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Cheshire / Re: Cheshire Asylum, Upton by Chester
« on: Monday 27 October 14 17:39 GMT (UK)  »
For information my research has shown that many patients were transferred from Upton to Parkside and sometimes went back again. It may be worth checking the Parkside records to see if this happened to your ancestor. 
Parkside was actually built as an overspill to accommodate the growing numbers at Upton in the 1870s.

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Cheshire / Re: Cheshire Asylum, Upton by Chester
« on: Monday 27 October 14 17:34 GMT (UK)  »
They are free to view and can be searched by name. I'm using them for my MSc thesis in Genealogy.

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The Common Room / Re: Am I being ridiculous?
« on: Monday 20 October 14 17:00 BST (UK)  »
James Tomlinson was the Parish Clerk in Holt during this period and as a result his name is on all entries in the registers.  This may perhaps explain why his name appears on this marriage entry.

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: ANN WRIGHT HOPKINSON
« on: Monday 20 October 14 10:21 BST (UK)  »
I've just found her records, she is listed as Ann Wright the mother of Thomas E Hopkinson.  She died on 18 March 1893 of General Paralysis. This is a term which means syphilis.  I've attached the links to her casenotes.  Unfortunately there is no photograph of her which there usually is for asylum patients.

http://archive.cheshire.gov.uk/calmview/GetImage.ashx?db=Catalog&type=default&fname=NHM8_5_8%5CNHM8_5_8_00738.jpg

http://archive.cheshire.gov.uk/calmview/GetImage.ashx?db=Catalog&type=default&fname=NHM8_5_8%5CNHM8_5_8_00739.jpg

http://archive.cheshire.gov.uk/calmview/GetImage.ashx?db=Catalog&type=default&fname=NHM8_5_8%5CNHM8_5_8_00740.jpg


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Family History Beginners Board / Re: ANN WRIGHT HOPKINSON
« on: Monday 20 October 14 10:14 BST (UK)  »
You may be interested to know that the Parkside Asylum Patient Casenotes have been digitised by Cheshire Archives and Local Studies and are online.  They are a fantastic resource for genealogists and family historians.
Search the catalogue for the name you are interested in although I have just looked and she is not listed.  I am currently using these records for my MSc thesis in Genealogy so will keep my eyes peeled for her name.

http://archive.cheshire.gov.uk/calmview/

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Cheshire / Re: Cheshire Asylum, Upton by Chester
« on: Monday 20 October 14 10:06 BST (UK)  »
The Parkside Asylum Casenote Records 1873-1900 went online 2 weeks ago.  They are a fantastic resource for family historians.

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Merionethshire / Re: 1871 Census - Humphrey(s)
« on: Sunday 25 September 11 11:57 BST (UK)  »
Thanks Dave

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Merionethshire / Re: 1871 Census - Humphrey(s)
« on: Saturday 24 September 11 16:55 BST (UK)  »
I'm looking at this family as well, and purchased a copy of the marriage cert of Samuel Humphreys and Sarah Bunford.  They were married in Llanwrnog, Newtown Montgomeryshire on 29 Jan 1859, the certificate says 'Samuel Humphreys, Bachelor, Labourer, resident at Brynderwen. No father named on certificate. Sarah Bunford of Walk Mill daughter of Bowen Bunford, Labourer'.
Samuel was born in 1838 son of Eleanor Humphreys, and by the 1841 census was in Newtown Union Workhouse, Llangynog, Montgomeryshire.  He died in 1925 in Dolgelly.  Sarah died in 1931 also in Dolgelly.
Do you have any further information about the Bunford family in particular Sarah's father Bowen?  I see from Ancestry that a couple of Bunfords were transported to Australia from Newtown gaol and a third was given the death sentence.

Thanks

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Derbyshire Lookup Requests / Re: Armstrong Family Derby
« on: Tuesday 20 April 10 15:56 BST (UK)  »
Hi Mike

Alexander's parents were Dr Henry Armstrong (1805-1880) and Ellen Woolfall (1809-1871).  Henry was born in Derby the son of an Army Officer called Thomas Armstrong and Ellen was from Liverpool.
I think that Henry was sent to school in Liverpool, as he worked at Picton's Academy for a while and then went to the Isle of Man where 2 of his children were born.  When he returned he traded as an Innkeeper for a while in the 1840s and then just before the 1851 census formed a school in Farndon Chester called Farndon Hall.  He was well respected in the village and the children who attended wrote to my g grandmother after Henry died to say how much they had enjoyed their time at school.
He had 6 sons and 2 daughters.  Only 2 of his sons survived him, Alexander and Robert and Henry's will stipulated that they should decide between themselves who should have the family bible.  I am on its quest but don't know which son it went to.  Alexander moved to Liverpool/Birkenhead and Robert to London, but only Alexander had male offspring who then produced sons - Robert's sons only had daughters.
It seems possible that I have confused Alexander's sons marriages at some point and would dearly like to find out what happened to that side of the family.

best wishes

Catmad

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