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Orkney / Re: GROUNDWATER family from Kirkwall ORKNEY Scotland
« on: Saturday 20 July 24 09:08 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: XiT on Monday 08 January 24 12:35 GMT (UK)
Hi,

Sorry to revive an old thread but looking into family history as my grandmother passed recently, we originated from the same family line from what I can find. We can to Australia by Captain George Groundwater, sailing to Maryborough QLD. From my research we also link back to the same Magnus and I think I've correctly pieced together a family tree to the late 1500s on Ancestry.

Thanks,
Beau.

Hi Beau, I tried to PM you but your inbox is full.  I'd be delighted to chat more!  BB

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Stirlingshire / "East Side" public house in Stirling 1861 census
« on: Thursday 02 February 23 22:38 GMT (UK)  »
I am trying to locate "10, East Side" in St Ninians, Stirling, which is on the 1861 census, reference 490 / 19 / 18.  I guess somewhere there exists a list of the streets surveyed in order, and by looking at that, seeing what comes before and after, it may help me pin it down?  But where might I access such a document?

By the way, as the occupant was a "publican", I suppose this may well itself have been a public house.  In 1871 he lived at "Public House St Ninians" - I haven't yet been able to confirm whether this was the same location. 

Thank you one and all for your wisdom.

BB

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Please help with date, social status. Gray, England.
« on: Thursday 02 February 23 22:31 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you everyone for your helpful comments!

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Please help with date, social status. Gray, England.
« on: Friday 23 December 22 11:58 GMT (UK)  »
I would appreciate any advice about when and where this photograph may have been taken, the social status / job of the subject, and their approximate age in the image.  I imagine some of you may have knowledge about the trends in clothing, furniture, photography techniques, etc in order to help answer these questions, so that's why I am asking.  Thank you very much in advance for any and all your contributions.

For the purposes of etiquette: Surname believed to be GRAY; country believed to be England.  However, I'm trying to identify the person, so you can consider all metadata to be unknown!

Thanks again

BB

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Scotland / 1836 marriages "proclaimed"
« on: Saturday 17 September 22 08:36 BST (UK)  »
Hi, my People Of Interest are in a 1-liner further down this page (see image), which states only: date; names; parish name.  That's the same for most other entries; just two longer entries mention the word "married".  At the top of the page it says "proclaimed" as you see.

So, is this proof of marriage and is the date beside my POI their marriage date?

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The Common Room / Re: Macabre guessing game... "a lingering illness" Newcastle 1888
« on: Tuesday 23 August 22 18:22 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: rosie99 on Sunday 27 June 21 07:30 BST (UK)
Quote from: brooksburns on Saturday 26 June 21 23:01 BST (UK)
Martha's early death and that of Robert two years later had an immense impact on my family with repercussions down to this day - people still talk about it.

Have none of them done anything about establishing what she died of  ???

Not as far as I know.  I suppose it's a nerdy question.

It's just been a matter of family lore that this ancestor was orphaned as a child and spent her youth moving around various cousins' families and was separated from her siblings (all older).  I suppose cause of death is almost irrelevant in that context.  She probably didn't know much about the circumstances herself.  My oldest and best-informed relatives even swore by incorrect information about years and ages.

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The Common Room / Re: Macabre guessing game... "a lingering illness" Newcastle 1888
« on: Tuesday 23 August 22 18:13 BST (UK)  »
I've now found out:

Bright's disease 2[?] months [would probably be called acute nephritis today: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bright's_disease]
Rheumatic gout 1 year

"Your kidneys filter uric acid, but if levels get too high or the kidneys can’t remove enough of it, [gout can ensue] ...  Foods rich in purines, high alcohol intake, and drugs like  immunosuppressants and diuretics can raise your risk of gout." www.rosdrs.com/rheumatic_diseases_gout.html
Nephritis can arise from a UTI, immune disease, or strenuous exercise.  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nephritis

From this it seems gout could cause nephritis, or nephritis could cause gout.

Martha's husband later died of alcohol poisoning so maybe that affected her health too.  Besides that, in industrializing Newcastle I imagine poor hygiene could lead to UTI, or maybe a mother of 5 had unhealthily strenuous levels of physically activity.

That's as far as reason can take me, I think.

I've certainly been building a fuller picture of the poor living conditions in late-19th-century Newcastle through following this family.  It must have been quite a shock for ordinary people/families to suddenly be in cramped streets next to factories. (Martha's family had moved in her childhood from the Bedlington Ironworks, much less urban.)  Poor regulation of alcohol was a publicly-discussed problem as well.

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The Common Room / Re: GRO delays
« on: Monday 22 August 22 21:20 BST (UK)  »
My PDF was due to be issued on 18th, still no word on 22nd.

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Midlothian / Re: BURIAL LOCATION of John HUTTON d1903 Edinburgh
« on: Friday 12 August 22 14:17 BST (UK)  »
Ah ok, I think Piershill and Eastern are/were run by the same company, which confused me.  I know Eastern well, though have never gone in yet.

Piershill may be a good call because his daughter's family were buried there.  On the other hand, his mother-in-law is in Grange.  I don't know about his own parents.  I will keep up the quest, ideally without paying £27 to the city Bereavement team for lookups!

Thanks everyone for your perspectives, it's really helped.

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