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Cork / Re: Looking for info on Army units based in Ballincollig in 1866 & Harding ancestors
« on: Thursday 24 January 13 12:50 GMT (UK)  »
Mike A & Embryo (and all contributors) - thanks for the information on this thread. We may be related too!

Arthur Harding Snr is my 2nd Grt Grandfather (I am on the Ellen Young branch) and can corroborate the toll keeper parts of your story.

There is a family story that suggests a military link to the De Trafford family, perhaps that Arthur worked as a gate keeper for the De Traffords on his return from India. I haven't been able to prove that though.

Apparently my Grt Grandmother (Lilian Harding) used curry powder in her soups quite a bit, even though I don't think she actually was out in India (born in Irlam).

TTFN.

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Wiltshire Completed Lookup Requests / Re: 1851 census lookup please wiltshire
« on: Tuesday 06 September 11 14:27 BST (UK)  »
No probs - if I get a chance would you like me to go check the churchyard for his gravestone?

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Wiltshire Completed Lookup Requests / Re: 1851 census lookup please wiltshire
« on: Tuesday 06 September 11 11:46 BST (UK)  »
I appreciate this was posted in 2005, but I was doing a search of Kington Langley requests and noted this name (quite unusual). I then happened apon a Mark Scull while searching the Kington St. Michael OPC.

He was buried in 1861 on 26th Feb,  aged 75. Previously he was living at Allington.

There was probably a transcription error on the census noted, as it is likely to be Hilmarton not Kilmarton.

All the villages you noted are within walking distance of each other, and are situation just north of Chippenham, between Bath and Swindon in Wiltshire.

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Lancashire Lookup Requests / Re: Manchester Police Lookup request
« on: Friday 02 September 11 15:06 BST (UK)  »
Coool - that's my weekend sorted out then!

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Lancashire Lookup Requests / Re: Manchester Police Lookup request
« on: Friday 02 September 11 14:30 BST (UK)  »
Thanks for the swift reply and the link to your interesting website which I shall refer to in future for my researches on the Wovendens and Ellisons of Manchester.

I need to collate my Squire Wovenden info, but I'm sure I have seen him referred to on birth certificates & census returns as Watchman and even Superintendent, which seems at odds with "unfit for duty" in 1839. The plot thickens!

TTFN, Steve

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Yorkshire (West Riding) Lookup Requests / Squire Wovenden
« on: Friday 02 September 11 11:01 BST (UK)  »
hi, I'm looking for any background material on my ancestor, Squire Wovenden.

I know he was born on 21 JAN 1784 in Batley, baptised at All Saints Church, and died on 13 MAY 1853 in Manchester Lancashire.

He was in the 34th Cumberland Regmt in the Peninsula War and must have spent some time in Jersey with his wife (Jane, I don't know here maiden name) as he has at least 2 kids born there.

I think he spent some time in London before moving to Manchester (c1840) as a shopkeeper and policeman.

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Lancashire Lookup Requests / Manchester Police Lookup request
« on: Friday 02 September 11 10:48 BST (UK)  »
Hi - I've stumbled across a bit of a mystery in my tree related to my ancestor Squire Wovenden.
Birth 21 JAN 1784 in Batley, All Saints, Yorkshire, England; Death 13 MAY 1853 in Manchester Lancashire

I'm trying to establish exactly when he would have joined the Manchester Police Force, I think it would be between 1834 and 1841, which would tie in with other research.

He was living in Miller St by the 1841 census, and various records show him as a clothmaker/shopkeeper (even a Fishmonger at times) but also a Watchman and Superintendent.

Any light you could shed would be very helpful. I'm planning a trip "op Norf" soon to try to track down gravestones etc.

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