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Offline Neale1961

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Re: Need help to restore and date an image of a soldier in uniform from late 1800s
« Reply #54 on: Tuesday 05 April 22 09:56 BST (UK) »
Frederick Dexter (time line)
1901 census living in Bristol
October 1903 - 1st marriage
May & Dec 1904 in Bristol papers
January 1905- Daughter born
August 1906 - Son born
June 1910 - Wife died 
April 1911 - 2nd marriage second wife
May 1913 - Son born
Milligan - Jardine – Glencross – Dinwoodie - Brown: (Dumfriesshire & Kirkcudbrightshire)
Clark – Faulds – Cuthbertson – Bryson – Wilson: (Ayrshire & Renfrewshire)
Neale – Cater – Kinder - Harrison: (Warwickshire & Queensland)
Roberts - Spry: (Cornwall, Middlesex & Queensland)
Munster: (Schleswig-Holstein & Queensland) and Plate: (Braunschweig, Neubruck & Queensland & New York)

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Re: Need help to restore and date an image of a soldier in uniform from late 1800s
« Reply #55 on: Tuesday 05 April 22 12:00 BST (UK) »
Thank you that removes some of the confusion!

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Re: Need help to restore and date an image of a soldier in uniform from late 1800s
« Reply #56 on: Tuesday 05 April 22 12:05 BST (UK) »
It would be helpful to know when Fred Dexter joined the Bristol police and what his previous occupation was. Had he perhaps served briefly in the army in the 1890's?

Registers are at Bristol RO:

 https://archives.bristol.gov.uk/records/Pol/St
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Re: Need help to restore and date an image of a soldier in uniform from late 1800s
« Reply #57 on: Tuesday 05 April 22 14:12 BST (UK) »
Tried searching but can't access the appropriate files / records but I think it may be that I am not searching correctly.