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Please can anyone help...I'm trying to find out more about Frederick Harris who would have been my gt gt gt grandfather. I've found him on the 1871 census and 1881 census living in London with his wife Annie Maria (Merson - born Southwark 1847). In the censuses he gave his place of birth as Adderbury, Oxfordshire in 1839. His occupation is horse keeper. (on his daughter's wedding cert. he is also named as Frederick Harris, ...

I am hoping someone can help me, my 2xgrt grandfather William Thomson was born Glasgow area and had an apprenticeship as a seaman with Thomas Penman at GravesEnd 1810, he later became a ships master and was drowned off the eastcoast of scotland near Kincardine bay 2 feb 1841, I found this information in a letter written to my Dad some years ago, I would really like to find when he became shipsmaster, what the ...

I don't know if anyone can help me at all, I'd love to know about the POW (repatriation?) records and their catalogue code as used by Kate Humble is the last episode. My grandfather was on the long march also but never spoke of it - like so many - and so I'm not even entirely sure of which march he was on. This is also thanks to the POW camps being renumbered halfway through ...

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please could anyone help me .I am looking for my G-Grandmother birth
Her name was Elizabeth Geogahan.born Liverpool inabout 1842
This is what she has put on the census,she married Mark Usher in 1860
He was born in Ireland,Dublin.
They are on the 1861-1871 census,only Elizabeth is on the 1881 census
They were married at Manchester cath-in 1860
Ihave been through all the birth and baptisms record in Liverpool
and cannot find her,please ...

To what extent were the deaths of soldiers killed in action in WW1 registered in the UK?

My husband's great-grandfather, Arthur Hills (incorrectly recorded as Arthur Hill in the CWGC database), died on 2nd July 1916, aged 25, whilst serving with the Royal Field Artillery. I've been told that his death would have been registered in the UK but I can find no trace of a record in the BMD indexes. His family (including his ...

Hi am searching for more info on James Irvin Baker from the USA. According to his death certificate he died November 6th 1994 in Trenton New Jersey and was born November 3rd 1914 in Rockland City New York. He married Ethel Baker in Norwich, Norfolk, England in 1945. According to that marraige certificate his father was also James Irvin Baker. Its his birth and his parents marraige i'm having trouble with. Possible name for his ...

Please help i'm trying to find out more about William Arthur Isaac Leggett, born in 1903 in Norwich, Norfolk to William Arthur Leggett & Gertrude (nee Tubby) Leggett. I have been told that he died in Jamaica in 1923 whilst serving in the British Army and is buried there. I have found his marraige in 1923 to a Gertrude Bond. I'm having trouble finding which regiment he was in and if he did in fact ...

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Now I have to admit to being fairly new to the family history thing even though I've been thinking of tracing my family roots for many years. A change conversation with a cousin a year or so ago got me moving and, while I haven't even budged from my PC yet I've managed to trace back to mt 5x great gandfather born in 1726 ... thanks actually to a friend I 'met' on ...

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Can anyone help me with the above?

Shadrack Grace was born 1826/28 in Whipsnade, Beds. I can't find him on the 1841 census, but on his daughter Eliza's (my GG grandmother) birth certificate his profession is given as shoemaker. He appears on the 1851 census married to Hannah with children William, Eliza and Ann. He is living in Kensworth in Herts and is a brick maker.
On 1861 census, the whole family are still ...

Firstly many thanks to the two replies received on my previous topic regarding birth of Florence. I have also been searching for her death, According to my mother (aged 87) Florence was found dead after 3 days and an empty bottle was found beside her body? I cannot verify that of course. She died sometime in the 1950's in London area? I can only find a death registered of a Florence Jupp in 1961 registered ...