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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Parents/grandparents of Stephen Shelley, Sussex.
« on: Sunday 28 May 23 21:18 BST (UK) »
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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Parents/grandparents of Stephen Shelley, Sussex.
« on: Sunday 28 May 23 09:29 BST (UK) »
Thank you!
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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Parents/grandparents of Stephen Shelley, Sussex.
« on: Sunday 28 May 23 08:05 BST (UK) »
Benjamin 1730-1811 was from Buxted, I have him married to Sarah?. His father was another Benjamin married to Anne?, sorry, no dates. I think it's a fair guess that both these Benjamin Shelleys were from Buxted.
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Family History Beginners Board / Parents/grandparents of Stephen Shelley, Sussex.
« on: Sunday 28 May 23 04:55 BST (UK) »
Hello, I'm hoping someone will be able to help me out with finding the parents of Stephen Shelley, 1782-1849, Sussex. He married Sarah Hall in 1818. I only have access to ancestry.com and Family search and between them they've thoroughly confused me with all the Benjamins, especially ones married to Sarahs! According to Familysearch, Stephen's father was Benjamin, 1730-1811, who married a Sarah. Ancestry tells me Stephen's grandfather, also Benjamin, married Anne (maybe Thomas) or Sarah. I think I've got so mixed up now that I'm not sure that I've got anything right. Help appreciated, thank you!
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The Stay Safe Board / Re: Diary summary week ending 12th March 2023
« on: Tuesday 07 March 23 19:44 GMT (UK) »
Good morning to everyone! LM, I'm glad you got help with your insurance claim. I had an accident not long before covid when someone jumped the lights and ran straight into the side of my car. Nobody hurt thank goodness, but it really knocked my confidence even though it wasn't my fault. Someone mentioned having a lesson with an instructor, good advice and I wish I'd done that as I've become quite a nervous driver now, and I have always been a nervous passenger. I try to stay positive as I'm not going to allow some else's stupidity have such an impact on my life.
RTL, sorry for your loss.
I can't believe that it's the second week of March and I'm hearing about snow! Is this normal or global warming? I grew up in Kent and I don't remember snow after January - or is that my rose-tinted glasses?! I'm planning a visit next year and was thinking of travelling in early April but I might have to reconsider!
RTL, sorry for your loss.
I can't believe that it's the second week of March and I'm hearing about snow! Is this normal or global warming? I grew up in Kent and I don't remember snow after January - or is that my rose-tinted glasses?! I'm planning a visit next year and was thinking of travelling in early April but I might have to reconsider!
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The Stay Safe Board / Re: Diary summary week ending 12th March 2023
« on: Monday 06 March 23 19:05 GMT (UK) »
Greetings from a warm and sunny Auckland. Having lost a large part of our summer to cyclones, we're now into autumn, and so far, so good. Each day when I wake up it's a little bit darker; our clocks go back to winter time on the 2nd April. Although I'm officially retired, I do still occasionally do a bit of work for my old company which means travelling into the cbd. Let's hope I'm not asked to work before the clocks go back, I find it so depressing driving to work in the dark! I don't know how others feel, but I don't always cope well with the thought of "being retired", I only stopped work because I lost my job due to covid, not much call for an ESL teacher for international students during two years of lock-down. I now do relief work so I only work when I want to, which seems a good compromise.
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The Stay Safe Board / Re: Diary Summary Week Ending Sunday 5th March 2023
« on: Monday 27 February 23 19:31 GMT (UK) »
Greetings fellow kiwis! I can see actual sunshine and blue sky in my part of Auckland, couldn't be happier! Mare, I do hope travel to/from Northland becomes easier sooner rather than later, although some of the roadworks are major jobs that will take time and money. As for the census, I applied online to have paper forms sent out. I don't think they'll get the responses they want, there's way too much happening around the country, and I think it's quite arrogant to assume that everyone can log on to a computer, I'm sure there are many that don't even have access - older people, some in rural areas with poor connectivity, people with way more important things on their minds. I know it's a social obligation but sometimes life just gets in the way.
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The Stay Safe Board / Re: Diary Summary Week Ending 19 February 2023
« on: Wednesday 15 February 23 08:18 GMT (UK) »
Hi Mare, we're in west Auckland and things haven't been too bad compared to so many others. Such a sad time, for people, livestock and the country. Now compounded by a 6.1 earthquake in Wellington, felt even here in west Auckland.
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The Stay Safe Board / Re: Diary Summary Week Ending 19 February 2023
« on: Monday 13 February 23 22:38 GMT (UK) »
Hi Diana, amazing if there's a connection - small world! Stephen Hyland and Hannah Waterhouse were my 2nd great grandparents. I'm hoping to get back to the UK next year, it's been a while since I was last there and I'm looking forward to doing a bit more research, and visiting some of the main towns that feature so much in my past - Ticehurst, Burwash etc.
I hope the weather in Ontario is better than Auckland! The rain has stopped now so life's looking much more cheerful than it did yesterday.
All the best
I hope the weather in Ontario is better than Auckland! The rain has stopped now so life's looking much more cheerful than it did yesterday.
All the best