General Chat

Dave - unless you're in contact with Brian in the 'real world', it best to contact him by clicking on his name to send him a personal message. Assuming he still uses the same linked email address, GR will let him know that you are trying to contact him.

Since he last posted in 2010, at least 2 significant collections have come on line
1911 census and more recently the 1939 Register.

Will do - many thanks.

Dave.

Update - I've since traced a newspaper report for the 1931 marriage, and the Lilian Leah Crook appears to be the *niece* of Brian's Lilian Leah Crook (and is in the Ancestry tree that I mentioned):

"Mr. Arthur Donald Shellard, the only son of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Shellard, of West Avenue, Oldfield Park, Bath was married on Tuesday to Miss Lillian Leah Crook, the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Crook, of 35, Kingsmead Street, Bath, and grand-daughter of the late William Rufus and Leah Crook ..."

Dave.

George Smith 1877–1956
Birth 23 JAN 1877 • 22 Minshall Street, Mount Pleasant, Fenton, Stoke Upon Trent, Staffordshire

The person below is a good candidate for the George Smith being sought [+], but tracing complementary evidence has been difficult so far:

Dave.

[+] "A POTATO TRANSACTION.-George Smith, Potato merchant, Abbey Green, sued Mrs. Young, potato merchant, Kingsmead Square, for the value of potatoes sold ... Mr. Knight stated that the defendant was the daughter the late Mr. William Rufus Crook ... Mrs. Cryer, the defendant's sister, was not in the defendant's premises on his behalf looking after his interests ..."

Bath Chronicle & Weekly Gazette, 5 August 1916