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The Common Room / Re: Did Martin West own his Farm?
« on: Tuesday 09 September 25 11:25 BST (UK) »
In that area the 'lord and owner' was most likely the Duke of Devonshire.
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Monmouthshire / Re: Jim Brewer
« on: Tuesday 10 June 25 20:28 BST (UK) »
According to websites, after being a miner and before going to Spain he went to Coleg Harlech and then Ruskin College Oxford.
Swansea University have a 2 hour recording of him mostly talking about his experiences in Spain but might include something about his life afterwards.
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Swansea University have a 2 hour recording of him mostly talking about his experiences in Spain but might include something about his life afterwards.
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Monmouthshire / Re: Jim Brewer
« on: Tuesday 10 June 25 16:43 BST (UK) »
South Wales Echo 22 March 1989 says he was then aged 75 and taught for 22 years before retiring. Previously a miner. There are newspaper articles in connection with his service with the International Brigade in Spain in the 1930s and subsequent commemorations and television programmes, and his campaign against opencasting near Rhymney in the early 1990s. These articles include some biographical information. Some mentions of his work as a Councillor, and being a teacher. Newspapers accessible via the British Newspaper Archive or Find My Past.
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Australia / Re: Convict John Mackley arrived 1813
« on: Monday 14 April 25 00:33 BST (UK) »
Leicester Mercury 31 July 1812 reporting on prisoners in the County Gaol: ". . . John Mackley, for stealing of a five pound note and other articles at Saxelbye . . ."
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Europe / Re: 1635 French death (from notary records by Rodiere)
« on: Saturday 05 April 25 12:59 BST (UK) »
This is what I was referring to, source as above:
"Maison de l'Ecu-de-Flandres , puis du Lion-Noir (1689-1640). La première
partie de cette maison avait formé la maison de l'Ecu-de-France ; au xvuie siècle ,
la seconde partie s'appelait l'hôtel des Américains, nom qu'elle a conservé jusqu'à
nos jours."
The page numbers aren't very clear but if you search for "Flandres" it comes up as the first of two references.
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"Maison de l'Ecu-de-Flandres , puis du Lion-Noir (1689-1640). La première
partie de cette maison avait formé la maison de l'Ecu-de-France ; au xvuie siècle ,
la seconde partie s'appelait l'hôtel des Américains, nom qu'elle a conservé jusqu'à
nos jours."
The page numbers aren't very clear but if you search for "Flandres" it comes up as the first of two references.
Drosybont
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Europe / Re: 1635 French death (from notary records by Rodiere)
« on: Saturday 05 April 25 11:50 BST (UK) »
A building called "Ecu de Flandres" is referred to in "Topographie historique du vieux Paris" here on Internet Archive:
https://archive.org/stream/topographiehisto01bertuoft/topographiehisto01bertuoft_djvu.txt
Seems to have existed in the early decades of the 17th century but later became parts of buildings with other names.
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https://archive.org/stream/topographiehisto01bertuoft/topographiehisto01bertuoft_djvu.txt
Seems to have existed in the early decades of the 17th century but later became parts of buildings with other names.
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The Common Room / Re: Is there a way to know what journey a ship made?
« on: Thursday 13 March 25 16:53 GMT (UK) »
The latitude and longitude at the time of the death are on one of the pages from the ship's Official Log. It's image 261 of a set of 470 images in FamilySearch Film # 008395641. This link should go to the correct image:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSBJ-J36S-T?lang=en&i=260
If for some reason it doesn't, the second and third links in jonwarrn's reply number 7 above both link to that film and set of images. In either case, from the image which comes up, just go to image 261.
Right clicking on google maps displays latitude and longitude, so by trying different positions it is possible to see roughly where the ship was. South west of Lisbon, not west as I said yesterday.
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https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSBJ-J36S-T?lang=en&i=260
If for some reason it doesn't, the second and third links in jonwarrn's reply number 7 above both link to that film and set of images. In either case, from the image which comes up, just go to image 261.
Right clicking on google maps displays latitude and longitude, so by trying different positions it is possible to see roughly where the ship was. South west of Lisbon, not west as I said yesterday.
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The Common Room / Re: Is there a way to know what journey a ship made?
« on: Wednesday 12 March 25 23:15 GMT (UK) »
Kind of you to say that, but I wasn't getting anywhere until you provided the Familysearch links. I didn't know they had shipping records.
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The Common Room / Re: Is there a way to know what journey a ship made?
« on: Wednesday 12 March 25 22:37 GMT (UK) »
From the latitude and longitude by the ship's log entry for the death, I think Morrisons was off the coast of Portugal at the time, west of Lisbon.
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