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Arrowsmith Family Boatmen
Just rechecked the certificates I have and its George Alfred and he was 23 when he married Ann Maria Griffin in 1893 so was born in 1870. His dad John Arrowsmith died in March 1882. -
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Arrowsmith Family Boatmen
George died in 1904, I have his death certificate and he drowned in the canal in January. I also have their marriage certificate which states his dad was a boatman. -
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Arrowsmith Family Boatmen
It must be a family tradition to swap your names around, my grand dad used to do it so I recently learned! So now its been ascertained , does anyone have any idea how I track John down and find a record of his birth so that I can go back further? Are there any boatmen records online or Parish... -
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Arrowsmith Family Boatmen
Hi ya, I'm trying to do my dads side of my family tree and have hit a few walls, so I wondered whether anyone could offer some pointers. One of my ancestors was a John Arrowsmith born circa 1845 in Studley in Warwickshire, he was a boatman but on some censuses he is an ag labourer (I'm pretty...