Thank you ladies. Decided as I'm at the "writing up" stage of many individuals, it is probably better to continue what I'm doing and to make a list of Queries (and to keep that in a SAFE place) and to then take out a one month sub and blitz ALL military personnel on all my research projects. I think my Claxton family alone will keep me VERY busy for some time - they were very prolific, repeatedly used the same forenames in each family and nearly all worked on farms for most of their lives, in and out of the same few villages.
Had to laugh the other week - discovered my friend had known one of the Claxton gang when she was growing up, but referred to him as Bob. I had records for 3 boys - G, Harry and M, but no Bob. She mentioned Bob's wife and I said that I recognised her name, but she had definitely married Harry! Friend's friend was going to a function where Mrs Bob would be, so friend asked her to inquire WHY Harry was always known as Bob. Mrs Bob was delighted that someone was doing the family tree and also pleased to be of help. Apparently when Harry was a baby, his Mum had entered him in the bonniest baby competition at the village show; the judge presented Harry with first prize and said he was a right little Bobby dazzler. He was then referred to as Bobby Dazzler, which morphed into Bob! I was so pleased to have been able to solve that little mystery and what a gem to put in my write up to relieve the monotony of BMDs and census reports, which is all I've got for hard working, law abiding and clean living personnel on most of my lines!
Had to laugh the other week - discovered my friend had known one of the Claxton gang when she was growing up, but referred to him as Bob. I had records for 3 boys - G, Harry and M, but no Bob. She mentioned Bob's wife and I said that I recognised her name, but she had definitely married Harry! Friend's friend was going to a function where Mrs Bob would be, so friend asked her to inquire WHY Harry was always known as Bob. Mrs Bob was delighted that someone was doing the family tree and also pleased to be of help. Apparently when Harry was a baby, his Mum had entered him in the bonniest baby competition at the village show; the judge presented Harry with first prize and said he was a right little Bobby dazzler. He was then referred to as Bobby Dazzler, which morphed into Bob! I was so pleased to have been able to solve that little mystery and what a gem to put in my write up to relieve the monotony of BMDs and census reports, which is all I've got for hard working, law abiding and clean living personnel on most of my lines!
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