tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90692900592789940202024-02-21T00:42:54.692+00:00The Gadsby Family Ancestors and CousinsThis blog contains some earlier posts from my blog The Edge of Snowdonia.
When I have transfered the old posts I will review them and add updates and other discoveries.Hilary Gadsbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03493542134835202291noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069290059278994020.post-40300261525164420162023-02-14T10:40:00.001+00:002023-02-16T09:12:13.838+00:00How identifying DNA matches has helped me improve my family tree Part 1 What matches did I have?<p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC-dmisCAqnKmtB3gaR1InZguWwQcL2or3GuXrUYAlSO1k40Ps6EVFOPb0VNOjLz2Bp5_2E_rhcA6CarOY7dW5ZTdijSZ69TSixJhv6f_Dc_qFJ6UQA7Oysrw2uGkItPdMLOJ7FsvY61_XDN931j5wrOFudjLngvysL5GsLsQ8QHvqCu4AKFFldKn4/s3264/20161228_174742.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC-dmisCAqnKmtB3gaR1InZguWwQcL2or3GuXrUYAlSO1k40Ps6EVFOPb0VNOjLz2Bp5_2E_rhcA6CarOY7dW5ZTdijSZ69TSixJhv6f_Dc_qFJ6UQA7Oysrw2uGkItPdMLOJ7FsvY61_XDN931j5wrOFudjLngvysL5GsLsQ8QHvqCu4AKFFldKn4/s320/20161228_174742.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"> In my last post I briefly wrote about why I did a DNA test. In this post I will add some background. </p><p style="text-align: center;">At GEDMATCH and MyHeritage I had a long list of matches but it was almost as useful as an empty index I needed to work out what I was going to do with these.</p><p style="text-align: center;">I did not expect to get any close matches when I did my test and wasn't surprised that the closest matches were possible 3rd cousins. </p><p style="text-align: center;">In retrospect, I probably should have tested with Ancestry first as they have a large database and do not accept uploads from other testing companies. I also have cousins who have tested with them and it is something I am considering doing at some point. </p><p style="text-align: center;">I didn't do much with the results for a long time. I added my data to WikiTree but was not expecting to find anyone I shared matches with on there. I then got a match on GEDMATCH with a known cousin who has since joined WikiTree and we are shown as sharing DNA.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Things at Living DNA have moved on and I now have matches on their website. I have a 2nd-3rd cousin match and two 2nd-4th cousin matches. Of these matches, the first one also matches with one of the latter ones, I will say more about this in another post. The 2nd-4th cousin matches are also on GEDMATCH and I have managed to find out where we connect.</p><p style="text-align: center;">It can be complicated to work out where the shared ancestor is whether you have a tree or not but looking at shared matches can often give you a clue as to where to start. The further away you connect the more difficult it can be to find any connection.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Relationships can get very complicated and just because someone has a DNA connection to someone in your tree it does not mean they have a connection to you or your ancestors. See WikiTree contributors, "William Ponton (1846-)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Ponton-37 : accessed 14 February 2023). He is a half-brother to my ancestor as they both have the same mother. However, one of the matches is connected by his father and has no DNA connection to his mother.</p>Hilary Gadsbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03493542134835202291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069290059278994020.post-62352903702923414952023-02-13T11:14:00.001+00:002023-02-16T09:11:21.289+00:00Why take a DNA test!<p style="text-align: center;"> This may require several posts but I will start by saying why I took my first DNA test which was with Living DNA.</p><p style="text-align: center;">The Living DNA test would give me a better idea of where my genetic origins lay in England. I was expecting it to be largely in the Southern counties where I knew my family had lived for a couple of centuries or longer.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Below is the current breakdown.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Great Britain and Ireland<span> </span>94.9%</p><p style="text-align: center;">South Central England<span> </span>50.6%</p><p style="text-align: center;">Southeast England<span> </span>14.3%</p><p style="text-align: center;">South England<span> </span>11.6%</p><p style="text-align: center;">Devon<span> </span>8.5%</p><p style="text-align: center;">East Anglia<span> </span>6%</p><p style="text-align: center;">South Wales<span> </span>1.4%</p><p style="text-align: center;">Cornwall<span> </span>1.3%</p><p style="text-align: center;">Orkney and Shetland Islands<span> </span>1.1%</p><p style="text-align: center;">Europe (North and West)<span> </span>2.8%</p><p style="text-align: center;">Northwest Germanic<span> </span>2.8%</p><p style="text-align: center;">Europe (South)<span> </span>2.3%</p><p style="text-align: center;">East Iberia<span> </span>1.1%</p><p style="text-align: center;">Tuscany<span> </span>1.1%</p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I have unknown fathers in my ancestry which might account for the smaller percentages outside of England.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">When I took this test there was no way to connect with others who might share ancestors with me other than to upload to <a href="https://www.gedmatch.com/">gedmatch</a>. This allows you to compare with others who may have tested with a different company.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Before I went to RootsTech in 2018 there was an opportunity to get a free test, with My Heritage, which I took up, after which I started to get matches with others. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Most of these matches were quite distant but some have since led me to look at my records again in an attempt to see where we might have shared ancestry.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I will explain more about what I have discovered in my next post.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Why did you take a test? If you haven't why not?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Have you made any discoveries after you took a test?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Are you glad you took a test?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Do you regret taking a test?</div>Hilary Gadsbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03493542134835202291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069290059278994020.post-37853100325544567752020-01-26T17:49:00.000+00:002020-01-26T17:49:28.729+00:0052 Ancestors Close To Home<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">How cool would it be to be able to meet up with a distant relation who lives close to you?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I added a gedcom to WikiTree in 2011 and at that time there were not many profiles (individuals) there who lived in England.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">One ancestor I added was <a href="https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Gingell-16">John Gingell</a> who was the end of the line for this branch of my tree.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Because I was interested in finding cousins I added siblings for his daughter <a href="https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Gingell-15">Sarah</a> who is my 2xgt grandmother. I even had the family of her brother <a href="https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Gingell-17">John</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">When <a href="https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Batman-73">Lizzie</a> joined she made contact with me and pointed out that I had missed her ancestor <a href="https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Gingell-168">Kate</a> from the family of Sarah's brother.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We are both active members of the <a href="https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Project:England">England Project</a> on WikiTree and decided that we needed to meet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our common ancestor lived in a village on the outskirts of Bristol in the South West of England. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I now live in North Wales and Lizzie lives in North West England so we are relatively close to each other if not close to the</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">home of </span><span style="font-size: large;">our ancestor.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We decided to meet up at <a href="https://www.gladstoneslibrary.org/">Gladstone's Library</a> in Hawarden which is about midway between us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The restaurant there does a lovely <a href="https://www.gladstoneslibrary.org/bistro/afternoon-tea">afternoon tea</a> which we thoroughly enjoyed. I would share a photo but we both forgot to take one.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We have met up again since then in Birmingham at The Genealogy Show last June. Here we</span><span style="font-size: large;"> are with some of our other WikiTree friends.</span></div>
