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Durham Lookup Requests / Re: Ship leaving Seaham? First day of WWII - Captain Woods
« on: Wednesday 09 September 09 20:27 BST (UK)  »
Many thanks to you all.  I shall try and have a look at the resources mentioned and definitely try to ask more around the family.  I will let you know any outcome! :)

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Durham Lookup Requests / Ship leaving Seaham? First day of WWII - Captain Woods
« on: Wednesday 09 September 09 16:20 BST (UK)  »
My father remembers being told of a relative who was captain of a ship carrying coal to Germany, who was captured on the first day of WWII and kept prisoner.  We presume the ship was leaving Seaham as thats where all the family lived and that the man's surname would have been Woods.  Noone else in the family knows of this story and I am at a loss as to where to try and find any more information on it.  My father thinks whoever it was, came back after the war.  I was just wondering if anyone had any access to ship's records for that area and time?  Many thanks

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Surrey / Re: Cross of Warlingham/Chelsham, Surrey
« on: Wednesday 02 September 09 12:15 BST (UK)  »
Hi Lesley,
Yes, I think we do have a connection.  My grandfather was Richard William Joy, whose sister was Elsie Ivy, who I guess you are descended from, seeing as the other sibling Ken, never married?!  My father is Jim, Richard William's eldest son.  I will send you my email address under a private message, so we can talk further, if you would like to.  Interestingly, my husband and I went to trace the Joy's in Shaftesbury and Weymouth this summer and found their old houses.  Glad you got in touch, I was wanting to track the Trevitt side of the family.  Regards,  Sally

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Surrey / Re: Cross of Warlingham/Chelsham, Surrey
« on: Saturday 06 June 09 02:16 BST (UK)  »
If you look on www.bt.com you will see there are some Cross families living in Warlingham and the surrounding areas. Hope this helps.  :)

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Surrey Completed Look up Requests / Re: Croydon inquests
« on: Saturday 06 June 09 02:02 BST (UK)  »
Hi, just thought I would add that Croydon Local Studies Group (Croydon Library) were extremely helpful in tracking an inquest for me (my date was 1906). I had been looking all over to find out what happened to a relative and they kindly sent me a photocopy from the newspaper. One idea may be to ask if they could scan and email to you as the photocopy wasn't too clear, but I at least managed to type it up. Good luck. :)

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Surrey Completed Look up Requests / Re: Marriage of Ellen Mary Brown @ 1920 possibly Croydon
« on: Thursday 04 June 09 11:03 BST (UK)  »
Hi, thank you Geoff and Charlotte. Thank you both for your input. My concern about where the marriage would have taken place is that on the 1911 Census Ellen Mary was not there and as I don't know where she was, I thought she may have been in the Croydon area to have lived there during the War. Also, would I have found Wren records on the army site, as that was Navy? Again, I would need the married name to look that up anyway. It is possible that the marriage you found could be correct. I suppose I would have to get the certificate to find out for sure.  :-\ Sally

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Surrey Completed Look up Requests / Marriage of Ellen Mary Brown @ 1920 possibly Croydon
« on: Thursday 04 June 09 10:13 BST (UK)  »
I am unable to find a marriage for Ellen Mary Brown, born in Walthamstow in 1897.  I know she lived in Morden during WW2 and was married with a possibly still living daughter who was in the Wrens during the war.   I am guessing she married somewhere around Morden.  Her father was called Thomas Brown and her mother was Jane Elizabeth (maiden name was Stannard).  I am descended from one of Ellen's brothers, but we no nothing about her.  I would like to follow the family tree down that line, but obviously need a married name before I can go any further.  Any help is very much appreciated.  Thank you.

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Suffolk Completed Lookup Requests / Re: LEVITTs from Lackford - COMPLETED
« on: Wednesday 22 April 09 07:09 BST (UK)  »
Hi,  yes I am related to Margaret Prince - she is my gt gt gt grandmother!  She was married to a Charles Levitt and one of their children was George Levitt who was my gt gt grandfather.  After Margaret Prince died, Charles and the family went to Durham - don't know what made them do that - other than change of profession to coal mining as that's what they did there.  If you would like to send me a pm, I am happy to exchange email addresses to continue swapping information.  Thanks for getting in touch, Sally :)

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US Lookup Requests / Re: ALICE JAMES & ? FOSTER Entry to USA abt 1912
« on: Saturday 11 April 09 19:40 BST (UK)  »
It isn't important to have a middle name - one of my children has and the other hasn't (because we thought his name would look too long when he had to write it down on forms!)  It just seems very unusual to add one later in life.  I am thinking the best way to go with this, from the information you and Shelley have found for me, is to make contact on the web somewhere in Monterey, looking for descendants and see if anyone replies?!    :)

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