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Re: Genealogical Research - Macmillan
[Re: Alex_Macmillan]
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10th Oct 2020 12:29pm
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This is Alexander's Christening, it may suggest they lived in or near New Ferry prior to Wallasey.
Name: Alexander Charles MacMillan Event Type: Christening Event Date: 25 Nov 1917 Event Place: New Ferry, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom Event Place (Original): New Ferry, Cheshire, England Gender: Male Father's Name: Alexander MacMillan Mother's Name: Louisa
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Re: Genealogical Research - Macmillan
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10th Oct 2020 12:35pm
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Marriage, DEVILLE Louise Yvonne, MACMILLAN Alexander Macnicol, 1916 Wirral, Civil Marriage or Registrar Attended Wirral.
If you're not aware, Registrar Attended means, other than Church Of England.
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Re: Genealogical Research - Macmillan
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10th Oct 2020 3:19pm
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The 1938 directory which was likely compiled late 1937 has Wm Parkinson, 6 Sea View Avenue, Wallasey.
There was a Louisa Macmillan at 39 Digg Lane, Moreton, Wirral, unfortunately there's no way of knowing from the directory exactly who this lady is.
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Re: Genealogical Research - Macmillan
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12th Oct 2020 1:14pm
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Thanks again Bertie. That has put to rest another incorrect family rumour. When my father enlisted in the Army on 27 April 1935, he gave his date of birth as 8 April 1917, place of birth - Balloch, Alexandria (his father's place of birth), place of education - Intern House School Balloch (with a Scottish School Leaving Certificate) and his occupation, Motor Driver - none of which was true as he was born and bred on the Wirral! He did however go on to join the RAF in 1941 becoming a pilot flying Mustangs. He was shot down on 7 July 1943 over German Occupied Holland - some 4 months after I was born - but survived, was imprisoned in Stalag Luft III, survived the "Long March" from Poland into Germany and on repatriation remained in the RAF until 1960. He died in 1987 but never talked about his early life on the Wirral or his wartime experiences. It is to my eternal regret that I am only just piecing together his History and wish that I had done so before he died. Do you know of any organisation in the Liverpool area that I could contact with regard to my Grandfather's maritime career. Considering that he married in 1916, there must surely some record of his being in the Merchant Navy during the Great War and subsequently until his blindness in 1930. On his death on 10 Dec 1968 he was described as a retired Chief Steward.
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Re: Genealogical Research - Macmillan
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13th Oct 2020 6:37am
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For what it's worth and if it's any help i've been looking into the schools and HERE is a list of Wirral schools dating back to 1862 with records. Could it possibly be that the school name you're looking for, of which nobody has a clue about, is written wrong or difficult to read or is it in block capitals? I only say this as when we were looking into my family tree some place names were REALLY hard to read as they were written in victorian cursive so needed a few looks over and guesses before we could piece together what they said. Hopefully the list of schools in the above link helps a little.
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Re: Genealogical Research - Macmillan
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13th Oct 2020 3:49pm
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There were a lot of private schools which often were someones home with a couple of pupils, these were usually named after the proprietor or sometimes after the name of the building. I don't think there were any formal registers of such schools, I'd guess in Birkenhead alone there were upward of thirty such schools.
In the back of my mind there are two things vaguely familiar about Tinterne, one is a camp in Wales (or somewhere else) for schoolkids, the other is some link to a national school, perhaps a nick-name or something. Could well be false memories and I've found absolutely nothing to collaborate either thought.
The name/word is similar to intern/internship and I again remember something about some schools having some sort of indenture which I guess could be called an internship.
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