What a host of good ideas! Thanks Penny. Your mention of the tennis court sounds quite hopefully the right place; it's at least of interest to add to the stories I have. And your memory is good: his daughter did register the death and yes, she was living at home. The certificate, now I check it again, says Long Hanborough (for both his place of death and her address) but no other details. Archie had one son, who was too young to serve in the war. Archie himself did not serve (at least, I have found no record of his doing so) - I presume he would not have been in the first round of enlistments due to his age (in 1914, 32) and/or more likely his work as, effectively, estate manager running the sawmill was considered a protected occupation producing timber for the war effort (anyone any ideas on how to check for that? I haven't yet looked, but was there a list of protected professions and who was one it, or was this done as an ad hoc, case by case decision?). There is no service record of his joining the forces nor mention in family letters or photos. I have a copy of the probate calendar record, from the web, but given his untimely and relatively sudden death I had presumed this was granted intestate. Now you make me wonder: is the presence of a probate record an indication that there *must* be a will? I've not located one. It is some years since I checked for entries in the papers; so the answer should be no, in the sense that I don't have a record of finding one, though I know that yes, I did look but a long time ago. Thanks for the many ideas. On the other hand, this is an amazingly interesting search. Yesterday I found Archie in the Canadian 1891 census (I know he was in Canada, but was surprised to find that the original pages are all online and searchable, free, courtesy of the Canadian government). And the day before I finally discovered the background to a photo of his sister-in-law, who was dressed up and there was a hint of London to the photo: she was there to receive an MBE. Thanks again - more ideas for me to follow up, and all welcome. Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: oxfordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:oxfordshire-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of > PennyEves@aol.com > Sent: 21 July 2011 16:58 > To: oxfordshire@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [OXF] House in Hanborough > > > Hi Chris ... > > My mother - now in her mid 80s - often used to visit her WASTIE > grandparents in Long Hanborough in the 1930s. She recalls > being shown around (by the > gardener) a garden in the village which had a sunken rose > garden and a > tennis court - but unfortunately cannot remember where it was! > > I note from another of your postings on this mailing list > that Archie > DUNKLEY's death was registered by his fourteen-year-old > daughter. Presumably > she was living at home - is an address not given on the > death certificate? > > Did Archie and/or any sons serve in WW1? Perhaps an address > would be > shown on service records. > > Have you also checked for obituaries in local papers, or a > will (Archie > appears in the National Probate Calendar, so there must have > been one)? > > Penny > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > OFHS "Wills Library" : > Can you submit any wills, please?http://wills.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OXFORDSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message