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The Common Room / Re: 'Yeoman of the Crossbows'
« on: Saturday 20 September 25 01:39 BST (UK)  »
Yeoman was a rank for royal servants.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeoman_(household_servant)

It may have been that he was one of the "Yeomen of the Crown", who were an elite group - they acted, among other things, as bodyguards to the King. From this group some were given specific duties/titles, and Yeoman of the Crossbows would have been responsible for looking after the King's own weaponry. Henry VIII loved to hunt, and crossbows were a favoured hunting weapon at this time.

More in depth here: https://www.yeomenoftheguard.co.uk/anita-hewerdine-thesis

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The Common Room / Re: Odd cause of death
« on: Tuesday 09 September 25 15:17 BST (UK)  »
One thing might be an ectopic pregnancy.  They are a leading cause of maternal death and if it occured very early in pregnancy she may not have known she was pregnant.  Miscarriages could also have caused heavy bleeding.

Other causes for a similar set of symptoms are possible, though; some sort of GI bleed, some types of cancer, ovarian cyst bursting, etc.  Probably the vagueness was down to they just didn't know what was wrong - no obvious cause, no external wounds, etc.

You might want to search for the woman down the street to see if she was ever recorded as a midwife, nurse, etc.  Perhaps she cared for your ancestor before her death.

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The Common Room / Re: Possible Marriage
« on: Sunday 07 September 25 13:04 BST (UK)  »
It could be that the biofather was a "William Watson" and the rest was some white lies.

On Maud's birth certificate, what was the address of the birth, and also the address of the informant? Was Juliana the informant?

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The Common Room / Re: Ralph Lewis Gilberne Butler 1883-1967
« on: Sunday 07 September 25 08:12 BST (UK)  »
Nice find! Knowing it was in Roquebrune not Menton proper the marriage record can be found in the departmental archives

https://archives06.fr/ark:/79346/ec4d9dec8ef0bf79ef07325d2776c3bd39/img:02E_0864_00104

He is listed as resident Petit Saconnex, Swizterland.  She was resident in Roquebrune with her father.

Violet and her father and sister can be seen together on the 1931 census here:
https://archives06.fr/ark:/79346/619e86be867dbbbfed7a0f708b83072e/img:06M_0186_0009

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The Common Room / Re: Ralph Lewis Gilberne Butler 1883-1967
« on: Saturday 06 September 25 03:11 BST (UK)  »
I wonder if these are both his military service:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C1064199
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D1669783


I also suspect he might be the author of this item:
https://archive.org/details/neweasterneurope0000ralp/page/n5/mode/2up

As well as the translator here:
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004879378&seq=7

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The Common Room / Re: Coal Mining in Cheshire
« on: Saturday 06 September 25 02:44 BST (UK)  »
https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/CHS/Hyde
Bolding below mine -  quote from Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England  (1831)

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In this village and neighbourhood are some of the largest spinning and power-loom establishments in the kingdom, giving employment to nearly five thousand persons; an additional conveyance has also been made to Manchester by water, by the Peak Forest canal, which passes through this place, and unites with the Ashton canal: there are extensive coal mines in the vicinity.

Hyde Lane Colliery seems to have been one of the major and long-running mines in the area, there was a famous disaster in the mine in 1889.  But there were likely others at the time he could have worked for.
http://www.pittdixon.go-plus.net/lpfc-hyde-wharf/lpfc-hyde-wharf.htm#tithe

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Looking for my mother's-in law father John (or Jack) Hickisey, b. 1905 in London
« on: Thursday 04 September 25 14:43 BST (UK)  »
Hmm, interesting.

That would suggest the John Michael Hickey previously found as a possible; his mother was McGrath.
Perhaps he was not raised by Patrick Hickey, and "Kingsley" is a name related to a stepfather, foster father, or other father figure.

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London and Middlesex / Re: Grandmother Jessie Alice Bonney nee Evison.
« on: Thursday 04 September 25 14:08 BST (UK)  »
https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/

It does not appear there was a probate record for Thomas Edgar which would suggest he didn't have enough property to warrant formal probate (many people did not; only somewhere in the realms of 20% of estates hit the estate tax threshold).

This would indicate to me they did not own the property.


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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Looking for my mother's-in law father John (or Jack) Hickisey, b. 1905 in London
« on: Thursday 04 September 25 12:54 BST (UK)  »
I would expect a marriage certificate from 1931 in New Zealand to list information about parents; is there anything there?


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