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Messages - ruthie_gray

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Barnes of Sussex - Hopfields
« on: Wednesday 09 November 16 12:11 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you all for your words of wisdom (and your photo editing)! We are indeed very lucky to have this original photo. My Granny thinks it is my great great grandfather (who died in 1904 aged 51) on the left, and his brother on the right. My GGF did have brothers more than 20 years older than him, which would explain why the right hand chap looks much older. Your suggestion that it was taken after 1902 fits, but not that it is most likely post WW1 and into the 20s. Does anyone have any further suggestions about that? Thanks again for your help!

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Barnes of Sussex - Hopfields
« on: Tuesday 08 November 16 12:12 GMT (UK)  »
Hello lovely RootsChatters,

I am hoping that someone could help me to date this photograph of some of my ancestors. My lovely Granny who is now 101 tells me it was taken in East Sussex (or Kent) in the hopfields.

Thanks and cheers,

Ruthie

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: J Brown - Manchester
« on: Tuesday 20 October 15 00:08 BST (UK)  »
Hi Carol,

Thanks so much for your prompt reply! Unfortunately I only have a digital copy of the photo. I have asked for a scan of the back with corners and will post if I am able to get one. The family members I think this belongs to were born 1848, 1825, 1854 left to right - does that seem likely?

Cheers,

Ruthie

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / J Brown - Manchester Bertie Ogdon or Maybe Father Ogden
« on: Monday 19 October 15 23:39 BST (UK)  »
I'm hoping someone could help me to date this photo, which might help me to work out which generation of family it belongs to! I swear I tell everyone to write as much information as they can on the back of their photos - too many are just a mystery!

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London & Middlesex Lookup Requests / Re: Ladywell and Brockley Cemetery Headstone Photo Request - Rangecroft
« on: Monday 21 May 12 22:26 BST (UK)  »
Hi Phil,

You're a national treasure! That's fantastic.  I'll PM you with details. Thank you so much!

Cheers,

Ruthie

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London & Middlesex Lookup Requests / Re: Ladywell and Brockley Cemetery Headstone Photo Request - Rangecroft
« on: Monday 21 May 12 00:01 BST (UK)  »
Hi Phil,

Thanks so much for offering to look for William Henry's grave for me!  It sounds as if you have a good working knowledge of the Cemeteries. Brambles - of course, it is spring over in England now, here in Australia we're in the throes of autumn!

What a day of celebration you must have had when you found the CWGC graves! I love the mental image of you skulking through the undergrowth... and I'll help with your bail if needs be! :)

William Henry certainly provided a good headstone for his father, son and brother at Nunhead Cemetery, so I'm hoping that his wife did the same for him there at Ladywell and Brockley.  I'm not sure why he was not buried in the family plot at Nunhead, his wife had the rights to the plot and another of his sons was buried there after his death. A mystery!

I look forward to hearing of your search, hopefully you'll find it!

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Hi Elaine,


As you can see, Phil is on the case at present, but if he has no luck, I will pay the Cemeteries Office and see what they can tell me, and take you up on your kind offer.  Good luck with your search in the meantime - perhaps Phil could give you an indication of where you should look too!

Cheers,

Ruthie

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London & Middlesex Lookup Requests / Re: Ladywell and Brockley Cemetery Headstone Photo Request - Rangecroft
« on: Wednesday 16 May 12 00:23 BST (UK)  »
Hi Elaine,

Thank you so much for your kind offer!  I haven't managed yet to get a photo, so if you were going to the Cemetery Office to check the registers for your great great grandfather's plot number and you wouldn't mind searching for mine in the mean time and hunting him down, that would be fantastic!  I'd be interested to know what details were provided for the registration as well as to see the grave itself!

William Henry Rangecroft was born in 1850 and died 6 Jun 1818 in Catford.  I don't think there would be any other Rangecrofts buried at Ladywell or Brockley so he shouldn't be hard to find (in the register at least, maybe hard to find in the cemetery!). (If there are other Rangecrofts there, I'd love to know who!)  If there are any expenses please let me know and I could do a PayPal transfer to you or something.

Thanks once again,

Ruthie

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England / Re: Tortoise, Newcastle and also Norfolk, any era
« on: Wednesday 16 May 12 00:12 BST (UK)  »
There are Tortoises from Norfolk in my husband's family tree, so your post caught my eye!  I see from the 1911 Census record that Thomasina's father, William Henry, was born in abt 1869 in 'Elson', Norfolk. The consensus on Ancestry seems to be that his parents were Daniel Tortoise and Mary Matilda Spinks. These Tortoises link back to Daniel Tortoise born 1751 and Martha Dugdale born 1755, who are the 5 x great grandparents of my husband. There are some good transcripts to be found, including spelling variations on the name Tortoise, at http://www.genealogy.doun.org/transcriptions/surnames.php?letter=T. Let me know if you would like me to give you further information!

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London & Middlesex Lookup Requests / Re: Ladywell and Brockley Cemetery Headstone Photo Request - Rangecroft
« on: Sunday 12 February 12 01:21 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Valda,

Thanks for your comprehensive reply, I will follow up your tips and see if I can eventually get a picture of the grave.  I wish I could go there in person as it looks like a beautiful place!

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