Keeping it in the family *UPDATED - now with birth certs* - Page 13 - Genealogists' Forum

Merry · #**121** 16-01-10, 22:34

Arthur TOPLIS Head M 20 Chemists Porter b Newark, Nottingham, England
Henrietta TOPLIS Wife M 20 Chemists Porter Wife b Aldershot, Hampshire, England

King St Newark

Margaret in Burton · #**122** 16-01-10, 22:35

We still have to find Titus Higgs death don't we?

Merry · #**123** 16-01-10, 22:36

He may have died in the Channel Islands. That's difficult isn't it?

Margaret in Burton · #**124** 16-01-10, 22:46

I don't know, never done Channel Islands research.

Someone has a tree on Ancestry with them on, this may have already been mentioned, but they don't seem to have noticed this "problem"

They don't have them after 1891.

Margaret in Burton · #**125** 16-01-10, 22:53

Gawd, we'll be having nightmares about this. More certs needed. LOL

I'm off to bed now.

*mustn't dream about bl**dy Titus*

samesizedfeet · #**126** 16-01-10, 23:04

I'm going to invest in Edwin's birth and Ellen's 3rd (as far as we know!!) marriage

Olde Crone · #**127** 16-01-10, 23:04

Toplis seems a familiar name........

Has anyone looked for Army records for Titus and/or John Shaw? (I haven't got an Ancestry sub at the mo, so I can't)

I'm still worried because we have never seen both these men alive at the same time.

OC

Nell · #**128** 16-01-10, 23:06

I loved the Ellis family - the person who filled that in clearly had a lot of love and a sense of humour.

but as for the Titus Ellen stuff I think the more you lot find out the more mysterious it gets.

Merry · #**129** 17-01-10, 08:29

I'm wondering Nell, if Mrs Ellis found her husband so amusing as he seems to have vanished by 1861 and she says married for her status. He seems to be untracable!!

Merry · #**130** 17-01-10, 08:37

Quote:

Has anyone looked for Army records for Titus and/or John Shaw? (I haven't got an Ancestry sub at the mo, so I can't)

I think they both fall into the black hole of before the Ancestry army records and after the ones that can be picked up through the TNA Catalogue. I should think actually finding Titus' record would be possible (if it still exists), but imagine finding the right John Shaw! (unless they were the same person and they got found out. )

When Zoe wins the lottery, or her friend does, I think it would be very interesting to get the marriage certs of as many of Ellen's children as possible to see what they each had to say about their father.