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A Grave Mistake

geneageek — Thu, 30 Nov 2023 15:18:43 +0000

One of my favourite things about genealogy is feeling like a detective, and today gave me another opportunity to don my deerstalker and grab my pipe. I noticed that Find…

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Five Men Drowned – Two Recovered

geneageek — Tue, 29 Mar 2022 10:56:19 +0000

Continued from previous post Five Men Drowned Two of the bodies were also picked up by the boat, but both were quite dead. Dundee Courier, 12 February 1872, p2, c6…

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Five Men Drowned

geneageek — Thu, 03 Mar 2022 11:49:28 +0000

At about 4 o’clock on a winter’s afternoon, off the north east coast of Scotland, a fishing boat was swamped by a heavy wave while returning home from a day’s work.…

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For Eva

geneageek — Tue, 28 Apr 2020 19:23:21 +0000

Poor little Eva Rogers. Not only did she die at just 3 years of age, but she was buried under the wrong name! To be fair, this error is likely…

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The Will of James Findlay

geneageek — Sat, 22 Dec 2018 19:15:11 +0000

James Findlay and his wife, Helen Buchan were living at 29 Port Henry Road in April of 1881 with 6 of their 8 children (Jane Ann & Agnes appear…

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Double Death Developments

geneageek — Sat, 09 Dec 2017 20:30:22 +0000

In the post, Double Death, I said: The death certificate records Grace’s cause of death as ‘Valvular disease of the Heart – Bronchitis’. Obviously, the son’s certificate will need to…

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Wonder No Maunder

geneageek — Tue, 21 Nov 2017 22:17:31 +0000

Turns out the Ann Maunder who was present at Grace STILING’s death is not the family member I suspected and apparently no relation at all (Read related post HERE). For…

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Mayoral Connections

geneageek — Mon, 06 Nov 2017 12:59:31 +0000

Before Harriotte STILING married George WREFORD, she was living in Tiverton with Thomas & Sarah LEAMAN. As she was recorded in the 1841 census as a female servant (‘F.S.’), I…

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Blind Leading the Blind

geneageek — Sat, 23 Sep 2017 18:07:24 +0000

At the top of my ancestry ‘To Do’ list for many years now has been ‘Find out who Blind Wreford is’. Today I’ve finally found out… I’m not even sure…

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The LEMMENS Tree

geneageek — Tue, 10 Jan 2017 12:55:56 +0000

A while back, my mother emailed the above photo of her grandfather, Eduard LEMMENS with his siblings. The only ones identified at the time were Eduard (left) and…

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