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Coincidence or what!
« on: Sunday 05 October 25 09:01 BST (UK) »
Last night I was tidying up my paternal line trying to find my GG Grandmother in 1891, only to find that in 1882 she lived in Union Place Boston Lincs. This caught my attention as I grew up in Union Place after my parents bought a property there after the clearance of the Lincoln Lane area, I did an address census search on FindMyPast only to find it was exactly the same property!!  :o
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Re: Coincidence or what!
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 05 October 25 09:22 BST (UK) »
I'd have the floorboards up looking for long-forgotten treasure.

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Re: Coincidence or what!
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 05 October 25 09:28 BST (UK) »
I don't think there would have been much treasure, she had about 5 children as a single woman then married a 64yr old Ag Lab twice her age  ;D ;D
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Re: Coincidence or what!
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 09 October 25 10:27 BST (UK) »
I've worked on 3 retail parks that were built on what had been the streets my ancestors had lived in. Yesterday I found a former teacher in my latest batch of DNA matches.

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Re: Coincidence or what!
« Reply #4 on: Yesterday at 10:06 »
(nothing to do with family history)

My brother driving (speeding) from Wick to Inverness stopped by the police.
Like myself he is a fluent Welsh speaker -
spoke to the P C  in Welsh telling him he couldn't speak English - P.C. smiled and said - 'dim problem - mi ges i fy magu yn Caernarfon'  - 'no problem I was raised in Caernarfon'

does this count as a coincidence ?

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Re: Coincidence or what!
« Reply #5 on: Yesterday at 22:38 »
Quote from: zetlander on Yesterday at 10:06
does this count as a coincidence ?
Brilliant!

I bet the policeman has dined out on that story a few times :)
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Re: Coincidence or what!
« Reply #6 on: Yesterday at 23:10 »
Yes,it is also very comical ;D ;D ;D
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