> Hi Everyone, I have been searching for the above for several years > now. A Mary Ann BALL married a George EITCHER at Emmanuel Church > Nottingham in 18 October 1890. I know mary Ann lived for many years, > but I have been unable to trace either of them after that date, though > I did find the birth of a child which I believe to be theirs. One of > the witnesses was a soldier and I think George may have been. > > As the name sounds vaguely foreign I did wonder if they changed it > because of the WW1, but this is quite a time after they married. If > anyone has ideas I'd be most grateful. Many thanks. Joyce > Further to my previous message, FreeBMD has the marriage at Basford in the Sep 1913 qtr of William G ETCHER to Olive HARVEY (7b 473) and the death, also at Basford, in the June qtr of 1919 of George W ETCHER, aged 24 (7b 156). I would suggest this was almost certainly the same man and the son of George and Mary EITCHER, since his given age at death fits very neatly with a birth in 1894. I wonder if his death was as a result of injuries suffered in WWI? -- Roy Stockdill Professional 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

From: "Roy Stockdill" <roy.stockdill@btinternet.com> > > Hi Everyone, I have been searching for the above for several years > > now. A Mary Ann BALL married a George EITCHER at Emmanuel > Church > > Nottingham in 18 October 1890. I know mary Ann lived for many > > years, but I have been unable to trace either of them after that > > date, though I did find the birth of a child which I believe to be > > theirs. One of the witnesses was a soldier and I think George may > > have been. > > > > As the name sounds vaguely foreign I did wonder if they changed it > > because of the WW1, but this is quite a time after they married. If > > anyone has ideas I'd be most grateful. Many thanks. Joyce > > > Further to my previous message, FreeBMD has the marriage at Basford in > the Sep 1913 qtr of William G ETCHER to Olive HARVEY (7b 473) and the > death, also at Basford, in the June qtr of 1919 of George W ETCHER, > aged 24 (7b 156). > > I would suggest this was almost certainly the same man and the son of > George and Mary EITCHER, since his given age at death fits very neatly > with a birth in 1894. I wonder if his death was as a result of > injuries suffered in WWI?> Not quite nearly so sure now! I also note a George William ETCHES born at Basford RD in the Sep qtr of 1895 (7b 265). Equally, this could possibly be the man who married in 1913 and died in 1919. And in my experience, forenames were very often reversed, so George William could have appeared in one record and William George in another. EITCHER, ETCHER and ETCHES are so close it's difficult to separate them, especially as a handwritten "r" could easily look like an "s" and vice versa. I suggest the OP begins thinking along these lines. And the best of luck! -- Roy Stockdill Professional 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

The surname ETCHES has been around Nottingham for years. Brian Binns -----Original Message----- From: nottsgen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:nottsgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Roy Stockdill Sent: 19 March 2009 10:22 To: nottsgen@rootsweb.com; J.M.Jupp@exeter.ac.uk Subject: Re: [NTT] EITCHER George From: "Roy Stockdill" <roy.stockdill@btinternet.com> > > Hi Everyone, I have been searching for the above for several years > > now. A Mary Ann BALL married a George EITCHER at Emmanuel > Church > > Nottingham in 18 October 1890. I know mary Ann lived for many > > years, but I have been unable to trace either of them after that > > date, though I did find the birth of a child which I believe to be > > theirs. One of the witnesses was a soldier and I think George may > > have been. > > > > As the name sounds vaguely foreign I did wonder if they changed it > > because of the WW1, but this is quite a time after they married. If > > anyone has ideas I'd be most grateful. Many thanks. Joyce > > > Further to my previous message, FreeBMD has the marriage at Basford in > the Sep 1913 qtr of William G ETCHER to Olive HARVEY (7b 473) and the > death, also at Basford, in the June qtr of 1919 of George W ETCHER, > aged 24 (7b 156). > > I would suggest this was almost certainly the same man and the son of > George and Mary EITCHER, since his given age at death fits very neatly > with a birth in 1894. I wonder if his death was as a result of > injuries suffered in WWI?> Not quite nearly so sure now! I also note a George William ETCHES born at Basford RD in the Sep qtr of 1895 (7b 265). Equally, this could possibly be the man who married in 1913 and died in 1919. And in my experience, forenames were very often reversed, so George William could have appeared in one record and William George in another. EITCHER, ETCHER and ETCHES are so close it's difficult to separate them, especially as a handwritten "r" could easily look like an "s" and vice versa. I suggest the OP begins thinking along these lines. And the best of luck! -- Roy Stockdill Professional 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 Notts Surname List http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/notts.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NOTTSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message