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Hello Martin....thanks very much for bothering to let me know, glad to have been at least some help.

Derek

Hi Derek
A Happy New Year from sunny South Africa.
You offered to look up some records of my Great-Aunt Ethel May Pomeroy's time at the "St Christopher's Railway Servant's Orphanage" .

I can save you the trouble of visiting the Records Office. FindMyPast have just released Records from the Orphanage. Ethel was admitted on 2 Sep 1897 (age 6) and Discharged in Aug 1902 (age 11). These dates correspond to those which you suggested.

Thank you so much for your kind offer of assistance.

Best Wishes
Martin

Hi Wendy..always pleased when you get involved..many thanks as always.......and I live just round the corner from St. Leodegarius!!!..and i'm very often in the Library in Nottingham..so watch out!!!

Lovely to hear from you again.

Derek.

hello this is a part of my family I have not gone down before but ivys son found me he is a first cousin 1 removed and did not know of him before just goes to show :-D

thanks a gain

sally w <3

OK Sally glad to help. Let me know if you change your mind. :-D :-D.

Wendy

thank you wendy for confirming the marage thereis no need to do any thing else

many thanks sally w <3

Hi Derek,

Hope you don't mind but just to help you and Sally I had a look on my disc for the marriage of Philip Purdy and he married Emily Hale at St Leodegarius Church Basford on 18 April 1892.

The other marriage that you mentioned was Emma Rose to George Spencer same church on 16 April 1892.

I'm hoping to go into the Library in Nottingham soon so would you like me to get a copy of the marriage.

All the best
Wendy

thanks Derek I will get back to you

looks like your missing your beuty sleep :-D

sally w <3

Hello Sally, nice to hear from you again.......

According to the 1911 Census there were NINE children born to Philip and his wife..of which SEVEN survived to 1911.....The only one you're missing is MARTHA b 1901..and it appears that Gladys was 1907 and Frank was 1909.
Ivy was born 1911, but after the Census..so they had 10 children in all.....the two who died are not mentioned and that usually means they died either at birth or in infancy.

So we have PHILIP NATHANIEL PURDY baptised 04.07.1869 at Cotmanhay Derbys ..son of William and Martha.

HOWEVER......the 1901 and 1911 censuses have Philips wife as EMMA..not Emily..........and at Basford District 1892 there were two marriages on the same day....Philip..and another man...and EMILY HALE and EMMA ROSE.

So..taken in conjunction with a tree on Ancestry belonging to one ALAN PURDY.it looks as if Philip married EMMA not EMILY.

The only way to prove that is by the Marriage certificate, and i have written to Alan to ask him for his Source......

Apart from that, the story is easy enough to track.

Let me know what you think


Derek.

hello Derek

please can you help me again

can you confirmthet I have this correct phillip Nathaniel Purdy 1869 married Emily hale in 1892 basford and had these children

Arthur 1894 think all children born hucknall torkard
Nellie 1899
William 1904
George 1906
frank 1905
Gladys 109
ivy 1911who married albert Sheldon

there seems to be a lot of gaps have I missed some and any thing else about this family

thank you from your number one fan :-D :-D

sally w <3

Hello Margaret....Happy new year to you too.........re. your message about Macclesfield............hit me with it an I'll see what i can do.

Derek.

Hi Derek,

Thank you for your help in 2015. I managed to visit my great-great-great-great grandparents grave at Earl Starnsdale.

Tom

BY heck Derek, you're still at it! Have a great 2015. I'll be back.

Margaret

Happy New Year to you both <3

Hi Derek

Wishing you and your family a Happy and healthy 2015.
Hope you had a wonderful Christmas.
Many thanks for your continued help during 2014 it's much appreciated

Susan <3

Hi Sally..and to all my very good friends on here..have a very good Christmas and a happy New year..look forward to seeing loads of you in 2015

Derek. <3 <3

Hi Derek, I have ancestors born in Horsley - the Parkers. My 3xgt.grandad Benjamin was born in 1794, and married a Sarah. I don,t suppose you can find her maiden name, can you? They married in 1824 in Horsley. I would be grateful of any information you have. Thanks.
Sheila, Derby

Hi Derek, I have ancestors born in Horsley - the Parkers. My 3xgt.grandad Benjamin was born in 1794, and married a Sarah. I don,t suppose you can find her maiden name, can you? They married in 1824 in Horsley. I would be grateful of any information you have. Thanks.
Sheila, Derby

hello Derek

wishing you and your wife a very happy Christmas and a healthy new year

sally w <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 :-D

Hello Kay..thank you for your PM, to which i have replied. If you have any difficulty getting back onto my Thread, please let me know.
For the moment...I have had a quick look at the Spondon Pr's 1653-1910.and have found the following.......(not knowing at this stage whether you are looking for Clarkes or Greatorexes, or indeed the Greatorexes are from Spondon.........however;-

There are 29 CLARKE Baptisms ..scattered thinly between 1702-1910 (in case of misspellings there are 23 CLARK baptisms 1799-1899

There are 8 GREATOREX Baptisms in the 1820's..ish...most of them fathered by WILLIAM a Coachman (and Anne!)

Marriages:-........
16 CLARKES...8 Clarks..and 3 GREATOREX.......

Burials 17 CLARKE..between 1706-1881.....8 CLARK..end of 18th century....and 4 GREATOREX......

I have loads of resources from which to find your GREATOREX connections..wherever they might be!!

Look forward to hearing from you.

Derek.