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World War Two / Re: Forces deaths
« on: Wednesday 15 January 14 15:20 GMT (UK)  »
Sorry for delay in replying. Thanks to nanny jan and Trevor, what is FindMyPast please?
I am searching for a needle in a haystack....actually it is my husband's uncle who was fostered in 1923 aged 5 years. I have been unable to find his death in bmd under his birth name or foster mother's name so was thinking he was the right age to have served in WW2. I was hoping his name would jump out on forces war records site but I cannot find anyone of the right age under either surname.

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World War Two / Re: Forces deaths
« on: Thursday 09 January 14 20:19 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks Gortonboy & t mo. Have tried bmd without success. Will now try commonwealth war graves site.

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World War Two / Forces deaths
« on: Thursday 09 January 14 20:02 GMT (UK)  »
Where are deaths of service personnel [WW2] recorded?

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: My Godmother
« on: Saturday 15 June 13 21:21 BST (UK)  »
Hi Marquessate
Thanks for the prompt reply... very helpful. It sounds as though you have found her, I'm most grateful for your help.

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: My Godmother
« on: Saturday 15 June 13 21:01 BST (UK)  »
Elsie was a spinster. She was still teaching after the war and probably into the mid to late 50s. She retired to Greenodd near Ulverston and died in the early 1970s where I do not know.

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Family History Beginners Board / My Godmother
« on: Friday 14 June 13 19:44 BST (UK)  »
Elsie Burton worked as a teacher in Manchester, in the Miles Platting area I believe, during 1930s. She and some of her pupils were evacuated to Hulland in Derbyshire and she was billeted with my grandmother. Elsie became a family friend and always stayed with us during the summer holidays after the war and into the 1950s. Her home was in Levenshulme. Does anyone have any information about her? I realise how little I really knew of her.

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Australia / Re: Alfred BEESTON emigrated to Australia 1912
« on: Monday 08 February 10 19:36 GMT (UK)  »
Hello Kopittr
I was really pleased to get your message but an afraid I won't be of much help to you. You appear to know more about Alfred than I do.
I have a copy of his birth certificate and had found his name on the passenger list of the Orvieto and his army records. I also have a photo of the family at Bradley Park. I think it must have been taken between 1908 & 1912 as I'm pretty sure my grandmother{ Alfred's sister} was married when it was taken.
You mention that you are in contact with a neice of Alfred, is that one of Isaac's daughters? I am not in touch with her. Did Ike maintain contact with Alfred? I understood from my grandmother that after a few years Alfred stopped writing.
I believe I have a copy of the Beeston family tree compiled by you in 1995, it was given to me by a third cousin after a chance meeting in Hulland churchyard. I look forward to hearing from you again.               Jan

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Australia / Re: Alfred BEESTON emigrated to Australia 1912
« on: Thursday 19 November 09 11:50 GMT (UK)  »
Hello judb
Thanks for your help. Either of these sound possible but  I need to do more research.
What nice people one meets on Rootschat.
Jan

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Australia / Re: Alfred BEESTON emigrated to Australia 1912
« on: Thursday 19 November 09 11:46 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Annie
Thanks for your help.
Jan

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