On 20/01/2015 04:59, Mary Lou via wrote: > > Does anyone have a website that will convert British pounds to American dollars at 1916 rates? > > I'm trying to determine what 20 pounds, 12 shillings and 4d would have been worth. > > Thanks much..... > > mary lou > Lots of different calculators at http://projects.exeter.ac.uk/RDavies/arian/current/howmuch.html

"Graeme Wall" wrote in message news:[email protected] >On 19/01/2015 10:54, Richard Smith wrote: >> On 19/01/15 06:16, Anne Chambers wrote: >> >>> Sheer speculation - if the 104th Regiment had been in the Falklands >>> (I haven't looked), Margaret may have followed him to Ireland where >>> they married. >> >> There's a short history of the regiment here: >> >> http://www.nam.ac.uk/research/famous-units/104th-regiment-foot-bengal-fusiliers >> >> >> It makes no mention of them being in the Falklands. >> >I'm not sure any regiment was based in the Falklands that early. Before >1982 it was a Royal Marine posting and I think that was post WW2 anyway. >Argentine claims to the Falklands date from the Peron regime. The British colonised the Falkland Islands in 1833, I'm not familiar with Irish marriage certificates but if they have details of parent(s) I would be interested in Margarets fathers occupation. He could have been an islander but he could have also been part of the Administration of the Islands and the family returned to the UK. James and Margaret could have met in Ireland (or anywhere for that matter) but there is an interesting marriage registered with with the British Consul at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1876-1880 for a James Wallington, the 2 possible brides are MARIA EUSTAYUIU S DEVALDEVESSO (MARIA EUSTAQUIA SPINOLA DE VALDEVESSO) and MARY ELIZABETH J SHARP. Andy

On 2015-01-20 03:59:05 +0000, Mary Lou via said: > > Does anyone have a website that will convert British pounds to American > dollars at 1916 rates? > > I'm trying to determine what 20 pounds, 12 shillings and 4d would have > been worth. > > Thanks much..... > > mary lou http://measuringworth.com/exchangeglobal/ gives a rate of $1 = £0.2098 which equates to approx $98.50 -- Tickettyboo

Graeme Wall wrote: > On 19/01/2015 10:54, Richard Smith wrote: >> On 19/01/15 06:16, Anne Chambers wrote: >> >>> Sheer speculation - if the 104th Regiment had been in the Falklands >>> (I haven't looked), Margaret may have followed him to Ireland where >>> they married. >> >> There's a short history of the regiment here: >> >> http://www.nam.ac.uk/research/famous-units/104th-regiment-foot-bengal-fusiliers >> >> >> It makes no mention of them being in the Falklands. >> > > > I'm not sure any regiment was based in the Falklands that early. Before 1982 it was a Royal Marine posting > and I think that was post WW2 anyway. Argentine claims to the Falklands date from the Peron regime. > > There was a British Governor from quite early in the 1800s - he must have have had some sort of military entourage, I would think. Maybe a band for ceremonial purposes ? As I said, pure speculation :) -- Anne Chambers South Australia anne dot chambers at bigpond dot com

thanks for this - I have just looked up my great uncle Thomas LLewellyn Vaughan but the link didn't go to the right image. I have reported it regards melanie

On 2015-01-20 10:22:11 +0000, brightside S9 said: > On Mon, 19 Jan 2015 15:54:18 +0000, Tickettyboo > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Recently added to Ancestry, so I thought I would mention it. >> >> "This database contains records detailing the money owed to soldiers of >> the British Army who died in service from 1901 to 1929. A small >> percentage of soldiers who were discharged as ‘insane’ are also listed >> here. Records typically include the name of the soldier, his next of >> kin and their relationship, the date of death and sometimes the place, >> plus other details. In cases where the soldier was discharged as >> insane, the place and date of discharge are often recorded in the place >> and date of death field. The inclusion of the next of kin makes these >> records particularly valuable to family historians, as this information >> can help researchers take a family back another generation or >> distinguish between soldiers with the same name. Early records also >> list a soldier’s trade before enlistment. >> Payments went first to widows, or, if the soldier wasn’t married, to a >> parent (often a mother) or siblings." >> >> I've found the name of the person the payments were made to and their >> relationship to the soldier useful for confirming our research on the >> village war memorial, especially for those where a service record is no >> longer in existence . > > Thank you. complete with mistranscriptions! 8-( Yes, but they are a fact of life :-) Even if there is no service record, CWCG, medal card etc will give a service number so in a couple of cases I used a first name and the service number to search and find the records. -- Tickettyboo

