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Old Photographs, Recognition, Handwriting Deciphering => Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition => Topic started by: springer5 on Monday 26 May 25 18:40 BST (UK)
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please can I have some with the address name and address at the top of the letter please?
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Any clues as to what county etc?
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Mrs Marney
65 Alexandra
Terrace [can't read town]
ADDED: comparing other words, probably begins with S.
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It looks like Swanly which if it’s in Kent it could be a misspelling of Swanley.
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No 5 Alexandra Terrace, Swanly.
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Yes, definitely not 65 if its Swanley, there aren’t/weren’t that many houses there (from FindMyPast address search)
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20 August 1907: Gravesend & Northfleet Standard
DARTFORD POLICE COURT
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John Marney, 8, Alexandra Terrace Swanley, for a similar offence [drunk and disorderly] was similarly dealt with.
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In 1911 the wife of John Marney was Margaret, 56, born Scarborough. They were both working on a farm in Farningham, just outside of Swanley in Kent.
Tony
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This John and Margaret Marney, in Farningham in 1911, living “in shed” are an elusive couple! Census details for anyone trying to trace them are:
John Marney, 68, married, agricultural labourer, b Cork, Bantry
Margaret Marney, 56, married, field worker, b Yorkshire, Scarborough
marriage and children details were not completed
This return is recorded as
Police Return of Homeless Persons
In Shed
Chinhams Farm
Farningham
if you have A**y access:
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/2352/records/50236763?tid=&pid=&queryId=2c9aad1b-bb85-4b07-8111-8475f9b56325&_phsrc=AbL17&_phstart=successSource (https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/2352/records/50236763?tid=&pid=&queryId=2c9aad1b-bb85-4b07-8111-8475f9b56325&_phsrc=AbL17&_phstart=successSource)
or FindMyPast:
https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=GBC%2F1911%2FRG14%2F03801%2F0243&parentid=GBC%2F1911%2FRG14%2F03801%2F0243%2F1 (https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=GBC%2F1911%2FRG14%2F03801%2F0243&parentid=GBC%2F1911%2FRG14%2F03801%2F0243%2F1)