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Ireland / Re: Strange name
« on: Monday 14 March 11 23:16 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks to you all.

My Winifred Screawn (or Sreawn as its recorded on the marriage certificate) married Thomas Graham in 1909 - the year my grandfather William was born).

I've done what I can with the census and could well be missing something - given the census takers were often very nearly as illiterate as the people they were counting!.

Winifred (also recorded as Winnifred) appears to have been born around 1888 and died in 1955.

As ever, any help gratefully received.

Thank you

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Cork / Re: Eliza DUDLEY help needed please
« on: Saturday 19 February 11 17:19 GMT (UK)  »
Oh, and I noted your interest in Watson.

Said grandfather was John Francis Watson - whose father was a Patrick William Watson from Aberdeen.

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Cork / Re: Eliza DUDLEY help needed please
« on: Saturday 19 February 11 17:17 GMT (UK)  »
Hi

I'm currently researching the Dudleys in my family and your post about Eliza caught my eye because of the reference to William GUILFORD Dudley - it is the spelling of Guilford that is important.

Guilford is a "family" name in my family and is said to originate from or be associated with Sir Guilford Dudley and the Dukes of Northumberland. That may just be a romantic dream.

However, and more pertinent to you perhaps is the following line:

William and Margaret Dudley had 4 children - William, Margaret, Jane (dob abt 1829 and my ancestor) and Elijah (or Eleazah). I wonder if their son William is your William Guilford Dudley - given Jane's dob it would fit with your time lime.

Jane's great grandson was GUILFORD Ronald Edwards (my great uncle Ron - I am also related to Jane directly through my grandfather whose sister married said great uncle Ron, we don;t have two heads despite the sanguinity)

Best wishes

Alison


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Cork / DUDLEY, PARKER AND WHITE (and a few others!)
« on: Saturday 19 February 11 16:58 GMT (UK)  »
Hi I'm looking for information about the Dudley, Parker and White families.

I have the following information:

1. Late 1700s early 1800s - William and Margaret DUDLEY (believed to be of Bantry) had 4 children - William, Margaret, Jane and Elijah (or Eleazah).

Elijah is believed to have emigrated to USA (Texas)

The romantic family story is that these Dudleys were the descents of the same line as Sir Guilford Dudley (husband of Lady Jane Grey) and the Dukes of Northumberland (originating from Sir William Dudley of Clapton - 1100AD)

2. Jane married a William PARKER and had 8 children of whom 5 survived to adulthood - Mary (aka Minnie) Dudley Parker, Kate Dudley Parker (dob abt 1860), Margaret Dudley Parker, Frances (Fanny) Dudley Parker and Ellen Dudley Parker. The three infant deaths were 2 girls and a boy. All children were born in Co Cork - Dingle (?) is mentioned.

3. Minnie Dudley Parker married a William BRIDGER (dob abt 1864 at Castleton, Cork - parents John Bridger and Mary JACQUES - is shown as on HMS Impregnable at Devonport in 1881 and so probable RN) and they ended up in Suffolk, England where they had 4 children - Mary Jane Jacques Bridger (dob abt 1889 in Devonport), Alfred John Bridger (15/4/1895), Victoria Winifred Bridger (abt 1897) and William Bridger (abt 1900). Minnie was my 3rd great Aunt by marriage (it gets a bit confusing later on with 2nd cousins Ron and Patricia marrying - see below)

Kate Dudley Parker married a Charles William Akehurst (born Brighton) had no issue and ended up in Newport, Monmouthshire S Wales.

Margaret Dudley Parker married a Francis Jollow (also shown as on HMS Impregnable in the 1881 census), they ended up in Devonport and had 2 children Frances Laura Kathleen Jollow (dob 8 October 1888) and Charles Jollow. Margaret was my Great Great Grandmother. FLK (my Great Grandmother) ended up in Newport.

