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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Found a marriage document - help!
« on: Friday 10 January 25 14:48 GMT (UK) »
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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Found a marriage document - help!
« on: Thursday 09 January 25 21:22 GMT (UK) »
Am I right in believing the marriage is between Samuel Hicklin and Elizabeth Fearn - Samuel's parents are Samuel and Ann (a widow)?
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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Found a marriage document - help!
« on: Thursday 09 January 25 21:20 GMT (UK) »
Second page.
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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Found a marriage document - help!
« on: Thursday 09 January 25 21:19 GMT (UK) »
First one.
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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Found a marriage document - help!
« on: Thursday 09 January 25 21:19 GMT (UK) »
I have found a marriage document for two of my ancestors but it is so hard to decipher I'm not sure what sort of document it is, who is getting married, and what most of it says!
I have attached them below - can anyone make any sense of them?
I have attached them below - can anyone make any sense of them?
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England / A few missing census records needed
« on: Thursday 02 January 25 18:22 GMT (UK) »
Hi all, I've done just about as much as I can on my family tree going back six generations - there are a few missing census records I'm missing though that might help me tie up a few loose ends.
Anne Elizabeth Mannifield
Born 1865 in Worksop, Notts. to Richard Mannifield and Jane Peters. Died 1935.
I am missing her 1881 census record - she will have been around 16 years old.
In 1871 she is aged 6, a scholar living in Worksop.
In 1891 she is aged 26 living in Whitwell, Derbyshire, married to Charles Hinde (marriage in Whitwell, 1884).
Abraham Cook
Born 1884 in Pensnett, Staffs to William H Cook and Elizabeth Ingram. Died 1945.
I am missing his 1901 census record - he will have been around 17 years old.
In 1891 he is aged 7, a scholar in Pensnett, Staffs.
In 1911 he is aged 27, a coal miner living in Mansfield Woodhouse, Notts, married to Eliza Harris (marriage in Dudley, 1903).
Joseph Hicklin
Born 1828 in Abbots Bromley, Staffs to Joseph Hicklin and Elizabeth Cotterill. Died 1916.
I am missing his 1841 census record - he will have been around 13 years old.
In 1851 he is aged 23, an ag lab in Ogley Hay, Staffs, married to Mary Howdle (marriage in Shenstone, Staffs, 1849)
Joseph Hicklin
Born 1828 in Abbots Bromley, Staffs to Joseph Hicklin and Elizabeth Cotterill. Died 1916.
I am missing his 1841 census record - he will have been around 13 years old.
In 1851 he is aged 23, an ag lab in Ogley Hay, Staffs, married to Mary Howdle (marriage in Shenstone, Staffs, 1849)
Mary Layhe
Born 1818 in Worksop, Notts, to Richard Layhe and Elizabeth. Died 1896 in Worksop.
I am missing her 1891 census record - she will have been around 73 years old.
All her previous census records are in Worksop, and she was a midwife.
Joseph Hicklin
Born 1828 in Abbots Bromley, Staffs to Joseph Hicklin and Elizabeth Cotterill. Died 1916.
I am missing his 1841 census record - he will have been around 13 years old.
In 1851 he is aged 23, an ag lab in Ogley Hay, Staffs, married to Mary Howdle (marriage in Shenstone, Staffs, 1849)
Anne Elizabeth Mannifield
Born 1865 in Worksop, Notts. to Richard Mannifield and Jane Peters. Died 1935.
I am missing her 1881 census record - she will have been around 16 years old.
In 1871 she is aged 6, a scholar living in Worksop.
In 1891 she is aged 26 living in Whitwell, Derbyshire, married to Charles Hinde (marriage in Whitwell, 1884).
Abraham Cook
Born 1884 in Pensnett, Staffs to William H Cook and Elizabeth Ingram. Died 1945.
I am missing his 1901 census record - he will have been around 17 years old.
In 1891 he is aged 7, a scholar in Pensnett, Staffs.
In 1911 he is aged 27, a coal miner living in Mansfield Woodhouse, Notts, married to Eliza Harris (marriage in Dudley, 1903).
Joseph Hicklin
Born 1828 in Abbots Bromley, Staffs to Joseph Hicklin and Elizabeth Cotterill. Died 1916.
I am missing his 1841 census record - he will have been around 13 years old.
In 1851 he is aged 23, an ag lab in Ogley Hay, Staffs, married to Mary Howdle (marriage in Shenstone, Staffs, 1849)
Joseph Hicklin
Born 1828 in Abbots Bromley, Staffs to Joseph Hicklin and Elizabeth Cotterill. Died 1916.
I am missing his 1841 census record - he will have been around 13 years old.
