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Cambridgeshire / Re: 81a Mill Road Cambridge
« on: Thursday 09 January 20 00:54 GMT (UK) »
Thank you WhiskyMac. Most interesting links.
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Cambridgeshire / Re: 81a Mill Road Cambridge
« on: Monday 06 January 20 08:43 GMT (UK) »
I have just received my husband's full birth certificate. He will be 81 this year. He was born at 81a Mill Road Cambridge in March 1939. Both mother and father were living at Green End Road and father a Leading Aircraftsman RAF, which seems to indicate that this address was a maternity home at that date.
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Hampshire & Isle of Wight / Re: Burials in Hungerford/Ringwood
« on: Saturday 25 August 12 01:29 BST (UK) »
Oops - I have written back and apologised for bothering him.
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Hampshire & Isle of Wight / Re: Burials in Hungerford/Ringwood
« on: Friday 24 August 12 11:35 BST (UK) »
Thanks ReadyDale, I will get in touch with the Fordingbridge Town Council. I'm getting quite excited that I might finally be a bit closer to finding his burial place, and it would make sense that if he was born in Fordingbridge, maybe there was a family plot there.
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Hampshire & Isle of Wight / Re: Burials in Hungerford/Ringwood
« on: Friday 24 August 12 10:01 BST (UK) »
Thanks bearcat, unfortunately I think I will have to wait until I get to the UK to look up newspapers. I imagine at the best, the information may be on microfiche. I live in Australia and have to do all my research on line. As far as I know my Gt Gt Grandfather was a farmer and may have gone back to Hungerford to take up the reins of the farm. He is certainly back there in the 1911 census and listed as a farmer and an employer. This search has been going on for several years (at a distance). At this stage I do not know where he farmed, his postal address on the 1911 census is just "Hungerford". When he died his address was given as "Highfield" Hungerford, Fordingbridge. I am assuming that this was his private house. I have followed up your suggestion of contacting a bereavement counsellor in the area. At least it someone who is familiar with the procedures in the Hungerford area.
Re: Municipal cemeteries - where would I be looking?
Thanks.
Re: Municipal cemeteries - where would I be looking?
Thanks.
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Hampshire & Isle of Wight / Burials in Hungerford/Ringwood
« on: Friday 24 August 12 01:14 BST (UK) »
My 2x Gt Grandfather George Thomas, born in 1840 in Fordingbridge, died on 1st Feb 1922 at Highfield, Hungerford, Fordingbridge. Spent all his middle years in Jersey. His much younger 2nd wife Ellen (born Jersey) died on 27th August 1943 also in Hungerford.
I have been trying to find out where they were buried, but having just been through the whole of the Ringwood area Monumental Inscriptions from the Hampshire Genealogical Society and not found them, I now wonder if there is another area I should be looking at.
I am hoping that this might also help me find his parents. All we know with certainty is that his father's name was James, but are almost certain that this is not the James & Susannah found in the censuses. There is a James & Elizabeth, but are hoping that if I can find his gravestone, it might be in a family plot, and finally reveal who his parents were and possibly find siblings.
Any ideas, please.
I have been trying to find out where they were buried, but having just been through the whole of the Ringwood area Monumental Inscriptions from the Hampshire Genealogical Society and not found them, I now wonder if there is another area I should be looking at.
I am hoping that this might also help me find his parents. All we know with certainty is that his father's name was James, but are almost certain that this is not the James & Susannah found in the censuses. There is a James & Elizabeth, but are hoping that if I can find his gravestone, it might be in a family plot, and finally reveal who his parents were and possibly find siblings.
Any ideas, please.
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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Any possible help with an inscription please
« on: Sunday 19 August 12 10:50 BST (UK) »
There is one other possible source of info. Someone else may have taken a photo of this particular gravestone and been able to decipher the engraving. The Gravestone Photographic Resource Project - wwwgravestonephotos.com has a list by surname with the inscriptions and also a list of all the churchyards and cemeteries that have been transcribed. Worth a look.
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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Need help with restoration.
« on: Thursday 09 August 12 13:29 BST (UK) »
Irene - I am just so grateful for the response from this site. I just love this photo. Such a shame the original ever got scratched, but goes to show the quality of the original 95 years ago. Thanks for your time and skill.
Kate
Kate
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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: George & Emelia Thomas 40 years on.
« on: Saturday 04 August 12 08:00 BST (UK) »
Thanks so much. Got to talk to my aunt in Jersey this morning, and apparently the original up on the wall is very faded. It will be lovely to be able to give her a new "you beaut" version. Kate