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Wales / Re: www.welshmariners.org.uk
« on: Yesterday at 16:40 »
Unfortunately the gentleman who did the research, Dr Reginald Davies, has passed away.
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Caernarvonshire / Re: Mary Brown, born Bangor 1890(ish), daughter of James
« on: Thursday 12 June 25 14:16 BST (UK) »
Hello,
St David's (also known as County) Hospital, the children & maternity hospital in Bangor was not built until 1913, it was closed and then demolished in 1994. I was born there in 1962 and my son in 1983 I still have two bricks from the demolition as they sold them for charity - it was a big red brick building.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_David%27s_Hospital,_Bangor
St David's (also known as County) Hospital, the children & maternity hospital in Bangor was not built until 1913, it was closed and then demolished in 1994. I was born there in 1962 and my son in 1983 I still have two bricks from the demolition as they sold them for charity - it was a big red brick building.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_David%27s_Hospital,_Bangor
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Aberdeenshire Lookup Requests / Re: Was there a baby??
« on: Friday 30 May 25 14:51 BST (UK) »
Hi
Do you have his War Record ? That shows that he arrived back in Melbourne from England on the 30/11/2019 having shipped out in August 1919 therefore he could not have fathered a daughter in Australia in October 1919
But if he married in Aberdeen in December 1918 then there could easily have been a baby of that marriage in October 1919. Has anyone checked the England / Wales birth records in case she followed him down to the south coast ??
Do you have his War Record ? That shows that he arrived back in Melbourne from England on the 30/11/2019 having shipped out in August 1919 therefore he could not have fathered a daughter in Australia in October 1919
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If Stanley's daughter was aged 1 year and 8 months on 30 June 1921, she would have been born around October 1919[/i][/i]
But if he married in Aberdeen in December 1918 then there could easily have been a baby of that marriage in October 1919. Has anyone checked the England / Wales birth records in case she followed him down to the south coast ??
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Denbighshire / Re: John Abergale Evans (1867-1945) married Mary Davies
« on: Wednesday 30 April 25 14:12 BST (UK) »
Hello
There is a massive amount of information online about the welsh in Patagonia; not just family history. I would suggest a general google search as well.
Sorry at work so can't help further atm.
Nesta
There is a massive amount of information online about the welsh in Patagonia; not just family history. I would suggest a general google search as well.
Sorry at work so can't help further atm.
Nesta
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Wicklow / Re: Copy of Birth Reg. Shilelagh, Wicklwow 1908
« on: Tuesday 01 April 25 17:31 BST (UK) »
Hello again
Thank you both for confirming what I thought about the passenger lists; we live in North West Wales and Holyhead is only about 30 minutes away so a day trip to Dublin was a regular occurrence when we were kids - in those days no records were kept so I thought it would be the same.
Thanks Dublin50 - yes agreed about the school records - the local archives here hold the school records so I thought that might be a chance. I'll have a browse at the national archive.
You've all been a great help and I really appreciate it; its been really interesting researching another country's history.
Thank you
Thank you both for confirming what I thought about the passenger lists; we live in North West Wales and Holyhead is only about 30 minutes away so a day trip to Dublin was a regular occurrence when we were kids - in those days no records were kept so I thought it would be the same.
Thanks Dublin50 - yes agreed about the school records - the local archives here hold the school records so I thought that might be a chance. I'll have a browse at the national archive.
You've all been a great help and I really appreciate it; its been really interesting researching another country's history.
Thank you
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Wicklow / Re: Copy of Birth Reg. Shilelagh, Wicklwow 1908
« on: Tuesday 01 April 25 16:20 BST (UK) »
Apologies - disappeared off on holiday whilst my friend looked for more information. Thank you again for all the information, they are off to Carew in the next few days to see where their great-grandparents were.
We found the family bible which listed all the children born and the dates they died and they didn't just lose two children before 1911 (daughters) but another little boy died in 1915 aged 18 months.
A daughter was born in Wales in 1905, their son was born in Ireland in 1908 and they were back in Wales by the 1911 census so we have really narrowed down the timescale for when they were in Ireland. As Sinann says
so I agree with their supposition that the fire caused their return to Wales.
If they are in existence I would think about checking passenger records and possibly school records. The family were non-conformist so I do not think there would be any parish church records. There may be estate records but I doubt it. Does anyone have any other suggestions.
Regards
Nesta
We found the family bible which listed all the children born and the dates they died and they didn't just lose two children before 1911 (daughters) but another little boy died in 1915 aged 18 months.
A daughter was born in Wales in 1905, their son was born in Ireland in 1908 and they were back in Wales by the 1911 census so we have really narrowed down the timescale for when they were in Ireland. As Sinann says
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There was a fire there in 1909 in the engine room which resulted in, according to the paper “A number of men have been thrown idle” perhaps that was the reason for the family returning to England
so I agree with their supposition that the fire caused their return to Wales.
If they are in existence I would think about checking passenger records and possibly school records. The family were non-conformist so I do not think there would be any parish church records. There may be estate records but I doubt it. Does anyone have any other suggestions.
Regards
Nesta
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Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / Re: I am so upset .....
« on: Tuesday 01 April 25 13:47 BST (UK) »
I have one very basic public tree linked to my DNA and its surprising (I know it shouldn't be) how many trees this information appears on other peoples trees. My remaining trees are private and non- searchable.....off I go to double check them all yet again 
Nesta
Nesta
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Glamorganshire / Re: Parents not married?
« on: Tuesday 01 April 25 13:41 BST (UK) »
Hi
It could be a finacial relationship in that as the mother had to work then the David's were acting as foster parents to the child. This was quite a common occurrence in those times, there are some horror stories where the foster or nurse child were murdered or badly treated but I assume, hopefully, that most of these relationships worked. They were called nurse children from the premise that the woman looking after them was a wet nurse but these children stayed with the foster family for many years.
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=772027.0
Nesta
It could be a finacial relationship in that as the mother had to work then the David's were acting as foster parents to the child. This was quite a common occurrence in those times, there are some horror stories where the foster or nurse child were murdered or badly treated but I assume, hopefully, that most of these relationships worked. They were called nurse children from the premise that the woman looking after them was a wet nurse but these children stayed with the foster family for many years.
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In 1850, "nurse-children" referred to infants placed in the care of someone other than their parents, often due to economic necessity or the shame of illegitimacy, with women who took care of them known as "nurses" or "wet nurses".
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=772027.0
Nesta
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Wicklow / Re: Copy of Birth Reg. Shilelagh, Wicklwow 1908
« on: Tuesday 04 March 25 13:34 GMT (UK) »
Thank you all very much - I've just popped on at lunch whilst at work to see all these replies. I'll get back to you later.
Regards
Nesta
Regards
Nesta