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Hi all.

From all the records I have on my ancestor Margaret Watson, I believe she was born in Ireland around 1839, and moved to Scotland with her parents Andrew and Mary (ne Kennedy) aged 2.

I can't narrow down her birthplace any better than Ireland I'm afraid, so is there any other way of finding her birth record?

I can't find a marriage record for her parents either!

I have found an 1838 baptism in Donaghadee for a Mary Watson, with parents Andrew and Mary - and a note saying the child's name is unclear - could it be Margaret? How do I see the original image?

Am I right in believing the marriage is between Samuel Hicklin and Elizabeth Fearn - Samuel's parents are Samuel and Ann (a widow)?

First one.

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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)

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?