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Armed Forces / Re: What RFC/RAF units might these refer to?
« on: Saturday 19 January 19 18:46 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: MaxD on Saturday 19 January 19 15:30 GMT (UK)
The B is balloon.  1 Balloon Squadron (Crystal Palace) within 7 Balloon Wing are those mentioned.  I can't find an RAF connection with Clipstone.


MaxD
That's great, thank you. I hadn't even considered Balloon as the prefix.

As it explicitly mentions Clipstone I think it must mean the camp rather than the Worksop camp as medpat has helpfully suggested. Although as it was 1919 I think it may have been possible he passed through for demob purposes.

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Armed Forces / What RFC/RAF units might these refer to?
« on: Saturday 19 January 19 12:22 GMT (UK)  »
Hi, I'm looking at the RFC/RAF service record of one of my ancestors from the First World War. It has some detail on the units he served with, but I can't figure out exactly what they are. From my reading of it, the units seem to be:

7 B. W.
1 B. Sq.
? C Clipstone (probably Clipstone Camp for demobbing)

I would have thought the B. referred to 'Bomber' but there is no reference to a 7th Bomber Wing in the RFC/RAF, and 1 Squadron appears to have had a reconnaissance role. Unless it is actually an R. and I am reading it wrong. Attached is the text as it appears on the service record if anyone has a better idea.

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Scottish footballer Matthew McLintock Scott colourisation
« on: Friday 27 July 18 09:59 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: DrDude45 on Friday 27 July 18 00:48 BST (UK)
A bit more cleaning, enhanced the lion and gave the hat a blue hue. Let me know what you think.
Thank you, that does look fantastic. I don't want to come across as abrasive though. My thoughts were that though the uniform might have sustained some wear and tear, it was unlikely the colour of the badge would have faded significantly. And also, I did a quick Google to check some of the Scotland caps and I think my examples were quite poor; the vast majority, including early caps, look dark blue rather than black. I think you've done a great job nonetheless.

Quote from: MartynS on Friday 27 July 18 08:54 BST (UK)
A quick go at the colours and clean up.
I really like what you've done too, thank you. Both images are quite unique but both are actually very good.

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Scottish footballer Matthew McLintock Scott colourisation
« on: Friday 27 July 18 00:10 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: DrDude45 on Thursday 26 July 18 23:38 BST (UK)
Didn't clean this photo much, wanted to first see if you liked the color scheme.
I love what you've done so far. The only pointers would be that the cap should probably be more of a dark blue than what it currently appears. Also, the lion on the Scotland badge usually appears more vibrantly red. Otherwise I can't complain.

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Scottish footballer Matthew McLintock Scott colourisation
« on: Thursday 26 July 18 20:43 BST (UK)  »
Hello kind and generous people of the photo restoration section. With the World Cup football fever circulating, I have become interested again in my family's footballing history. One highlight of this is my great-great grandfather Matthew McLintock Scott, who played primarily for Airdrieonians FC but also did a season at Newcastle Utd and at Albion Rovers. The highlight of his footballing career, however, was his one cap playing for Scotland in 1898, in a match against Wales, which Scotland won 5-2. Not only was he capped for Scotland, he captained the team for that one appearance.

I possess a fantastic portrait of him wearing his Scotland cap and kit. It is a bold request to make as the photo is not particularly in need of restoration, but if someone would attempt to colourise it I would be most grateful and very interested in seeing the result.

Some helpful links

The 1898 Scotland kit according to Historical Kits: http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/international/scotland/images/scotland-1898.gif
A 1908 Scotland cap: http://www.jimmy-speirs.co.uk/media/fe92f0e2a99d0523ffff8237d4355564.jpg
A (faded) 1893 Scotland cap: http://www.scotlandforvisitors.co.uk/footballcap.jpg
A larger version of the photo uploaded to Wikipedia: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/87/Matthew_Mclintock_Scott.png

For anyone wondering whether I own the copyright, I own the image, but it is now in the public domain.

Thanks,

Andrew

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United States of America / Re: Busby family mystery
« on: Monday 24 October 16 16:32 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: Jomot on Saturday 08 October 16 00:51 BST (UK)
I think this may be where the story of the marriage to an Indian originates from:

http://www.batbox.org/Chapter-3.pdf

There's a lot of it, but glancing through there is reference to being an Indian interpreter, selling Indians, and a 10-year-old Indian boy named Thomas Bushby.   I saw nothing to suggest that any of the Bushby's returned to England. 

The Bushby's in Virginia seem to have obtained land and some status, whereas the children of your George Busby were humble Agricultural Labourers (the marriage licence will probably tell you George's occupation).   I therefore suspect that there is no connection between the two families, other than having the same surname.  However, if the marriage licence shows George to be a widower then this could be where the story of the death of a wife and child comes from.

So, I've acquired the marriage bond.

I can tell you that it does not indicate whether he is a widower or a bachelor, but it does give three witnesses: John Aspinwall, Sarah Aspinwall and Thomas Jessop. Also, it says they paid £100 for the license, but does not say why.

It appears John was born in 1778 in Chipping Warden, and Sarah was his sister, born in 1777 in Chipping Warden. I can find no other references to a John or Sarah Aspinwall in the area in that time. They are more in Mary Tack's age range, so could have known her, but they were only 17 and 18 at the time of the marriage so could they have been viable witnesses?

The other witness, Thomas Jessop, appears to be Thomas Jessop of Culworth, born on 2 October 1751. He married an Eleanor Gibbs (1756-1835) on 30 March 1779 in Potterspury, and died in February 1839 in Culworth, aged 87 years old. He is roughly in George's age range.

This establishes that George must have been in Culworth for some time before marrying Mary Tack in order to get to know Jessop or the Aspinwalls. But it does not give any indication of where exactly he was between his birth in c1758, and his marriage in 1795. Also, it does not give any indication of parentage. So, the mystery continues.

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Name on a Marriage Bond
« on: Monday 24 October 16 16:03 BST (UK)  »
I appear to have found a match in Thomas Jessop, born in Culworth on 2 October 1751. I love it when a query like this gets resolved so easily. Thanks all.

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Name on a Marriage Bond
« on: Monday 24 October 16 15:46 BST (UK)  »
Ah, yes. Brain fade. I think I was thrown off by the longer s and regular s being used together in the middle of the word. I thought it was typical for the regular s to only be used at the end of words. I'll have a search and see if I can turn anything up.

Thanks both of you.

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Name Thomas on a Marriage Bond
« on: Monday 24 October 16 15:40 BST (UK)  »
Hello all!

There's a surname on a marriage bond that I can't quite decipher. It appears twice: once, where it has been written by the clerk, and a second time in a sort of signature.

The first name is clearly Thomas. The surname could be Jefsor, Tefsor, Tetsor, Tetser, Jepsor, or any number of other possibilities. I would appreciate it if some others could have a look and make a guess. He is likely to have lived in the Culworth area of Northamptonshire, and was alive in 1795.

Thanks.

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