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Where was Alfred Bates before 1901?
Q I am searching for my great grandfather, Alfred Bates, prior to 1901. According to the 1921 census, he was born in August 1880 in Hillingdon, Middlesex, but I have been unable to find him on census or birth records prior to 1901 when he appears aged 20. I believe his father was Fred Bates […]
Military Picture Analysis
Which branch did J Hellier serve in?
Was the murderer Joseph Heald one of my wife’s ancestors?
Arwell Davies has hit a brick wall while researching his wife’s family tree
Where is Stanley Hibbert on the 1921 census?
Q I am trying to find my father, Stanley Walter Hibbert (born 1900, Fulham), on the 1921 census. I have tried different spellings, using initials, and thought that I’d found him – only to discover that it was an eightyear- old boy. I looked in the military in case he was conscripted at the end […]
Why are there two marriage records for Thomas Baker and Susan Netley?
Q I’ve found two marriage records for Thomas James Baker and Susan/ Susannah Netley – one dated 1 January 1837 (banns only) and the other 2 September 1844, both at St Anne’s, Soho. The only name difference is that the bride is Susan in 1844 and Susannah in 1837. They are living as man and […]
Picture Analysis
Is the baby in this photograph my great great grandfather?
When is a father named on a birth entry?
Q My husband’s great great grandmother’s third child was born shortly after her husband’s death in 1883. Was it legal at this time to name a deceased father on a birth certificate? Also my great grandmother, Mary Moss (born 1871), has no father named on her birth entry. Her mother married two months later. In […]