On 20/01/2015 03:59, Mary Lou via wrote: > > Does anyone have a website that will convert British pounds to American dollars at 1916 rates? > > I'm trying to determine what 20 pounds, 12 shillings and 4d would have been worth. > > Thanks much..... > Off hand it would have been about $4 to the pound, as a youth I remember half crowns (2s6d or 12.5p) being referred to as half a dollar. -- Graeme Wall This account not read, substitute trains for rail. Railway Miscellany at <http://www.greywall.demon.co.uk/rail>

Found my great grandad John Attwell died 19 Jan 1920, his effects do not seem to have been discharged - can I claim them by any chance? ;)

On Tue, 20 Jan 2015 11:59:13 +1100, "Andy" <[email protected]> wrote: > > >"Graeme Wall" wrote in message news:[email protected] > >>On 19/01/2015 10:54, Richard Smith wrote: >>> On 19/01/15 06:16, Anne Chambers wrote: >>> >>>> Sheer speculation - if the 104th Regiment had been in the Falklands >>>> (I haven't looked), Margaret may have followed him to Ireland where >>>> they married. >>> >>> There's a short history of the regiment here: >>> >>> http://www.nam.ac.uk/research/famous-units/104th-regiment-foot-bengal-fusiliers >>> >>> >>> It makes no mention of them being in the Falklands. >>> >>I'm not sure any regiment was based in the Falklands that early. Before >>1982 it was a Royal Marine posting and I think that was post WW2 anyway. >>Argentine claims to the Falklands date from the Peron regime. > >The British colonised the Falkland Islands in 1833, I'm not familiar with >Irish marriage certificates > They are much the same style as for England and Wales. >but if they have details of parent(s) I would be >interested in Margarets fathers occupation. He could have been an islander >but he could have also been part of the Administration of the Islands and >the family returned to the UK. > >James and Margaret could have met in Ireland (or anywhere for that matter) >but there is an interesting marriage registered with with the British Consul >at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1876-1880 for a James Wallington, the 2 possible >brides are MARIA EUSTAYUIU S DEVALDEVESSO (MARIA EUSTAQUIA SPINOLA DE >VALDEVESSO) and MARY ELIZABETH J SHARP. > >Andy

They seem to be doing (ending soon) four months' "Premium" (all UK records, not worldwide) for 20 pounds, i. e. a fiver a month, which is quite good value. It's the usual it-will-renew-at-full-price-if-you-don't-cancel, and also not available to existing subscribers )-:. -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)[email protected]+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf The main and the most glorious achievement of television is that it is killing the art of conversation. If we think of the type of conversation television is helping to kill, our gratitude must be undying. (George Mikes, "How to be Inimitable" [1960].)

Does anyone have a website that will convert British pounds to American dollars at 1916 rates? I'm trying to determine what 20 pounds, 12 shillings and 4d would have been worth. Thanks much..... mary lou

