Genealogy Chat

Its a bit quiet.... No-one got any really snotty grotty look up or wayward rellies want hunting down? jess

...said the traveller, knocking on the moonlit door? Jess, do you want something to do? nell

yep! there is always the house work but i don't want to do THAT!

hi jess iv lost the cat was born in 1880 any census out there 4 finding lost felines angie xxxx

Well you could put your mighty brain into looking for my blinky great uncles. James Broad b 1859 George Broad b 1856 both born in St Mawgan, Cornwall, sometimes recorded as just Mawgan, or Mawgan in Pydar, or St Columb. I know James was alive in 1925 as he was mentioned as a beneficiary of his sister's estate when she died that year. Last sighting in Mawgan in 1871. George was last seen working as a gardener in Cowbridge, Glamorgan, in 1881. I have been unable to find their deaths or either of them in 1891/1901 despite looking for them just by surname & place/date of birth or first name ditto, as Jas/James or Geo/George etc. nell

angela - what is the cats name please?

Jess And I thought you liked a challenge! The cat is probably one of the many Toms in 1881, married to Kitty, children called Tabitha and Percy (mistranscribed Purrsy). nell

Yes Nell, like if you cant find them , i certainly wont be able to - you are far better at this than me!

nell...1881 wales George Broad abt 1856 Maugam East, Cornwall, England Servant Taff Row Commercial Inn, Cowbridge, Glamorgan, still gardening...

If you find my Jane and Edward Proctor (b1863 and 1860) in 1891 I would be eternally grateful. They marry in 1884, disappear, then dont start producing children until 1896. Puzzled Ellen

hi jess cats name is sooty jones missing since 1881 any help appreciated or any jones would be great from b,ham thank you jess xxxxxxxxx

need abit more than that Ellen- where were they last sighted (1901), where else were they((1881)? where were they born, where were their children born...just a few clues pretty please!!

Jess As you will see if you look at my plea, I already have George 1881, its James that's missing. But George has gone by 1891 into the ether. Thanks for the compliment, but I think its all the fault of our relatives for changing their names/lying about their ages/moving around and then having dozy enumerators who invent places and transcribers who can't read! Found Tom & Kitty yet then? I know purrfectly well you haven't. nell

angela - did sooty's sister Kitty marry? Jones, Kitty 1882 September Marriages London City London Middlesex

can you do 1965-66 death look up jess would like to find my paternal granmother her name was frances jones from ladywood birmingham she married tom jones in 1950-51 also ladywood area or any of the above names anywere in b,ham think i have long road a head thanks jess angie xxxxxxxxxxx

thanks jess thats my cat your amazin obviously eloped the cheaky kitty angie xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hi Jess how about Elizabeth Backhouse 1859/60 churchtown/north meols/southport lancashire. Found 1851 and 61 in north meols then 1871 in Blackburn lancashire next 1891 married to john james jones living back in Blackburn lancashire after marriage in Wolverhampton Staffs (God knows how she ended up here)still in Blackburn in 1901 Problem; were was she between 71 and 91 I have tried every variation of Elizabeth and Backhouse. date and place of birth only etc but still she eludes me. Do you accept the challenge or does housework suddenly sound like a better option Susan

susan- did she marry as a Backhouse and when?

I assume so as I never found a marriage for her in Blackburn and she was still a Backhouse when she married John James Jones so yes Married 1890 wolverhampton Staffs Susan

***!!!?!** ancestry has just plooped off the edge of the universe (honestly!!) Thats the end of that then! jess