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− | == THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE ==
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− | Sometimes we look at information, on the censuses for instance, and believe it to be true. In my quest for the whole truth the following are an example of <not the truth?> and the second is the person I was hoping but had no evidence ''(this needs major re-writing!)''
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− | '''Was Minnie From Littleport?'''
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− | Edward Norman was born on <11/11/11> in Balderton and his brother Tobias on <22/22/22> also in Baldertong. Their mother was called Minnie and both the boys were illegitimate. I found a Minnie Norman on the 1901 census working as a domestic servant in Newark, the town three miles away from where the boys were to be born. Minnie was listed as being aged 20, unmarried and born in Littleport Cambridgeshire. I always had a feeling that she was the person I was looking for but couldn't be sure she was the mother of Edward and Tobias unless I could find them on a document with 'Minnie Norman of Littleport' as their mother. My only hope looked like waiting for the 1911 census to be released.
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− | Nevertheless, I followed my instincts and decided to search earlier censuses. I found <ENTER DETAILS ETC..> At this stage I put all the information safely in the file; it could turn out to be completely the wrong family after all and I didn't want to waste too much time and effort searching a line that wasn't mine.
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− | The Normans sat quietly on the shelf, occasionally being taken down and thumbed through, for over three years. At a loose end one day I decided to send a short letter to my local paper (still in the Newark area) asking if anyone had any information about Edward, Tobias and Minnie.
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− | ...so my instincts turned out to be correct, but I am so happy I wrote that letter.
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− | '''The Hunt For The Death Of George Thatcher'''
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− | In my search for juicy tit-bits about my ancestors, to put meat on the bones as we say, I have been working my way through 'killing them off' in the hope of finding something of interest. George Thatcher was a Tallow Chandler from Marlborough, Wiltshire. Tallow is rendered down animal fat which was then fashioned into candles. Could George have met a gruesom end in a vat of hot fat? (Patron saint of Tallow Chandlers is John the Baptist). I needed to assess the information I had to try to find a possible date range for George's death. George married Esther Gale on 15 November 1840 and at the time of the 1841 census <THIS NEXT BIT CAN'T BE RIGHT? NEED TO LOOK AT CENSUS IMAGES> they were living in Marlborough with their children Francis 13, James 10, Lydia 8, Charlotte 6 and Edward 4. At the time of the 1851 census Esther was an inmate of Marlborough Workhouse with her children Sarah 10, Eliza 7, George 4, William 4 and James 5 months. Given these facts I went in search of possible deaths between xxxx when James would have been concieved and xx1851 when Esther was a widow.
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− | Don't take the 'facts' for granted!
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