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Better look at the transcribed from s Africa threads - you never know!!!


thanks for the suggestions Susan.

just thought would pop on to have alook and thought i.d ,my g,mothermother is nowere to be found people of records have looked everywere for her,now her name is not common so you would think she would be found no ,i have her marriage cert ,death cert,all the childrends births but no birth,shes on the 1901 census as coming from manchester but its not so,i have her on marriage 1893,but before that nothing ,her name Ada Mary Bassindale and thats abig breck wall if ever there was one
Dutchx

maybe they changed spelling slightly dutch

i was browsing last night for my greatgran in hiding, and discovered a street simular name same area to her birth place, she born in pearl street cardiff and another lady same name lived in peel street dont know if it reall or spelling mistake

I've got several missing rellies - Thomas and Martha Clarke both born in 1840's in Ireland, appear on a couple of the Scottish census and then disappear. My favourite bugbear is Joseph Adler and his supposed first wife Sarah - Joseph was born in Prussia and first appears in UK around 1855ish then living with Sarah but no marriage. I have Sarah's death cert and a couple of their childrens birth certs but I'm blowed if I can find out who Sarah was. I did post about her a long time ago on here. There are also several others who drive me up the wall on a regular basis and I seem to find myself going over the same ground again and again and again.......

As Susan said, the Rootsweb message boards are very helpful if you haven't already tried them.
Not only can you concentrate on one County if you need to, but you can also go to just about any Country which, for people with foreign folk in their tree, is a Godsend.
It's certainly helped me!

K

What is her age and Father's first name Dutch?

and who did she marry?


Susan
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Phantom4 when do you think that Jack Fardoe may have been born?

Unfortunately he is not a Fardoe that I have come accross.

Susan have pm you
her father was John and she married Samuel mellor in 1893,walton on the hill ,Lancaster

Julie Ann - we do have a Pearl Street in Splott, in Cardiff but there is no Peel Street in Cardiff. I have the 1970 edition of Kelly's Directory of Cardiff if that's any help to you

Ann X

So many 'lost' ancestors so little time!


I guess if you want people to help find them we need to ahve more details.

Ann
Glos

i think these rellies realy tried to confuse us,i have Elizabeth Bassindale married in 1890 to German Salior Frederick Bottcher ,she got married in Walton on the hill Lancaster,her father was Robert Bassindale,but then she married again as first hubby died
Elizabeth Bassindale Bottcher married John Frederick jones from Liverpool the married in 26 june 1899 in Manhattan NeW York but her dad was William
now i sent for birth cert of Ada Bassindale and her father was Robert only the date of birth was 1865 and she was born 1869
confusing or what

Joyce, yes I am confused.

I'd like to add Florence who has a 'middle life' but no beginning or end.......

First seen in 1891 in Glamorgan,Wales and shown as Florence SHERRETT,b. Ullingswick, Herefordshire, c.1882 ..daughter of Edward and Catherine ..(should be SKERRETT )

Edward and Catherine married in 1885. Catherine was nee. VAUGHAN.
If Florence was b. in Ullingswick, the registration district is Bromyard.

In 1901 Florence is single in Montgomeryshire.... Then what?

Gwyn

thanks ann for adding about pearl street

its fascinating reading all these historys on here

i wish my elizabeth ann thomas had less of a common name,
all i have is that she was at 22 pearl street around1912-14 and thats all thats on my nanas birth certificate, and that elizabeth was a domestic servant

i did go on a splott website thru the bbc and found ref, to an eliza thomas who owned a pie shop in pearl street around 1900 dont know if shes a reli of hers, got no replys, the picture showed an old lady, but my lady would of been younger to have a baby

would love to find out where she went , if she were married, or got married

If anyone stumbles across Jessie Louise/Louisa Tocqueville dying between 1889 and 1905 I would be a very happy person. I know she existed 'cos I have her birth certificate. I have her family on the 1891 and 1901 census. She was my grandfather's sister. I know she is dead by 1905 because she is not listed on my grandfathers military attestation. (He put all his siblings and his mother as next of kin)

Hi Ann in Glos

I was particularly interested in your Royal Marine/Mariner as I have one too:-) He's my great grandfather, Thomas Brown.

The only information I have about this is from an old newspaper dated 27 Sept 1901 in which his life story is printed as part of his retirement from the police force. (My mum still has a copy of the original paper).

Other than this information (which I have to assume is true as it's in the "police parade and review gossip") I cannot find any record:-(

The article even talks about him being on the Galatea in the 1860's going around the world with the then Prince of Wales, so you's think there would be someting official - unless I'm looking in all the wrong places of course!! lol

My other disappearing rellie is my Grandfather - like someone else, I have a copy of his original marriage certificate from 1924 which states he is aged 38. His details are on my dads birth certificate in 1925 and I have his death cert from 1942 but where he came from - well I've no idea. His name is Henry Finch so I've taken to emailing everyone on this site with a Henry Finch but I've not struck gold yet:-(

Happy hunting

Bacardi X

I also have Lucy Moseley born March 1839 in kingswinford Worcester, although she claims to have been born 1841but on 1841 census she is two years old and has her baby brother Benjamin who was six weeks old with her next sighting is 1851 as a 12year old!! then she disappears untill 1881 and she turns up as Lucy Williams with husband Edward in attercliffe sheffield,no sign of a marriage any where 1888 Edward dies still in attercliffe, 1891 got her niece Harriet Dwyer staying with her { Harriet dwyer my granma 10/11years old from poplar Millwall East london} 1895 Lucy dies address given was 8 Custom Street London which was where her younger sister Hannah Tilson {second marriage} lived who was my granma's mother,problem is where was Lucy those missing years?and when and where did she marry Edward Williams as death cert states widow of Edward Williams.Jean

this rellie i wish i could find .alady send me acopy of one of my rellies being interviewed ,the Sunday News in 1927one of my g.g.aunts was sent for by coach from Queen Victoria to have tea at the palace due to her bravery in the Indian muntiny she risked her life crawing over slain bodies to bring water to her husband,and is buried Camberley with military,but i cant find her as i dont have her married name ,only her first name was Mary what ashame
Dutch

Arthur Mark Cook born 24/1/1896 Glos ,mother Ellen Cook who married a hairdresser named Jones in Kidderminster in 1900 .
Last seen in 1901 census living with his Grandfather in Bledington Gloucestershire .
Christopher Carey born 1910 Evesham Worc,s , father Thomas and brother Jeffery aged 18 months both died of TB in 1914 in Gloucestershire , mothers maiden name Robins from Winchcombe Glos , both disappear after 1914, no trace.
Henry Alfred Carey born November 1920 Evesham Worc,s , mothers name Florence , unofficially adopted through Father Hudson as a baby . The Father Hudson Society and I are trying to locate his family, although we know he was married and sadly died in 1970,s under his adoptive name to which I am not allowed access we are having a tough time.
Two wrong leads so far , now trying to contact someone who is possibly his daughter , he had a sister he knew nothing about .
Great Thread Ann
Kim

dutch is she buried with her hubby
in military grave in camberley