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The Common Room / Re: etiquette question
« on: Sunday 13 January 13 13:05 GMT (UK) »
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The Common Room / etiquette question
« on: Sunday 13 January 13 12:12 GMT (UK) »
Hi,
I recently posted on a different site that I had finally had the information that solved a long lasting ancestral question and I gave the credit to my sister for her thinking way outside the square (perhaps not worded in the correct way) and I did thank rootshcatters who have helped me along the way. The information was a surprise Christmas present and in my excitement I wanted to say that the problem had been solved. My question is - was I wrong to have to have said that it was my sister who gave me the information or perhaps that I should have just let it be?
Due to family illness I rarely get time to go online and I have probably just messed up all the good things that rootschatters have given me in the past.
Many thanks,
Alchemyst
I recently posted on a different site that I had finally had the information that solved a long lasting ancestral question and I gave the credit to my sister for her thinking way outside the square (perhaps not worded in the correct way) and I did thank rootshcatters who have helped me along the way. The information was a surprise Christmas present and in my excitement I wanted to say that the problem had been solved. My question is - was I wrong to have to have said that it was my sister who gave me the information or perhaps that I should have just let it be?
Due to family illness I rarely get time to go online and I have probably just messed up all the good things that rootschatters have given me in the past.
Many thanks,
Alchemyst
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Cork / Re: Lost FORREST
« on: Saturday 12 January 13 12:27 GMT (UK) »
Hi - hopefully I am doing this the right way now as everything seems to have changed!!
Just wanted to say FINALLY! AT LONG LAST! SUCCESS! William Forrest is no longer lost and I now have a date of death (it was driving me crazy). Would you believe it helps to irritate other family members until they finally think further outside the square than you could possibly imagine. Thanks to my sister she finally did that and surprised me (I'm still not sure how she managed it) apparently he is buried at St Finbarr's cemetery - guess it must be a fairly old cemetery.
Thank you so much to everyone who have been so kind and helpful along the way.
Happy New Year!
Alchemyst
Just wanted to say FINALLY! AT LONG LAST! SUCCESS! William Forrest is no longer lost and I now have a date of death (it was driving me crazy). Would you believe it helps to irritate other family members until they finally think further outside the square than you could possibly imagine. Thanks to my sister she finally did that and surprised me (I'm still not sure how she managed it) apparently he is buried at St Finbarr's cemetery - guess it must be a fairly old cemetery.
Thank you so much to everyone who have been so kind and helpful along the way.
Happy New Year!
Alchemyst
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Yorkshire (East Riding & York) / Re: Mollie JOHNSON
« on: Thursday 17 November 11 14:19 GMT (UK) »
Thanks for the comment Carol - it gave me another angle to consider and did make me smile. There is nothing like having a great storyteller in the family. My father used to tell us that we were related to a well known actor of the time because we had the same surname - believed him for many years and told anyone who would listen! I suspect that sometimes our senior storyteller relatives just like to stir things up a bit - no harm done - just not much help when you are trying to get the correct facts!!
Best wishes,
Alchemyst
Best wishes,
Alchemyst
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Yorkshire (East Riding & York) / Re: Mollie JOHNSON
« on: Thursday 17 November 11 13:02 GMT (UK) »
Thank you for the replies and info. The reason I asked the question was because for many years distant relatives have always said that the Wedgwoods were related to Amy Johnson (in some way) and I thought I had found the connection - but it is back to the drawing board!! Maybe they discovered the same marriage I did and put 2 & 2 together to make 7 - perhaps there is no connection at all!
Thanks,
Alchemyst
Thanks,
Alchemyst
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Yorkshire (East Riding & York) / Mollie JOHNSON
« on: Thursday 17 November 11 07:38 GMT (UK) »
Hi,
I wonder if anyone could tell me please if the Mollie/Molly Johnson who married David Wedgwood abt 1936 is the sister of Amy Johnson (aviatrix). I have seen that in the 1970s Molly was Molly Jones but she could have married again - couldn't she?
Thanks for any help.
Alchemyst
I wonder if anyone could tell me please if the Mollie/Molly Johnson who married David Wedgwood abt 1936 is the sister of Amy Johnson (aviatrix). I have seen that in the 1970s Molly was Molly Jones but she could have married again - couldn't she?
Thanks for any help.
Alchemyst
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World War One / Re: WW1 Souvenir
« on: Saturday 23 April 11 13:21 BST (UK) »
Thank you for all the help.
HAPPY EASTER!
Best wishes,
Alchemyst
HAPPY EASTER!
Best wishes,
Alchemyst
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World War One / Re: WW1 Souvenir
« on: Saturday 23 April 11 10:20 BST (UK) »
Is it likely that he served? - he was born abt 1876 married with five children - last child born abt 1908.
"In for a penny, in for a pound" - Charles Henry HARDY, Yorkshire.
Many thanks,
Alchemyst
"In for a penny, in for a pound" - Charles Henry HARDY, Yorkshire.
Many thanks,
Alchemyst
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World War One / Re: WW1 Souvenir
« on: Saturday 23 April 11 09:36 BST (UK) »
This souvenir has, shall we say, "set the cat amongst the pigeons"!.
The story goes that it belonged to an ancestor who was apparently gassed during WW1 - his excuse for abusing his wife! His descendants have found no record of his having served during the War. So the question is did he buy the souvenir or did the souvenir in fact belong to someone else - perhaps a family member on the other side. Anyway I thought it was worth trying to possibly find out its origins. Perhaps it wasn't such a good idea after all.
Many thanks,
Alchemyst
The story goes that it belonged to an ancestor who was apparently gassed during WW1 - his excuse for abusing his wife! His descendants have found no record of his having served during the War. So the question is did he buy the souvenir or did the souvenir in fact belong to someone else - perhaps a family member on the other side. Anyway I thought it was worth trying to possibly find out its origins. Perhaps it wasn't such a good idea after all.
Many thanks,
Alchemyst