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Hilary Gadsbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03493542134835202291noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069290059278994020.post-57715242755430382792020-01-20T18:44:00.000+00:002020-01-20T18:44:28.922+00:0052 Ancestors Long Line<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">This week I want to highlight my paternal grandmother's paternal line. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here is a photograph of her parents and a link to their profiles on WikiTree. I am in the process of updating these to provide links to free sources rather than the records I found on Ancestry. Their profiles were imported from my Ancestry tree in 2011 and now we have more free resources available I am slowly adding and updating.</span></div>
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<a href="https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wiltshire-27">Alfred William Wiltshire</a> and <a href="https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Tudgey-1">Sarah Alice Tudgey</a></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My great grandfather followed his father and became a shoemaker, when he was old enough he worked with him, and they would work on the boots and shoes of those living in their village.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">However, times changed and Alfred was a hairdresser by the time he died. Maybe his customers started buying from shops or did not require him to repair their shoes as they bought new ones. </span></div>
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Hilary Gadsbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03493542134835202291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069290059278994020.post-3861373065737848752020-01-13T17:10:00.000+00:002020-01-13T17:10:33.082+00:0052 Ancestors Favorite Photo<h2 style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">I want one that I have uploaded to WikiTree so I can share this post in their G2G forum. </span></div>
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Hilary Gadsbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03493542134835202291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069290059278994020.post-53965631266934878242020-01-04T17:39:00.000+00:002020-01-04T17:39:58.889+00:0052 Ancestors Fresh Start<span style="font-size: large;">As we start a New Year we often find ourselves looking at making changes and maybe a "fresh start ".</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So where do I start today. As it is a New Year and the start of a decade I want to consider how our Ancestors will have looked upon the calendar. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Whilst our ancestors will have been liable for taxes the records may not still exist or may not hold any clues to help our research. As I have not used any of these records to aid my research I am going to write about how taxing it can be to discover or uncover the relevant records to aid our research.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Although I have found a baptism for Rebecca Ellis I can find no record of her birth having been registered. There are no births registered between 1841 and 1845 for girls who could be her. The same is true for her sister Jane. They were 2 of the 14 children born to her mother Rebecca within a 20 year period.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">In 1848 the mother Rebecca died of phthisis or pulmonary tuberculosis. Her maiden name was Bouthway according to her marriage record but I have been unable to find any record of her baptism to prove her parentage. She is presumed to be the daughter of John and his wife Mary Thorold w</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">ho</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> are living in the adjacent property in 1841 census.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Christening of Lucy Ann Ellis Swinstead, Lincolnshire</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">My original conclusion regarding the maiden name of Mary Ellis was Scoles as her father was given as Charles Scoles. However, in revealing more about her past several documents came to light.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1861 Census Swinstead, Lincolnshire</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1851 Census Swinstead, Lincolnshire</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Looking at the 1851 census her husband is a Swithun Deacon. But the only marriage I can find is this one in Swinstead.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">The bride does not give a name for her father and is using a different surname and the groom has used Henry Swithin and I note he is a widower.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">When I looked for a Mary Haines on Find My Past I found a transcription from Lincolnshire Parish Bastardy Cases which had been supplied by Lincolnshire Family History Society. There was a Maintenance Order against Charles Scoles of Grimsthorpe labourer in 1817 by Edenham Parish for a female child of Mary Haines.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Baptism Ann Haines Edenham, Lincolnshire</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">This is the only baptism I could find that would fit. When she died the death was registered as Mary Ann Ellis which would fit with both of the first names that were used.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Burial Mary Ann Ellis Swinstead, Lincolnshire</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I also discovered that her first husband had been christened Swithin and had been married previously. The older children on the 1851 census were from his first marriage.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Maybe I will find a record that confirms who are the parents of Rebecca Bouthway or should it be Botherway.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">The Maiden Aunt</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">This week I shall look at someone who I have written about before her name Ruth Ellen Gadsby.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Ruth is my father in law's aunt and I wrote about her for the <a href="http://worldwidegenealogy.blogspot.co.uk/2016/07/researching-family-stories.html">Worldwide Genealogy blog</a> in 2016.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">The story I told in that post was about how I went about confirming who she had worked for as another of her nephews had told me that she had worked for a grandson of Gladstone the well known British politician. Finding her on the 1939 register in the place where I had been told she worked was only the start of my journey.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Whilst I have not yet found anyone famous as a direct ancestor I have found that the lives of the Gadsby Family including cousins, aunts, and uncles have been touched by others who have a place in history. The added interest from knowing your family shared experiences with these notables can help bring history closer and adds to the joy of finding elusive family members.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">One thing I didn't include in my earlier post was her headstone. This is in the village of Gunby St Nicholas, Lincolnshire, England just across the road from the house where she lived in her later years with her mother and brother. I would expect this to be where she is buried but I have not confirmed this and it is possible that she was cremated and only her ashes are here.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Headstone of Ruth Ellen Gadsby taken 2006 by Hilary Gadsby</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></div>
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Hilary Gadsbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03493542134835202291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069290059278994020.post-26787185893074307412018-04-01T15:48:00.000+01:002018-04-01T15:48:52.715+01:00Week 13 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks<h2 style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">With a background of labourers, there is no single place that my family could call "The Ancestral Home". </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Whilst a single generation may have stayed in the same house, once they had married and had children, no property has been passed down the family.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Therefore, I will discuss the houses where my grandparents lived when I was a child.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">The first picture is the house where my maternal grandmother lived when we were children. We always called her grandma. She was the stricter grandparent possibly due to her time living in the orphanage. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">The front room was for visitors and we rarely used it when we visited grandma as we were family. I do remember it was where the family bible was kept.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">The bedroom above was not used though I think grandma slept there if we stayed overnight. This was the room which received a hit from some shrapnel during WW2. Southampton and the surrounding area were subjected to a number of air raids.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">The rear of the property backed on to the railway line for trains to the New Forest and Bournemouth and we would sometimes go down to the bottom of the garden and wave at passing trains. The rear bedroom was where we slept if we stayed over and we would "top and tail" as it gave us more room. We also had what was affectionately known as a "gosunder" or a chamber pot when we stayed as there was no indoor toilet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">We even had to use a tin bath (see one hanging on the fence in my paternal grandparents garden)</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">,</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">should we want to have more than a wash when we stayed with grandma</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">,</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">it would be placed in front of the fire in the kitchen. This would be quite a thing, having to heat sufficient water, then a quick in and out, before the water went cold.