Questions tagged [1870s]
For questions about research in the decade from 1870 to 1879. If the question is not only specific to this decade, use the 19th-century tag.
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Why would the ages on a 1877 Marriage Certificate be so wrong?
I wasn't expecting to find this when I received a marriage certificate in the post today.
The year of marriage is 1877 in the registration district of Exeter.
Mary Ann Vickery, age 22 which make her ...
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What documents were needed for a woman to register to vote in UK elections after 1918
This is a UK-related question, relating to the search for my grandmother's birth records.
She lived between the late 1870s and 1946. I have found her mentioned in censuses from 1881 to 1911, and I ...
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Cause of death on an 1871 British Death certificate
I have a death certificate for a woman who died at the age of 42. The cause of death is listed as "disease of the brain". I am not sure what that could mean. Did they mean meningitis or some type of ...
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Finding clues for a missing immigrant in the 1870 Census?
With regards to my previous question, What happened to Gustav Adolf Neumann, 1859 immigrant to the US? and despite the very good answers, it seems like my ancestor, Gustav Adolf Neumann (born on ...
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Struggling to read birth record of my German Jewish great-grandfather
I found this birth record for my ancestor Max Mayer who was born in Speyer, Germany in 1879.
I'm struggling on two counts:
I can't read his father's full name, I'm pretty sure it ends Marx Mayer, ...
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Reading surname in 1873 diary from Fullarton, South Australia?
I am currently transcribing the 1873 Diary of my 3rd Great Grandfather Thomas Hitchcox who lived at Fullarton (suburb of Adelaide), South Australia, when he wrote it.
The image below contains a ...
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Finding 1879 Rhode Island marriage record from Ancestry index-only result?
A year or so ago I found this index-only marriage record for Richard Griffiths Jr. (no idea why they added a second "Griffiths" in) and Mary Gomersall on Ancestry. I believe it is for the right couple ...
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Deciphering Irish Locations & Names (1873 Marriage License)
I have a marriage record from Burt County Nebraska for my Great Great Grandfather. I'm having trouble with the handwriting, and would appreciate any help in deciphering it. Specifically, I know from ...
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Meaning of "In Whose Lot Interred: Hugh Sellars" at Menands (Albany Rural Cemetery) in 1872?
I have previously asked several questions about my 4th great grandfather Hugh Sellars/Sillars that included Finding Naturalization Record for Hugh Sellars from Scotland who lived in Albany (New York ...
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Transcribing address from New York 1870 marriage certificate
I am having trouble transcribing an address from a New York marriage certificate from 1870. Hopefully someone with knowledge of the area and time might be able to see it as I am unfamiliar with the ...
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Finding ship arrivals for Australia in the 1870s?
I am looking for information relating to the arrival of James DAY in Australia, probably with his wife Anna and four children, William and Isabel (by his first wife, Isabel Carey), and Lucy and Percy. ...
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Seeking birth record for Margery/Margaret Eddison b. abt 1879 in Scotland?
Margery (or possibly Margaret) Eddison is my 2nd great grandmother. Eddison is her maiden name. I have been unable to find her birth or any records for her. I know about her only because my dad told ...
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Reasons for fleeing from Germany in the 1870s?
Two of my ancestors left two different part of Germany in the 1870s (Baden and Wurttemberg, which were at the time separate). They went first to Switzerland (La Chaux de Fonds) in 1874 where they met ...
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Finding former slaves on the 1870 US Federal Census?
The 1860 Louisiana Census list the slaves owned by William Silliman by Silliman, sex, and approximate date of birth. However, I cannot determine their given names on the 1870 Richland Parish Census.
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Seeking business records of South Australian general hawkers and drapers around 1880?
My 3rd great uncle Thomas Hitchcox (born 12 May 1837 and baptised 14 Jun 1837 at Brewood, Staffordshire) has been asked about in another question (Tracing police service of South Australian constable ...
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How to find a slater named Patrick M Golden in 1870 records?
According to this image from NARA microfilm publication M233, published as part of United States Registers of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914, Irish immigrant Patrick Golden worked as a slater ...
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What happened with this family when they arrived Quebec in 1871?
I am searching for this family who emigrated from Trondheim, Norway to Quebec, Canada 4th March 1871. They arrived Quebec with the ship "Franklin" and I can't find anything more about the family, so I ...
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Would variety store in Albany, New York, USA (1862-1872) leave records and what would it sell?
As mentioned in Finding Naturalization Record for Hugh Sellars from Scotland who lived in Albany (New York State) 1855-1872? my 4th great grandfather Hugh Sellars and his second wife Mary had a ...
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Finding UK immigration record for Isaac Gabriel of Russia?
I have located Isaac in the 1871 census, 29 years old and resident in London. He was not included in the 1861 census so I have concluded that he arrived in uk sometime between 1861and 1871. He became ...
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What might 'pitt Zink' in 1873 South Australian diary mean?
Below is the entry for 23 May 1873 in the diary of my 3rd great grandfather Thomas Hitchcox which was written at Fullarton, South Australia. Thomas had emigrated from Staffordshire, England in 1854 (...
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Adoption records in 1871 based on census info
I have just stumbled over the fact that my Great x 3 Grandmother remarried a Charles Chant.
My Great x 2 Grandfather Henry is listed along with his sister Fanny as step children.
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Looking for birth record of Valeria Marta from late 1890s in Bucharest/Transylvania area?
My Grandmother Valaria Marta, was born in Bucharest or the Transylvania area in the 1870's - 1880's. Emigrated to Canada on a ship with her brother when she was 21. When they got to Canada, her ...
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Assessing accuracy of profession stated on daughter's baptismal record
While researching my great-grandmother, Celia Anna Gadd (1865-1915), I found a baptismal record dated December 15, 1872, which shows that she and her sisters Ada (b.1863) and Alice (b.1867) were ...
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Did Blanche Adelaide LAPPAGE (b 1872) attend school?
Blanche Adelaide LAPPAGE was born in 1872.
Blanche’s mother died 1874, and her father remarried 1875.
Blanche cannot be found until the 1881 census in a Woolwich workhouse. I have found no record ...
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Is there register of South Australian vaccination certificates from 1870s and 1880s?
Today I sighted a vaccination certificate dated 21 Apr 1880 from Gladstone in South Australia. It belonged to an ancestor of a correspondent rather than to an ancestor of mine so I am only presenting ...
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Seeking ship manifest from Jamaica to Puerto Limon, Costa Rica in late 1860s-1870s?
Jamaica to Puerto Limon, Costa Rica: Ship manifest. Where do I find them for the late 1860s-1870s?
where can I find the names of the passengers?
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Finding George Huminski aboard Eaton Hall on 1877 voyage to South Australia
looking for George (sometimes Peter George) Huminski (Huminsky) who stated that he had arrived in South Australia on the Eaton Hall in 1877. I believe he worked his way out on the ship. Have checked ...
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Seeking 1873 marriage record for Gregor Nanik from Upper Silesia?
Gregor was married in 1873 to Hedwiga Wodarz. His father was Anthony Nanik.
I heard were friends of the Hindenburgs and Gregor served in the Military.
During the war hid in the caves. He immigrated to ...
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