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Lancashire Lookup Requests / Re: james smith salford help
« on: Friday 16 February 07 09:37 GMT (UK)  »
Hi there and thanks for the reply.

On the marriage certificate (1917) for  James Smith it says William Smith Deceased a general labourer is the father.

James smith is also a general labourer.

On james smith daughters birth cert 1919 it says james is a general labourer at the iron works and also has an army pension.
they lived at 10 caygill st salford the smith family (Catherine (wife) and sarah (daughter) I can trace in Caygill street salford right thru to 1956 Thru births and deaths etc)) But not James smith!!

I then found entry in the national roll for James smith 10 caygill st salford and that led the border regiment i wrote to the museum and they sent me his service nmber etc i traced then his medal card and his service history and it seems he joined before ww1 but they did not have the address or here he was born etc.  i went to kew and looked for him n wo363/4 but nothing. i cannot find a death either so it may be possible that he just upped and left and married again without being divorced!! as it seems this was quite common as divorces were quite expensive.  It is all so frustrating to get so far with him but then nothing...

I asked the museum if he was in the border regiment doe that mean he was scottish and they said he could have lived anywhere i have tried to find out from forums etc but there wasn't any replies to my posts eg the great war forums etc

i hope this can give you some more clues as i am at a loss




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Lancashire Lookup Requests / james smith salford help
« on: Tuesday 13 February 07 15:44 GMT (UK)  »
Sorry but this is a bit long winded.

After a few month s searchin i found a marriage certificate.

It states James Smith aged 24 or 34 (cant read it) father william Smith (Deceased) A general labourer.
Of Turner street Salford tHE CERT SAYS HE WAS A WIDOWER WHEN HE MARRIED CATEHRINE.
Married catherine Smith A cap maker Springvale road salford On July 7 1917.

i then traced his war record HE WAS pvt 10667 in the 2nd battalion border regiment, i traced his medal card etc.  he wAS DISCHARGED IN 1916 DUE TO INJURY OF THE LEFT ARM AND HAD AN ARMY PENSION. and was pow and was exchange due to his injury.......
Catherine and james had a daughter sarah in 1919 ???
I cannot find his birth or death or this other marriage or anything else .  I do not know where he was born etc cannot trace him on the census etc it seems very strange that i can find all the information about the middle of his life and nothin at the end or the begining any1 got any ideas where to go from here.  Has any1 else come across this before?  i am completely stumped

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Lancashire Lookup Requests / Re: marriage lookup help MAnchester/Lancashire
« on: Monday 13 November 06 01:46 GMT (UK)  »
ok thanks i have been doing it incorrectly then..... ive been doing it for weeks....


Will know better next time
Thanks n regards

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Lancashire Lookup Requests / Re: marriage lookup help MAnchester/Lancashire
« on: Monday 13 November 06 01:40 GMT (UK)  »
hiya again

So  if (for Example) Ellen Taylors Index ref is 8d  279 then her husband index reference wouldn't be the same? Is there not a way to cross reference the indexes?

I assumed that persons married would have the same index reference!!

OOps

regards

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Lancashire Lookup Requests / marriage lookup help MAnchester/Lancashire
« on: Monday 13 November 06 01:12 GMT (UK)  »
I  am trying to locate the marriage of Ellen/Elleanor Taylor to a thomas nightingale maybe in the lancashire area.  I have looked at all the marriages from 1865 to 1891 when thomas died.

I did however find a references from 1870 march quarter ref 8d 279 MANCHESTER this has puzzled me as there were only three entries returned.

They were

Mary Foster
Thomas Gleeson
ELLEN TAYLOR

Where is the other male.

This is also the same on free BMD and Ancestry is this normal as is doesn't make sense to me or have am i missing something? Have i done all the research wrong.?

Has anyone any ideas why this is?


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Meath / more from the james Smyth/Smith Saga
« on: Monday 06 November 06 02:28 GMT (UK)  »
Hi All who have helped me before!!

I have posted a few other topics on the same man how illusive he is proving.

But Determined as ever i took a trip up to my fathers dank and dismal attic and after a few hours i found a box in the box i found a baptism certificate(original)

In a very poor state it reads...

James Smyth was baptised according to the rites of the holy catholic church in the parish of stamullen on the 2 february 1868 parents Patrick Smyth and Catherin Boues Or Bones cant read as the cert is very old .sponsers  are (it looks like Teresa Smyth!

It looks like it says St patricks Church Stamullen.

Parish Priest (Looks Like) Connor.

The questions i have now are where is Stamullen in relation to scotch Hall  drogheda(as this is where his daughter was Born)

Does the name Boues or bones appear alot in these areas?

I will try and post an attachment of the cert but am not sure of how to do it

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Meath / Re: Scotch Hall Lookup
« on: Sunday 08 October 06 21:33 BST (UK)  »
thankyou so much karen

Brilliant!!

I phoned Mr Gerrard and sent him the certificate by email and he said he would have a look at his research and let me know

Thankyou


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Northumberland Lookup Requests / Re: northumberland fusiliers
« on: Thursday 05 October 06 00:01 BST (UK)  »
hi tessy

His name was james fletcher
joined in june of 1916 landed in france  sometime in august and fought at the somme also took part in fighting at arras ypres then he was wounded in july 1917 on recovery went with british forces to italy and was in action on the Plave and Asiago Plateau was demobbed in january 1919

Address reads 21 Durham St salford

This is from the national roll of the great war.

I would be very grateful if you could have a look for me

regards

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Northumberland Lookup Requests / Re: northumberland fusiliers
« on: Wednesday 04 October 06 19:32 BST (UK)  »
thanks for the sites i will check them out.

i have know idea what battalion he was in or anything i only found out by chance that he was in the army. i found it looking for another rellie on the national roll of the great war.

regards

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