Useful records - have found a couple of mine who were born in London. http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/first-world-war-1914-1918-cef/Pages/canadian-expeditionary-force.aspx Cheers Andy

Hi . this is my first posting to this list so I hope I am asking an appropriate question. I have been trying to locate the following addresses for my linen draper ancestor: 1841 - Newington House, High St, Hackey, West Hackney, Tower Hamlets (HO 107/700/1/38/21) (Other addresses on the pages either side were Draper’s Court, (or Lovelace Court), Bryants Court (off Whiston Rd?) & London House) 1844 - No. 7 Providence Row, in the parish of St John, Hackney, at present, and for twelve months past, residing at High Street Stoke Newington, in the parish of West Hackney. So is this two or three different addresses - High St (now Kingsland High Street?), followed by a move north up the same High St (now Stoke Newington High Street); then to 7 Providence Row ‘in the parish of St John, Hackney’? I understand that No. 189 (Stoke Newington) High Street was restored in 1982 “as Newington House” but this would imply that the name had only then been coined for that building, rather than being known as Newington House since the 1840s .. or perhaps this is the building my ancestor was in at the time of the 1841 Census? According to Pigot’s Directory (1824) “Providence Row, top of New road, to Hackney” but I’m still not sure where that is. The Lockie’s Topography of London (1810) that I viewed has one blank page - that for Providence Row! I have also tried searching the Booth Maps (1898) for these addresses but get disoriented easily without reference to a larger map or some local knowledge. I have not had a reply from the Hackney Archives so if anyone could point me in the right direction to find these addresses nowadays that would be appreciated. With thanks Elizabeth O’Connell New Zealand

Hi Listers Sorry I should have added to my previous message that I am trying to find the Births of Edward Goode and Sarah Brand Thank you Eve Ferguson

Hi Listers I have a SARAH BRAND in my Werry family. she married EDWARD GOODE A Baker 25 Dec. 1807 St. Andrews Undershaft. London. In 1841 Edward, Sarah and daughter Charlotte (b. 1816) are living at 7, Fashion Street Christchurch Spittlefields. Edward dies Dec. 1844 Whitechapel District. address Fashion St. 1851 A Sarah Goode born Westminster 1775 is living 6 Brittania Mews. Bethnal Green. with a Grand Daughter Priscilla Wells born 1839 Fashion St. BUT A Sarah Goode dies Church St. Spittlefields in 1854 77 yrs. b. 1777 I seem to be going round in circles. Priscilla Wells was the daughter of Thomas Wells and Elizabeth. (NOT GOODE) the only connection seems to be Fashion Street. Any Suggestions would be appreciated Thank Eve Ferguson ( Canada now)

Hello: Would anyone know where he is buried? He d:08-04-1903, probably in Kensington, London, England. Bart. https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/2NPY-97S

Thank you people for your assistance :) On 29 September 2014 18:11, Opiekan <[email protected]> wrote: > Lynda, > > The parish entry for Charles is available on 'Findmypast' > http://www.findmypast.co.uk/ > Pay as you go credits is 10 credits to view entry. > Cost for 90 days is £6.95 for 60 credits. > > > Regards, > > Rose > >

Hi all I am researching brothers Alfred Charles Mitchell and Sydney James Mitchell who both died at Fromelles 20 July 1916. WW1 A third brother William had died at Gallipoli 1915. The only other brother Fred married and had one girl Lorna who did not marry/not traceable. I am trying to find a connection to the family to enable us to continue the vital research to help us identify one or both of these boys, who joined the Australian forces at the time. (AIF) I have researched all their war and family records in Australia but no living connections are available. so have gone back a generation or two to find a family with a good supply of offspring back in UK. I would be most grateful for any help in tracing any branches of this family The family I wish to pursue is that of: John Francis MITCHELL b 1806 Deptford Kent, married to Elizabeth SKINNER. John was a bricklayer. I have followed them through the various census where possible. the family John 1827 Frederick William 1829 (migrated to Australia, soldiers’ grandfather) Elizabeth 1833 George Alfred 1836 Sydney 1838 Alfred 1844 Ann Petra 1846 Mary Anne Frances Francis 1848 William 1852 the only one I have found anything of - due to the more unusual name - is Sydney He had a son Sydney Edward 1861 (one son with 7 sisters) and SE had a son also Sydney Edward (Jim) in 1889. Jim married Susan Hilton in Surrey 1917 after serving for Canada in WW1. Jim’s family were from New Malden After that I have hit a bit of a wall. I would be most grateful for any direction to finding someone from the family of John and Elizabeth.. kind regards Marg O'Leary Fromelles Association Port Stephens NSW