Fanny Dudley Parker married a Patrick WHITE and they had at least 1 child - Aileen. I have a photograph of a child believed to be Aileen dated 1913, she is about 3 in the photo which gives an approx dob around 1910. I think Fanny ended up in Newport, S Wales too as my great aunt used to talk about her great aunt Fan.

Ellen married a James BOOTH and they had at least 1 child (name unknown but married a Massingham). The Booths may have ended up in Yorkshire.

4. Mary Jane Jacques Bridger married Bert Henry Edwards and they had 3 sons - Harold (killed 1941 aboard HMS Kelly), Guilford Ronald (aka Ron - my great uncle) and Granville (the only one to have issue).

FLK Jollow married Patrick William Watson (Scotsman, commercial salesman believed to sell ladies underwear) and they had 2 children - John Francis (my grandfather) and Patricia (aka Paddy who married Guilford Ronald above).

Aileen is said to have married a Captain F McKinney and they had at least 3 children Mary, Peter and Evelyn Beth

The Booth child is said to have married a Massingham and they had at least 1 child - Elizabeth L.

If anyone can shed any light on these families I would be truly grateful.

Many thanks

Alison

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Ireland / Strange name
« on: Saturday 19 February 11 15:50 GMT (UK)  »
Hi

Has anyone come across the surname Sreawn or variations thereof.

My Great Grandmother's maiden is recorded as Winifred Sreawn and her father as Patrick Screawn (in Warrington). Patrick is shown as having been born in Ireland.

My guess is that this is a phonetic spelling.

Can anyone help?

Many thanks

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Aberdeenshire / ALEXANDER WATSON dob abt 1787 - Slains
« on: Saturday 19 February 11 01:10 GMT (UK)  »
Hi

I'm looking for information about the Watson family in Aberdeen (old Machar, Auchnabo etc)

I've traced back to Alexander Watson dob about 1787 and think his father was a George Watson married to a Jane Adamson.

They appear to have been farmers way back then and I've traced Peter Watson (Son of Alexander) to 150 acres at Auchnabo.

Alexander was my 4th Great Grandfather (Peter, Patrick William, Patrick William, John Francis, Lorna Christine - my mother).

Can anyone help me with any information about the family?

I'm particularly keen to find out anything about my great grandfather Patrick William Watson who was born abt 1891 and was last heard of in Glasgow after he had abandoned his family in South Wales - apparently he was a travelling salesman specialising in ladies knickers.

Many thanks

Alison

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Kent Lookup Requests / Re: Deal Look Up please
« on: Saturday 01 December 07 08:19 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you Carol and Betty.

Carol - I had found various "Beatrice Alice Powell" in the BMD indices through Ancestry.co.uk last year but as you have noted there are quite a few of them - and and as my grandmother was put up for adoption and ended up with a family in the Walthamstow area I had been quite hopeful about the London Beatrices, thus far nothing.

Betty - knowing that there were Powells in Deal especially in the Golden Street area is very helpful (it makes me feel better for some reason - I think I had visions of a waif of a girl alone having this baby).

Thanks


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Kent Lookup Requests / Deal Look Up please
« on: Friday 30 November 07 21:47 GMT (UK)  »
Hello

I've come on to this site having heard it recommended on a BBC Radio 4 program.

I started researching my family tree last year while recovering from illness.

I'm drawing a blank after my maternal grandmother on that side of my family. She was adopted and it is unlikely that her mother was married when she was born.

This is what I have been able to establish:

My grandmother was born 24 November 1922 and named Joan Powell; her birth certificate states that she was born at 1 Golden Street, Deal, Kent

Her mother's name is given as Beatrice Alice Powell

My grandmother's recollection was that her mother worked as a waitress and was very young.

I've discovered that the Deal census returns have been destroyed and so have not been able to take this line back beyond 1922.

I'd be grateful for any assistance anyone can give - including just advice on where I can start looking next.

Many thanks

Alison Graham-Wells
 :)

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