John Wow how on earth have you found "conclusive corroborative evidence" for all that?JillJill Turner > From: john@parkhousemews.co.uk> To: dur-nbl@rootsweb.com> Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2007 11:19:04 +0000> Subject: [DUR-NBL] Frances WILLIAMSON> > Hi Eileen> > Don't assume that, because Frances' death certificate shows she as a widow,> this is true. With a seafaring husband, he may have just "strayed". Like> Jenny, I have seafaring ancestors and this is more common that you may> imagine.> > And, like Jill TURNER's note, I have many name changes and borrowed> identities, too. I have, for my own Father, 3 separate identities and a> black hole: John William Frederick FORREST, b. 4 Aug 1882 in North Shields> (true), joins the Royal Garrison Artillery in 1904 as John William GILBERT> (the married name of his elder sister), appears as JWFF in Southampton,> married with 2 children, last born 1914, disappears in 1919 from the Isle of> Wight and then reappears in the 1930's in Hammersmith, London, as William> James LOVE, "b. 4 Aug 1887". This identity, I believe, is based on a> Liverpool sailor! 1919-1934 is a mystery but I'm homing in on a William> LOVE sailing out of Bermuda!> > The moral is "Never believe what anyone writes down without conclusive> corroborating evidence". In the case of a death certificate, it is hearsay.> > Best regards,> > John> > ------------------------------> > Message: 3> Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2007 20:17:03 -0000> From: "Eileen Sturt" <eileen.sturt@tiscali.co.uk>> Subject: [DUR-NBL] John Williamson , Mariner> To: <DUR-NBL-L@rootsweb.com>> Message-ID: <002701c73106$82e52a90$0201a8c0@eileenbb6cb466>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"> > Hello Jenny,> Many thanks for all your "techniques" for extracting the information from> the census returns- they have been a great help and I have had lots of fun> exploring . Your discovery of a possible John Williamson senior though,in> 1871, can't be correct because he had died before his wife Frances died> early in 1867. Her death certificate shows her a widow. > I have written to the holders of the Wellesley records and am hoping they> come up with some clues about the boys' parentage. I will try the Mariners> list too as I now feel sure I have the correct ship in 1861 and, as you say,> someone is likely to know whether or not she went down, etc.> Thanks once again, Eileen> > ==== DUR-NBL Mailing List ====> To Post a message to this list send it to,> DUR-NBL-L@rootsweb.com> > ==== DUR-NBL Mailing List ====> List Web Page> http://www.communigate.co.uk/ne/durhamgenealogy/index.phtml> > -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DUR-NBL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message