I foolishly agreed to search for a friend on Ancestry. So, cheerfully I began the search, cheefrully I continued, until less cheerfully I could not find Joshua. After much searching I gave up. Yesterday I tried again, this time looking for the man's actual name! I had asumed the name 'Josey' was short for 'Joshua' or some such but I was wrong. They already had a 'Joshua' so called him Josey. I suppose when you have 9 kids you lose interest in names?
Anyway, I have been trapped here behind a laptop, finding info and screaming quietly as things went wrong, the laptop hit the wrong button, and things disappeared again. Just like old times!
This morning I finally found a wife. That is, she was not on the 1881 census, but as several kids were I knew she had to exist somewhere. It appears she passed on between 1872 and 1881. Possibly with the last child, but this I canny confirm.
Just think, 9 children all living plus 3 either miscarraige or still birth.
However, I had enough by this time, he can have what I have found and wait until next week for the rest.
I hope he realises his folks never married...
The Harbour Window, 1910 Stanhope Forbes
2 comments:
Never been tempted to poke about in family history....might find out how grandfather came to be in Australia....
Fly, Send the details and we can have a look...
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