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From: "Derek Bristow" <>
Subject: Re: [UK-CENSUS-HELPERS] RG091755 John Brown's Donkey? anddifficultPlace of ...
Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2009 10:12:54 +0200
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Thanks Judith - you're a star! Derek


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> In a message dated 02/01/2009 10:26:00 GMT Standard Time,
> writes:
>
> RG091755 folio 85 page 3 - sched 16
>
> John Brown's age? 55?
>
> age 55 a keeper of Donkeys from Little Dean
>
>
>
> (I don't know if you are all familiar with the rhyme about John Brown's
> Donkey - is this THE John Brown??)
>
> Sarah Brown - POB? Based on my experience on GLS to this point I suspect
> WESTBURY - but can you get it from this entry?
>
> I think that I would put Westbury, query it and leave it for the checker
> and
> validator to decide. It's probably referring to Westbury on Trym in
> Bristol,
>
>
>
> Any thoughts on the following for RG091755, folio 86 page 5?
>
> Sched 33
>
> Charls? Clark (Snr) POB?
> Charles Clark Head mar 47 coal miner foreman GLS Forth hampton
> (Forthampton)
>
>
> Charls Clark (Jnr) CHP and POB?
> Charles Clark son unm 20 coal miner WOR Castle Morton
>
>
>
> Thos Clark POB?
> GLS Marsh Moreton (Moreton in the Marsh)
>
>
> Sarah Clark - second forename?
>
> Sarah Prudence - but that was with some help from FreeBMD.
>
>
>
> This transcriber looked OK at the beginning but has been getting
> progressively worse
>
> C'est la vie!
>
> Hope that helps
> Judith
>
>
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