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Buckinghamshire / Re: HITCHCOX Family
« on: Tuesday 28 June 11 11:31 BST (UK)  »
Arriving late to the party again!  Apologies if this is old news but Martha Hitchock/Hitchcox was christened in Gt Marlow in 1830 (IGI) and married George Lipscomb in 1849, dying in 1853.  They had one daughter Elizth Charlotte Chapman Lipscomb.  George remarried after Martha's death to Selina Mealing and their daughter, Alma, married a Collins whose daughter, also Alma, married an Ennever.  There may be something of interest in this branch at www.ennever.com.  Kind rgds

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Does anyone recognise this location (poss Melbourne) please?
« on: Tuesday 24 May 11 13:16 BST (UK)  »
Thanks everyone for your help.  We thought we knew who the man was but with the new date of maybe 1920s we were clearly wrong.  Most of us are guilty of not marking our photos on the back (because of course we know who the people are!).  We'll keep searching for more clues.  All the best

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Does anyone recognise this location (poss Melbourne) please?
« on: Monday 09 May 11 16:01 BST (UK)  »
It is possible that this is a photograph taken in London (although I don't recognise it) or more likely Melbourne in the 1850/60s, possibly near the port, and I'm wondering if anyone can offer any clues as to its location?

You can find a link to this question http://www.ennever.com/histories/historyquestions.php here.

I appreciate your help
Barry Ennever

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Devon Lookup Requests / Re: BURGOYNE Family of Plymouth (Ancestors of Cleopatra Cecilia Burgoyne, b. 1844)
« on: Tuesday 22 February 11 16:58 GMT (UK)  »
...and Augustus's great niece married Lionel Leslie, nephew of Lady Randolph Churchill in 1942!

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Devon Lookup Requests / Re: BURGOYNE Family of Plymouth (Ancestors of Cleopatra Cecilia Burgoyne, b. 1844)
« on: Tuesday 04 January 11 14:37 GMT (UK)  »
Sorry guys, I'll drag this back to Cleo for a moment if I may.  Amazingly I have been sent 2 letters written by Samuel Bennett aka James Enever from 1911/2 in which he confirms the tram car accident and his mother's resulting blindness.  So not only was Samuel/James himself of very poor sight (and registered blind) but also his wife Josephine, who he met at the Cleveland Blind School, but late in life his mother also.

I've updated the family history page  http://www.ennever.com/histories/history15093.php if of interest.  Kind rgds

Barry

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Devon Lookup Requests / Re: BURGOYNE Family of Plymouth (Ancestors of Cleopatra Cecilia Burgoyne, b. 1844)
« on: Monday 20 December 10 13:23 GMT (UK)  »
I take it all back!  Cleo & William's divorce papers acknowledge 3 children from the marriage.  There are 16 or so A5 pages so it's difficult to copy and to be honest there's not a lot of other new information but some salient points are:

Petition filed 6/5/1874
Decree nisi 7/11/1874
Final decree 25/5/1875

William gave his address in May 1874 as 34 Sherborne St, Islington, occupn Gentleman.  He & Cleo resided in Belfast, London & 'divers other places' (not very helpful!).  Cleo left to reside with Bennett in Dec 1872.

These papers are available to be copied from TNA for £9.40 plus P&P so may be worth ordering if you're interested (but as I say don't really add a great deal to what we already know).  They do contain copy marriage & Samuel James Bennett's birth certs.

Barry

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Devon Lookup Requests / Re: BURGOYNE Family of Plymouth (Ancestors of Cleopatra Cecilia Burgoyne, b. 1844)
« on: Monday 06 December 10 23:14 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Limeburner, welcome!

Usual warnings etc but the IGI has an Elizth Rundall Burgoyne chr 1822, daughter of William & Dorothy.

Barry

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Devon Lookup Requests / Re: BURGOYNE Family of Plymouth (Ancestors of Cleopatra Cecilia Burgoyne, b. 1844)
« on: Sunday 05 December 10 11:24 GMT (UK)  »
Excellent work, thanks guys.  Who to select next for the Cleo fan club is the biggest question.  Though somehow I doubt we're finished with Cleo just yet!

We do know from the 'Strange Affiliation Case' that the couple separated in about 1870 and that William went to San Francisco and that she claimed she had inadequate means for her support.  The article also records that Cleopatra had lived with Bennett as his wife for 4 years. 

A report of the same court case also appeared in Reynolds's newspaper but contains some additional information - it records that Cleopatra while in Hertford ie living with Bennett 'had her two children by her husband taken to her'.

John Cecil wasn't born until Dec 1870 and the three children were all definitely living in 1877 so I think the suspicion of Cleopatra's infidelity is just a little more likely as a result.

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Devon Lookup Requests / Re: BURGOYNE Family of Plymouth (Ancestors of Cleopatra Cecilia Burgoyne, b. 1844)
« on: Thursday 25 November 10 12:50 GMT (UK)  »
Hello rol et al, as I think said in an email this was an excellent example of collaborative research with so much help from so many of the contributors.  I have just added a 'Cleo story' to my family history site which tried to tell the story from Cleopatra's perspective (well, she did marry an Enever but I apologise to those who have a different connection!).  It is at http://www.ennever.com/histories/history15093.php and all thoughts/suggestions etc will be welcome.

Barry

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