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Tipperary / Re: street name
« on: Today at 13:49 »
Having looked at the link provided by rathmore, and followed the link from there to WT’s biography I see that Adelaide House was Tinsley’s residence and that he emigrated to the USA in 1851, which provides a useful context for the 1851 newspaper item that I posted above,

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Durham / Re: Thomas C. Lamb
« on: Yesterday at 16:10 »
following on from reply #4

There is a Thomas Lamb 24/9/1921 in Spennymoor with his parents John and Ethel.

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Durham / Re: Thomas C. Lamb
« on: Yesterday at 15:58 »
He is with his parents in Spennymoor in 1939.

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Durham / Re: Thomas C. Lamb
« on: Yesterday at 15:56 »
I assume that you have found the marriage of a Thomas C Lamb in 1973 in Durham. That gives you a wife’s last name. There are two Durham Lamb births with that mothers maiden name, 1974 and 1981.

No names here because all of these people may be living.

I did not find anything in newspapers relating to the 1984 death that you mentioned.

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Argyllshire / Re: Catholic school or college, Dunstaffnage, near Oban?
« on: Yesterday at 15:23 »
I've had a dig around in newspapers.

"Dunstaffnage College" draws a complete blank.

"Dunstaffnage School" finds articles starting in 1948 which clearly relate to a school for children in the area.

There are mentions of the Captain of Dunstaffnage, Angus John Campbell having converted to Catholicism and being a Knight of the Sovereign Order of Malta (the item is from the 1930s, but no idea when he converted.)

Could there be a connection there somehow? When would your relative have been in Scotland?

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Argyllshire / Re: Catholic school or college, Dunstaffnage, near Oban?
« on: Yesterday at 14:51 »
Is it that you know he was at a Catholic establishment at Dunstaffnage, but possibly named something else; or was he at an establishment named Dunstaffnage, possibly somewhere else?

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London & Middlesex Lookup Requests / Re: Pigots directory 1823
« on: Yesterday at 13:13 »
Hollingworth is available at archive.org.

I made an image but this is a lookup request so I can’t post it here: send me a PM with your email address if you want me to send it.

HJC is at the Broad Street address, Clerk to the Comptroller.

There are lots of names, including John Holloway.

Added: just realised that the OP and title is ambiguous, perhaps you already have this and are looking for Pigot’s?

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Midlothian / Re: Details from marriage in Scotland?
« on: Yesterday at 12:52 »
You can access a document at Scotland's People scotlandspeople.gov.uk which gives more details (it will cost a few credits).

Pertinent details are that
John Bolton was a commercial traveller, residing at No. 4 Junction Street
Jane Blanchard, residing at No. 17 Smith's Place, Leith Walk was daughter of John Blanchard, farmer near York

It doesn't state that John Blanchard was present.

A newspaper item:
Perthshire Courier, 21st May, 1846
Quote
At Edinburgh, on the 14th instant, Mr John Bolton, York, to Jane, youngest daughter of Mr John Blanshard, Escrick, Yorkshire,

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Streetname related question
« on: Yesterday at 12:00 »
Quote from: RJ_Paton on Yesterday at 11:44
Quote from: AlanBoyd on Yesterday at 11:33
What is the evidence that the streets were built by Dixon?


The Dixons did not build the Houses but feued the land to the builders for the purpose of building the tenements.

How likely is it, do you think, that the builders were allowed to name some of the streets?

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