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The Common Room / Re: Ancestry's Maths Skills

« on: Thursday 10 April 25 19:23 BST (UK) »

Ancestry can't add up at all.

I got a 'hint' yesterday via email.

We found hints for you in our new and updated collections.
UK and Ireland Obituary Index, 2004 - Current.

George Birrell (1754 - )

Bev

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Looking for birth confirmation for Tom Kennedy

« on: Wednesday 09 April 25 19:49 BST (UK) »

There is a Thomas Kennedy in Knock on the 1901 census

Residents of a house 25 in Meeltran (Knock North, Mayo)

Cannon   Julia   45   Female   Head of Family   Roman Catholice Dressmaker
Kenny   Thomas   48   Male    Brother   Roman Catholice Mason
Kennedy   Thomas   19   Male    Nephew   Roman Catholice Farm Labourer
Kenny   Lizzie   10   Female   Niece   Roman Catholice Scholar

Thomas senior is a widower.

May be a red herring, of course.

Bev

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The Common Room / Re: Halp Please (Middleton of Aberdeen Family)

« on: Tuesday 08 April 25 19:46 BST (UK) »

Have you seen the Wiki entry?

John Middleton, 1st Earl of Middleton

Born around 1608, John was the eldest son of Robert Middleton of Caldhame and his wife Catherine Strachan; his younger brother Alexander and nephew George both served as Principal of King's College, Aberdeen; great uncle of George's son John Middleton; and great-great uncle of Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Middleton,_1st_Earl_of_Middleton

Bev

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Nicholas Francis Gunning ,Donaghadee, Workington Benfield Durham ?

« on: Wednesday 02 April 25 19:58 BST (UK) »

Annie Elizabeth Nicholson married Nicholas Gunnion in Lanchester, September quarter 1895.
Bev

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Warwickshire / Re: Elizabeth Harcourt, daughter of Sir Robert Harcourt

« on: Tuesday 25 March 25 19:35 GMT (UK) »

I wonder if you've seen this

MARGARET BERKELEY (1412 - 1486)
Also Known As:    "Dame Margaret Byron"
Birthdate:    circa 1412
Birthplace:    Probably Clayton, Lancashire, England
Death:    May 25, 1486 (69-78)
Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, England
Place of Burial:    Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Sir John Byron, Kt. and Margery Byron
Wife of Sir William Atherton, Kt.; Sir Robert Harcourt, KG and Sir Maurice Berkeley, Kt.
Mother of William Atherton; Nicholas Atherton; Sir John Harcourt; Robert Harcourt; Margaret Moton; Thomas Harcourt; George Harcourt; Elizabeth Moton / Breshbirge; Joan Horndesford and Agnes Cope« less
Sister of Elizabeth Ashton; Mary Byron; Richard Byron; Ralph Byron; Jane Radclyffe and 3 others

https://www.geni.com/people/Margaret-Berkeley/6000000007605368215

Bev

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The Common Room / Re: Why do some people...?

« on: Tuesday 25 March 25 19:24 GMT (UK) »

My g-g-grandfather John and his brother Thomas both invented middle names when they arrived in Australia in the late 1840/early 1850's. Thomas's was James, a recurring name in the family, but John chose Andrew, and there is no Andrew anywhere in the family past or present.
I wondered if having a middle name simply sounded more 'posh' or upmarket.
Bev

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The Common Room / Re: Looking For Help

« on: Monday 17 March 25 19:39 GMT (UK) »

Hello and welcome.
Have you got her on the 1841 census?
Bev

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The Common Room / Re: Ancestry free access 1921 census and more

« on: Saturday 01 March 25 19:40 GMT (UK) »

Thank you.

I've at last found my grandfather on the 1921 census aged 12.
Family lore has it that he was sent to boarding school on the Isle of Man. The truth appears to be that he was in an orphanage. I don't know who sent him there, but the record shows his mother to be dead, whereas she had actually gone off on the 'fishing fleet' to India to find a new husband (she was widowed when granddad was a baby).

Bev

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Batchelor or Betrothed or something else??

« on: Monday 03 February 25 21:07 GMT (UK) »

I see batchelor.
Bev

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