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Yorkshire (West Riding) / Re: Tadcaster Home Guard in WW2, Ernest Arthur Thompson
« on: Monday 20 April 20 16:51 BST (UK)  »
Thanks very much, Katherine P, a photograph would be absolutely fantastic. We don't have many photos of EA Thompson. I'm wondering if it's possible on this link.

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Yorkshire (West Riding) / Re: Tadcaster Home Guard in WW2, Ernest Arthur Thompson
« on: Monday 20 April 20 16:46 BST (UK)  »
Those sound like really leads that I'll look into. Thanks!

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Durham / Re: Richard Bulmer c1761
« on: Sunday 19 August 18 09:06 BST (UK)  »
Recently on the National Archives website I've found an 1817 Chancery case in which a Timothy Bulmer 'coal undertaker' of Lower Shadwell, Middlesex is making a claim on the estate of Thomas Yeats of Topcliffe, North Yorkshire (his will is being contested though he was long deceased by then. The Yeats are related to me).

Is this Timothy related to you ship-building and trading family? Perhaps they shipped coal to London and had a property nearby?

Any information will be appreciated.

Graham

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Yorkshire (West Riding) / Tadcaster Home Guard in WW2, Ernest Arthur Thompson
« on: Tuesday 14 June 16 14:41 BST (UK)  »
I wonder if anyone has any information about the Tadcaster Home Guard in WW2. My grandfather, Ernest Arthur Thompson (1891-1962) was a sergeant in this unit, having served in the 5th West Yorkshire Regiment in WW1. He and his family later lived in Bridge Street, Tadcaster, next to the river. Perhaps others have relatives who were in this unit or who remember the family in Tadcaster?
All information will be gratefully received as this is the sum total of my knowledge.

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Yorkshire (North Riding) / Re: Yeates at Topcliffe and Asenby; Tesseymans at Raskelf
« on: Saturday 26 July 14 10:19 BST (UK)  »
Yes, that family is connected. My 3x great grandfather was William Tesseyman, a blacksmith at Raskelf who I believe was one of ten children of Francis Tesseyman (cordwainer) and Ann Duncalf of Husthwaite. Francis was the son of John Tesseyman (blacksmith) and Elizabeth Prest of Husthwaite. I have Francis' will (will passed in 1832) but little else and would appreciate anything else. I have more information on William for his time in Raskelf.

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Family History Beginners Board / Appleton, Stevens, Ripon to Klondike
« on: Saturday 19 July 14 15:26 BST (UK)  »
I've been researching relatives at Ripon, that is to say the Thomas Appleton (1848-1941) who gave his name to Thomas Appletons' butchers in Ripon marketplace. I found that his nephew William Appleton (1864-1957) married his cousin, Thomas' daughter Jane Gertrude, in Canada in 1912.

I've also found a 1933 newspaper article in which William recounts his adventures during the Klondike gold rush of 1898. He had emigrated to Canada in 1886 and by 1898 appears to have been more experienced than most who made the perilous journey. After working in the Yukon for a couple of years he moved onto Nome, Alaska for a season. Finally he moved back to Canada and lived near Victoria on Vancouver Island.

By 1832 he'd retired and between 1832 and 1947 was back living in Ripon, in Clotherholme Road with his daughter and her husband, William J Stevens, a teacher. In 1947 he returned with them to Canada where he died in 1957.

I'd be grateful for any information about any of this family, Appletons or Stevens, and will be glad to share what I have already found.





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Yorkshire (North Riding) / Yeates at Topcliffe and Asenby; Tesseymans at Raskelf
« on: Thursday 06 February 14 16:56 GMT (UK)  »
Has anyone any information on the Yeates family, many of whom were blacksmiths at Topcliffe and Asenby in the later 1700s and early 1800s; or about the Tesseyman family, who were blacksmiths at Raskelf and in surrounding villages at a similar time? I have some information to share.

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Australia / Re: Some residents of Stanthorpe, Queensland
« on: Monday 20 May 13 19:09 BST (UK)  »
Hello David,

I think I have a connection with the relatives you wrote about- my great grandfather was James Henry Appleton, Raskelf blacksmith and brother of Ralph Appleton of Stockton. I've traced the family back to Topcliffe and Dishforth, as you mention, and would be intrigued to know that there were any nineteenth century photographs. Could you please let me know if there are, and if there's any information or photographs I can provide that you'd like to add to your own findings.

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Yorkshire (North Riding) / Re: Field names in Dishforth.
« on: Tuesday 14 May 13 08:42 BST (UK)  »
I've been doing research on these particular lines, the Appletons in Stockton, the blacksmiths in Topcliffe and Raskelf and the farmers in Dishforth.
Would be useful if you have any photos or any  additional information outside of parish records. Let me know if you have any particular queries.

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