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Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 23 Jan 2014 08:32

Sue

This thread is 7 years old and hasn't been added too until your posting

It likely that Colette isn't a member any more but if you click on her name you can send her a message which she will receive if her email address is still the same . She can then reply to your message

Researching:
Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957

Susan

Susan Report 23 Jan 2014 07:23

Hi Colette
Albert Bennett Powers was my great grandfather. I have not been able to locate him in the 1891 census, or find his parents listed in that census.
My grandmother (Albert Bennett Powers daughter) thought that there was a Scottish connection, but I have never been able to find anything to support this theory.
Sue

Colette

Colette Report 15 Apr 2006 22:58

Hi Jess yes to both the marriage of Father and the marriage of son. Both called Albert Bennett Powers, but father calls himself Bennett Powers on his marriage cert. Albert seniors wife Mary A Elkins no clue as to where they were from, as cannot find them on any census, this is why i am wondering as i cannot find his birth in England & Wales was he Scottish or Irish maybe. Albert sr b c1853 Mary A Elkins b c1860 Do you think they were all at sea in 1891 & 1901 son Albert was in the Navy his record is on the National Archives site...he died in WW1 The person i am trying to help has his Naval record although she never siad were he married in 1906... Colette

Researching:
Pratt..Kenilworth...Ralston..Glasgow....Haizelden..Chiddingly Sussex..Benson..Troutbeck Cumbria.

Jess Bow Bag

Jess Bow Bag Report 15 Apr 2006 22:30

would tell you his mums name Name: Albert Bennett Powers Year of Registration: 1884 Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep District: Gloucester (1837-1937) County: Gloucestershire Volume: 6a Page: 231 have you got the marriage cert? Name: Bennett Powers Year of Registration: 1883 Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec District: Liverpool (1837-1924) County: Lancashire Volume: 8b Page: 159 (

Jess Bow Bag

Jess Bow Bag Report 15 Apr 2006 22:26

so its father and son of the same name, yes? if he was a mariner, chances are he was at sea have you found them on 1891 census

Colette

Colette Report 15 Apr 2006 22:22

Its a long shot looking for a ALBERT BENNETT POWERS B C1853 where thats the question. I have searched GRO births no Albert Powers b 1851-1854. On marriage cert he calls himself Bennett Powers 1883 Lpool. On son Albert Bennett Powers b Gloucester 1884, marriage 1906 hes called Albert Bennett Powers deceased he was a Master Mariner. No trace on census's that i can see, so wondered if he was born in Scotland. Albert Bennetts dads name Thomas an Army Chaplian Can anyone help. ColetteB

Researching:
Pratt..Kenilworth...Ralston..Glasgow....Haizelden..Chiddingly Sussex..Benson..Troutbeck Cumbria.