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    MILLS, John Thomas

    John Thomas Wellings was reg. Jun qtr 1886 Dudley (which covers Netherton) mmn Mills. Arthur Wellings and Mary Ann Mills marriage reg. Dec qtr 1882 Dudley. She had already had a number of children, including a John, hence my initial incorrect suggestion.
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    MILLS, John Thomas

    He was registered as Wellings.
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    MILLS, John Thomas

    There is a Chelsea Pension Record for a Joseph Wellings of about the right age who appears to be in the Worcestershire Regiment. I think it's on fold3 though. Everything else matches as well. If it is him then he wasn't 18 in 1903.
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    MILLS, John Thomas

    Thanks Lyn, I couldn't remember if one of the less common ones listed it or not.
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    MILLS, John Thomas

    Do any of his army records lists a full dob?
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    Shakespeare family

    James & Doris (nee Jones) Shakespeare 1/70 Highgate St in 1939, Hullbrook Road in 1955. ERs (1945 & 1950) are probably the only info available between those dates. They don't come up searching for either those addresses.
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    MILLS, John Thomas

    Ok, I've changed my mind. I think the person may actually be John Thomas Wellings b1886, the above John's half brother, the son of Arthur Wellings and Mary Ann Mills.
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    MILLS, John Thomas

    Not sure what's not right then but there are few things that match. Anyway should be Wellings in 1901. And this John appears to be the illegitimate son of Mary Ann Mills who subsequently married an Arthur Wellings.
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    MILLS, John Thomas

    I think I can see him on the 1901 and 1911 census. Living on Cross St in 1901 with wife and children. He is listed as the son in law of Arthur and Mary Ann Willings (on familysearch). Not sure of the actual relationship.
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    William BLACKHAM, Born 30/10/1842, Birmingham

    His father is listed as a nailer so possibly a different one. Can't see anything else for him. Emigration maybe?
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    Hewitt - Help with family tree search

    Looking at the number of children that Harry and Agnes had and how many were alive in 1939, there appears to be one extra space between Rose and Brenda. Possibly a relative or a visitor but shows the 1939 Register can be a bit frustrating. All the children could be unblanked as they seem to...
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    Matilda Mayes

    How questions were phrased may have affected the answer given. Also, Eliza may have felt some stigma that her husband was a drunk or after 10 years may have assumed he was dead. Of course it may be correct and he was dead and the James in Norfolk was someone else. Things are not always...
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    Matilda Mayes

    The Elizabeth, daughter of Robert & Elizabeth was born In Norwich. Nothing in the census for the original Elizabeth mentions Norwich, she is consistently listed as being born in King's Lynn. The Norwich Elizabeth would probably too old and if it was her it wouldn't explain the names of her the...
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    Matilda Mayes

    The obvious answer for Robert Mayse being listed as nephew is that the Robert Mills who he is with is his uncle. There are 15 - 20 years between Robert & Mary Ann but that's nothing out of the ordinary even for the same parents. There were 26 years between the eldest & youngest of my 2 x g...
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    Matilda Mayes

    I think you have to accept that record keeping was not as accurate as it could have been and if something is missing or wrong it doesn't mean that there was anything amiss. It's impossible to know why Eliza and Matilda weren't with family in 1871. However, you have to remember is that the...
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    can you place any forum issues in here after the rebuild

    Speed seems fine, it was a bit slow just after the crash but back to normal as far as I can tell.
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    can you place any forum issues in here after the rebuild

    I've had no problems in the last couple of days
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    The Cup - New John Street West

    The map is from this site and there are other maps as well... https://maps.nls.uk/geo/find/#zoom=17.9&lat=52.49235&lon=-1.90290&layers=70&b=1&z=0&point=52.49202,-1.90164&i=228801884
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    The Cup - New John Street West

    1891 census lists it as Cup Inn and it's listed close to court 48. This map from 1890 has no numbers and the Cup Inn isn't marked but no's 410 & 411 are the houses listed after court 48 and then it jumps to Cup Inn (399). Somewhere in the region of the green line maybe...
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    Hewitt - Help with family tree search

    Ok, so not him then, a shame.
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