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Dublin / Re: Portobello Barracks 1868 - Taylor and Henton
« on: Sunday 05 August 18 09:35 BST (UK)  »
Some really good suggestions in there - what with Frances settling in Manchester/Stockport and so many of our relatives moving from Ireland to England, I'd not thought about the fact they might have been English and moved around a fair bit and were only stationed in Ireland. Shows that assumption is the mother of all mistakes!

Thanks muchly - I'd actually only had Rathmines in my research until finding the barracks connection today.

I've often seen typos in names so Hanton is just as likely, I'll see if I can dig out anything else.


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Dublin / Portobello Barracks 1868 - Taylor and Henton
« on: Sunday 05 August 18 04:50 BST (UK)  »
Hi, I've come to a bit of a block and unfortunately being in New Zealand its not exactly easy to go and look in local records offices!

I've a relative called Frances Sarah Taylor who there is a birth/baptism record for at Portobello Barracks, Dublin in 1868 (18th December). I can find very little about her parents other than they were called Mark Taylor and Emma Henton Taylor. On her marriage certificate (Manchester, England) he was a witness to her marriage in 1886 and he'd identified himself as a labourer.

I can find no census records in the UK for them, other than after Frances' marriage, and no information on the parents at all - not even a marriage record, no census information - just a big void between the birth in Ireland and the marriage in Manchester.

If anyone has any suggestions on where to look next I'd appreciate it - I've a UK/Ireland ancestry subscription and a worldwide Findmypast subscription. I also had a quick look on familysearch.org but nothing.

Going to try newspapers through FindMyPast now.

Thanks, Amy

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Family History Beginners Board / Christian Brethren Church, Oldham
« on: Friday 05 January 18 21:07 GMT (UK)  »
Does anyone happen to know if there are any parish records available for this church online? (I live overseas)

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Staffordshire Lookup Requests / Re: Eliza Madeley - Dudley - 1873, father probably James Madeley est 1856
« on: Monday 13 March 17 06:01 GMT (UK)  »
The Nicklin name has opened up a barrel thanks, I have now confirmed a census for James at aged 15 resident in Dudley and a coal miner so definitely the right line.

A remarriage would make sense if Eliza was giving Pierce/Pearce or something that looks very like that as a prior name, it would indicate the marriage finished and they both found other partners.

Thank you all so much for your help, the birth index on ancestry only gives the location not the mothers maiden name on the information
I found.

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Staffordshire Lookup Requests / Re: Eliza Madeley - Dudley - 1873, father probably James Madeley est 1856
« on: Monday 13 March 17 03:00 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks, the maiden name is a definite help, as are the other replies for marriage and potential siblings. It's the script that makes things ever so slightly tricky, but I can't add attachments on here with the ipad, when I get to work I will see if I can upload a picture of the maiden name of Eliza that has been used on the marriage certificate.

Cheers muchly :) I have a lot more to go on now!

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Staffordshire Lookup Requests / Eliza Madeley - Dudley - 1873, father probably James Madeley est 1856 COMPLETE
« on: Monday 13 March 17 00:30 GMT (UK)  »
Hi, I have come across a bit of a block in my research. According to the census information and birth index Eliza Madeley was born 1873 in Dudley, however I've very few leads on parents.

According to her marriage certificate, her father was a deceased miner by the name of James Madeley. When I have looked for information on him, all I can find is a Staffordshire news article dated 1874 that at aged 18 there was someone of that name and occupation who got into trouble with the law. In a second marriage, it puts her maiden name down as Pierce/Pearce (probably step father) but I can't find a death index anyway to indicate when James died, or if it was a bit of a sore point and because he disappeared they just marked him as deceased.

I am guessing that the best name to go from for the 1881 census is Pierce/Pearce (script hard to read) but there is no information on the mother at all so that is pure guess work.

Any recommendations on next steps? I live overseas so I can't exactly call into local records offices for other information.

Thanks

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Armed Forces / Irish joining the British Army
« on: Wednesday 14 September 16 03:42 BST (UK)  »
Hi, I'm trying to find out where my granddad may have served, he was born in County Cork (19 Jan 1912) according to my dad - but he knows little of his early years as my granddad met my gran later in life. What he did say was that William O'Brien born 1912 (granddad) joined the British Army along with his brother Paddy born est 1914.

Problem is, there were a few William O'Briens in WW2 so getting a service number could be tricky. I have found an 'evidence of age for the British Civil Service' for that birth date, but the registration district doesn't line up with what my dad said.

What I would like to know is if an Irish citizen be eligible to join the 'Civil Service'? I understand you can be employed as a public servant without being a civil servant, so would soldiers in WW2 fall in this category, or was this individual in a special role? Military records are somewhat of a mystery to me - so my apologies for the probably dumb question.

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