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">My paternal grandparents (Nan and grandad) also had an outside toilet which is the part of the building with the tiled roof in the first picture. However, they did have a bath inside the house. Only once did I stay overnight when my youngest sister was born.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">My grandmother did not have any air raid shelter in her garden but the house had a large cupboard under the stairs big enough for a bed which could be used during any raids and would have protected the occupants from flying glass or other debris.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Life in these houses would have been cramped for both my parents were one of five and both of these houses had only 3 bedrooms. No central heating so you may wake up with ice on the windows in winter. When war broke out in 1939 my parents were only aged 7 or 8 old enough to realise what was happening.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">We would spend Christmas with my paternal grandparents and I remember fondly the clockwork Father Christmas and the Christmas Tree on the table in the front room window. We would meet up with cousins, aunts, and uncles and have Christmas as a family. I also remember my Nan making delicious apple pies using dinner plates.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">My grandma was quite frugal and had been taught how to get the most out of a loaf of bread. Once the crust had been removed she would butter the slice before cutting it from the loaf. She also would not allow us to eat sweets before our meal.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Growing up at a time when there was no rationing it is difficult to visualise the impact this had on the lives of our parents and grandparents but some things did have a hangover effect. </span></div>
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Hilary Gadsbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03493542134835202291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069290059278994020.post-37646539020000011542018-03-31T22:42:00.000+01:002018-03-31T22:42:27.096+01:00Week 12 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks<h2 style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Many of the events, I mentioned in the life of my grandmother, may be considered to be a misfortune. All of them involved a premature death in some way due to illness, accident or war.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">However, there may also be instances when something happens which causes pain, disfigurement or otherwise upsets our everyday lives. The loss of a job in times of high unemployment or something which means we are less able to work can have a huge impact.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">We are fortunate that in today's society the state can provide relief but this was not always the case.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Family and friends were often the first port of call when hard times struck and many were reluctant to go to the parish unless they were desperate. The Workhouse was avoided wherever possible.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">My 3xgt grandparents lived in the village of <a href="http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/11640">Britford</a>, Wiltshire. This was in the Alderbury poor law union and they both died in the <a href="http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Alderbury/">Alderbury workhouse</a> which was also known as Salisbury workhouse. The local archives hold records and I shall be checking how long they were resident in the workhouse before their deaths. This appears to be one of the better institutions of this type, as this was the only place where the poor could obtain help when they became unwell, it may have been that their stay was short and spent in the infirmary. </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><br />
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Hilary Gadsbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03493542134835202291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069290059278994020.post-72976720137768697132018-03-17T16:51:00.000+00:002018-03-17T16:51:10.195+00:00Week 11 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks<h2 style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Two lucky ladies who won their registration the first time they came to Rootstech.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="https://www.apgen.org/directory/search_detail.html?mbr_id=5309">Robbin Smith</a> and Hilary Gadsby</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">The ancestor who I highlighted last week could be classed as being unlucky so this week I will be highlighting the opposite and talking about lucky finds and contacts and good fortune.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">If I had started my research earlier I think my luck would have been so different. I could have spoken to my mother in law about her family and would have had grandparents who could have helped with personal experience and famil</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">y stories. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">Judy G. Russell aka The Legal Genealogist gave a presentation at RootsTech and highlighted how quickly the knowledge of our ancestors disappears. So we all need to start our research as early as possible and record it before we lose it or we lose the ability to record it. Don't forget family members do not have to die for us to lose their stories. Speak to everyone you can they may each have something to add.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: x-large;">I lost my father before I had thought to speak to him and my mother lost her ability to speak due to illness. Fortunately, I did manage to interview my father's older sister who was the record holder for her generation and she told me about things that do not show up in the records correctly. She also told me about a missing child who I have now tracked down see my <a href="https://genemeet.blogspot.co.uk/2017/09/gendoc-study-group-1.html">post</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I have also found records at an archive by chance such as the settlement examination for my 3 x gt grandmother Louisa Richards see more about this in my earlier <a href="https://gadsbyfamilyancestors.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/the-settlement-examination.html">post</a> and my other <a href="https://genemeet.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/esms-quicklessons-dearmyrtle-genealogy_30.html">blog</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">If I look back at my research I will also find other instances where luck has intervened. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I think for me the luckiest thing to happen since I started to research is the way that the internet has changed genealogical research. Contacting others who I haven't, and may never, meet but can provide me with breakthrough information has never been easier.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Don't rely on luck, it is great when it helps but most breakthroughs are due to good research and understanding more about how to do things right.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">Speak to others, attend classes and watch webinars. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>If something has helped another researcher it may help you.</b> </span><br />
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Hilary Gadsbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03493542134835202291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069290059278994020.post-85314692074541555602018-03-08T21:30:00.000+00:002018-03-08T21:30:25.620+00:00Week 10 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks<h2 style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Today is International Woman's Day and March is <span style="background-color: white;">Women's History Month. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">When she was only 5 years old her father died of Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Pleurisy & Pneumonia & Asthma, he was only 51 years of age, and this left her mother a widow, at the age of 41, with 5 children, the eldest being just 14 years of age.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">Less than 16 months later, Florence and her siblings were orphaned, when her mother, failing to cope, took her own life. I have found a report of the inquest in the local paper. It appears that her mother had been unwell, she was reluctant to leave her children to be supported by the parish, whilst she received treatment in the hospital.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">With all the older siblings being boys, close relatives being unable to take in all the children, the family was split up. My grandmother went to the <a href="https://www.mullers.org/">Mullers orphanage</a> in Bristol and her slightly older sibling Ernest Roy Compton was finally found on the 1911 census living in <a href="http://www.childrenshomes.org.uk/NCH/expansion.shtml">The National Children's Home</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">My uncle obtained a copy of her orphanage records and they contain a letter from her brother Sidney Herbert Compton and several from her eldest brother Walter John Compton.