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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: John Ellison's Occupation ??
« on: Sunday 23 May 10 18:16 BST (UK) »
Thanks - it always seems obvioius when someone spots it 
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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / COMPLETED - John Ellison's Occupation ??
« on: Sunday 23 May 10 18:12 BST (UK) »
John Ellison's Occupation ?? any ideas.
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Lancashire / Re: William Ellison - Mariner ??
« on: Friday 21 May 10 20:18 BST (UK) »
Thanks jvy20,
Yes that is one I've been looking as a big contender - and you coming up with the same result reinforces my hunch - although I can't seem to find anything in the 1871 census - and in the 1881 census of wales my suspected thomas is a crew member of the 'spirt of dawn' in Holyhead.
Yes that is one I've been looking as a big contender - and you coming up with the same result reinforces my hunch - although I can't seem to find anything in the 1871 census - and in the 1881 census of wales my suspected thomas is a crew member of the 'spirt of dawn' in Holyhead.
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Lancashire / William Ellison - Mariner ??
« on: Friday 21 May 10 15:25 BST (UK) »
I'm struggling to locate a relative from the mid-ninetinth century.
I received a marriage certificate for the marriage of John Ellison b.1860(my gg grandfather) and his wife Catherine Jane Lennon which took place in 1881 in Liverpool.
But unfortunately like John Ellison his father William's Profession is listed as a Mariner so going back through the census's is hap-hazard as I am constantly wondering whether William is away at sea on the night of the census's
And with no mothers name - I am finding it hard to pin down my William...
Do any resources where crew-listings for merchant ships or the like exist where I could trace my ancestor?
Any ideas??
I received a marriage certificate for the marriage of John Ellison b.1860(my gg grandfather) and his wife Catherine Jane Lennon which took place in 1881 in Liverpool.
But unfortunately like John Ellison his father William's Profession is listed as a Mariner so going back through the census's is hap-hazard as I am constantly wondering whether William is away at sea on the night of the census's
And with no mothers name - I am finding it hard to pin down my William...
Do any resources where crew-listings for merchant ships or the like exist where I could trace my ancestor?
Any ideas??
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Caernarvonshire / Re: Robert Owen or Owens b.1863
« on: Thursday 20 May 10 08:34 BST (UK) »
Another thing that help reinforce my hunch is the fact Gyffin in the late 19th centrury was quite a small area between south of Conwy - and even today it is still of modest size - so the possiblty of a familys of owen and owens living together with so much in common with names of children, occupation and D.O.B's seem very unlikely.
p.s Thanks for all the info from the above replies.
p.s Thanks for all the info from the above replies.
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Caernarvonshire / Re: Robert Owen or Owens b.1863
« on: Wednesday 19 May 10 22:59 BST (UK) »
Eureka!!! - Just found Robert Owen on the 1891 census living in Gyffin with - Lucy Owen aged 68 (his widowed mother) which fits in with the 1822 ish date of her birth - so somewhere between 1871 and 1891 Owens became Owen
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Caernarvonshire / Re: Robert Owen or Owens b.1863
« on: Wednesday 19 May 10 22:26 BST (UK) »
Just run Robert Owen b.1862 +/- one year - in Wales(whole of) with father Daniel - through ancestry.com search engine and -
Robert Owens born Gyffin, Carnarvonshire - parents Daniel and Lucy Owens is the only result of the search -
Surely this must mean my relative
Sometimes this genealogy hobby really drives you up the wall
Robert Owens born Gyffin, Carnarvonshire - parents Daniel and Lucy Owens is the only result of the search -
Surely this must mean my relative
Sometimes this genealogy hobby really drives you up the wall
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Caernarvonshire / Re: Robert Owen or Owens b.1863
« on: Wednesday 19 May 10 21:19 BST (UK) »
Yes, I was working backwards from 1911 - Mary Catherine Jones is Robert Owen's wife.
Lucy Roberts (i think) is Daniel Owens wife.
Looks like another certificate then
- (ancestry.coms family tree's are down as well so I can't even cross check my info on them either)
Lucy Roberts (i think) is Daniel Owens wife.
Looks like another certificate then
- (ancestry.coms family tree's are down as well so I can't even cross check my info on them either)
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Caernarvonshire / Re: Robert Owen or Owens b.1863
« on: Wednesday 19 May 10 21:12 BST (UK) »
Thanks,
Yes a joiner is a carpenter (as I myself am one), but the whole crux of the problem is whether the name Owen and Owens could have been mixed up when the census was taken - do you think that a possiblity back then??
Yes a joiner is a carpenter (as I myself am one), but the whole crux of the problem is whether the name Owen and Owens could have been mixed up when the census was taken - do you think that a possiblity back then??