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London and Middlesex / Re: Finding Thomas Littleford 1880-1954
« on: Friday 21 March 25 05:14 GMT (UK)  »
Hi All,

Just an update to say that I have this week found Thomas in the 1919 & 1920 London Electoral Registers as Littleford Thomas Brown at 9a Providence Place, Bethnal Green.

And Thomas and Nellie (born Lakenheath Suffolk) are surnamed Brown on the 1921 Census at the same address.  Brown being his mother's maiden name.

Still unable to located him between 1908 and 1918 using either Littleford or Brown.

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Hertfordshire / Re: James Neighbour - uttering counterfeit money
« on: Tuesday 24 September 24 05:54 BST (UK)  »
So I tried to get the 13 Mar 1830 Herts Mercury article from HALS.  I entered all my details and made payment last Friday only to get a message yesterday that because of Brexit they haven't yet worked out how to service overseas customers (I am in Australia).

The Brexit referendum was in June 2016 and official exit 31 Jan 2020 so in four years and nearly eight months they haven't yet worked out how to deal with overseas customers?  How much revenue are they losing from this?

As financial controller for the company I work for, I would have been sacked long before now for not finding a way to maintain such an income stream.

Anyhow, complaining doesn't get me the article. 

I don't like to impose on people but I feel I am left with no other option but to ask if some-one who may be visiting HALS in person can get the article for me; its a bit of a long walk from here.  It doesn't have to be an image, just a very good transcript would do.  I don't expect anyone to pay for it, just if it's free if viewed in person.

Thank you for listening/reading my whinging ramble.

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Hertfordshire / Re: James Neighbour - uttering counterfeit money
« on: Wednesday 18 September 24 13:49 BST (UK)  »
That is some of the information I was after.   

Is there any indication of the relationship between the three Neighbour people? 

James & John I think are brothers and while they have a sister Mary Ann I think this will be James' wife, also Mary Ann.  They must have spent some time together in jail as Mary Ann gives birth to a daughter (yet another Mary Ann) in early January 1831.

I am pretty sure this is the James Neighbour sent to VDL in 1834/5 in the Lady Kennaway.  His convict record says he was not guilty of stealing a fish (which I found in Islington in 1827), given 12 mths for bad money (it would seem so from this enquiry in 1830), and transportation for 7 years for stealing a coat valued at 4s (also in Islington).

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Hertfordshire / James Neighbour - uttering counterfeit money
« on: Wednesday 18 September 24 05:00 BST (UK)  »
Hi All,

I am looking for newspaper articles and/or court records of James Neighbour (and maybe in association with others) being prosecuted for uttering counterfeit money in 1829/30 around Chipping Barnet.

Cheers, Colin

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Berkshire / Re: Marriages of Edward Neighbour - Cookham 1767 & Bisham 1773
« on: Tuesday 10 September 24 00:39 BST (UK)  »
Thank you both for the information.

I think I am going to have to revisit this whole line as the only thing I am certain of is the baptism of James Neighbour in Finsbury in 1771 to Edward & Ann.

As far as I can see there are only two marriages anywhere in England of Edward Neighbour with wife Ann in the forty years prior to 1771;  Ann Grey at Fingest Bucks in 1737 and Ann Tredaway at Cookham Berks in 1767.

I am happy to be proven wrong.

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Berkshire / Marriages of Edward Neighbour - Cookham 1767 & Bisham 1773
« on: Monday 09 September 24 06:38 BST (UK)  »
Hi All,

I would like it if some-one could find the actual parish register entry for the marriage of Edward Neighbour & Anne Tredaway at Cookham dated 23 Aug 1767.  Quite surprisingly, they also baptize a daughter, Sarah, on the same day.

I am having trouble with this pair as I believe Edward was baptized in West Wycombe 28 Feb 1749 while Anne was baptized 13 Mar 1750 in Farnham Royal, making him 18 and her 17.  I am interested in seeing if there is anything about banns or license, parental consent, or parish of origin.

The only other child I can find for an Edward & Ann Neighbour is James baptized 30 Jun 1771 in St Luke Finsbury London.  It is this James that I have as a 3G grandfather.

There is a subsequent marriage of Edward Neighbour bachelor of West Wycombe to Martha Pointer of Bisham 19 Aug 1773.  They have five known children all born in West Wycombe; Elizabeth 1774, William 1776, John 1778, Thomas 1781, James 1783.

So, am I looking at two men named Edward Neighbour; did Anne die and Edward re-marry; or was the marriage some-how annulled because of their age and lack of parental consent?

The reason I ask is that I am getting DNA hits of both mothers which suggests two marriages of the same man but I need to confirm it if possible.

Many thanks, Colin

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The Common Room / Re: Pulling hair out , need directing to reference number to obtain cert
« on: Saturday 03 August 24 13:48 BST (UK)  »
I agree with the birth being:
William J Green 12/1931 Hereford Vol 6a p637 mother maiden name Coley

And the death is:
John William Green 1/1995 Worcester Reg B53E District 5271B Entry 167 (DOB 13 Oct 1931)

The marriage will be harder without some sort of date range and/or some indication of her surname

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Huntingdonshire / Re: Fanny Staughton nee Farey - when did she die?
« on: Saturday 03 August 24 06:06 BST (UK)  »
Thanks to all those who have looked at this since I was on yesterday.

The 10yo Fanny Fairy in St Neots with mother Charlotte I beleive her father to be Joseph as there is a marriage in St Neots in 1828 of Joseph Fairey & Charlotte Townshend of Eaton Socon.  I think this is the Fanny Fairey that married Samuel Staughton.

I am going to hang on to this discussion as there is quite a chance that Joseph fits into my Farey line somewhere.

So if I back track then, this isn't the Fanny Fairey I am looking for.  The one I want was born late in 1837 and was last seen with her paternal aunt Elizabeth Irons (nee Farey) in 1851.

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Huntingdonshire / Re: Fanny Staughton nee Farey - when did she die?
« on: Friday 02 August 24 07:45 BST (UK)  »
I finally found that 1911 entry.

The notation "Lunatic 25" is made by the enumerator I think it means she has been a lunatic since the age of 25, which would match the timing of the newspaper articles in 1856 and a birth year of 1830/1.

I am now wondering if this is a different and older Fanny Farey than the one I seek born 1837.

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