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Australia / Re: Lookup Please - Emmigration to OZ
« on: Thursday 04 November 10 15:46 GMT (UK)  »
Eagle's brother Benjamin was my gt gt grandfather. They moved from Methwold Norfolk to Bolton c1860 with the rest of the family. I searched for over 13 years until I located him in Oz and his family records until 1930's. I still live in Bolton and work near Eagles place of work in 1881. I have a few photos of his fathers grave and his siblings records. Eagle seemed to follow them making it quite easy to locate. The name was used as a middle name, surname and Christian name for about a century.

Greg Bell

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Gloucestershire Lookup Requests / James Croden lookup please
« on: Tuesday 18 August 09 16:04 BST (UK)  »
Trying to find info on James Croden born c1812 in Bristol. The name Edwin may be prevelant in the family as it carries on through the lineage for over a century. Found him his wife and daughter living in Salford in 1851.

Greg

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Lancashire Lookup Requests / James croden lookup please
« on: Tuesday 18 August 09 16:01 BST (UK)  »
Looking for info on James Croden born c1812 in Bristol living with wife Sarah c 1823 and daughter Anne Sophia c1851 in Salford. Spent time in Bury working as a bookeeper.

Greg Bell

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Lancashire Lookup Requests / Re: Robert Smith Bell
« on: Wednesday 17 June 09 12:57 BST (UK)  »
Thanks people!
Sorry I was a little vague about just what I was looking for. I have traced the family up to 1911 and drawn a blank from then on. I am interseted in fiding Martha Eagle and her siblings. An hour after posting the request I think I found 2 deaths registered which may be Robert and Laura, Robert S Bell 1944 Bolton South and Laura E Bell 1940 Halliwell Bolton. Dates and area tally. Cannot find Frances between these dates in Bolton.
Regards
Greg

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Lancashire Lookup Requests / Robert Smith Bell
« on: Wednesday 17 June 09 06:50 BST (UK)  »
Can anyone shed any light on a family member located 1911. Robert Smith Bell (50) wife Laura Eliza (48) dau Martha Eagle (16) dau Laura (11) dau Florence (7) and Mother Frances Bell (67). All living at 160 hatfield rd Bolton. Robert and Frances were born in Methwold Norfolk.
I know this is a long shot but this is the first ancestor remaining in 1911 on my doorstep thereabouts! Any help welcome.
Greg

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Canada / Re: Trying to find Emma Bell
« on: Monday 15 June 09 10:20 BST (UK)  »
Hi Tazette,

Emma only returned to England in 1915 so the 1911 will not help. Thanks anyway. I have tried the address in Acton on google earth and I have found a death in 1927 which may tally.

Greg

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Canada / Re: Trying to find Emma Bell
« on: Monday 08 June 09 17:46 BST (UK)  »
Thanks bpth of you. The 1915 arrival sounds promising! Timescale fits.

Greg

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Canada / Trying to find Emma Bell
« on: Monday 08 June 09 06:57 BST (UK)  »
Trying to locate info on Emma Bell ne:Abbott (plus or minus the odd b or t). Married my GT grandfather George T Bell of Bolton Lancs in 1910 at Duncan British Columbia. He died in 1915 in Salusbury England from menengitis in the Royal Canadian Dragoons, the CWGC commission  certificate states he had a wife living in Acton Middlesex London. As this was probably written after the war I guess she travelled back to England at some point. Any ideas out there?

Greg

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World War One / Edward Halfpenny WW1
« on: Tuesday 27 January 09 06:54 GMT (UK)  »
Hi
My Mother is unr the beleif that my grandfather (her father) Edward Halfpenny of Clayton Manchester (bn 1895) was a POW in 'the war'. She at first thought this was WW2 but when looking at the DOB it looks likely to be WW1. The family as a whole lived in Clayton/Newton Heath. The only recordI can find is a Victory Medal roll card on Ancestry for a Pte Edward Halfpenny of the South Lancs Regiment. Where can I find more on-line?
Greg Bell

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