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The Lighter Side / Re: Mistranscription
« on: Yesterday at 19:33 »
I don't think he is in the Howes one-name study but have only had a quick check.
The one in Bethnal Green in 1851 gives his birth year as 1816 and place as Hampshire, wife Eliza.
Jackie

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The Lighter Side / Re: Mistranscription
« on: Yesterday at 04:53 »
Another one ....
I was looking for the House family who might have been in Bethnal Green for the 1851 Census. I found a Joseph House with his family H0107/1539/573/5 but his occupation had me stumped. It had been transcribed as exedroton.
Checking the original, it reads excavator.
Back to the search,
Jackie

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Australia / Re: What happened to Ethel Pontin?
« on: Tuesday 04 November 25 00:27 GMT (UK)  »
Hello, there is a tree on Ancestry which has Ethel remarrying in 1927 to a Graham McNair and dying in Flemington, Victoria in June 1971.
I know that some of the information on ancestry trees is untrustworthy but it might be worth checking it out.
Jackie

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The Lighter Side / Re: Billy Martin, comedian, of Coventry
« on: Thursday 11 September 25 21:04 BST (UK)  »
Thank you for that information; I had made the connection through the phrase in the article ' Hazlewood House, 143 Foleshill Road' which came up in the 1911 Census for James Hazlewood, Cycle manufacturer. RG14PN18543 RG78PN1111 RD390SD2 ED5SN202.
So, Billy Martin aka William Hazlewood or Martin William Hazlewood was the great grandson of James Hazlewood. Now, we have a comedian in the family!
Jackie

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The Lighter Side / Billy Martin, comedian, of Coventry
« on: Thursday 11 September 25 06:56 BST (UK)  »
I am hoping that someone may be able to help with some biographical information on the above.
Billy Martin was apparently the stage name of a William Hazlewood around 1960; working mainly in the Coventry area I believe and he said in a newspaper article in the Coventry Evening Telegraph of 18/1/1963 that he was the grandson of James Hazlewood of the Hazlewood Cycle Co.
Trouble is this doesn't tally with any of James' grandchildren that I have found.
Help
Jackie

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The Common Room / Re: Sending letters to unknown relatives
« on: Monday 18 August 25 21:22 BST (UK)  »
Hello
I have written to unknown relatives, by mail, and got replies from most of them whereas when I have contacted them through family history sites, I have got few responses.
I start by writing a draft letter stating who I am, why I am contacting them and how I think we are related. I include several questions without going into too much detail. After several days, I refine the letter and send it off.
I have been lucky in the replies as sometimes the connection has been tenuous. I haven't included a stamped addressed envelope to date but I did consider it.
Nothing ventured is nothing gained.
Good luck with your research.
Jackie

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The Lighter Side / Re: Finders International
« on: Monday 11 August 25 23:03 BST (UK)  »
Well, still going on but we have moved up the chain so to speak.
My cousin contacted Finders to check progress and was told that it is now in the hands of the solicitors but we aren't holding our breath. I have managed to collect a bit more information about the deceased and her husband's family and now have a dedicated file for this topic and our benefactrix.
Maybe by Christmas?
Jackie

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The Lighter Side / Re: Employee of The Times, London 1864
« on: Tuesday 15 July 25 01:10 BST (UK)  »
I have just sent The Times an email regarding this.
The 1861 census just has my ancestor as a printer, employer not mentioned.
I found a short article in a newspaper from 1864, giving his name and that he was a printer at The Times, Printing House Square. This was about his fathering a child (he was already married with a couple of children) but didn't reveal his age or any other details that I could check.
Thanks, I shall keep looking
Jackie

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The Lighter Side / Employee of The Times, London 1864
« on: Monday 14 July 25 03:28 BST (UK)  »
Does anyone know of a site that would deal with the above?
I have looked at the newspaper's website and there is nothing that I can see that relates to the above. It is possible that one of my ggg uncles was a printer there at that time.
Jackie

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