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Norfolk / My ancestors are living in a Dog kennel?!
« on: Thursday 30 June 11 20:44 BST (UK)  »
Hi All

On the 1871 census, my ggg grandmother Jemima Pinnock (nee Cooke) is listed as living at what I swear looks like 'Dog Kennel No 28' in Ketteringham (see below) :o

The next actual address is Carlton Rd but it is a good page and a half after this entry.

Can any of you lovely people more local to Norfolk shed any light on this -where it was and if it was actually as it sounded?

All theories welcome! :-\

Julie

 

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Durham / Re: Gateshead Newspapers ?Advise please.
« on: Tuesday 14 December 10 12:02 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Barbara

Gateshead doesn't have a specific paper of it's own any more so most people would read the Newcastle Evening Chronicle.

Might be worth contacting Gateshead libraries as well though as they have a very good local/family history section who also may be able to help. 

Julie

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Antrim / Re: James Owens, Larne
« on: Wednesday 20 October 10 11:05 BST (UK)  »
Thank you so much Jennie x

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Antrim / Re: James Owens, Larne
« on: Tuesday 19 October 10 09:03 BST (UK)  »
Jennie

I wonder if your friend (or indeed anyone else!)  may be able to help me. I have Owens ancestors in County Antrim, who then went on to Airdrie in Scotland during the famine and eventually ended up in Tyneside. I'm finding it very difficult to find out exactly where they lived in Antrim and the only info I have is that it was a Francis Owens born c.1816 in Antrim, (who was married to a Sarah Barbour born c.1811 in Antrim) who came across to Glasgow. They had at least 4 children, all born Ireland as follows:

-Margaret born c.1836 Ireland
-Martha born c.1840 Ireland
-Francis born c.1843 Co Antrim
-William born c.1845 Ireland

Francis c.1816 was (according to his death cert) the son of a James Owens (farmer) and Margaret McNeilly.

Can anyone help with any further info? I'm a complete novice with the Irish stuff (but unfortunately have uncovered loads of my tree ends up there...!)

Thanks

Julie

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Norfolk / Re: Marriage Help
« on: Saturday 21 August 10 16:24 BST (UK)  »
Hi NikW

Marriage Record appears on Free Reg as follows:

24/12/1769 at St Paul, Norwich
John Ropkins (single) and Hannah Crane(single)
Witnesses were James Hopkins and John Swanton

Notes say Groom signed Hopkins and that both signed with an X, married by banns

Hope that helps

Julie

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Durham / Re: Hebburn Wesleyan Methodists
« on: Wednesday 02 June 10 19:22 BST (UK)  »
Hi Tracy

This link mentions 4 different Wesleyan chapels in Hebburn in 1880.

http://www.hebburn.org/pages/records.html

Julie

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Occupation Interests / Re: Do you have corkcutter ancestors?
« on: Saturday 29 May 10 18:35 BST (UK)  »
Hi Cheryl

2 more which aren't currently on your index.

Samuel Reilly (born 1812 in Edinburgh, dies 1854 in Camden London) and his son Samuel henry Reilly (born 1843 in St Georges Middlesex and died 1885 Hamilton, Scotland) were both journeymen cork cutters.

julie

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Flintshire / Re: Connah's Quay - Roberts / Edwards / Parry
« on: Monday 24 May 10 19:22 BST (UK)  »
Hi

Your Elizabeth is listed with her parents and siblings in Quay Rd, Northop in 1881.  They are as follows:

John Parry (b 1846 Mold) Labourer Docks
Elizabeth Parry(b. 1842 Wepre) Dressmaker
William Ed. Foster - stepson (b. 1863 Wigan)  Mariner
Charles Foster -stepson (b.1865 Wepre) Mariner
Catherine Foster -stepdaughter (b. 1867 Wepre) Mariner
Elizabeth A Parry -daughter (b.1872 Wepre)
John Hughes Parry -son(B.1873 Wepre)
Benjamin Thomas Parry -son (b. 1873 Wepre)
Rachel Ann Parry -daughter (b.1877 Wepre)
Fred Kent Parry -son(b. 1880 Wepre)

Hope this helps. Let me know if you need me to go back further. The daughter being a mariner was a bit of a surprise!

I have to say, it was the mention on Wepre (pronouned 'Wepper') that caught my eye as I used to walk my spinger spaniel in Wepre Park when I lived in Wales. Lovely park and full of bluebells at this time of year...

Julie

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Perthshire / Perthshire mysteries!
« on: Thursday 20 May 10 17:25 BST (UK)  »
Hi Everyone

Does anyone know anything about a farm called Kenochraggan near Buchanty in Perthshire? My gggg grandfather Alexander Allan was registered there as a farmer/gamekeeper on his children's baptism records (parish of Monzie) in 1810-1820. It's actually down as Kinachraggan but we couldn;t find anything, and neither could the nice librarians in AK Bell when we were upn there a few weeks ago.

I finally found it on the 1832 Thompsons map and now have the correct spelling but nothing at all comes up on an internet search.

Also, I'm having problems finding Alexander himself. He states on several census he was born in Monzie but is not in the parish records at all, apart from on the children's baptisms and his marriage in 1809 to Janet Miller. There are no other Allan records in the parish of Monzie that I can find and I don't know where to look next. He was born about 1784.

Any info or ideas on either topic would be gratefully received! :D

Julie 

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