Emigration Depot question - RootsChat. com London Evening Standard, 24 Apr 1884 DOVER Apr 23 - Queensland steamer Waroonga for Brisbane has passed Dundee Courier, 28 Apr 1884 The steamer Waroonga left Plymouth for Batavia and Brisbane 25th inst
NZ Death Records since 1965 - RootsChat. com You can search the Auckland-based newspaper, the NZ Herald, for death notices from the last year-ish (although it says from 1 Jan 1900) The searching is actually carried out by a US-based search engine so is pretty indiscriminate as to what constitutes NZ
Shipping Route Plymouth to Brisbane - RootsChat. com Does anyone know the most common route in 1911 for Plymouth to Brisbane for BISN ships (Wiapara) departed Plymouth 4 Nov 1911 arrived Brisbane 1 Jan 1912 Or point me the right direction so far searches have not been successful Thanks Syd
Royal Marine Light Infantry Plymouth Division - RootsChat. com I have an interest in some family members over 3 generations that served in the Royal Marines from the 1830s to 1930s in Plymouth I recently came across the photo below from 1895 showing the Plymouth Division formed up in Devonport I wonder what the background is to this and probably have a load of questions relating to this era My great grandfather would have been a sergeant at that time
Paige family of Devon - RootsChat. com Paige family of Devon « on: Wednesday 31 October 12 15:59 GMT (UK) » I am researching the early history of the Paige family which originated in Plymouth and South devon as early as the 14th C probably originally being a branch of a Norman french family
Thomas Robson Accident 24 Dec 1934 Gateshead - RootsChat. com Have you seen this? Newcastle Evening Chronicle, 24 December 1934 -- this was the only item that I found (images courtesy of Find My Past) Robson_Thomas 1 jpg (289 11 kB, 609x1983 - viewed 84 times ) Robson_Thomas 2 jpg (155 kB, 590x933 - viewed 88 times )
William Armstrong b1852 Ireland but British soldier Her father William Armstrong, a soldier bugler born in Ireland, had married her mother Emily Luscombe in Plymouth in 1878 and there were two brothers on the 1881 census when William was in Chatham The family must have moved to Derbyshire where 3 more children were born before they returned to Plymouth
Dovenor family, Hartlepool, 1891 - RootsChat. com The family is at Stockton Street, Hartlepool in 1881, RG11 4910 I have tried endless alternative spellings, wild card searches etc If anyone finds these people, please say how you found them, as I am bewildered Zaph News 1887 Dovenor South_Durham_Herald_07_May jpg (171 64 kB, 729x1300 - viewed 133 times )