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Note for: Edith Harri, ABT 1880 - UNKNOWN Index

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Married between April and June of 1918 - Boston Registration District.

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Note for: William Goose, BET OCT AND DEC 1881 - UNKNOWN Index

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1901, Journeyman Butcher at Hornsey, London.

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Note for: Arthur Hemington, ABT 1885 - UNKNOWN Index

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Married between January and March of 1929 - Boston Registration District.

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Note for: Walter Tunnard, ABT 1890 - UNKNOWN Index

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Married between October and December 1915 - Boston Registration District.

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Note for: Joyce Irene Smith, ABT 1910 - UNKNOWN Index

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Married between April and June of 1949 - Boston Registration District.

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Note for: Tindal Pearson Porter, - UNKNOWN Index

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Tindal migrated to Australia and lived in Ramournie, NSW and was the CEO of the Australian Meat Company which was owned by Charles Grant Tindal who was his father's cousin.

Tindal was the 9th child born to parents Robert and Maria Porter

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Note for: John Pocklington, BET APR AND JUN 1897 - 12 JUL 1947 Index

Burial:
     Date:   UNKNOWN
     Place:   Bishopwearmouth Cem. Sunderland

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Note for: Joseph Pocklington, 7 JUL 1899 - 6 MAY 1983 Index

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Joseph attended Close House Council School. He was awarded an English prize being the 'Works of Shakespeare' that was bound in calf leather on 20th December 1912, as Dux, thirteen and a half years of age, signed by the Class Master, Maurice F. Oliver.

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Note for: Albert William Walkup, - 12 FEB 1961 Index

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[Blanche Tate (Donley) Internet Part.FTW]

Nickname - Dan
Left England in about 1910 to work on the railroads in Australia.
Blanche Tate followed him out to Australia where they married returning to
to England after their second daughter was born.
Eventually settled in Rotherham and owned a Fish and Chip Shop.

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Note for: Lena Walkup, 10 AUG 1914 - 6 APR 1991 Index

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[Blanche Tate (Donley) Internet Part.FTW]

A secret marriage was arranged between Lena and Harry Adsetts of Rotherham for 10th August 1935 but her father found out and blocked it when he learned of her pregnancy.

Lena married a Czech, Sam Svoboda who was stationed here in England. After World War II she went to live in Czechoslovakia. She managed to get on the last British plane to leave Czechoslovakia before the iron curtain came down and returned to Rotherham. Sam joined her about 3 years later after escaping from Czechoslovakia.

Her marriage to Sam Svoboda was later dissolved and she went out to Southern Rhodesia to join her sister Stella.

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Note for: Joseph Pocklington, 31 MAY 1926 - 30 DEC 2004 Index

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Joseph and Eva spent their honeymoon in Long-Jetty - they then returned to Wollongong near Sydney where he was appointed to the Nimbin Methodist Circuit as a Home Missionary on the 1st April 1953.

(Write-up from an Australian Newspaper - 'At last, Joe is recognised'. After more than 50 years, Adelong resident Joe Pocklington has received acknowledgement for his work during World War II. Mr. Pocklington was a member of the British Merchant Navy, a civilian organisation which was instrumental in ensuring cargo was transported to both war zones and the home counties. Despite being a civilian, wartime action was still very much an integral part of Mr. Pocklinton's life during that time. ' Most of the action happended at night', he said. 'There would be some 40 to 60 ships in a convoy, six lines across and 10 in a column'. ' You'd go to bed of a night and in the morning wake up and see the gaps where boats had been'. 'They were taken out during the night'. Despite the threats of the German U-boats and the unpredicatable nature of life at sea, Mr. Pocklington recalls only one time when he was truly scared.
'We were in Anzio, in Italy,' he said. 'That's the only place I was scared'. 'It was a violent battle'. 'I was also at Saint Raphael, in southern France, when the German's pulled back'. 'At the end of the war, we were steaming into Malaya when the nuclear bomb was dropped'. 'We didn't know what the Japanese reaction was going to be, but we discharged our cargo as if it were peace time'. Born in Sunderland, England, Mr. Pocklington had his first taste of Australia during his merchant navy days. 'We had a bad captain', Mr. Pocklington said. 'Most people complained about him each time we went to shore'. So,. the young sailor decided to take matters into his own hands. He jumped ship at Whyalla. 'I know what it is like to be an illegal immigrant', he said. 'Immigration found me after three months and I had a choice - go home willingly or be deported'. The choice to go home willingly was obviously a good one. After spending some harrowing days trading between Finland and London, Mr. Pocklington decided to go to Australia House and find out about emigrating legally. 'I told them about my history with Australia and they told me if I wanted to go back I'd be alright because I won't be a whinging Pom', he said. )

The family have a photograph of Joseph proudly wearing his 6 medals that he was awarded for service during World War II.

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Note for: Bartholomew Horace Pocklington, ABT 1890 - 30 OCT 1916 Index

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Private 18743 3rd Leicester Regiment.
Enlisted 2nd Batalion at Kendal, Westmorland (Leicester).

Will dated 9th November 1915 - Mother one of the beneficiaries and her address at that time was 8 Ct B, Bonners Lane, Oxford St, Leicester.
Will granted to Mother 7th January 1918.

Horace Pocklington killed in Mesopotamia 30th October 1916
2nd Batallion Leicestershire Regt.

Horace Pocklington, of 8 Court B, Bonners Lane, Lei
Pte 2/Batt Leicestershire Regmt
Died 30th October 1916, Persian Gulf on Military Service
Admin (and Will) Leicester 8th January 1918
to Emily P, Widow
Effects Ł89 17s 9d
(NB Emily P, Mother)

AJS note - The Emily/Edith Pocklington mentioned here could be his grandmother (but grandmother is listed at Eliza) or his mother (who is listed at Emily, who was not actually ever married). B.H.P. was born in the Leicester Workhouse. Note sure where Tony has found a reference to an Edith...?) need to Check with him

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Note for: Neslen Charles R Pocklington, 25 AUG 1907 - 14 MAY 1995 Index

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Full name - Nelson Charles Roy Pocklington

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Note for: William Robinson, - UNKNOWN Index

Occupation:
     Place:   Mariner and Ship owner

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     Residence = Scarborough, Yorks