant school back in the early 70s. There's some info on it here (http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?Brighton/Brighton.shtml)

Good luck with the searching

Glen

[kizmiaz]

Linda, your luck is still holding...

I've found another long-lost relative for you who may be able to supply you with more info. She has posted on the Ancestry Tugnutt board and is another direct decendent of Ada, your grandmother.

(Coincidentally, back in the dim and distant past  I thought my GG-grandfather was also from a Tugnutt line, but it turned out not to be the case, but I had a few messages on the same board)

The board messages you may be interested in start here (http://boards.ancestry.com/surnames.tugnutt/1/mb.ashx) and include such useful info as the date of birth of Ada Clara (18 May 1879), and the marriage details of Ada's parents (John Tugnutt and Jane Ann Diplock who married 16 Feb 1869 at St Peters Church). Lots more info, and the Tugnutt decendants sound like really nice people. (Say "Hi" from me if you get in touch with them  )

Hope this helps

Glen

[paulvt]

That would be my cousin Dawn who has been brought up to date over the last couple of days. We only met through the ancestry website!

[kizmiaz]

That would be my cousin Dawn who has been brought up to date over the last couple of days. We only met through the ancestry website!

Wow!  Small world, isn't it?

This just goes to prove that genealogy is not just about finding people in the past, but those in the present and future as well

Glen

[Roy G]

Will make enquiries about the film from a contact in the UK

As for the missing rellies in the Expeditionary Force, the following may not include them, but for your info they were on the Commonweath Graves website.

Roy G

1  TUCKNOTT, ALBERT EDWARD  Driver 9773 died 23/10/1915 
age Unknown of Royal Field Artillery, United Kingdom   
MIKRA MEMORIAL
2  TUCKNOTT, ARTHUR STEPHEN Private 320450 died 06/11/1917 
age 17 of Royal Sussex Regiment, United Kingdom
M. 22. BEERSHEBA WAR CEMETERY (probably too young)
3  TUCKNOTT, F  Corporal G/1675 died 17/08/1916 
age Unknown of Royal Sussex Regiment, United Kingdom
XVI. B. 20. CATERPILLAR VALLEY CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL

[mothermicheal]

Hi
Glen

Thanks for the link, I have just had a look, it's great.
Found Paul last week through Ancestry, and now
Lots of new name's, and  some new rellies.

And this only possible with the help of rootschatters, searching the Electoral Rolls etc.

Thanks
Linda

[mgf]

For the relatives who enlisted in the CEF for WWI, you should head over to http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/archivianet/cef/001042-100.01-e.php immediately and perform a search. It can take a bit of skill to pick the right one out of the results list, but with such an unusual surname it should be a lot easier than mine (Taylor, Thomas!). Once you locate it, the result includes links to full images of his enlistment papers, complete with place and date of birth, next of kin, and a physical description.

To start you off, a search with Surname: tu* and Given Names: Albert produces a list of 75 soldiers, of which one is Tugnutt, Albert, dob 31/08/1893, with a result page here: http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/archivianet/cef/001042-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=281365

Happy hunting!

Mike

[Roy G]

A while back you asked me to find out more about the early film showing Brighton Workhouse. 

I have now had a reply from my source at the University and they gave me the following information.

The film is The Soldier Returns, and it was shot in 1902.  It was made by James Williamson and can be found in the National Film & Television Archive at the British Film Institute, London.

Hope you manage to track it down from that, and can get a veiwing sometime.

Roy G