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Could anyone please make out the surname on the top line please?
I know what I think it says ......................... but the surname isnt right for Henrys father in law, and the woman I KNOW is his mother-in-law is 3 doors away with her correct name!
I am actually working on the theory that he may have married 3 times, not the two I have proven so far, so this surname is intrequing to say the least!
Gaille
Moderator comment: removed the surrounding black area. Hope you can all see it better now.
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Got the magnifying glass out!!!
John Hall ....Head....Widower......76
Hope I concur!?!?
Alyson
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whoo! thats come out wierd!
Theres no black background on the original & its bigger! how odd!
hmmm yes Alyson, thats what I read too - only Henrys wife the mother of his Children is named Mary Mc'rea and she was single at the time of marriage!
I have the marriage cert - and my gt-grannys Birth Cert & that clearly says Mary Mcrea on it - and her widowed mother Catherine is living 3 doors away from Henry & John!
Its looking like he may have had a 3rd wife who also died, time to hit the registers n see i think !
Thank you for looking at it for me :)
Gaille
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Does this help?
I make it John Mace for some reason... but then I'm often wrong on these things!
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another possibility is that Henry Flint could be the stepson of John "Hall"
It would be unusual to be described as such at that age -but stranger things have happened!!!
Suz
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Are you sure it is your Henry Flint??
Could Henry have been married before and his 1st wife died? John Hill may have been her father what would make the stated relationship correct.
Not everyone gave widower etc and he may have said unmarreid as technically he wwould have been.
Robyn
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Is this a Scottish Census? I also make it John Hall and 76 and widr and Henry kbut cannot make out the surname, but would also say widwr for him.
Is this Aberdeen, because I have a John Hall married to Margaret Forbes and am now curious.
marcie
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It looks like 'Hall' or 'Hale' to me.
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Hi Gaille,
I also see it as 'Hall'
Maggie
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Are you sure it is your Henry Flint??
Could Henry have been married before and his 1st wife died? John Hill may have been her father what would make the stated relationship correct.
Not everyone gave widower etc and he may have said unmarreid as technically he wwould have been.
Robyn
Hi,
Yeah I am 100% certain hes my Henry Flint - his Daughter had a very unusual name - Planceana Mary - and she & her brother John are listed as living in the same house.
He would have been a widower in 1891 when the cencus was taken - his wife Mary died in 1888.
I hit the records last night & I cant find a Flint / Hall marriage in the right area & time, very strange.
Gaille
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Moderator comment: removed the surrounding black area. Hope you can all see it better now.
Thank you Nell!
I have no idea what happened there, theres no black on mine here, and its MUCH bigger!
Thanks for editing it :)
Gaille
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Is this a Scottish Census? I also make it John Hall and 76 and widr and Henry kbut cannot make out the surname, but would also say widwr for him.
Is this Aberdeen, because I have a John Hall married to Margaret Forbes and am now curious.
marcie
No, sorry its Bollington In Cheshire.
The place of birth for John is also Bollington so I dont think hes a 'stray' scot sorry
Gaille
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Does this help?
I make it John Mace for some reason... but then I'm often wrong on these things!
It looks like 'Hall' or 'Hale' to me.
Hi Gaille,
I also see it as 'Hall'
Maggie
Thank you all :)
I read it as Hall - But .............. I originaly saw it as Mace when I first saw it.
Why is life never simple - the nice simple Mc'Rea I was expecting would have been much easier!
Gaille