Charles Ellson wrote: > On Sun, 18 Jan 2015 17:13:29 -0800 (PST), John Wallington > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> England Births & Christenings,1538-1975. For,James George Wallington >> Indexing Project (Batch) Number CO3610-8 >> System Origin England-EASy >> GS Film number 93906 >> Refference ID yr1890-1891 Page: 239. >> >> I am searching for the Maiden Name & Birth Place of the Mother to James George Wallington Margaret A ............? >> Has anybody delved into the WALLINGTON,Family Tree. >> >> The family home was situated at 111 Vine St, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancs UK >> >> Margaret passed away in 1940 >> > Son Arthur was born in Belfast and registered in SEP quarter. > James was possibly married in Dec quarter 1879 in Belfast to one of :- > Sarah Watson > Eliza Clooney > Margaret Walsh > Margaret Dalton > > With two Margarets there that leaves the possibility that the "years > married" in 1911 might be 32y rather than 22y. I'm certain the 'years married' is 32 years, not 22. James Wallington married Margaret Walsh Name: Mercy Margaret Wallington Gender: Female Birth Date: 17 Aug 1880 Birthplace: Palmerstown, Dublin, Ireland Father's Name: James Wallington Mother's Name: Margaret Walsh Wallington Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C02304-7 , System Origin: Ireland-ODM , GS Film number: 256059 He was a bandsman in the 104th regiment in the Richmond Barracks according to http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details/fa3bd00018490 Mercy Margaret could have been one of the three of their thirteen children who had died by the 1911 census. Sheer speculation - if the 104th Regiment had been in the Falklands (I haven't looked), Margaret may have followed him to Ireland where they married. -- Anne Chambers South Australia anne dot chambers at bigpond dot com

Recently added to Ancestry, so I thought I would mention it. "This database contains records detailing the money owed to soldiers of the British Army who died in service from 1901 to 1929. A small percentage of soldiers who were discharged as ‘insane’ are also listed here. Records typically include the name of the soldier, his next of kin and their relationship, the date of death and sometimes the place, plus other details. In cases where the soldier was discharged as insane, the place and date of discharge are often recorded in the place and date of death field. The inclusion of the next of kin makes these records particularly valuable to family historians, as this information can help researchers take a family back another generation or distinguish between soldiers with the same name. Early records also list a soldier’s trade before enlistment. Payments went first to widows, or, if the soldier wasn’t married, to a parent (often a mother) or siblings." I've found the name of the person the payments were made to and their relationship to the soldier useful for confirming our research on the village war memorial, especially for those where a service record is no longer in existence . -- Tickettyboo

"John Wallington" wrote in message news:[email protected] England Births & Christenings,1538-1975. For,James George Wallington Indexing Project (Batch) Number CO3610-8 System Origin England-EASy GS Film number 93906 Refference ID yr1890-1891 Page: 239. I am searching for the Maiden Name & Birth Place of the Mother to James George Wallington Margaret A ............? Has anybody delved into the WALLINGTON,Family Tree. The family home was situated at 111 Vine St, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancs UK Margaret passed away in 1940 J Wallington. According to various Census' Margaret was born in the Falkland Islands. Not to be found in 1881 England Census but what might have been their fist child, Arthur J, 9 years old in 1891 was born Belfast, Ireland so it's possible they married there. That's all I have found so far. Regards Kate Sydney, Australia

John Wallington wrote: > England Births & Christenings,1538-1975. For,James George Wallington > Indexing Project (Batch) Number CO3610-8 > System Origin England-EASy > GS Film number 93906 > Refference ID yr1890-1891 Page: 239. > > I am searching for the Maiden Name & Birth Place of the Mother to James George Wallington Margaret A ............? > Has anybody delved into the WALLINGTON,Family Tree. > > The family home was situated at 111 Vine St, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancs UK > > Margaret passed away in 1940 > > J Wallington. > According to the 1911 census, she was born in the Falkland Islands. -- Anne Chambers South Australia anne dot chambers at bigpond dot com

On 19/01/2015 10:54, Richard Smith wrote: > On 19/01/15 06:16, Anne Chambers wrote: > >> Sheer speculation - if the 104th Regiment had been in the Falklands >> (I haven't looked), Margaret may have followed him to Ireland where >> they married. > > There's a short history of the regiment here: > > http://www.nam.ac.uk/research/famous-units/104th-regiment-foot-bengal-fusiliers > > > It makes no mention of them being in the Falklands. > I'm not sure any regiment was based in the Falklands that early. Before 1982 it was a Royal Marine posting and I think that was post WW2 anyway. Argentine claims to the Falklands date from the Peron regime. -- Graeme Wall This account not read, substitute trains for rail. Railway Miscellany at <http://www.greywall.demon.co.uk/rail>

On 19/01/15 06:16, Anne Chambers wrote: > Sheer speculation - if the 104th Regiment had been in the Falklands > (I haven't looked), Margaret may have followed him to Ireland where > they married. There's a short history of the regiment here: http://www.nam.ac.uk/research/famous-units/104th-regiment-foot-bengal-fusiliers It makes no mention of them being in the Falklands. Richard

