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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Computer down, inlaw after a repair.
« on: Tuesday 26 August 14 09:43 BST (UK)  »
Alan

I have had a go at doing a repair to the picture, I hope it is what you wanted

Regards Robert

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Other Countries / Robert (Robeno) Arditti born Turkey 1880
« on: Sunday 24 August 14 20:11 BST (UK)  »
Hello can anybody help me with a problem that I have with the death of my Grandfather Please. :)
His name was Robeno Arditi, or Arditti and he was born in Izmir in Turkey 1880. his father was Moise and his mother was Djmila. He died in Tanger Morocco and was buried in the Jewish cemetery in Fez.His death was some time in the 1940s / 1958s. When he moved to England as a young man he changed his name to Robert Arditti. I am trying to find out more about the date of his death and his grave in Fez, Plus and info that covers his parents and his Grandfather Ephraim Arditti and his Grandmother who's name I don't know; plus any other family from his line.

If anybody can help I will be most grateful.......regards Robert Arditti

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England / Re: Did Thomas die abroad?
« on: Wednesday 24 November 10 07:50 GMT (UK)  »
Goodmorning Paul

Thank you for your reply. Sorry I have not been on roots for a few weeks. However I saw your posts this morning. Thomas was definately born in 1841 in Godalming I have his birth certificate, so the dates of the one that you have found don't match. I can only say that Esther has the W for widow by her entry in the 1901 Census and her son has his father as no longer alive on his wedding lines of 1907. I have looked at a lot of Thomas Keens and the only one that I have found that could be him is a Thomas Keane in Warwick leather dresser from Godalming born 1841 but then I found this Keane family in Godalming which ruled him out too. So it is back to the drawing board but once again thank you for trying.......Robert

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England / Re: Did Thomas die abroad?
« on: Tuesday 26 October 10 09:13 BST (UK)  »
Rosie

It may not be a variety of professions they may all be different people that are not even related. I mean Lilian Mary, and John Alfred still have him as a Butler even after he is reported to have died. Plus Esther's death certificate in 1925 has her as widow of Thomas Keen Butler. So nobody in the family have him down as anything other than a butler.

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England / Re: Did Thomas die abroad?
« on: Tuesday 26 October 10 08:41 BST (UK)  »
Rosie I am sorry to say they didn't make it easy, did they?......LOL Thomas Johnson lived a few streets away from Thomas Keen in Godalming and they probably went to school together. They could even have been friends. They are not the same person, and I think Thomas Keen would have had to be very cleaver to change the records from the days he was a child.

It is possible that Thomas Johnson was at the baptism and it is also possible that he stood in for Thomas if Thomas was away working I guess. There may be a skeleton in the cupboard I don't know. There is no proof either way, and without proof where do you go?

Robert

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England / Re: Did Thomas die abroad?
« on: Tuesday 26 October 10 07:52 BST (UK)  »
Morning Rosie

this is where it is all confussing. He didn't witness the marriage of my Grandmother. And he is down as father Thomas Keen a Butler on the certificate. On Johns he is also down as a Butler with deceased under it. So if he were a gun smith would it not say gunsmith deceased? One of the other confussing things is that on the baptism record for John, Thomas is down as John Keen a leather dresser. Now this could be down to error on behalf of the cleric.

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England / Re: Did Thomas die abroad?
« on: Tuesday 26 October 10 07:19 BST (UK)  »
Goodmorning John

I have looked at this Thomas Keen in the city and even have the death certificate, but there is no wife mentioned on the certificate and it says that he is a gun smith. I don't know how hard that job is but it seemed a big jump from Butler to leather dresser and then to gun smith. I have not ruled that Thomas Keen out though as Thomas is shown as living on my Grandmothers wedding Cert' in 1898, but then shown as dead on her brothers Licence in 1907, plus Esther says that she is a widow in 1901. I must say the Gun Smith thing is the thing that makes me doubt this is him. I really don't know as there is nothing on the certificate to say that this is him, but then there is nothing to say that it isn't.

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England / Re: Did Thomas die abroad?
« on: Monday 25 October 10 20:16 BST (UK)  »
Hello everybody thank you for trying to help. I have found most of the Census stuff, but as for the children I guess I will just have to do it the expensive way and buy certificats. I have looked at most of the Thomas Keen stuff but on Johns Baptsim the name has been changed to John instead of Thomas, now this could be due to the fact that Esther's Elizabeth also married a Thomas Keen, only he was from Devon not Surrey. It also seems that Great Granfather Thomas changed his job and became a leather dresser by this time. Then there is a Thomas Keane Leather dresser from Godalming working in Warwick in 1891 age 50. Could this be Great Grand Daddy?

I have not found a death for this Thomas and I am thinking that he may have not been on British soil when he died. But I will just keep looking. There is one that is a gun smith, but I thought Butler to leather dresser and then Gun smith is maybe too many  changes, but once again thank you

By the way one child that I feel might be right is Harriet As The Mother of Thomas was called Harriet

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England / Did Thomas die abroad?
« on: Monday 25 October 10 17:05 BST (UK)  »
Thomas Keen born in Godalming 1841 September 10th. Worked as a butler and married Esther Snook in 1870.By 1872 my Grandmother Lilian Mary was born and in Sep' 1872 her brother John Alfred Wilton Keen was born Feb' 1877.

in the 1911 Census Esther who is a widow states that she had 4 children but that only 2 lived. So these children must have been born between 1870 and 1890. Esther was born in 1838 so by 1890 she would have been 52. Esther states that she was a widow by 1901 so there is a small window in which these children could have been born.

does anybody have any Info on who these children were? If you do please let me know.

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