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Hello Gardener - thank you for your reply - that document is very interesting and does seem to point toward it being birth place. Now I think I'll need to find out more about other members of his family to see if I can tie them in to the same place.

many thanks again
Carol

hi Hillhurst - yes I have the trial papers and they do not help - my next step must be to look through newspaper reports as you suggest. Thanks
Carol

hello - I have an ancestor who was tried at Clerkenwell General Sessions in 1846 - on his criminal record it states that his Native Place was Waterloo Road, Middlesex - my question is does Native Place refer to where he was born or does it just refer to where he was living at the time of his crime? ...

yes I do have a subscription there so I'll search using your tip - thanks again

one last postscript - on Thomas Judd's enlistment form he gives previous service as 7th Royal Fusiliers 1896 - so I was able to track this record down and in fact he enlisted in 1897 and only served for just over a year - but this is invaluable information as I have a photo of Thomas and his wife An...

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hello yes it is very sad and my grandad never spoke about his childhood and was a teetotaller all his life - but it had a happy ending really as Barnardo's taught all the children good trades - so later their own families were comparatively well off - grandad was taught to be a baker and he had empl...

thanks Gardener - I don't know how to help you send me a message.

thanks Gardener - I don't know how to help you send me a message.

I thought I'd copy a transcript of the newspaper article. My grandad was Joseph and he was teetotal his whole life so I guess his childhood memories were very bad. "HERTFORDSHIRE MERCURY 1915, page 5 Hertfordshire Borough Sessions Thursday… HARD LABOUR FOR CHILD NEGLECT – Annie Judd (35) a marr...

Firstly, thank you 'Peterd' for your welcome. Very pleased to meet you. Secondly, thank you so much 'Gardener' for your replies - the journal article is fascinating - the soldier record is accurate - Annie's maiden name was Wackett and the dates and address are correct - I'm simply gobsmacked at how...

Firstly, thank you 'Peterd' for your welcome. Very pleased to meet you. Secondly, thank you so much 'Gardener' for your replies - the journal article is fascinating - the soldier record is accurate - Annie's maiden name was Wackett and the dates and address are correct - I'm simply gobsmacked at how...

Hello everyone Thank you for letting me join your forum. I have been dabbling in genealogy off and on for many years but lockdown has given me time to do a lot more in-depth research. I’m trying not to spread my research too wide so currently I am concentrating on trying to work through my own famil...

Hello everyone Thank you for letting me join your forum. I have been dabbling in genealogy off and on for many years but lockdown has given me time to do a lot more in-depth research. I’m trying not to spread my research too wide so currently I am concentrating on trying to work through my own famil...