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Australia / Re: McNEILS in Victoria
« on: Tuesday 01 June 10 15:09 BST (UK) »
Thank you, Judith. Your message was much appreciated,
Gisele.
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Australia / Re: McNEILS in Victoria
« on: Tuesday 01 June 10 14:43 BST (UK) »
Thank you very much Leanne and Wimbush1975 for replying to my post. The only St Peters I can find in Australia in my atlas is Saint Peter Island which looks very small and remote. And can you tell me where Mitcham cemetery is? I can't find Tusmore in either of my atlases, so imagine it must be very small or has been renamed. I'm really grateful to you both in helping me piece together my father's family history and hope to make more discoveries about this Australian branch in the future.
Gisele45.
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Australia / McNEILS in Victoria
« on: Monday 31 May 10 15:40 BST (UK) »
My father, who died in 1965 and had already lost touch with most of his family, once told me that some of his relatives had emigrated to Australia. By a happy coincidence I learnt from a contributor to Rootschat that they were my father's aunt, Helen Leishman WIlson and her husband, William James McNeil, who were married in Glasgow in 1892 and went to Victoria. There they had four children, two of them born in Fairfield: John in 1893 and Jean Mitchell in 1895. William George was born in Northcote in 1900 and Malcolm in Armadale in 1902. They may have had more children subsequently in another state in Australia. If anyone reading this knows anything about these people or their descendants, I'd love to hear from them. Since I live in the UK I'm rather ignorant as to how to trace them any further.
Gisele45.
Gisele45.
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Somerset / Bath and West Show
« on: Friday 01 May 09 22:00 BST (UK) »
I have a lovely photo of some 19th century Somerset ancestors and on the back my great uncle wrote 'Taken the first year that the Bath and West Show took place in Taunton'. I read in Wikipedia that the show was first held outside Bath in 1859, but can get no further with dating the photo. Can anyone suggest where I can go to find this piece of information?
Gisele45.
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Lanarkshire / Re: Calico printing in Glasgow
« on: Sunday 07 December 08 14:52 GMT (UK) »
Thank you, Falkryn and Rodeo for these replies. Now at least I know where Burnside Street was. Is Dawsholm the name of a district or street? It isn't in my A-Z of Glasgow. I'll certainly look at the Glasgow story website.
Gisele.
Gisele.
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Lanarkshire / Calico printing in Glasgow
« on: Saturday 06 December 08 21:37 GMT (UK) »
My great grandfather described himself as a 'pattern designer to a calico printer' in the censuses from 1851-91. The family lived first in Burnside Street in Glasgow which I think was demolished a long time ago. They later moved to Grove Street and ended up in Napiershall Street and the tenement that they lived in is still standing. What I would like to know is where my great grandfather would have worked. Presumably there was a cotton mill not far away. Does anyone have any knowledge about this? Any information would be greatly appreciated.
Gisele45
Gisele45
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Family Bibles / Unwanted: Crack Family bible
« on: Saturday 06 December 08 19:42 GMT (UK) »
I was pleased to see your section on family bibles. I have a bible that came into my possession some years ago after the owner died. It belonged to an elderly family friend and I wonder if there are any descendants. It was originally the property of William Henry Crack, born December 5th 1855 and his wife, Louisa Augusta, born March 18th 1861. Their two daughters, Edith Maude and Mildred Annie were friends and colleagues of my mother's family and neither of them married. Their two sons who survived to adulthood were Howard Wilfrid and Leslie Charles. One of these died in the Spanish flu epidemic, but I don't know which one. I am wondering if there are any descendants of the brother who survived, who was estranged from his sisters. If so I should really like to return the bible to its rightful owners.
Gisele 64
Gisele 64
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London and Middlesex / Re: George family in Tottenham/Edmonton
« on: Monday 12 May 08 10:51 BST (UK) »
Dear Jorose,
You obviously know more about how to navigate the IGI than I do as I couldn't find anything about Benjamin P. George when I tried. What's the secret?
Gisele.
You obviously know more about how to navigate the IGI than I do as I couldn't find anything about Benjamin P. George when I tried. What's the secret?
Gisele.
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London and Middlesex / Re: George family in Tottenham/Edmonton
« on: Friday 09 May 08 14:01 BST (UK) »
Thank you for this information. Yes, Ethelbert George, my grandmother's half- brother, married my grandfather's sister, Elizabeth Kidd Wilson in Glasgow before moving back to the south. You have beaten me to it, though,to find the names of his son's wife and their children.
Again, many thanks,
Gisele.
Again, many thanks,
Gisele.