Hi Lynda I only have a brief look but the burial doesn't come up in Ancestry or Findmypast records The entry that comes up on Ancestry is a familysearch record (ie has "select" in the title) The burial may or may not list the parents, although may have an address You can order a copy of the source document direct from the LDS using the familysearch details Charles Gear England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991 Name: Charles Gear Gender: Male Burial Date: 14 Jun 1840 Burial Place: Westminster, Middlesex, London, England Age: 1 Birth Date: 1839 Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B01603-0 , System Origin: England-EASy , GS Film number: 561152 , Reference ID: V 1837-46 p86 Citing this Record "England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J8BV-YYQ : accessed 29 Sep 2014), Charles Gear, 14 Jun 1840; citing , reference V 1837-46 p86; FHL microfilm 561152. Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 27/09/2014 23:09, Lynda's Lot via wrote: > Hello from a wet and windy New Zealand. > > I have a favour to ask: Does anyone have access to burial parish registers > for St Martin in the Fields, Camden Town? > > For a process of elimination, I need to know the parents of a Charles GEAR, > b. 1839, buried 14 June 1840. > > Thanks in advance. > > Lynda

On Sep 27 2014, railton.david via wrote: The birth of Richard E Moore was registered at Fulham in 1920. He was the son of Bertram P Moore and Sarah F May who married at Paddington in 1914. Bertram was the son of John Moore and Harriet Solomon. I am interested in finding more about these people, particularly Richard who was killed in 1940 while serving in the Royal Air Force. I have seen what is available on Ancestry. David Railton ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please use PLAIN TEXT only when replying to the list, and trim away any excess. Any problems, please contact the List Admin: [email protected] ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I have had a brick wall with my 5xGt Grandfather for many years. Just when I think I have another lead it too becomes a brick wall. The person in Question is Lionel George Becher. He first appeared in a letter stating that he was the Grandfather of my 3xGt Grandfather's sister Mary Anne Becher(spinster) He had been in the Guards and then a special troop of Marines to fight at Cartagena, sAmerica.and he had died there in 1741. I have tried to find out who paid for his commision as ensign in 1722 and hope that his father at least may have been mentioned. However Wellington Barracks assured me that there was no one named. Then I discovered that he had actually paid for himself with a loan which had escalated out of proportion which he could not pay back and there was a big court case which I have from the Nat. Archives. On one of these he states that he has a brother Samuel. So thinking that this might give me a lead I then found the only possible Samuel to fit the dates, had made a short will which is on Ancestry and he had died in 1754. Is there anyone out there with any more ideas where to at least look for Samuel. He had been stationed in Portsmouth in a troop of invalids and was a batchelor and left everything to his housekeeper!. Lionel George married Ann Lake, an illegit daughter of General Henry Lumley and I have letters and wills etc. to verify this. Have just found the marriage in Fleet prison Chapel in 1725. They had two children in 1729 and 1738(my 4xGt Grandfather) and also twin daughters in 1739 when they and Ann died in Sonning Berkshire. Lionel had joined the Marines by then. Any suggestions welcome. Eileen. http://www.epfranchi.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/page1.htm

Hello from a wet and windy New Zealand. I have a favour to ask: Does anyone have access to burial parish registers for St Martin in the Fields, Camden Town? For a process of elimination, I need to know the parents of a Charles GEAR, b. 1839, buried 14 June 1840. Thanks in advance. Lynda

looking at the Holy Trinity School records I find ALICE COLE Date of birth given as 2/1/1902 and 6/8/1903 and BENJAMIN COLE date of birth given as 13/09/1903 address for both is 61 Camberwell New Road I unable to locate the births with this dates the mother is Emily Livinia Cole - previously Stangroome father BENJAMIN COLE any ideas ?

The birth of Richard E Moore was registered at Fulham in 1920. He was the son of Bertram P Moore and Sarah F May who married at Paddington in 1914. Bertram was the son of John Moore and Harriet Solomon. I am interested in finding more about these people, particularly Richard who was killed in 1940 while serving in the Royal Air Force. I have seen what is available on Ancestry. David Railton

I am interested in finding information about Ian F Dodwell. Ian's birth was registered at Guildford, Surrey in 1922 as Ian F Lamacraft. His parents were William Lamacraft and Constance M Sullivan who had married at Guildford in 1914. Constance married again in 1930 at Lewisham, Kent to Edgar Beethoven Dodwell. As William died in 1944 it implies that he and Constance divorced. Ian was killed in 1940 while serving with the Royal Air Force. At that time his parents were living at Sydenham. David Railton

A very worthwhile project, Ron. Congratulations, but so sad to see almost whole families lost in the blink of an eye, so to speak. Graham