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">When she left the orphanage it was with Walter and his family that she lived initially. The record stating that on 19 May 1917 she was taken by her brother Mr Walter J. Compton to live at 8 Jubilee Terrace, West St., Warminster, Wilts. as he wished to provide for her. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">On the 23 February 1917 her brother Ernest Roy Compton who had joined the Hampshire Regiment had been killed in action in Mesopotamia.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">Then on 28 August 1917 her brother Sidney Herbert Compton died of wounds in Flanders he is buried in <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/1992241/lijssenthoek-military-cemetery">Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery</a>, Poperinge, Arrondissement Ieper, West Flanders (West-Vlaanderen), Belgium.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So by the end of WW1 Florence Ann had lost both her parents and two of her four brothers.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In 1929 tragedy was to affect the family one more when Charles Henry Roberts the youngest brother of her husband Alfred Roberts was killed in a road traffic accident.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">LATE MR. C. H. ROBERTS.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The burial service of Mr. Charles Henry Roberts, who met his death with tragic suddenness on December 28th, was conducted by the Rev. G. Percival at the Primitive Methodist Church, Totton, on January 1st. Deceased was 24 years of age, and though the youngest of eight children, was the first to be taken from the family. Mr F. Harrison played during the service, and the hymns chosen were “My faith looks up to Thee” and “Jerusalem the golden”.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The mourners were Messrs. W. G. Roberts, A. Roberts, and J. Roberts (brothers), Mrs J. Smeeth and Mrs. J. Allam (sisters), Miss A Denniss (fiancee), Mr. H. Roberts (nephew), Mrs. Maton and Mrs. Savory (aunts). Mr. J. Smeeth (brother-in-law), Mrs. W. G. Roberts and Mrs. A Roberts (sister-in-law), Mrs Denniss, Mr. S Dance (representing Messrs. Dance and Sons), his workfellows, and other family friends. The coffin was borne by his chums, Messrs. W. Green, J. Stares, F. Godwin, S. Aslett, R. Blake, and F Nutheem. The floral tributes included a cross from Mother and Dad, brothers and sisters, and others from Aunt Alice, Uncle Albert. and family; Lily and Eva; Mrs Savory and Willie; Alvina; A few of his chums at Totton; C. and S. Dance (employers); The Staff and Workmates; Primitive Methodist Church and friends; Mr. and Mrs. Denniss and family; Mr and Mrs Blake and family and Mr. Sillence; Mrs Sparrack; Mr. and Mrs Bayly and family; Mr. and Mrs. Knowlton and family; Mr. and Mrs. Aslett; Mr. J. H. Drew; Mrs. Russell, Nelson and George; Reg. Cronan; Mr. and Mrs. Rose; and W. Nordy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Killed 28th December 1929.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Finally, if all this was not enough my grandmother lost her husband at the age 61 when she was only 58. She died at the age of 84 in 1985 of Bronchopneumonia, Chronic Obstructive airways disease & Ischaemic Heart Disease.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">During her lifetime she had experienced the loss of both parents, 3 siblings, a brother in law, child and spouse. We all expect our parents to die before us but all of these events can be classed as premature and several as sudden events. War, disease</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">and poverty may have shaped, most of, these events, each will have made her the woman I knew as my grandmother. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">One of the things that we all need to do is "kill off" our family. That is finding the death and burial records that may exist. Many also left wills and these can be quite revealing. In most cases we look to wills to fill in the gaps and give us indications that there has been a name change particularly with women as they often took on their husband's surname.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Descriptions of who is to have what such as in this will for my ancestor Abraham Othen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This is the last Will of me Abraham Othen of Bitterne in the County of Southampton Laborer I direct my funeral and testamentary expenses to be paid as soon as can be after my decease I give and bequeath unto Thomas Othen (my son) of Lake Farm and to my son in law John Tudgey of Bitterne the sum of eighty pounds secured to me upon Mortgage on property belonging to Mr William Barfoot of Shirleyheath in the Parish of Droxford Upon trust thereout to pay the following legacies that is to say Ten pounds to the said Thomas Othen and Twenty five pounds to my daughter Sarah the Wife of the said John Tudgey Ten pounds to my daughter Mary Ann the Wife of James Martin Ten pounds to my daughter Eliza the Wife of John Biggs Ten pounds to my daughter Maria the Widow of the late Joseph Oliver also Ten pounds to my granddaughter Alice Tudgey and Five pounds to my grandson John William Tudgey the children of my said daughter Sarah Tudgey I also direct my said Executors to hand over to my said Grandson and Granddaughter the children of my said daughter Sarah Tudgey a Watch each now belonging to me And as to all the rest residue and remainder of my estate real and personal I give devise and bequeath the same unto my said Executors Upon trust for the absolute benefit of my said daughter Sarah Tudgey and I appoint the said Thomas Othen and John Tudgey to be the Executors of this my Will In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this twenty fifth day of October one thousand eight hundred and sixty nine</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Signed and declared by the Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who in his presence at his request and in the presence of each other all being present together at the same time have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Proved at Winchester the eleventh day of December 1869 by the Oaths of Thomas Othen the Son and John Tudgey the Executors to whom administration was granted The Testator Abraham Othen was late of Bitterne in the parish of South Stoneham in the County of Southampton Laborer and died on the twenty seventh day of October 1869 at Bitterne aforesaid</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Whilst everyone will be thrilled to find a will describing their family sometimes a will can be revealing in what it does not include. If you have found that there were 5 children in a family why was the whole estate left to just one person? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I will not share the will here, but I wonder why my grandfather left everything to my uncle John. He was the only one of his children who never married and had any legitimate children.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">My father and his siblings did get along with one another although my grandfather and his brother fell out. I was aware that my father had 2 cousins on his paternal side and had met at least one of them. When we were children our 2nd cousin was in the same Girl Guide company as my sister and me. She recently reconnected with me as she was interested in the family and I directed her to this blog. The reason I mentioned this is that, apparently, they fell out because their mother was buried whilst one of them was away at sea. Family disagreements can be reflected in wills but this cannot be assumed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">When my uncle John died my father had predeceased him. I need to take a closer look at the date of his will, I know there had been some falling out before my father died, but I thought it was more of a fall out with his sister than his brother. My uncle having inherited his father's estate then went on to leave his entire estate to the younger of his 2 sisters. Again no mention of his other 3 siblings here. She did look after her brother and had been a widow for over 20 years when her brother died. I suspect this was to insure she could be comfortable for the rest of her life. Unfortunately, this was to be short as she followed her brother the following year. As she only had 1 son he inherited the entire estate of his mother. However, he knew that I wanted all the family photos and any records not pertaining to his immediate family. I was given a whole box full of items. Many of the photographs are still unidentified or are from my cousin's paternal family that are from Ireland. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">For me, Wills are nice if you can find them and they can help with reconstruction, but like any document, we use, we must not draw conclusions just because someone is not mentioned.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Finally, early Wills can be difficult to decipher but unlocking the information within them can be key to family reconstruction.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large; text-align: center;">An inventory, if available, can be so interesting.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I have yet to transcribe this 1638 Will, which has a separate inventory.</span></div>
