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Berkshire Lookup Requests / Re: 1851 Easthampstead - Ewins
« on: Thursday 22 September 11 13:40 BST (UK)  »
Hi Tim

I'm not related to a Ewins (as far as I'm aware) but have lived in or around Ash all my life.  I have a keen interest in local and family history and recalled seeing the Ewins headstones in the St Peters churchyard.

I hope the search keeps going well and good luck when you get to pre 1837!

Regards
Craig

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Berkshire Lookup Requests / Re: 1851 Easthampstead - Ewins
« on: Thursday 22 September 11 11:09 BST (UK)  »
Hi,
I've read with interest your information about the Ewins family.  By coincidence my mum and dad lived in Ewins Close in Ash before I was born.

I noticed that you mentioned that there may be a connection to Ash.  Anyway, I have discovered several Ewins buried in the churchyard of St Peters in Ash.  I've found two headstones (so far) with the following wording (which is quite hard to decipher!):

- In memory of John Ewins who died July 14th 1873 aged 88.  Also of Elizabeth his wife who died Nov 29th 1855 aged 55.  Also of their children Eliza, Ann, James, John, Sarah, Emma and Ellen. 
There is also a Charlotte mentioned at the foot of the headstone but that is all I can decipher

- Mary Ewins who departed this life February 2nd 1887 in her 64th year.

I don't know if there is a connection to the Ewins family you are researching but I thought you might like to know.
Good luck with your research!
Craig

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Canada / Re: Death and/or Burial Records - Montreal
« on: Monday 12 September 11 11:23 BST (UK)  »
Thank you so much for the replies.  I have investigated obtaining a death certificate through the Director de l'etal civil Quebec.  That seems to be my best hope.  Thanks again.

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Canada / Re: Death and/or Burial Records - Montreal
« on: Wednesday 07 September 11 08:49 BST (UK)  »
Hi Lilybell

Thanks so much for your reply.  It is a rather sad story that I'm hoping we can bring to a conclusion.

My grandmother, Winifred Bessie Copping was born in 1902 in Warminster, Wiltshire.  She fell pregnant in 1933 but was forced to give my father up for adoption as she was unmarried.  The father is not named on my father's birth certificate so we accept that will probably remain a mystery.  As you rightly point out, Winifred subsequently married James Laughlin in 1945 and left for Canada in 1946. I have looked again at the passenger list record and it says that Robert Laughlin was James' father.

I have always assumed that James was Canadian but am not completely sure.  I know that Winifred died in Canada a few years after arriving there. I don't know what happened to James after her death.

Do you know if it is possible to search Quebec death records just after the war? I wondered also if there was another Rootschat board that might be more appropriate to post to.

Once again, thank you so much for taking the time to investigate.
Craig



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Canada / Death and/or Burial Records - Montreal
« on: Tuesday 06 September 11 18:00 BST (UK)  »
Hi.
I recently discovered that my grandmother left England in 1946 to live in Montreal, Canada.  Her name is Winifred Bessie Laughlin (nee Copping) and she travelled with her new husband Pte James Laughlin.  The passenger list gives her destination address in Canada as 2646 Ryde St, Pointe St Charles, Montreal.

My father was adopted and this is his natural mother.  He (and I) are desperate to know what became of her but I have absolutely no experience of researching Canadian records and we live in England.  I'd be really grateful if anyone could point me in the right direction for death or burial records in this part of Canada.  Or if anyone has any information they would like to share I would be extremely grateful.
Many thanks.

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The Common Room / Part Time Genealogy Courses
« on: Wednesday 07 July 10 13:17 BST (UK)  »
Hi,

I'm thinking of taking a part-time genealogy course that fits around my own work commitments.  I would preferably like it to lead to a recognised qualification of some sort.  I would consider myself to be an intermediate sort of level in terms of experience.

Does anyone have any suggestions or experiences as to what type of course would suit.

Many thanks.

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Hampshire & Isle of Wight / Re: William Philps - b1806
« on: Sunday 06 June 10 21:13 BST (UK)  »
Hi Nell.  This is great, thanks for the information. Although, as you say, it is not conclusive it looks a likely candidate. What is the source of the information?
Thanks again  :)

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Hampshire & Isle of Wight / William Philps - b1806
« on: Thursday 03 June 10 17:03 BST (UK)  »
Hi. I'm hoping someone out there can help me.  I am trying to trace the baptism record of William Philps, born in 1806 in either Liss or Hawkley (the birthplace is contradicted on census records).  I believe he was the son of Thomas Philps (1781-1869) and Ann Batchelor (1783-1841) but I can't find conclusive documented proof.  William married Jane Collins in Headley in 1835 and died in 1862.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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London & Middlesex Completed Lookup Requests / Re: Frederick George Cosker - Greenwich
« on: Monday 04 January 10 18:27 GMT (UK)  »
Hi again.
Thanks for all the replies. I too was really surprised about the divorce as both come from very working class backgrounds.  Thanks Jan for the prompt about the National Archives, it's fantastic that they have the divorce record - I didn't think to look there.  I'll be odering a copy of that.  Interestingly there is a Walter Richardson (the co-respondant) living in Greenwich in 1901, without wife!!

I have since looked at the 1911 census and Frederick is still living with his brother and is actually listed as 'Divorced'.  I'm intrigued to know what happened to Elizabeth. 

Thanks again for the replies.

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