Are you connected to the HAROLD or RIVERS families from Woolwich in London?
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by charnwoodgenealogy
1w ago
Another lovely old photograph in my recent box purchase is this one below which was taken at a photographers studio in Woolwich in London and has written on the back the name Ernest E HAROLD 7 years and 4 months April 1914 – could I discover more? I started by looking at the 1911 census records in the Woolwich area and quickly found an Ernest E HAROLD aged one living with his parents Ernest E and Florence HAROLD and his uncle Stanley G HAROLD at the address of 7 Marshalls Grove in Woolwich – his father was aged 31 a Coal Porter born in Battersea in London and his mother was aged 28 born in G ..read more
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Are you connected to the WALMSLEY or NEWBY families from Chorlton in Lancashire?
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by charnwoodgenealogy
1w ago
I have recently bought a large box of old photographic postcards on eBay and when they arrived I looked through to see if any possibly had any names or other clues on the reverse to help identify and research then further, in the hope of eventually reuniting them with their original families. One lovely photograph that caught my eye, as below, was of a young girl taken at a photographic studio in Chorlton in Lancashire and on turning it over someone had written the name Marjorie Cecilia WALMSLEY – what a great start! Some quick research showed that Marjorie Cecilia WALMSLEY was born on the ..read more
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Do you have a family connection to the GRAINGER family from Plaistow in Essex?
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by charnwoodgenealogy
1M ago
A recent lovely old photograph find was of two girls (possibly sisters) posted on 18th April 1913 from someone living at 20 Sutton Court Road in Plaistow in Essex – could I find any more information? I started by searching the 1911 census records and using the address I found the GRAINGER family living at 20 Sutton Court Road, as below – the family were Mary GRAINGER aged 54 a widow and children William H aged 28, Isabella A aged 22, Dorothy A aged 15, George F aged 13 and Leonard A aged 12. The census showed that Mary had had fifteen children, ten of whom were still living. Source Citati ..read more
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Are you connected to the ROBINSON or YATES families from Sheffield in Yorkshire?
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by charnwoodgenealogy
1y ago
I just loved this old photograph I recently found which showed a bride as part of a wedding group celebration with lots of boy scouts behind her and luckily on the back of the postcard someone had written lots of information to help me research it further, as below; On the back is written – Miss Myrtle ROBINSON of Wood Bank, 142 Burngreave Road in Sheffield married Frank YATES at Holy Trinity Church in Nursery Street in Sheffield – Father John ROBINSON an Iron Founder in Royds Lane in Sheffield. I quickly found that Elizabeth Myrtle ROBINSON married Frank YATES in the July quarter of 1926 i ..read more
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Are you connected to the PANTER or ROBINSON families from Rushden in Northamptonshire?
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by charnwoodgenealogy
1y ago
Another lovely old wedding photograph find had some clues written on back of the postcard as below – With all good wishes for a Bright and Merry Xmas and a Prosperous New Year – Mr and Mrs A E PANTER. The photograph was taken by Perrott & Lacey photographers in Rushden in Northamptonshire – so could I find a Mr and Mrs A E PANTER in that area to link to the photograph? I started by looking at marriage registrations online and found quite a few A E PANTER’s, but the most likely match seemed to be the marriage of Alfred E PANTER and Gladys M ROBINSON in the October quarter of 1924 in the ..read more
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Are you connected to the WHALLEY or PARK families from Streatham in London and Fylde in Lancashire?
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by charnwoodgenealogy
1y ago
I always enjoy finding and researching old wedding photographs so I was really pleased to find this one below with lots of clues on the back – it had names Emmeline WHALLEY and Arthur and Andrew, a date of September 15th 1920 and an address of Sunnyhill Road in Streatham. I started by looking at the 1911 census records and quickly found a match to a WHALLEY family living at 119 Sunny Hill Road in Streatham ,as below, the census showed Henry WHALLEY aged 59 a Retired Grocer born in Low Moor in Clitheroe in Lancashire, his wife Dora Frances aged 59 born in Blackburn and children Arthur Angelo ..read more
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Are you connected to the GAUNT or PRATT families from Pudsey or Calverley in Yorkshire?
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by charnwoodgenealogy
1y ago
A great recent old photograph find, as below, had both names and an address written on the back of the postcard so I was sure I could research it further – it was sent by Mr and Mrs GAUNT and Edith from 13 Whitelands, The Lanes in Pudsey in Yorkshire, but had no date unfortunately. I started by quickly searching the 1911 census records using the surname GAUNT and the address and found a match, as below, to John William GAUNT aged 34 a Domestic Coachman born in Pudsey, his wife Janet aged 30 born in Calverley and their daughter Edith aged 8 born in Pudsey, so an exact match to the three peopl ..read more
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Are you connected to the SAVAGE families from Stadishall in Suffolk or the EARNSHAW families from Saffron Walden in Essex?
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by charnwoodgenealogy
1y ago
A recent old postcard find that perked my interest was this old card below sent to Master F W E SAVAGE at the General Stores in Orford in Suffolk on 26th September 1906 from his cousin Dudley with a Bury St Edmunds postmark – could I discover more? I quickly found the 1911 census record, as below, which showed Frank W E SAVAGE now living in the Thoroughfare in Woodbridge in Suffolk with his parents William SAVAGE aged 38 a Retail Draper, Kate M SAVAGE aged 39 and his brother Stanley SAVAGE aged 3 – his father was born in Stradishall in Suffolk and his mother was born in Saffron Walden in Es ..read more
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Do you have connection to the WOODFIELD or STEVENS families from Solihull and Birmingham?
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by charnwoodgenealogy
1y ago
Another lovely old wedding photograph find at the Postcard fair in London at the weekend was this one, as below, which has written on the back ‘To Dear Brother Bill from Mr & Mrs V STEVENS 16th May 1928. There is a slight photographers marked indented into the photograph, as below, that looked like Birmingham and I quickly found a possible marriage of Victor STEVENS to Florence M A WOODFIELD in the April quarter of 1928 in the Birmingham South registration district. Florence Mary Ann WOODFIELD was born in the July quarter of 1900 in Alcester in Warwickshire and the 1911 census, as below ..read more
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Are you connected to the STOTT family from Wath-on-Dearne inYorkshire, Sudbourne in Suffolk and Netherbury in Dorset?
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by charnwoodgenealogy
1y ago
Another great find at the Bloomsbury postcard fair in London yesterday was this lovely old photograph, as below, which has had the date and names typed onto it – it was taken in October 1912 and shows Hilda STOTT (died aged 31), Dorothy RAND, Benjamin STOTT and Verena, Kitty, Aunt Jessie and Ella, but who were they? I started my research by looking for the 1911 census match and was amazed to find the record, as below, all neatly typed just like the names on the old photograph that I had found. Source Citation: The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey, England; Census Returns ..read more
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