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London & Middlesex Completed Lookup Requests / Re: Nathaniel Hill death
« on: Thursday 18 February 10 00:56 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you so much for the leads.....sometimes I just draw a blank......even though at times it seems so obvious to others!  Thanks! 

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London & Middlesex Completed Lookup Requests / Nathaniel Hill death
« on: Wednesday 17 February 10 03:01 GMT (UK)  »
I am trying to find the death notice of Nathaniel J. Hill who died in London in early 1914.  He was originally from Bridgwater, Somerset, and became a butler at the home of Alfred Elkington around 1910.  We lost track of him, and only one Nathaniel J. Hill is listed in the index.  Can anyone shed light on this for me please?  He was born in 1869.  Any help is appreciated.

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Somerset / Re: document clarification please
« on: Monday 02 June 08 14:57 BST (UK)  »
A distant relative (my great great aunt's grandson in law) emailed me the document......and upon reading it closely, it is a certified copy......and now I just feel dumb!  Should have clued in earlier!  I will blame genetics on this one!

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Somerset / Re: document clarification please
« on: Sunday 01 June 08 05:11 BST (UK)  »
okay thank you, since it was all typewritten i wondered if anyone even really bothered, because even the X was typed.  Almost as though no one really cared, they just wanted the form done.

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Somerset / document clarification please
« on: Saturday 31 May 08 16:50 BST (UK)  »
A simple question I hope..........I have a copy of a birth registration in which an X is used as the mark of the father.  Since this was a typewritten document, does this mean the father was illiterate and could not actually write  his name?  Or is this a common way of doing birth registrations? 

I had always thought traditionally that an X meant you could not sign your name, but by 1875 I would think a tradesman should at least be able to do this.  So does this mean illiterate? 

thanks for clarifying this matter

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Somerset / Re: Now what?
« on: Thursday 21 June 07 02:37 BST (UK)  »
As usual I messed up.  The William Hill we wanted to trace had Wm and Mary listed as his parents, not Wm and Sarah.  Darn.  Knew it was too good to be true.  I am busy tracking other possibilities thru the links you guys listed so you never know I guess.  Grrr, it was all fitting so nicely.  But once again if Wm and Mary were intinerant workers it may be only that they had Wm at Taunton by chance and then settled.  Gotta keep digging but if anyone has any other ideas I' d be glad to pursue them.  In the meantime, back to the links and more reading.

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Somerset / Re: Now what?
« on: Wednesday 20 June 07 13:14 BST (UK)  »
Thanks to you both.  I just figured when my cousin was there and drew a blank it was the end of the road.  Now however a new avenue has opened up, thanks to your kindness.  Must get on this asap!

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Somerset / Re: Now what?
« on: Wednesday 20 June 07 04:36 BST (UK)  »
I can't say for sure but it probably is.  My cousin was just there and found nothing, so can I ask where you found that?  Obviously she was looking in the wrong place.  Are there any more details?  And, to whom would I send for a certified copy?  I may be jumping to conclusions but this all fits so nicely.  Thank you for this a million times over.

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Somerset / Now what?
« on: Sunday 17 June 07 02:49 BST (UK)  »
My Hill lineage from Somerset has been traced back to 1808 with the birth of William Hill in Taunton.  He married Maria Bryant in 1832 in Bridgwater.  All this took place before civil registration, so records are hard to find.  Nevertheless, a distant cousin was in Somerset recently and checked out various records, finding a William Hill being baptised in 1808 at St. Mary's church in Taunton.  This all lines up nicely, though not proven as yet.  However, the 1808 William Hill has his parents listed as William and Sarah, no occupations or maiden name given.  Does this make it the end of the line then?  No marriages listed in St. Mary's either for William and Sarah, so what to do next?  Where to look?  I guess everyone faces the inevitable end of the trail at some point and wonder if this is it.  Any thoughts on where to proceed from here?

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