Author Topic: Looking for a fresh pair of eyes on finding info about my great grandfather  (Read 3213 times)

Offline deetur

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Hi all,

I've been trying to find out more about my great father (paternal maternal) for nearly twenty years now, however I'm at a point where I really don't know what to do next. There is very little information out there (which is strange because he has a very unusual name - Joseph Twigg-Balmer). I have a pulled together a word doc which contains all the information I've managed to find over the years and I'd really love some fresh eyes to take a look and offer any advice please. Sadly I've yet to confirm birth or death so as you can imagine it's incredibly frustrating and I've just been hitting a brick wall for years now.

Is anyone willing to take a look and maybe provide some suggestions? I'm hoping a fresh set of eyes might spot something I've missed and I'd be incredibly grateful.

*Edited to add the information in sections (I do have this in a document which is obviously much easier to read).*

Thanks so much.

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Re: Looking for a fresh pair of eyes on finding info about my great grandfather
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 28 January 25 20:57 GMT (UK) »
Who did he marry - when & where?

What is his fathers name on the marriage cert
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Re: Looking for a fresh pair of eyes on finding info about my great grandfather
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 28 January 25 21:04 GMT (UK) »
A tree on Ancestry has him as Joseph H Twigg-Balmer b 1882 Cumberland & married Elizabeth Dunsdon

A Joseph Henry Twigg was b Whitehaven 1882 mmn Lowden - have assumptions been made that this is Twigg-Balmer?
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Re: Looking for a fresh pair of eyes on finding info about my great grandfather
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 28 January 25 21:36 GMT (UK) »
There are WW1 military papers for Joseph which record his next of kin as his brother James in South Africa.
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: Looking for a fresh pair of eyes on finding info about my great grandfather
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 28 January 25 21:44 GMT (UK) »
Mr J Twig Balmer (born 1880) emigrated to South Africa with his wife in 1904
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: Looking for a fresh pair of eyes on finding info about my great grandfather
« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 28 January 25 22:16 GMT (UK) »
There are WW1 military papers for Joseph which record his next of kin as his brother James in South Africa.

Deserted 1915.
All this probably known by deetur as there are various posts elsewhere seeking or posting information.

I just saw this which is interesting. Scroll down for his name -  also confirming his desertion.
https://robertbickers.net/books/getting-stuck-in-for-shanghai/the-suwa-maru-contingent/
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Re: Looking for a fresh pair of eyes on finding info about my great grandfather
« Reply #6 on: Tuesday 28 January 25 22:33 GMT (UK) »
As others have said, it would be more helpful to put the basic details that you do know about Joseph here rather than emailing you for a document.  :D

You probably also know that a Joseph TWIGG BALMER , mining engineer of Malakand (Pakistan) appears on a Freemason membership register in 1909.

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Re: Looking for a fresh pair of eyes on finding info about my great grandfather
« Reply #7 on: Tuesday 28 January 25 22:38 GMT (UK) »
Previous thread
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=154631.msg716392

Danni, posting several requests only causes frustration and confusion. RootsChatters genuinely like to help, but tend to give up when effort is being duplicated.
If you have a word document with complete information, save it as a PDF file and attach it here. If it is long, you may have to attach one page at a time.
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: Looking for a fresh pair of eyes on finding info about my great grandfather
« Reply #8 on: Tuesday 28 January 25 22:47 GMT (UK) »
I'll try and post in sections here what's in the document.

All information that I have on Joseph Twigg Balmer:

From the information I have, it would appear that the first time ‘Twigg-Balmer’ was used was in 1904.

Sometimes spelling is Twigg Balmer and sometimes Twigg-Balmer.

From Divorce Papers: Petitioner Victor Weeden, Respondent Elizabeth Weeden and Co-respondent Joseph Twigg Balmer

I have the divorce papers for my Great Grandmother Elizabeth Weeden (nee Dunsdon 2c 204). Joseph appears as the co-respondent.

Her husband Victor Weeden (2a 919) files for divorce from Elizabeth as he accuses Joseph Twigg-Balmer and her of committing adultery, resulting in a child (Anthony Claude Weeden born Dec 1915 - 1b 15) and later my Grandmother (Kathleen Betty Twigg-Balmer, born January 1919 - 1b 172).

Victor was serving with 2nd Battalion Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry in France.

Marriage finally dissolved in 1922 (on 18th July 1922, Victor filed a notice and affidavit for decree absolute. On 24th July 1922, the marriage was dissolved).

Elizabeth and Victor were married on 24th December 1912 (2a 2433) at The Registry Office Minister in the Isle of Thanet in the county of Kent. They then lived together at The Old House Aylesbury in the county of Buckinghamshire.

A child (Margaret Mary Weeden, 2a 2025) was born March 1912 to Elizabeth and Victor.

After leaving her home with Victor, Elizabeth resides at 46 Canonbury Square, London.

Victor continues to reside at 41 Hereson Road Ramsgate, Kent.

Confession of adultery was apparently made on the 27th day of September 1915 at 24 Delamy Street Camden Town London.

On 9th September 1916 Elizabeth went to live with the Joseph at 46 Canonbury Square London and stayed there with him until and beyond the date of his petition. That they occupied the same bedroom and passed under the names of Mr and Mrs Balmer and that they left on 5th November 1916.

A male child was born on 28th December 1915 at 26 Delamy Street Camden Town London. This child was Anthony Claude Weeden.