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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Tyne and Wear Shipwrights
« on: Tuesday 08 June 10 21:18 BST (UK)  »
Hi to abergynolwyn  and Ermintrude46 . I have only just accessed the Rootschat website after a long absence so I hope you will not mind the joint thankyou letter. Somehow I could not find the link to reply to you individually.
The superannuated shipwright is my ancestor and it delighted me to find some extra information after several years fruitless searching.
Some very kind people in Pembrokeshire have sent me details of Thomas Harrison from the excellent book called Pembrokeshire People by Richard Rose and I was also able to read the book at my main library and gain a few more facts about the extended family.  This does not reduce my gratitude to the people who have taken time to help me, so please accept a big thank you. :) The idea to search in Hampshire rather than Durham for background information on Thomas Harrison is an excellent idea, one which I will certainly follow up.
I intend to search in the Access 2 Archives for the other information suggested by Ermintrude 46. together with a search in the Greenwich Pensioners site. Luckily I have 1841 and 1851 census details of Thomas and his family in Pembrokeshire but the place of birth is so vague I was really struggling to go further back. Now maybe I have the end of thread that will slowly unravel the next generation Of the Harrison Family.
 Many many thanks,
Irene

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New Zealand Completed Requests / HOWLETT- Decendants
« on: Thursday 12 February 09 17:54 GMT (UK)  »
I should like to find decendants of Edwin (Upholsterer ) and Mary Ann Piper, married in Hull, Yorkshire, UK, in 1864.
They, Edwin 49 and Mary-Ann 47, emigrated to Aukland about 1891 with some of their  children :-
Edith      23
Louisa    25
Alice        17
John       15
Frank,     13
Rose       11
Herbert    09
Edwin       06
George     04
Edwin married for a second time in 1904 to Ann Brook Smith of Ponsonby Road Aukland.
Edwin died in1910 and is buried in Purewa cemetary.

Edith married William James ALPE in 1909
Frank married Alice Jane BURNS in1924
Rose married Arthur Edward DAVIES in 1904.
If anyone recognises these families I would be very pleased to hear from them and exchange details of Edwin's Ancestors in England.
Hopefully, Irene (nee HOWLETT)

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Family History Beginners Board / Tyne and Wear Shipwrights
« on: Tuesday 10 February 09 23:43 GMT (UK)  »
I have  tried several avenues of research , in Northumbrian archives, to locate my ancestor who described himself as coming from North Shields in the 1851 census. I have a trail from Portsmouth to Pembroke Dock after 1810.   His early life is a mystery, apart from his approximate birth and profession,  ie 1780 and a shipwright.
 Please can someone suggest how I might find Thomas HARRISON when I do not know the place of birth, nor his father's name.  I had not realized how well used the HARRISON name was until I tried to find Thomas.  Being over 300 miles away from the Tyne and Wear area adds to the problem.  I am hoping that Rootschat is the answer to this long-standing brick wall.
I will appreciate all suggestions of help with this - thank you.

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