In 1851 he is aged 23, an ag lab in Ogley Hay, Staffs, married to Mary Howdle (marriage in Shenstone, Staffs, 1849)
Mary Layhe
Born 1818 in Worksop, Notts, to Richard Layhe and Elizabeth. Died 1896 in Worksop.
I am missing her 1891 census record - she will have been around 73 years old.
All her previous census records are in Worksop, and she was a midwife.
Joseph Hicklin
Born 1828 in Abbots Bromley, Staffs to Joseph Hicklin and Elizabeth Cotterill. Died 1916.
I am missing his 1841 census record - he will have been around 13 years old.
In 1851 he is aged 23, an ag lab in Ogley Hay, Staffs, married to Mary Howdle (marriage in Shenstone, Staffs, 1849)
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Yorkshire (West Riding) / John Henry Richardson b.1886
« on: Sunday 22 December 24 18:19 GMT (UK) »
I am struggling to find information on the parents of one of my ancestors - John Henry Richardson b.1886 d.1973
As a widower, he married Elsie Maud Webster in 1932 aged 45, but no father given. His DoB (from 1939 register) is 27/10/1886, and there isn't a father on his birth registration either, but there is a father - a John Nadin Silkstone - on his baptism record, and on his first marriage record, in 1907 to Eliza Lee.
I'm not sure what to put down regarding his father - of the four records I can find, two records don't list one and two do!
Moving on to John Henry's mother - her name is given as Rose Hannah Richardson on his birth registration.
I've found a marriage record for John Nadin Silkstone and Rose Hannah Richardson (aged 22) in Rawmarsh in 1888. Rose's father is listed as John Henry Richardson (another one!), but I've been unable to find any further records for Rose or her father before then.
As a widower, he married Elsie Maud Webster in 1932 aged 45, but no father given. His DoB (from 1939 register) is 27/10/1886, and there isn't a father on his birth registration either, but there is a father - a John Nadin Silkstone - on his baptism record, and on his first marriage record, in 1907 to Eliza Lee.
I'm not sure what to put down regarding his father - of the four records I can find, two records don't list one and two do!
Moving on to John Henry's mother - her name is given as Rose Hannah Richardson on his birth registration.
I've found a marriage record for John Nadin Silkstone and Rose Hannah Richardson (aged 22) in Rawmarsh in 1888. Rose's father is listed as John Henry Richardson (another one!), but I've been unable to find any further records for Rose or her father before then.
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Armed Forces / Dvr William Hancock, KIA 1940, Singapore Memorial
« on: Tuesday 17 December 24 13:11 GMT (UK) »
Hi all, my great grandfather was killed in action during WWII, and I need a little help concerning his commemoration at Singapore Memorial.
Driver William Hancock was killed aged 40 aboard the Hofuku Maru POW ship off the Philippines in 1940.
He is commemroated at Singapore Memorial, but I am unsure how - on the CWGC website you can download a certificate, for William it says -
In Memory Of
Driver
WILLIAM HANCOCK
Service Number: 2317493
'M' Corps Sigs., Royal Corps of Signals who died on 21 September 1944 Age 40
Husband of V. E. Hancock, of Worksop, Nottinghamshire.
Remembered with Honour
SINGAPORE MEMORIAL
Column 46.
Is this what it says on the memorial itself, or is it just his name? Is the above information to be found anywhere at the site?
Driver William Hancock was killed aged 40 aboard the Hofuku Maru POW ship off the Philippines in 1940.
He is commemroated at Singapore Memorial, but I am unsure how - on the CWGC website you can download a certificate, for William it says -
In Memory Of
Driver
WILLIAM HANCOCK
Service Number: 2317493
'M' Corps Sigs., Royal Corps of Signals who died on 21 September 1944 Age 40
Husband of V. E. Hancock, of Worksop, Nottinghamshire.
Remembered with Honour
SINGAPORE MEMORIAL
Column 46.
Is this what it says on the memorial itself, or is it just his name? Is the above information to be found anywhere at the site?
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Nottinghamshire / Re: Mary Layhe of Worksop (b.1818, d.1896)
« on: Friday 13 December 24 15:02 GMT (UK) »What was Richard's occupation when Mary was baptised?Mary Layhe was baptised 7th December 1818 in Worksop.
Just looking at a Richard Layhe c1790
1841
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7S3-Q33
1851 with Brother in law William Mellars
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SG6V-R94
1841 Mellars with Robert and Mary Layhe
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7S9-L6R
Her abode is noted as Lead Hill.
Her parents are Richard (labourer) and Elizabeth.
When Mary married John Ward in 1837, her father is given as Richard Layke (labourer).
Other than that, I can't find any records of Richard or Elizabeth.
Obviously the July 1818 marriage in Staveley looks a contender, with Mullins>Mellors not being that much of a stretch?