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Hilary Gadsbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03493542134835202291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069290059278994020.post-62274659683284798272018-02-19T00:00:00.000+00:002018-02-19T00:00:01.488+00:00Week 8 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks<h2 style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;">Heirloom</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">The dictionary definition of an heirloom is a</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a;"><span style="font-size: large;"> valuable object that has belonged to a family for several generations.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a;"><span style="font-size: large;">For most this will mean a piece of jewellery or something else with considerable monetary value.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a;"><span style="font-size: large;">However, to many family historians, other items which may have less monetary worth may be considered to be more valuable. Items such as a family bible containing information and clues as to who their ancestors were are prized possessions. That is not to say that other items of monetary worth are not valuable or prized. If like our family, you came from a background of agricultural labourers or other labouring class, nothing of great value was owned or survived.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a;"><span style="font-size: large;">The first item was given to me by my father in law but had been originally created by his father in law.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a;"><span style="font-size: large;">This will be unlikely to ever have any real monetary worth but it is still going to have value for the family. The person who created this was Harold Ward who was the owner of the suitcase in <a href="https://gadsbyfamilyancestors.blogspot.co.uk/2018/01/week-1-52-ancestors-in-52-weeks-lets.html">this</a> earlier post. In fact he already has 2 gt gt grandchildren who might be fascinated to see what he made.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a;"><span style="font-size: large;">Useful information is contained in these pages but it is not entirely correct and I have no idea who wrote this or when it was written.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a;"><span style="font-size: large;">If you have inherited items of interest from older family members make sure you find out more about who, what, when, where and why. Include what you know alongside the item or somewhere other will know what you are refering to such as a blog like this with images.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a;"><span style="font-size: large;">Many of the items in the suitcase I wrote about, were kept for a reason, but as the generations go by the reasons for keeping them get forgotten. Items become just some tat and get thrown away along with the memories. There are a stocking, ration book and other wartime memorabilia, day to day items that have been kept because they meant something, items that came back from overseas with the soldiers. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a;"><span style="font-size: large;">I think I need to find out more whilst I can still speak to his son .</span></span></span></div>
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Hilary Gadsbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03493542134835202291noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069290059278994020.post-17227499620227548942018-02-14T17:53:00.000+00:002018-02-14T17:53:55.224+00:00Week 7 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks<h2 style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">When I first read this prompt I thought to myself, what do I write about, we have nobody with the name Valentine in the family.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">A quick look at my tree on Ancestry was to show that actually 6 people are recorded with the name Valentine. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Of these 3 are confirmed as being born on 14 February but the remaining 3 have births at other times of the year. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">Of those with births other than Valentines day a father and son had births in July and the final quarter of the year so no connection. The third of these was born in September and as this was a third forename for a female it may have had some significance in the wider family circle.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I have used different records to clarify the exact date of birth for these individuals. If they died after 1968, in England or Wales, then the date of birth is included in the death indexes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">One of these individuals was Walter Valentine Garland (14 February 1876 - 28 April 1883). So for him I could not use the death index.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Find My Past has christenings for Lincolnshire and sometimes the date of birth was also recorded in the register so I went and searched for him there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">So I didn't find a birth date in the christening record but I did find this</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The National School Admission Register for Barkston, Lincolnshire, England.</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Although the Valentine is not recorded here it fits with his birth and death records.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">to complete the picture his Find A Grave memorial can be found <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/182737864/walter-valentine-garland">here</a> .</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">This is his burial in the Barkston register including a cause of death.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">So poor Walter Valentine Garland died of Diptheria at the age of 7 years. An illness which is now part of the standard vaccinations given to young babies.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I also have my own connection to Valentine's Day. I shall record it here as part of my own lifestory.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">On our first Valentine's Day 37 years ago my husband and I visited the jewellers in Southampton and bought my engagement ring.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">In July this year we will be celebrating our 35th wedding anniversary.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Here is another heart ring that my husband had made for me several years ago. It has 2 heart shaped amethysts.</span><br />
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Hilary Gadsbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03493542134835202291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069290059278994020.post-41460424299537355292018-02-07T20:24:00.000+00:002018-02-07T20:24:49.198+00:00Week 6 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks<h2 style="text-align: center;">
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So what is the favourite name I have encountered whilst researching my family tree. There are names that are common and pass from one generation to the next. </div>
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Names that provide clues for maiden names such as the name Heffield in my One Name Study which may have been a corruption of the surname Hayfield. Peregrine is another name which has been used by the family for my One Name Study.</div>
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But it is to my own ancestor that I look for a favourite. </div>
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My maternal grandfather Alfred Roberts died 2 years before I was born.</div>
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This photograph was taken by my mother in the garden of their house in Totton, Hampshire, England.<br />
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His mother was Tamsey Love Savory the daughter of Thomas Savory and Tamsey Galpin.<br />
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I have researched both his mother and grandmother and with an unusual first name, you might expect to have little problem finding either of them in the records.<br />
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I first encounter the name Tamsey Love on the birth certificate of her son Alfred. I also now have a digital copy of the certificates for 2 of his brothers. All 3 certificates clearly have these recorded as her forenames.<br />
Thanks to my uncle's interest in the family he has preserved many of the family documents and also has some family photographs.<br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Tamsey Love Roberts (nee Savory)</span><br />
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However the search for Tamsey has been hampered by poor transcriptions.<br />
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Oakford city, Dorset, England<o:p></o:p></div>
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Okeford Fitzpaine, Dorset, England<o:p></o:p></div>
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I think that before she left home having mother and daughter using the same first name would have been difficult which would explain the use of Love instead of Tamsey.</div>
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However once we move to the printed electoral rolls at Find My Past she is only recorded as Tamsey.</div>
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Yesterday we marked 100 years since some women first got the vote in Britain and my gt grandmother was one of those listed in the 1918 electoral register.</div>
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So my favourite name is Tamsey.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Why was Ann Elizabeth Grant not with her husband and children in the 1871 Census</span><span style="font-size: large;">?</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">¹</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The headstone clearly shows that she did not die until 1896.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">She is with her family in the 1861 census. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;">²</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">By the time we get to the 1881 census, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;">³</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">she is listed as a widow and head of the household. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Her husband Edward had died in 1879, </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: super;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">4</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"> and her occupation was now listed as a nurse.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So where was she in 1871 if not at the family home.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A search of the census records revealed that there was an Ann Eliz. Grant born in Lyndhurst, Hants. whose occupation is listed as Carrier. She is enumerated at Hants County Prison in St Faith, Winchester, Hampshire and listed as an inmate.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: super;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">5 </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Why was she there what was her crime and sentence?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I found this before any criminal records had been made available online and I do not live near the Hampshire Archives. However, I managed to elicit some help from another descendant of Ann who has also been researching this family.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is what has been posted on her tree at Ancestry.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is a transcript of a report from The Hampshire Advertiser, March 1, 1871, p. 3, col. 3, entitled "Larceny by a Bailee."</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ann Elizabeth Grant, carrier, aged53, was indicted for stealing a watch, at Lyndhurst, on November 15th.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Mr. Beetham prosecuted, and called prosecutrix, Ann Hedgerton, a single woman, who intrusted her with a silver watch to take to Mr. Pegler's, at Southampton, to be cleaned. She was to bring it back in a week, but failing this, prosecutrix went, after another week's delay, to prisoner to get it. She made a variety of excuses, and eventually went with prosecutrix to Mr. Pegler's shop, where she said she had left it there, but they denied it entirely. It was found at Mr. Cotten's shop, a pawnbroker in St. Michael's square, where, on December 19th, prisoner, he believed, pledged it, and came on February 6th to take it out again. It was pawned in the name of Ann Green, of French street.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Mr. Russell, for the defence, urged that Mr. Pegler and his shopman should have been called, and also that Mr. Cotten was not sure prisoner pledged it, but only went so far as to say she took it out of pawn. He suggested to the jury that it was pledged by some other woman, and traced out by prisoner.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Judge, in summing up, put the ingenious defence on one side, and the jury found her guilty, recommending her to mercy on account of her age and former good conduct as a carrier. She was told her character was lost by this affair, which was most clear. The sentence on her would be six weeks imprisonment with hard labour.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It is interesting what a single census record can lead one to discover. </span></div>
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<li>"1871 England Census," database with images, Ancestry.co.uk (https://www.ancestry.co.uk : accessed 11 January 2005), digital image, enumerators schedule, household of Edward Grant, Lyndhurst, Hampshire, England; citing The National Archives (TNA), RG10, Piece 1184, Folio 17, p. 2, New Forest Registration district, Lyndhurst subdistrict, ED 1d, household 10</li>
<li>"1861 England Census" database with images, Ancestry.co.uk (https://www.ancestry.co.uk : accessed 5 February 2007), digital image, enumerators schedule, household of Edward Grant, Lyndhurst, Hampshire, England; ; citing The National Archives (TNA), RG9, Piece 670, Folio 20, p. 33, New Forest Registration district, Lyndhurst subdistrict, ED 1d, household 169.</li>
<li>"1881 England Census" database with images, Ancestry.co.uk (https://www.ancestry.co.uk : accessed 13 April 2005), digital image, enumerators schedule, household of Ann E. Grant, Lyndhurst, Hampshire, England; citing The National Archives (TNA), RG11, Piece 1202, Folio 42, p. 41, New Forest registration district, sub district Lyndhurst, ED 2, household 235.</li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;">General Register Office, England, certified copy of an entry in the certified copy of a Register of Deaths, New Forest Registration District, 18 January 1879, entry for Edward Grant, died 14 January 1879, Pike Hill, Lyndhurst, Hampshire, England; photocopy certificate, issued 14 April 2010, New Forest Registration district, Vol. 2b, P. 447, General Register Office, Southport, England.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;">"1871 England Census" database with images, Ancestry.co.uk (https://www.ancestry.co.uk : accessed 13 April 2005), digital image, enumerators schedule, entry for Ann Eliz. Grant, Winchester, Hampshire, England; citing The National Archives (TNA), RG10, Piece 1212, Folio 99, p. 6, Winchester registration district, sub district Winchester, ED County Prison, Line 6.</span></li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Menu<br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">I am sure that some of my cousins will remember this family occasion and I am fortunate to have in my possession the cards that my grandparents received from friends and family some of them can be seen in this photograph below.<br /><br /></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This side of my family would often get together at Christmas and my aunt </span><span style="font-size: large;">Phyl, </span><span style="font-size: large;">who left me these photographs, the menu and cards would love to get the family together.</span><div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Each Christmas we would go to my grandparents' house. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My aunt Phyl, who was the younger of their two daughters, would often have family parties at her own bungalow, where she would put on a lavish spread. </span><div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This menu is fairly typical of the time period. But I am sure would be considered quite bland when compared to restaurant menus we would expect if we were celebrating today.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A search for the venue today brings up <a href="http://www.closedpubs.co.uk/hampshire/southampton_seaweed.html">this website</a>. So all that remains are photographs and our fragile memories.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So we celebrated a year early. Who cares!. We had a chance of a family get-together, which included some of my family from the United States, and my grandparents did have more than 50 years together. My grandmother did not die until 1979.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Both of the photographs above were taken in the 1920s, or possibly later for the first one, as the young girl in the photograph was born in 1924. She is his great grandaughter, Betty Buckle.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Henry WITT,¹ the son of Isaac WITT (1800?-1894) and Mary Ann ELDRIDGE (1812?-1893), was born on 1 April 1847 in Minstead, Hampshire, England.¹</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">He married Selina GRANT on 2 December 1869 in Lyndhurst, Hampshire, England when he was aged 22 and she was </span><span style="font-size: large;">24.²</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">When the birth of his daughter Elizabeth Ann was registered on 26 November 1870, he was a Garden Labourer living in </span><span style="font-size: large;">Minstead, Hampshire, England.</span><span style="font-size: large;">³</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">He witnessed the marriage in Southampton on 31 July 1893 of Joseph Buckle and Elizabeth Ann Witt.⁴</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">He died of Senile Arteriosclerosis on 10 October 1946 in Southampton.</span><span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">⁵</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">On each census from 1871, his occupation was shown as a gardener. He started out as a labourer on the 1861 census but appears to have spent some time at school as in 1851 he was shown as a scholar. I will discuss more in a post later this month.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">He is buried in <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/638896/southampton-old-cemetery">Southampton Old Cemetery</a> a map of the cemetery can be found <a href="http://www.southampton.gov.uk/images/southampton-old-cemetery-plan_tcm63-387737.pdf">here</a>. I have seen the headstone but need to visit again to take a photograph. Several years ago, when I first looked at this, I discovered that for this cemetery, he was the person to reach the greatest age at burial. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Reaching the age of 99 is still not that common but he was not the only one of his family to reach a good age. His father died at the age of 93 and his grandfather David Witt was 79 when he died in 1843.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">He must have experienced much during his life living through both World Wars. The area of Southampton where he lived experienced a number of air raids in the years just prior to his death.</span><br />
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<li style="text-align: left;">General Register Office, England, certified copy of an entry in the certified copy of a Register of Births, New Forest Registration District, 12 May 1847, Henry Witt born 1 April 1847, Minstead, County of Southampton, England, New Forest Registration district, Volume 8, Page 191; photocopy certificate, 10 April 2004, General Register Office, Southport, England.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">New Forest Registration District Register Office, Hampshire,England [now part of Hampshire], certified copy of an entry of Marriage in a register in the custody of New Forest Registration District Registrar, 2 December 1869, Henry Witt & Selina Grant, Marriage in Lyndhurst Parish, County of Southampton, England, entry no. 245; handwritten certificate, 12 March 2003, Hampshire Record Office, Winchester, Hampshire, England.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">New Forest Registration District Register Office, Hampshire, England [now part of Hampshire], certified copy of an entry of Birth in a register in the custody of New Forest Registration District Registrar, 26 November 1870, Elizabeth Ann Witt born 12 November 1870, Minstead, Hants, England, entry no. 340; handwritten certificate, 12 March 2003, Hampshire Record Office, Winchester, Hampshire, England.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">The Register Office, Southampton, certified copy of an entry of Marriage in a register in the custody of Southampton Registration District Registrar, 31 July 1892, Joseph Buckle & Elizabeth Ann Witt, Marriage at St Barnabas Church, Southampton, County of Southampton, England, entry no. 1; handwritten certificate, 28 February 2003, Southampton, Hampshire, England.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">General Register Office, England, certified copy of an entry in the certified copy of a Register of Deaths, Southampton Registration District, 10 October 1946, Henry Witt, Minstead, Southampton, England, Southampton Registration district, Vol. 6b, P. 516; photocopy certificate, 11 March 2010, General Register Office, Southport, England.</li>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Trying to choose a favourite photograph is not an easy task and I have decided on this one because it was the first one to spring to mind when I read the challenge.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I</span><span style="font-size: large;">t was probably taken before I started school. I would take a guess at 1963 or 4 but possibly earlier. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have no idea where it was taken but probably in Southampton, Hampshire, England in the garden of my grandparent(s). We had no garden as we lived in a flat at this time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I do not remember my father having anything but grey, balding hair which men of his generation, often, tried to, unsuccessfully, disguise by what was known as a "comb -over". I believe that as a child he was actually blond although black and white photographs of the time do not show this.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I wonder if this photograph of my father was taken on his first day at school, 21st April 1936, according to the school admission book.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My Introduction to Genealogy</span> </h3>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In this first post, I will be writing about how and why I got started. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It all started with an old brown suitcase with the initials H W.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Given to us for safekeeping by my father in law.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This suitcase has seen some service as it had belonged to my husband's maternal grandfather and was probably the one he used when he was in the army during World War 2.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Harold Ward second from right in back row</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Harold Ward</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Telegrams sent by or to Harold Ward</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As well as the telegrams the suitcase contain other family items including some certificates and burial documents for the Ward family.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I was interested in finding out who these people were and their relationship to the family. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I spoke to my father in law to find out what he knew.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The death of my father in 2000 was another trigger to find out more about my own side of the family. Within a few years most of his siblings had also died so I may have missed so much had I not started when I did.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The tree below shows his spouse and ancestors (the descendants are not included for the privacy of living family). This can be zoomed and either scrolling over or clicking on an individual will reveal more information. I will update this diagram so please come back again to see more about this family. Pressing shift and clicking on a box will close the information box that appears below the diagram. The marriage box can be closed in a similar manner.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">This certificate can be downloaded from <a href="http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/434775/COMPTON,%20SIDNEY">here</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Who was Uncle Sid? Who Died 100 years ago today.</span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Why do we not talk about our ancestors when we are young? Too often we only get interested when we have already lost those who could tell us more. Only when I started to research my maternal line did I discover that my grandmother had more than one brother (see my earlier post <a href="http://gadsbyfamilyancestors.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/mothers-uncles.html">Mother's Uncles</a>). </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">That being said Uncle Sid (Sidney Herbert Compton 31 Aug 1893 - 28 Aug 1917) brother of my maternal grandmother was only 23 when he died 100 years ago. His younger brother Roy (Ernest Roy Compton 8 Jun 1895 - </span><span style="font-size: large;">23 Feb1917</span><span style="font-size: large;">) had died at the age of 19 only a few months earlier. The certificate for his brother, which can be found </span><a href="http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1656356/COMPTON,%20ROY" style="font-size: x-large;">here</a><span style="font-size: large;">, does not even have the names of his parents (something I have plans to rectify). When I wrote my earlier post I could not be sure that Roy Compton was the person I was looking for but further records have confirmed my assumption was correct.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">"UK, Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929</span><span style="font-size: x-small;">,</span><span style="font-size: x-small;">" database with images,<i> Ancestry.co.uk </i>(http://www.ancestry.co.uk: accessed</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> 26 August 2017), image for</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> Roy Compton, </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">Record 725425 (</span><span style="font-size: x-small;">1919); citing </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">Soldiers' Effects Records, 1901-60, 1991-02-333, 434, 724001-725500, National Army Museum; Chelsea, London, England.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This shows who received any money that was due to him for his service and I have found a record for Sidney in the same collection.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">"UK, Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929</span><span style="font-size: x-small;">,</span><span style="font-size: x-small;">" database with images,<i> Ancestry.co.uk </i>(http://www.ancestry.co.uk: accessed</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> 26 August 2017), image for</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> Sidney Compton, </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">Record 578886 (</span><span style="font-size: x-small;">1919); citing </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">Soldiers' Effects Records, 1901-60, 1991-02-333, 337, 578501-580000, National Army Museum; Chelsea, London, England.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am fortunate to have been able to see a photocopy of a letter that Sid wrote to his sister Florence whilst out in France before his untimely death. You can see it in my earlier post mentioned above.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">We will never know if my grandmother received her half-a-crown or whether she wrote that she had received it. Even if she did he may have died before he got her letter. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I have</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">also</span><span style="font-size: large;"> seen a letter sent to my grandmother from a Miss D Phillips, who we believe to be Sidney's girlfriend, whom he has asked to visit my grandmother, in the childrens home in Bristol, where she has been living.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I wonder what happened to his girlfriend who was living in Thornbury, Gloucestershire in 1917. Did she go on to marry and have children. There must have been many like her.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">How much would my grandmother have remembered of her brothers. When I was born they had been dead over 40 years and she had lost her own husband less than 2 years before I was born.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">She was only 6 years old when she was orphaned and how much would a six year old remember about her older brothers. Visits would be occasional as they involved travelling some distance.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">It can be difficult for children to approach older relatives to speak about people who they knew. Sometimes it can be all too easy for earlier generations to be forgotten. When lives have been cut short too soon it can be painful to think of what they have missed. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In his all too short life Sid experienced things that nobody should have to encounter. His father died of tuberculosis and the following year he discovered his mother when she took her own life. The horrors of seeing friends die whilst serving in WW1 can be hard to imagine. Let us hope that death was a gentle release for a hero.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Today is a day to Remember one who is gone but not forgotten.</span></b></h2>
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Hilary Gadsbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03493542134835202291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069290059278994020.post-72266977544874376782017-06-04T11:04:00.002+01:002017-06-04T16:20:31.066+01:00Getting closer to the truth - Dealing with conflicts<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">This morning I saw a <a href="https://postcardlil.wordpress.com/2017/06/03/what-constitutes-as-hard-fact-or-evidence-in-the-genealogy-world/">post</a> that another Geneablogger wrote about how much evidence is required to prove a genealogical fact. She used as her example an English birth.</span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have discussed a similar case in a <a href="https://genemeet.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/esms-quicklessons-dearmyrtle-genealogy_28.html">blogpost</a> last year.</span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In this post I will be following on from my previous post with results from my research trip earlier this year.</span></h3>
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<span style="font-size: large;">At the end of March I travelled to Hampshire, England for a research trip, genealogy conference and catch up with family.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Whilst I was unable to find some of the records that may have furthered my research I did find some new publications that have assisted in clarifying that my conclusions may be correct or require modification.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Whilst perusing the shelves in Hampshire Record Office I came across 3 books published in 2015. Since it has been several years since my last visit these were new to me. Had I looked in the <a href="http://calm.hants.gov.uk/Overview.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog">online catalogue</a> I would have found them they are TRA286/18-20. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Whilst only being transcripts they are at the present time the best that is available. In fact they are to some extent better than just having the original records for most researchers. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I say this for 2 reasons </span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">Many of the originals were written in latin</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">The records have been supplemented by reference to other records which may not be readily available e.g records from the undertakers regularly used by catholics in Southampton.</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I would also note that there are numerous pages given over to the history of catholism in Southampton at the beginning of at least one of these books. They have been written by someone with a great knowledge of these records and it must have taken a considerable time and effort to collate the contents of these books.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In my earlier post I included this image of a letter from the office of the parish priest of St Joseph's Church Southampton.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I transcribed the baptism records from TRA286/20, </span><span style="font-size: large;">relevant</span><span style="font-size: large;"> to my research, into a <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JLlue2K8uirVHZdy_DbQ7aZw9r9fHK4xWA7e5imIuao/edit?usp=sharing">Google sheet</a> and reviewing the 2 shows some inconsistencies and demonstrates </span><span style="font-size: large;">the</span><span style="font-size: large;"> danger </span><span style="font-size: large;">of relying upon transcriptions alone.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have discovered more from these records but will discuss these in future post(s).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In conclusion it appears that my previous assumption that my ancestor may have lied about the date of birth is false and it may be that the person in the priest's office transcribed the dates</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">incorrectly</span><span style="font-size: large;"> when writing to my cousin.</span></div>
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Hilary Gadsbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03493542134835202291noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069290059278994020.post-51720561202160338252016-11-29T17:46:00.000+00:002016-11-29T17:46:39.009+00:00Illegitimacy, Divorce and Emigration Part 2<h2 style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">In my previous <a href="http://gadsbyfamilyancestors.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/illegitimacy-divorce-and-emigration.html">post</a> I discussed how I figured out the parentage of children discovered in the census with grandparents. This was quite common as women could not get help from the parish without disclosing who was the father of the illegitimate child.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I have a photograph of a copy of one certificate where an amendment was made.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">It is interesting to note that a few years later the census actually shows him as grandson.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">So parish records and birth certificates may tell you who the parents were but unless you have a direct line ancestor it can become expensive to get certificates for all the extended family.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Henry and Mary Ann Dennis nee Gadsby had 3 children according to the 1911 census. Rebecca (who was born prior to their marriage), Elizabeth Ann and Lucy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Elizabeth Ann Dennis married John Harris who is also a relation via another branch of the tree.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Rebecca is the mother of George Henry Dennis and is proving to be elusive.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Lucy married Frederick William Harby in 1891 and is with him in the 1891 census.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I could not find her in the 1901 census so was wondering if she had died.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">However a look at my Ancestry tree hints suggested she may have divorced him. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Documents pertaining to this divorce can be found in <a href="http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=2465">this</a> record group on Ancestry. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">The National Archives has a research <a href="http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/divorces-further-research/">guide</a> to help anyone who has not used divorce records for their research. It is important to note the years covered are very limited.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">The file revealed in quite a lot of detail who the family were and what had happened. There were 2 children from the marriage and custody was granted to the mother.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Why was only one child, the d</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">a</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">ughter, living with the grandparents where was the other child?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">A search in the 1901 census showed him living with his paternal grandparents.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I also found Lucy Harby as I now had a better idea of where she might have been living in 1901 just a year after the divorce case.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">In the next part I will reveal where she was and how this linked up with an emigration.</span></div>
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