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Other Countries / Re: Malta BMD surname Gaspar 1950s - 1980s
« on: Monday 30 September 13 19:45 BST (UK)  »
My Gaspars are from Calcutta, Fort William and Saidpur.  My husbands step grandmother (he never knew them though) was a Gaspar from Fort William.
I am new to this site - are the names under your message names you are looking for / from your family tree??  I notice you have Chater in your list as well.  I have Chaters too - all India.
Best wishes
Carol

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Other Countries / Re: Malta BMD surname Gaspar 1950s - 1980s
« on: Sunday 29 September 13 19:56 BST (UK)  »
Hi, I have some Gaspars / Gaspers in my husbands family tree although they are from India.
Did you know that it was an Armenian name?
Best wishes
Carol

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Other Countries / Re: Indian Records
« on: Sunday 29 September 13 19:45 BST (UK)  »
Kerri
Do you live in London?  The British Library in Euston run training sessions on tracing your ancestors in India.  They are really interesting and are also free. 
Best wishes
Carol

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One Name Studies: A to G / Re: Grosvenor
« on: Saturday 14 September 13 13:05 BST (UK)  »
Not sure if you are still about as your message is quite old and I have only just discovered this site.
I have got quite a few Grosvenors in husbands family tree - from Stourbridge, Rowley Regis, Brierly Hill.  The one I follow mostly is James Alfred born 1888 in Kingswindford.  This was my husbands grandfather.  We think he joined the army, went to India and stayed there as he married in Burma, had my husbands mum (Gertrude Grosvenor) in Burma and then she married in India to his dad who was already over there.
If you reply to this I'll tell you others in the tree but don't want to list them all as its such an old post.  Best wishes, Carol

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London & Middlesex Completed Lookup Requests / Re: Alma Road & Cranbrook Street
« on: Saturday 14 September 13 00:15 BST (UK)  »
Hi Kelly, my grandparents lived in Cranbrook Street and we lived in Type Street which was just around the corner.  I think they lived at 83 Cranbrook Street and we lived at 6 Type Street.  I was born in 1951 and we moved from Type Street when I was about 7 ish.  I remember there was a pub on the corner called  the Lord Nelson, and a corner shop called Churchlows plus Cranbrook Street School where some of my relatives went.  Apparently me, my brother and sister and our parents house was a one bedroom.  However I remember my dad had about 10 brothers and sisters and their house in Cranbrook Street was a two bedroom (possibly 3) and they rented one out to lodgers!!  He also had other relatives in Cranbrook St and the surrounding streets.
Re burials - I would imagine they used Southern Grove Cemetery which is now a nature park.  Its in Southern Grove, Mile End (just behind Mile End Underground station).  Its no longer used for burials but its a really lovely place and they do all sorts of organised walks in there or you can just go and look at the gravestones etc.
My single name was Chalkley as was my grandparents
Hope this helps
Best wishes, Carol

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