Just like to mention my web page on a tragic night in 1944 A friend was there and gave me photographs of the damage. Since then the pages have grown and several relatives of the dead have contacted me and my pages provide some idea of the horrible impact of such weapons. A lot of family history interest I think A service in being held on 16 November 2014 to remember a terrible night in 1944 when a V2 Rocket fell and killed 34 people. We are hoping to contact other relatives re the service if you know any likely people please pass on.... <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lankshear/lestweforget/bomb/index.htm> Oh and if visiting my web there are some general genealogy links especially for London research -- Ron Lankshear -Sydney NSW (from London-Shepherds Bush/Chiswick) try my links http://freepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lankshear/

Hello all, Please can any listers help to find either the family or descendants of a Miss Read of Bedford Row, London and her husband William Willis? According to "Gentleman's Magazine" they married on 11th. February 1744. William was the son of the former Bishop of Winchester. I have no other information about Miss Read. Thank you, Peter Stevens, Brisbane.

On 19/09/2014 8:35 PM, Jaimie McEvoy wrote: > Thank you John, here is the image. > > As you can see, the TP image also has a little foot on the P that I > forgot to mention. I do imagine that the priest was using a symbol > that at least other priests would understand in the register. A small > mystery. > > Jaimie. Simply a very distinct upper-case 'P', with large serifs, denoting a private Baptism (i.e. at home or in hospital, usually because the infant was quite sickly). Below it Recd 23.04.0x (I think this may be '02' rather than your interpretation of '03'), the date on which the baby was brought to the church (the building) to be Received into the Church (the people). At the private Baptism most of the Baptism service (except theactual Baptism itself, a prayer and a blessing, would be omitted, and the omitted parts used at the Reception should the child live. Trust that solves your mystery. Kind regards, John > > > On Friday, September 19, 2014 8:34 AM, johnfhhgen > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 19/09/2014 12:32 AM, Jaimie McEvoy via wrote: > > Regarding my strange symbol in a register of baptisms, thank you all > for replies, here is some more information. > > Florence May Goodwin. Her father was a collier, so not a case of a > rich family. > > Baptized 17 January 1902. > > Born 1 October 1901. > > Noted in the margin beside the baptism record: > > TP (this is somewhat what my strange symbol looks like in the > margin, but imagine it with only the one line down on the P). > > Rec'd- 23/04/03. > > I think it might mean a later baptism and thusly received into the > church, though if that were the case, who knows why it was so delayed. > > I am still curious about the TP symbol, its meaning and origin, > which looks like a symbol more than it looks like letters. I would > post a scan, but I think that is not permitted on this listserve, as > I've only ever seen text. > > Thank you, > > Jaimie McEvoy > > New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Which is presumably the one in Brown rdge, Staffs? > Is it possible to post a link to an image of the entry? > Regards > John Henley. > > >

On 19/09/2014 12:32 AM, Jaimie McEvoy via wrote: > Regarding my strange symbol in a register of baptisms, thank you all for replies, here is some more information. > Florence May Goodwin. Her father was a collier, so not a case of a rich family. > Baptized 17 January 1902. > Born 1 October 1901. > Noted in the margin beside the baptism record: > TP (this is somewhat what my strange symbol looks like in the margin, but imagine it with only the one line down on the P). > Rec'd- 23/04/03. > I think it might mean a later baptism and thusly received into the church, though if that were the case, who knows why it was so delayed. > I am still curious about the TP symbol, its meaning and origin, which looks like a symbol more than it looks like letters. I would post a scan, but I think that is not permitted on this listserve, as I've only ever seen text. > Thank you, > Jaimie McEvoy > New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Which is presumably the one in Brown rdge, Staffs? Is it possible to post a link to an image of the entry? Regards John Henley.

I'm afraid the record is not online, saw it in a microfilm, but I will send a scan of the image to anyone who is interested. Thank you again, Jaimie. On Friday, September 19, 2014 8:34 AM, johnfhhgen <[email protected]> wrote: On 19/09/2014 12:32 AM, Jaimie McEvoy via wrote: > Regarding my strange symbol in a register of baptisms, thank you all for replies, here is some more information. > Florence May Goodwin. Her father was a collier, so not a case of a rich family. > Baptized 17 January 1902. > Born 1 October 1901. > Noted in the margin beside the baptism record: > TP (this is somewhat what my strange symbol looks like in the margin, but imagine it with only the one line down on the P). > Rec'd- 23/04/03. > I think it might mean a later baptism and thusly received into the church, though if that were the case, who knows why it was so delayed. > I am still curious about the TP symbol, its meaning and origin, which looks like a symbol more than it looks like letters. I would post a scan, but I think that is not permitted on this listserve, as I've only ever seen text. > Thank you, > Jaimie McEvoy > New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Which is presumably the one in Brown rdge, Staffs? Is it possible to post a link to an image of the entry? Regards John Henley.