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Thanks KGarrad,

yes I had another look at the symbols & it would be a double dagger, seemed like arrows but just the way the type came out on the page, it has a side note stating that the relatives usual abode is at so & so street & house name, the other house he owned was used as a coal store & a stable for the cart horses used in the coal delivery business

thanks peoples

James

Hello all,

was looking through the FindMyPast Electoral roll dated 1926 & was curious what the symbols on the left hand side next to the name meant?, like eg, HO, O, Dw, Rw, D, etc etc, my relative has a vertical arrow pointing up & down, plus an odd symbol with circle in the center with like a "C" pointing opposite ways on top & bottom, anyone have a clue?

many thanks

James

thanks KG, the one in 1927 looks very interesting, I'll have a very close look at this one, as the verbal story goes when Ernest heard that my Grandfather ( his best friend ) had died he went into a deep depression & took his own life, the time frame for this is unknown but my Grandfather died in August 1927 & this Ernest in September, looks promising, the middle initial is G though as we all know spelling can be a problem, took me a long time to find my Grandfathers Navy record because the spelling of the surname was wrong


James

Greetings fellow Rootschatters,

been looking for a long time for the death record of my grandfathers friend, it's starting to get a bit frustrating, anyways I'll give some details & hopefully someone might be able to find a clue

His name is Ernest William Crouch, born 1889/1890? at Portsea Hants, parish of Portland, county of Dorsetshire, he was in the Navy & 1911 census shows him aboard a Naval vessel, can't recall the name, last entry in Navy records ends in 1928, I've searched obituaries, newspapers & other records, got a death certificate of what I thought was a match but proved to be the wrong person

Verbal history is it might be a suicide so finding his final resting place could be difficult

many thanks

James

Haven't given up, busy time of year, just comparing info, found an Edward Wones married to Elizabeth Compston in 1784, Shropshire, children, Ann 1785, Edward 1786, Mary 1787, Martha 1793, Hannah a bit vague but is a reference to a Hannah Wones 1809 at Shropshire

Also a Hannah Wones married at Staffordshire & died at Staffordshire, connection to the Gray family, still looking

Am I sort of on the right track or way off?

James