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I am looking for any information on either of the above. Selina Owen (b 1836 Middleton Warwickshire) is shown as married to Richard Byard (b Debyshire 1830) (cabinet maker) in 1861 Birmingham, they have 1 daughter Hannah M Byard who is 2yrs. In the 1871 census Richard is now married to Matilda and living in Staffs, and an "S" Owen is a female patient in Hatton Lunatic Asylum with no reference to the little girl..... ...

Does anyone have details of the Boon family of Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire? Mary Boon married Benjamin Cozens in 1825 at St. Andrews, Whittlesey according to Boyds Marriage List with daughter Ann marrying Robert Cole in 1850 at St. John the Baptist, Peterborough. Son William was christened on 7 June 1835 in Peterborough. Ancestry of both Mary Boon and Benjamin Cozens/Cousins is elusive to say the least.

Can anyone help me find out what my great-great grandfather did while he was in America, between 1888 and about 1900? John Cooper Rowley set sail from Liverpool in April, 1888 on the Oregon, bound for Baltimore. He travelled with his wife, Susan and two-year-old son, George. Whilst in America, two more children were born, Frances Gertrude (1889) and Thomas Henry (1891), but I cannot find any record of their births.
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My father's brother Colin Leith, along with his business partner Cobby Huddart built the attached car in 1936 in Pontefract. It is called a Leidart. It was built on a Bugatti chassis and had a V8 engine. The headlights and ignition were by Scintilla, the car, built of aluminium and a wooden frame, only weighed 19cwt. When the war broke out my uncle went to Brighton to help Lord Ventry build dirigibles for the ...

I have a relative who joined the Territorial Force in 1913 in London and was then discharged abt. 18 months later under what looks like para 156 ii) of the TF Regulations. Does anyone know what the reason would have been?

My Grandfather was Walter Douglas Smith Pyne, born Exeter 1874. I can't find him (or his younger brother Charles Edward) in the 1901 census. He worked for the Post Office, & was in Exeter in 1904 because it was then he married my Grandmother, Maud Mary Beer, in Kinsteignton, Devon. Any ideas how to find Walter Douglas?

i am trying to trace my great grandad all i know about him from his wwi army record is that he was born in scotland. My great grandad was killed in the first world war we know he was born in scotland but cant find any trace of him. he also severed in the beor war as anyone any idea how to find more about him
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Canadian needs some assistance regarding early years of Boys school. Ancestor born 1835 in London attended City of London Boys School then situated in Honey Lane Market Question #1 At what age would he have attended school? I know he left at 13 1/2 years of age. Question #2 He mentions in a letter that at school he got promoted to HALLS and joined the chemistry class What was Halls?Question#3 In this letter he states ...

I think my great Great Grandmother ran a "Bawdy House" (? Brothel) in Exeter. Would that have been illegal? If so would she have been taken to court, & would there be a record of it? The reason I think this is she had at least 4 children, none of whom had fathers on their birth certs., also none of them lived in the same property as she did in the censuses. She had no ...

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My grandad born in 1921 and now sadly past, was bought up by his adoptive parents in London. However, he always maintained that he was born in Canada to an unmarried chambermaid, although said he had no further information.

He lost touch with his adoptive family after serving in the Second World War and relocating to the Midlands (his relationship with his father was difficult).

Does anyone know if it is possible to get ...