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Completed Census Requests / Re: 1901 Census lookup request. Furman Family. Church Rd. Willesden
« on: Sunday 19 November 06 13:36 GMT (UK)  »
Bee and nanny Jan.

Many thanks for your reply to my lookup request. It has opened up a piece of family history that would other wise have been forgotten. My grandmother used to talk about being "in sevice" as a very young girl and it was during this time that she learned her trade as a specialist ironer of lace garments. The Nottingham connection is therefore spot on. She also talked of living with a cruel aunt who locked her in the cellar - this must be the Fanny Furman listed as living with her in Nottingham.
I really appreciate your work on this but I am beginning to see how addictive this kind of detective work can be so i'm sure you both enjoy what you do. The fact that it means so much to us information seekers is hopefully some reward for your efforts.
I am struggling to get to grips with my own research because the standard research sites on the internet seem so unreliable and keep telling me "no trace" - I may be pestering you more in future if I don't learn to handle the searches better.

thanks

Roger

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Completed Census Requests / 1901 Census lookup request. Furman Family. Church Rd. Willesden
« on: Saturday 18 November 06 21:15 GMT (UK)  »
I am currently researching a great uncle who died in the Great War (This is in preparation for a battlefields tour I have planned for next year). His name is Oliver Joseph Perry (died 18.8.1916) and he was my Grandmothers first husband. They had one child (Julia Perry).
My  Grandmother's maiden name was Furman and the family lived in Church Rd, Willesden. London. I believe that she lived there after her marriage?
I would be grateful for any information or details about the people who lived in the house. I do not have a house number so I hope there was only one Furman family in the road. My grandmother's name was Alice Furman and I believe she was born in 1889. I am assuming that they were at this address in 1901 - they certainly were at the start of the war. Sorry if the info is sketchy - I am new to this and so I don't fully understand what is possible and what is not. I also don't know what kind of details that you can glean from old census's?
Many thanks

Roger (boincha)

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World War One / Re: 15 Bn middlesex Regt
« on: Wednesday 15 November 06 18:34 GMT (UK)  »


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From British Battalions on the Somme, by Ray Westlake.

I had this info from someone on another site  (RootsChat.com). It details the last movements and last action of our two uncles

Boincha    Roger

13th (Service) Battalion. 73rd Brigade, 24th Division: Arrived Saleux by train (25/7) and marched to billets at Molliens-Vidames. Entrained at Hangest-sur-Somme for Vecquemont (31/7) and from there marched to Corbie. To Happy Valley (2/8), trenches at Arrow Head Copse (17/8). Attack towards Guillemont (18/8) - advance on right of Trones Wood Road checked by cross fire. Withdrew to La Briqueterie. To the craters in front of Carnoy (19/8)...........

Looks like he was killed in the attack on Guillemont. Bernafay is the next wood to the west of Trones Wood, not far fom the action, so I would think an immediate burial.


Steve.

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World War One / Re: 15 Bn middlesex Regt
« on: Tuesday 14 November 06 23:04 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks for prompt reply. I will keep you updated on anything I find out and I will seek out John Patrick's grave when I visit Bernafay.
Oliver John would have been slightly older than John Patrick - he had a three year old daughter (my aunt) when he died. She died last year and left behind a number of items he had sent to her from France, including letters; a dolls dress and a lengthy and quite good poem about life "on the front". (not quite Wilfred Owen but still very evocative). She kept everything for 90 years along with his medals which were always displayed in a case on the wall in her house. They always fascinated me as a child so I am really looking forward to finding out about this man that she never knew herself.

thanks
boincha
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Roger Kibble

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World War One / Re: 15 Bn middlesex Regt
« on: Tuesday 14 November 06 20:32 GMT (UK)  »
I've just started tracing a great Uncle in preparation for a trip to the battlefields next year. He is Oliver John Perry who was in the 13th brigade Middlesex regiment. One of the few things I know so far is that he was killed in action on 18.8.1916. and is buried in Bernafay woods cemetry. He died on the same day as John Patrick Wright so presumably they were both engaged in the same action that day - they probably knew each other?
How do I find out what the particular engagement was that day?
I would also like to find out how he won the Military Medal - which I think is a galantry medal?

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