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Beginners => Family History Beginners Board => Topic started by: mvy_1 on Monday 30 October 06 22:43 GMT (UK)
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Hello Everyone, I'm a newbie here. I have looked at the site once before but have now signed up. Have had some of my family tree traced back to 1600, Warren from St Just in Penwith, Cornwall, England on one side but am quite interested in the other side. I am looking for McArthur from Lieth, Midlothian, Scotland. Looking for birth of my grandfather but cannot find anything. Am also interested in Batchelor from Wiltshire, England about 1800 and Kempster from possibly Middlesex London about 1865. I am quite new at this also. Looking forward to any replies.
Thanking you Margaret.
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Hi Margaret, are you interested in a particular batchelor or open to offers?!! Sorry, can't resist a bit of cheek. Welcome to Rootschat, can't help with your names but hope you have some success.
:) :D ;D
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Welcome Margaret
I am sure you will find Rootschat very helpful
I have been a member a short while and had a lot of feedbacks also some laughs
Just pop a question in and your sure of a reply
Good Luck
Elizabeth
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See what I mean Margaret
Elizabeth
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ooooooooo Roobarb ;)
Welcome Margaret, if you post some more specifics I am sure us on here could help ;D
Cal 8)
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Welcome Margaret. There's lots of knowledgable people on here, and given the research you have already done, I am sure you have lots to offer too.
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The How to use RootsChat board is well worth a read - http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/board,287.0.html. I wish I'd looked closer at it when I first signed up!
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JULIAN
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Hi Margaret
Welcome to Rootschat. If you go on the county boards and post a question I am sure you will get help. I help on the Nottinghamshire board but I am sure all county boards are just as friendly. You will soon get the hang of it. You have found the best site.
Jane
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Thank you to everyone who has welcomed me on this board. I am really looking forward to reading all the helpful links and so on. I have done just a small amount of browsing, but I am looking forward to getting stuck right into it.
Once again thankyou for your welcome.
Margaret. :D
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Hi Everyone,
Not alot of info has been left to me from my grandparents, so i am really starting from scratch. The Batchelors I am searching for settled in Colac, Vic Aust. Originally from Portsea, Wiltshire, England. This info i found on another web site and have found a couple of contacts who have only got as far as me, as their not actually searching for the Batchelors yet.
I am after a John Henry Batchelor born 2 Sept 1821 in Portsea. Died June 1876 in Colac,Vic, Aust. Married Sarah Kemp, who was born in Crossreagh, Co. Cavan, Ireland and also died in Colac in 1918. Sarah remarried to a John Scott in 1878.
I am also looking for a Thomas Mc Arthur, my grandfather, who also never spoke much of his family other than an unmarried sister in Lieth, Scotland. My father seems to think that his father's fathers name was also Thomas and they were possibly pigfarmers. My gandfather immigrated to Australia around the mid 1920's and I am not even sure was ship he was on. He was born on 25 November 1901 In Scotland and died 2 August 1967 in Vic Aust. I do know some places were he worked in Scotland but have no actual deatails on exactly where he was born. Cannot find any info in the 1901 Census on even his parents at this stage. His mother was Annie (ann) Melville. Thats about all I can tell for now.
Thanks in advance.
Margaret.
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Hi mvy,
I'm relatively new here too, and still learning, but might I suggest that you ask specific questions on the related boards eg Scotland board for questions about Scotland, Wiltshire board for Wiltshire questions etc. You'll probalby find you get more help that way.
One more thing, one piece of the information you gave didn't seem right. I am in Australia so not that knowledgable about English geography .... but, if I'm reading this correctly, are you saying that your Batchelors are from Portsea in Wiltshire? I don't think Portsea is in Wiltshire - it's down on the south coast. Unless there is another Portsea of course?
Hope someone may be able to confirm this.
Have fun on rootschat - everyone agrees that it is addictive.
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Hi Ruskie,
The info i have is that my Batchelors are from Portsea Whiltshire England. It has not yet been 100% verified that they came from there. I do not have any idea where it is exactly. I am reading your response and are you asking if it is the Portsea in England or Australia? I havent had time to yet check it out thoroughly.
Margaret
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Hi again mvy,
Sorry I may not have been clear. Wiltshire is a county in England and I think Portsea is a town in Hampshire.
So, saying that your ancestors are from Portsea, Wiltshire would be like you saying you are from Sydney, Victoria.
I'll have a look and see if I can find anything about your Batchelors.
Are you familiar with www.freebmd.org and www.familysearch.org. These are good free sites where you can have hours of fun searching for ancestors.
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Hi,
I've just checked in Parloc - the parish locator and the only Portsea that they have is in Hampshire. Theres a Poulshot and a Potterne and a Porton in Wiltshire? You may need to check the source as some one may have not understood what was said and written what they heard.
Good luck
Jenny
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Hi There,
The info I got was from familysearch.org, but i am aware that most of it is user submitted. I will try the other details that you have sugested and see how i go.
Thanks again and i will get back as soon as i can. Could be a few days yet.
Margaret.
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Hi,
Just looking at that Familysearch record they talk about St Mary's Portsea. There is a parish of St Mary's in Portsea but not in Wiltshire in Hampshire. You might want to post to the Hampshire board to see if someone can do a look up of parish records in St Mary's Portsea for a christening on the 2 Sep 1821 for your John Henry Bachelor to see if the submitter just got the county wrong.
Good luck.
Jenny
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Hi Jenny,
I just looked up the St Mary's one and the details are almost the same as what i have for the Portsea, Whiltshire lookup. The only difference is the parents for John Henry. Even his wifes 2nd marriage is the same. I am really confused now. ???
As i am going away for a few days I will have to wait before I can look into it any further.
Many Many thanks for looking this up for me and hopefully setting me on the right track. Time will eventually tell.
Margaret ;)
Just to show how confused i am his parents are the same name. The submitter of this file has also submitted another file that is slightly different. I think I may have to snail mail them and find out whats happenening! ??? ??? doubly confused.
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Portsea is Portsmouth
Which Kempsters are you looking for ?
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Hello Andy, The Kempsters I am after are Reuben Kempster and Amelia Thackham from Flaunden, Hertfordshire.
Margaret.
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Is that Reuben b 1827/8, parents James + Hannah ?
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Hi Andy, At this stage I am not sure who Reuben parents are. I have not looked or worked on this branch in quite awhile. Records I have found to date are that he married at least twice. That is about all I have to go on at the moment. Marg.
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Reuben seems to stay in Hertfordshire.
Sept qtr 1853 he married Amelia Thackham Watford district.
Amelia died Mar qtr 1891 aged 57.
2nd marriage
Mar qtr 1893 Emma Fisher
Emma on 1901 census born Chesham Bucks c. 1837
Reuben dies September qtr 1907 aged 80.
Emma on 1911 census widow
Jennifer
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Thanks Jennifer. I didnt know the death year for Reuben, but I was aware of the two wives.
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I have him in 1841 in Flaunden village with parents James, ag lab'rer c50 + Hannah c40 + siblings Amelia c15, Obed c15, Robert 9 + Catherine 6. Probable brother Giles c20 is a blacksmith nearby in Flaunden. In 1851 he is a lodger elsewhere in same village.