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Offline saxonmick

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Ongar railway, looking for Grandad
« on: Monday 19 January 09 18:35 GMT (UK) »
I AM TRYING TO FIND ANY INFO ABOUT MY GRANDAD
CHARLES JOHN ADAMS.
HE WORK AT ONGAR RAILWAY STATION ABT: 1900-1914.
HE LIVED IN THE RAILWAY COTTAGES.
HE MAY HAVE BEEN A SIGNALMAN OR A PORTER.
I AM UNABLE TO FIND ANY PICTURES OF HIM AT WORK OR ANY WHERE.
I HAVE TRYED ALL THE NORMAL THINGS WITH NO LUCK.
I AM HOPING SOMEONE ELSE HAD A RELATIVE WHO MAY  HAVE WORKED THERE
AND HAVE SOME PICTURES .
I HAVE SOME PICTURES OF THE STATION ABT,1914,BUT THERE ARE NO NAMES WITH THEM.
 

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Re: Ongar railway, looking for Grandad
« Reply #1 on: Monday 19 January 09 18:52 GMT (UK) »
Doesnt look like he had started his railway career by 1901

RG13 1644 50 26
Castle Street Chipping Ongar
Arthur J 40 Bricklayer bn C Ongar
Jane E wife 42 bn West Dean Sussex
Chas J 15 bricklayers labourer bn C Ongar
Frederick W 13
Henry A 11
Alfred G 8
Herbert F 6

might be worth you trying 1911
Edmonds/Edmunds - mainly Sussex
DeBoo - London
Green - Suffolk
Parker - Sussex
Kemp - Essex
Farrington - Essex
Boniface - West Sussex

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Re: Ongar railway, looking for Grandad
« Reply #2 on: Monday 19 January 09 18:54 GMT (UK) »
Edmonds/Edmunds - mainly Sussex
DeBoo - London
Green - Suffolk
Parker - Sussex
Kemp - Essex
Farrington - Essex
Boniface - West Sussex

census information is Crown Copyright from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk