My apologies..... It's late and I have been misreading the birth and death records of Arthur James Sheaff Hinton ! Rechecking at FreeBMD, I see he was born in the Sep quarter of 1887 (not 1877) at Bedminster and that, according to the death indexes of 1974 at Ancestry, his DoB was 17 June 1887, so that would fit with his being baptised in the July. So I suppose he could have been made a lieutenant in 1941 when he was about 53 or 54 (still seems quite late in life, though). And I haven't yet found when he got the MBE. I've also finally found him in a census - overseas in 1911 when he was a gunner and an acting schoolmaster in no. 78 Company Royal Garrison Artillery, Singapore Straits Settlements, but his birthplace is given as Bristol, not Bedminster. And where was he in 1891-1901? Has anyone found his supposed parents? -- Roy Stockdill Genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History: www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." OSCAR WILDE
Roy, I may have called him Alfred when I meant Arthur. It's getting late. There may be a bit of duplication with my last message. Arthur James Sheaff HINTON was in Kent in 1891 with William James, Sarah Elizabeth and Walter Frank. I gave the reference in the last message and also suggested where I thought he was in 1901. I have no idea where Maria SHEAFF is. Susan -----Original Message----- From: Roy Stockdill Sent: Monday, February 07, 2011 6:35 PM To: bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [B&S] Arthur James Scheaff HINTON b. 17 Jun 1887 in Bedminster,Somerset, England My apologies..... It's late and I have been misreading the birth and death records of Arthur James Sheaff Hinton ! Rechecking at FreeBMD, I see he was born in the Sep quarter of 1887 (not 1877) at Bedminster and that, according to the death indexes of 1974 at Ancestry, his DoB was 17 June 1887, so that would fit with his being baptised in the July. So I suppose he could have been made a lieutenant in 1941 when he was about 53 or 54 (still seems quite late in life, though). And I haven't yet found when he got the MBE. I've also finally found him in a census - overseas in 1911 when he was a gunner and an acting schoolmaster in no. 78 Company Royal Garrison Artillery, Singapore Straits Settlements, but his birthplace is given as Bristol, not Bedminster. And where was he in 1891-1901? Has anyone found his supposed parents? -- Roy Stockdill Genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History: www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." OSCAR WILDE ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message