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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Cause of death
« on: Thursday 24 April 25 09:24 BST (UK) »
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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Cause of death
« on: Wednesday 23 April 25 23:14 BST (UK) »
Can anyone work out what this cause of death is?
A 62-yr old widow in 1850
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A 62-yr old widow in 1850
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New Zealand / Re: WW1 Attestation Papers -- dependants?
« on: Tuesday 15 April 25 23:49 BST (UK) »
Oooh yes please, if its no trouble!
Am curious to know if it is something Abel Plant wrote or whether he just donated it to an archive
Many thanks
Am curious to know if it is something Abel Plant wrote or whether he just donated it to an archive
Many thanks
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New Zealand / Re: WW1 Attestation Papers -- dependants?
« on: Tuesday 15 April 25 09:50 BST (UK) »
Thanks Minnie
Tho I am not sure if I understand that link properly
Is it a copyright listing for a souvenir booklet that Abel Plant wrote?
Tho I am not sure if I understand that link properly
Is it a copyright listing for a souvenir booklet that Abel Plant wrote?
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New Zealand / Re: WW1 Attestation Papers -- dependants?
« on: Sunday 13 April 25 16:10 BST (UK) »
Thanks for the revised link
The Mrs E Greening would be his married sister who had gone out to NZ with her husband a few years earlier.
There were 3 other siblings still in England
So it can only be some sort of misunderstanding -- especially if he was sending money home to his mother.
Though I cannot imagine he was able to spare much from a Hotel Porter's wage
The Mrs E Greening would be his married sister who had gone out to NZ with her husband a few years earlier.
There were 3 other siblings still in England
So it can only be some sort of misunderstanding -- especially if he was sending money home to his mother.
Though I cannot imagine he was able to spare much from a Hotel Porter's wage
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New Zealand / WW1 Attestation Papers -- dependants?
« on: Sunday 13 April 25 11:49 BST (UK) »
I have found a copy of the Attestation papers for my husband's Great-Grandmother's brother Abel Plant
He had gone out to NZ from the UK just before the First World War.
His Attestation Papers dated 1917 state that he is single but that he has one person "wholly dependant on him"
Would that person be himself, or has he acquired a dependant somewhere along the way?
It would not be his mother back in England as he had several siblings to provide any care / financial assistance required.
Is there any way to find out who the dependant was?
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/61564/records/201398579
He had gone out to NZ from the UK just before the First World War.
His Attestation Papers dated 1917 state that he is single but that he has one person "wholly dependant on him"
Would that person be himself, or has he acquired a dependant somewhere along the way?
It would not be his mother back in England as he had several siblings to provide any care / financial assistance required.
Is there any way to find out who the dependant was?
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/61564/records/201398579
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The Common Room / Re: Cause of Death - was this really syphilis?
« on: Thursday 09 January 25 15:08 GMT (UK) »
I am not medically qualified in any way -- but I too do not see where you are getting Syphilis from
1 Chronic Encephalitis -- Inflammation of the brain -- can be viral or bacterial (eg meningitis). Whilst encephalitis can be caused by syphilis, it is not automatically encephalitis = syphilis
2 Lethargica -- there is Encephalitis Lethargica or a type of sleeping sickness
3 Septic Sores -- possibly bed sores?
4 Exhaustion -- as a result of suffering all the above?
1 Chronic Encephalitis -- Inflammation of the brain -- can be viral or bacterial (eg meningitis). Whilst encephalitis can be caused by syphilis, it is not automatically encephalitis = syphilis
2 Lethargica -- there is Encephalitis Lethargica or a type of sleeping sickness
3 Septic Sores -- possibly bed sores?
4 Exhaustion -- as a result of suffering all the above?
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The Common Room / Re: What surname did children out of wedlock get about 1875?
« on: Tuesday 07 January 25 17:33 GMT (UK) »
They would be given whatever name the Mother declared
If she said she was Mrs Watts but had previously been married to Mr Black and her maiden name was Roebuck, then the children would be registered as Watts
There was no checking to see if she really was married to Thomas Watts.
But if she said my proper name is Mrs Black with a maiden name of Roebuck but this child's real father is Thomas Watts, then Thomas would only be mentioned as Father on the birth certificate if he was actually present when the registration took place and he agreed to being named as Father. If he was not present, then the Father would either be named as Henry Black or left blank.
But whatever they were registered as, they could be known by whatever name the parents chose -- either her maiden name, or her previous married name or the real father's name
You can call yourself whatever you like, so long as it is not with intent to defraud.
If she said she was Mrs Watts but had previously been married to Mr Black and her maiden name was Roebuck, then the children would be registered as Watts
There was no checking to see if she really was married to Thomas Watts.
But if she said my proper name is Mrs Black with a maiden name of Roebuck but this child's real father is Thomas Watts, then Thomas would only be mentioned as Father on the birth certificate if he was actually present when the registration took place and he agreed to being named as Father. If he was not present, then the Father would either be named as Henry Black or left blank.
But whatever they were registered as, they could be known by whatever name the parents chose -- either her maiden name, or her previous married name or the real father's name
You can call yourself whatever you like, so long as it is not with intent to defraud.
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The Common Room / Re: Ancestry family trees full of lazy errors
« on: Sunday 05 January 25 11:47 GMT (UK) »
I often look at Ancestry trees when stuck -- some have some reasonable possibilities that I always check out thoroughly before adding extra people to my own tree.
Others I disregard due to anomalies in time, place etc.
One particular tree that I recently looked at just made me laugh in disbelief. The compiler could not have actually looked at the info they had added.
They had an extra wife for the person I was researching.
This poor woman had apparently given birth to over 20 children over a period of 100 years, the first birth being 50 years before she herself was born !!!
Others I disregard due to anomalies in time, place etc.
One particular tree that I recently looked at just made me laugh in disbelief. The compiler could not have actually looked at the info they had added.
They had an extra wife for the person I was researching.
This poor woman had apparently given birth to over 20 children over a period of 100 years, the first birth being 50 years before she herself was born !!!