Back in 2005 we also visited Southampton to re-visit some addresses where my ancestors had lived.
Address of William St Clair Cole and his three children (Robert, Gertrude and Rita) living at 8 Anglesea Road, Southampton.
Address of George Duncan and his three children (Ruth, Courtney and Julia) at the time of the 1901 census – 9 Norham Avenue, Shirley, Southampton.
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I’m sure I can’t be the only person who loves to visit the places their ancestors lived. Thanks to the census and other records it’s possible to get a good idea of the places people lived. On a few occasions my husband has driven me round to look at places although he always makes me get out of the car to take photographs!
Thomas Mansel died at West Street, Fareham on the 1st April, 1869. George Duncan was also a resident of West Street, Fareham at the time of his marriage to Ada Young , 11th May 1878. Photograph of West Street, Fareham taken in 2005.
Mansel Young was resident at 11 East Street, Fareham according to the 1881 census. Photograph of East Street, Fareham taken in 2005.
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I seem to be running out of wedding photos already! I’m sure I must have a lot more that need scanning. Instead I thought I’d show a photo of St Peter and St Paul’s, Fareham which I visited back in 2005 with my husband.
This is the church in which William St Clair Cole and Blanche Elizabeth Young got married on December 23rd 1880. It was witnessed by Mansel Young and Grace Amy Young, the father and sister of Blanche.
I love this black and white photograph of my father, Peter Mansel Young, enjoying a Coronation party in 1953.
My father is standing on the back row, fourth from the left. Some of the children seem to be wearing fancy dress and most of them are wearing striped hats of unusual shapes.
Service record for George Benger – ADM/188/23 Admiralty: Royal Navy Registers of Seamen’s Services
Names in full – George Benger
Date of Birth 7 May 1838
Place of Birth St Thomas, Portsmouth
Personal Description:
1) Ships served in – Duke of Wellington
Ships’ Books List 2 No. 3
Rating Bandsmen
Good Conduct Badges worn 3
Period of Service 1 Jan 1873 to 13 Oct 1873
Character V Good
2) Ships served in – Active
Ships’ Books List 5 No. 224
Rating Bandsmen
Good Conduct Badges worn 3
Period of Service 14 Oct 1873 to 14 Oct 1874
Character V Good
If Discharged. Whither and for what cause –
CS Martin. pass to England – Invalided
To do – find out more about Good Conduct badges and records and see if I can find a record of his injury.
I have some Irish ancestors and have largely ignored them as Irish records confuse me. However, I was having a look at a document yesterday and found a name I hadn’t added into my family tree.
I had a google of her name and came across the following record from a database of headstones at Faithlegg Cemetery, Cheekpoint, Co. Waterford. The names and location seem to match so I am going to assume it relates to my family. I hardly ever find burial or cemetery records so I was very pleased to find it was legible and had been transcribed after so many years.
No 73
Sacred | To The Memory of | MARY CATHERINE | wife of Commander | M. YOUNG RN. | who departed this life | the 31st of July 1836. | at Dunmore East aged 42. | and her mother | MARY JOSEPH WERTZ | Wife of Lieut. Colonel | McDERMOTT | of the 3rd Irish Brigade who | departed this life | 18th April | 1850 aged 75 | also MATHEW HANDOCK | 3rd son of Commander M. YOUNG RN. | who departed this life the | 8th October 1854 aged 31. | “May They Rest in Peace. Amen”.
It must have been a large plot to accommodate 3 people. Wonder why she wasn’t buried with her husband? Wonder why their son had a different surname or is it an unusual middle name?
