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From: Jane M Kelley <>
Subject: Re: [BRIT-CONNECT] William MARTIN b. 1856
Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2005 07:37:37 -0800


Ray,

Just tried your site, entered "Hildreth" in Time Line, no results.
Earliest English record is around 1400 of this name.

Jane Hildreth Kelley

On Sat, 5 Mar 2005 13:04:30 -0000 "Ray Hatley" <> writes:
> Hi Lori,
>
> You, and anyone else that has got stuck with their research, might
> want
> to have a look at www.history.uk.com as we list all kinds of
> reference
> sources including all the UK records offices, museums (even the
> small
> local ones), libraries and a lot more. We even list significant
> houses
> which may hold records and these are certainly worth an email or
> further
> research.
>
> Hope this has been helpful. www.history.uk.com is completely free
> to
> access.
>
> Ray Hatley - editor
> www.history.uk.com
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lori [mailto:]
> Sent: 05 March 2005 00:11
> To:
> Subject: [BRIT-CONNECT] William MARTIN b. 1856
>
>
> Hi Folks,
>
> I've been hitting my head up the wall trying to find my
> ggrandfather,
> concentrating on the Liverpool area. It's been not successful, so
> I
> feel like I need to expand my search.
>
> Looking for any kind of record on William MARTIN. He was born in
> England in 1856, and it would have had to have been during the first
> 5
> 1/2 months of the year. Census records in mid-June in the US show
> him
> as already having had his birthday. William's parents names were
> William and Mary MARTIN.
>
> >From what I have been able to put together, he immigrated abt 1870
> to
> the US. The first sign I have of him is in 1880, working as a
> waiter at
> a hotel in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was also censused at the boarding
> house
> he lived at on Longworth St.
>
> In Nov 1880, he married my ggrandmother, Ellen "Nellie" RYAN, and
> shortly thereafter, they relocated to New York City, where they
> remained
> until their deaths. Their daughter Lillian was my grandmother on
> my
> paternal side.
>
> My father was under the impression that he was from the Liverpool
> area,
> but as I said, I've had no luck.
>
> If anyone has any links that I can check, or tools that they could
> check
> for me, I'd be most grateful. I know how common his name is, but
> I'm
> ready to start sifting through all of them, if I have to!
>
> Thanks so much in advance for any help,
>
> Lori Nichols
>
>
>
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