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The Common Room / Re: Ellen Pulford, birth of her son whilst in service- UNKNOWN father
« on: Monday 02 June 25 22:57 BST (UK)  »
Yes that is exactly who I am researching! Ellen Pulford from Bleasby. I believe she would have been around 23/24 at the time of Frank's birth.

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The Common Room / Ellen Pulford, birth of her son whilst in service- UNKNOWN father
« on: Wednesday 28 May 25 17:31 BST (UK)  »
Hello! I was just wondering if anyone was aware of an Ellen Pulford born 1868 in Bleasby Nottinghamshire. I'm currently researching my grandmother's ancestry and we have completely hit a brick wall in trying to find out who her Grandfather's ( Frank Harold Pulford) father was. It was well known in the family that he was born out of wedlock and his father was unknown, however, we had hoped to track down a few possibilities through looking at the inhabitants at the places she had worked as a domestic servant. After filing through censuses we concluded that the he must have been conceived during her time in Shelford. Now in the place she resided there were three males, a Samuel Barker who was the farmer and two young 17 year old lads, Isaac Fisher and Charles Blundy. Samuel was 31 I believe and single so he seems probably. They also resided next to the vicarage, hence the plot thickens. It was always rumoured within the family to either be the vicar or the stable boy, which finally made sense when we connected the dots. Reverend Edward John Morse was the only one there at the time. Does anyone else have any links to these individuals? Does anyone else recall any family scandals in regards to these people? Please let me know. I do have a picture of Frank Harold Pulford, Ellen's son to use in comparison. It would be useful even to compare to relatives of the individuals i named to identify any resemblances.

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Library and FHS Lookups / Re: Newspaper Archive library look up please.
« on: Wednesday 28 May 25 17:14 BST (UK)  »
Hello! I;m rather late to this conversation but I feel like I might have some slithers of inofrmation to offer you as a Greest myself. I've recently been doing a lot of research on ancestry covering my fathers line, the Greest's, quite in depth. I will say I haven't quite covered the John Greest you are in reference to, however, I think it might be important to mention the significance of Portsmouth within my family. The majority of my Greest relatives currently reside in Brighton and upon tracing further back through the lineage, I have seen that many ancestors came from the Hambledon area and Portsmouth. It would be interesting to find out the true reason for John Greest's move, I do think its possible that maybe he knew of distant relatives there? I'm almost certain that we would all be connected, the Greest name itself is very rare and originated from the french last name Griste, the spelling of it changed periodically throughout the ages to fit into the English standard. In conclusion, I just wanted to add to the conversation that the spread of the Greest family covered a lot of the South East, I believe a few very distant cousins of my grandads great-great grandfather ended up in the Sussex, Surrey and London areas too.

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