"Charles Ellson" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected] > On Sat, 17 Jan 2015 12:46:28 -0000, "Geoff Pearson" > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >>"Geoff Pearson" <[email protected]> wrote in message >>news:[email protected] >>> This chap lived in my house, here in Edinburgh, with his parents and >>> aunts, from 1897-1906, at >>> least. The Wikipedia article contains a lot of info but does anyone >>> know >>> more about him - who he married and was there a child? Did he just live >>> in >>> India or, as some suggest, he lived in London? >>> >>> I've been all over Ancestry, Scotland's People, and the internet and >>> I've >>> sent an email to the current Director of the Geological Survey of India. >>> But chums here often have a clever idea. >>> >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Heron >>> >>> Geoff >>> >>> >> >>I now have his marriage certificate - in Southampton in July 1911. His >>wife, I suspect, left with him to go back to India after this, although >>she >>seems to be on a boat to Calcutta in 1912. (Her father was at the wedding >>so they didn't elope). Their only child was born in 1915 (Margaret). >> >>I can see some voyages to India - does anyone see a trip soon after the >>wedding? >> > Nothing obvious (just using the surname) but a lot of entries have > only got an initial or just "Mr" or "Mrs" and there is a suspicious > shortage of voyages going in the direction of India. Thanks - that is what I found.

On Sun, 18 Jan 2015 17:13:29 -0800 (PST), John Wallington <[email protected]> wrote: >England Births & Christenings,1538-1975. For,James George Wallington >Indexing Project (Batch) Number CO3610-8 >System Origin England-EASy >GS Film number 93906 >Refference ID yr1890-1891 Page: 239. > >I am searching for the Maiden Name & Birth Place of the Mother to James George Wallington Margaret A ............? >Has anybody delved into the WALLINGTON,Family Tree. > >The family home was situated at 111 Vine St, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancs UK > >Margaret passed away in 1940 > If the 1911 census is correct then he married Margaret about 1889 which would suggest she is his second wife and also maybe explains the gap between his sons Edward and James. Son Arthur was born in Belfast and registered in SEP quarter. James was possibly married in Dec quarter 1879 in Belfast to one of :- Sarah Watson Eliza Clooney Margaret Walsh Margaret Dalton With two Margarets there that leaves the possibility that the "years married" in 1911 might be 32y rather than 22y. You can get a plain photocopy of son Arthur's (the only one born in Ireland) birth registration from :- https://www.welfare.ie/en/Pages/Apply-for-Certificates.aspx (also the 1879 marriage at the same time if you want) The identification details needed are: Birth for Arthur:- Arthur James WALLINGTON, SEP 1881, Belfast, volume 1, page 245 Marriage for James- James WALLINGTON, DEC 1879, Belfast, volume 1, page 304 See the note on the postal application forms - "Photocopies of entries in the registers are also available at a cost of EUR 4.00. These contain exactly the same information as a Certificate but are only of use for research purposes." Online ordering is available but I can't tell if it offers anything other than a EUR 20.00 full copy.

On Sun, 18 Jan 2015 17:46:38 -0000, eve via <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 17/01/2015 20:16, eve via wrote: >> >>> On Monday, 8 September 2014 23:42:02 UTC+1, Tickettyboo wrote: >> >>>> RG4 Piece 1581: South Shields, Apsceate Congregation (Scotch Church),> >> >>>> 1783-1813 >> >>>> I am not very au fait with the various flavours of Non Conformists and> >> >>>> though I have Googled till my fingers are worn down I can't find any> >> >>>> explanation of the term "Apsceate" >> >>>> >> > > >> > I thought that when this query first appeared a few weeks back, it was clearly >> > identified, and although i have zapped the emails, i think probably as >> > Associate. > ISTR that was the conclusion. > > The only thing is, I'm not sure that that existed as early as 1581. > >The date is not 1581 - that is the RG4 (nonconformist registers) piece >number > > > >Author of The McLaughlin Guides for Family Historians >Secretary, Bucks Genealogical Society