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HeyJudeB4Beatles

HeyJudeB4Beatles Report 9 Oct 2011 17:18

Dea..and that is why we "amateur helpers"" love it too...you have helped me quite a bit in my family tree conundrums and I do soooo want to put something back in...my "avatar" circa 1966......I don't look like that anymore and the haircut is a bit better1!! :-)

vonniekatjak

vonniekatjak Report 9 Oct 2011 17:22

Ha ha ha ! I do look a bit grumpy! My daughter took that without me knowing.
But I thought it would help to take me seriously !

It is really great tho, I started on this site years ago trying to find my mother. whom I did find, but too late , she'd already died. So I kinda lost interest. But then this year I got more interested again and this line we've been looking at today is a direct line on my maternal side so it's all the mums I 've never known and it sort of helps. :-)

Dea

Dea Report 9 Oct 2011 17:38

British Army Service Records 1760-1915
First name(s): Alexander

Last name: BARBER
Calculated year of birth: 1807
Parish of birth: Ipswich
Town of birth: Ipswich
County of birth: Suffolk
Age at attestation: 18 years
Attestation date: 26 July 1825
Attestation corps:
Attestation soldier number:
Discharge rank: Quarter Mr Serjt
Discharge corps: 83rd Foot
Discharge soldier number: 323
The National Archives reference: WO97 / 923 / 43

Trade - Shoemaker.

Dea x

Dea

Dea Report 9 Oct 2011 17:40

Judith - we are all 'amateur' helpers but some of us have been doing it for longer than others !!

ALL help is very welcome !!!

Dea Xxx ;-)

 Lindsey*

Lindsey* Report 9 Oct 2011 17:47

oo I'm liking this a tree on ancestry gives Helen Manning 1810 Ireland for
Sarahs mother

him


Alexander Crickett Barber
Birth 1808 in ,Ipswich,Suffolk,England

vonniekatjak

vonniekatjak Report 9 Oct 2011 17:47

Ah I've found him on 1881 as a Chelsea pensioner living with Helen.

Shoemaker? before he went in?

x

Dea

Dea Report 9 Oct 2011 17:59

You have confused me now - who was living with Helen on 1881 ??

Couldn't have been Alexander (before he went in?) as he would have been in his 70's ???

Dea Xxx

vonniekatjak

vonniekatjak Report 9 Oct 2011 18:05

Go Lindsey... go Lindsey.. go Lindsey... whoop whoop!

 Lindsey*

Lindsey* Report 9 Oct 2011 18:14

Isnt it amazing what info is on the net after all those years ?
I guess the crystal ball is a bit tired now, so well done all !
:-D

vonniekatjak

vonniekatjak Report 9 Oct 2011 18:17

Ah Dea crossed messages. Yes Alex Must be when he retired .

I was confused with your info as it said trade; shoemaker, so I wasn't sure if that ment before he went in or whilst he was there . .

vonniekatjak

vonniekatjak Report 9 Oct 2011 18:19

Ah thanks so much Lindsey ... You've been such a great help. :-D
xxx

Dea

Dea Report 9 Oct 2011 18:20

He was a shoemaker before he enlisted!

Dea Xxx

Dea

Dea Report 9 Oct 2011 18:27

Ohh - get them now - I was searching for Alexander Smith instead of Barber !!!!!!!!!!

I think I must be tired !! :-D

Dea Xxx

vonniekatjak

vonniekatjak Report 9 Oct 2011 18:34

Oh my god ! So was I !! Ha ha ha how funny?

Dea

Dea Report 9 Oct 2011 18:36

Oh well - I can be excused then !!! :-D - I thought it was 'my age' creeping up on me !!

Dea Xxx

vonniekatjak

vonniekatjak Report 9 Oct 2011 18:39

I ain't no spring chicken ;-) x

vonniekatjak

vonniekatjak Report 9 Oct 2011 18:39

I ain't no spring chicken ;-) x

vonniekatjak

vonniekatjak Report 9 Oct 2011 18:43

atch it's no good , kids driving me mad now.
I'll come back on after they're in bed!

Thanks so much Dea, Jude and Lindsey. You've brightened my day and I'm so greatful xxxxx <3

Dea

Dea Report 9 Oct 2011 18:43

SO - Is that a VERY old photo of you then ??

Dea x

Dea

Dea Report 9 Oct 2011 18:47

Oh well - If you are putting kids to bed at this time you must be quite a lot younger than me !! - I am on to grandchildren now ;-)

See you later, or, more probably, in the morning coz 'grannie goes to bed quite early nowadays' !! :-D

Dea Xxx