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can some kind person help.....

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Melvyn

Melvyn Report 13 Jul 2006 15:05

Hi Christine, There is an old family tale that Samuel Plimsoll is a family relative but I still can not find it.

Christine in Herts

Christine in Herts Report 13 Jul 2006 15:02

Looking through the earlier censuses, it's obvious that the transcribers didn't recognise a surname famous in the context of shipping safety. (For anyone who missed that bit of history...The no-more-loading line painted around the outside of a ship's hull is called the Plimsole line...?Samuel?) Christine

Melvyn

Melvyn Report 13 Jul 2006 14:48

Hi Merry, I feel so stupid i have looked at every way I could think of spelling plimsole but plemsole. Thanks very much Merry

Merry

Merry Report 13 Jul 2006 14:47

It is him, as the other family match up with the 1871 census (where their name is spelled the way I typed it!) Fred was a carpenter in 1901. Merry

Merry

Merry Report 13 Jul 2006 14:45

Is this him with dodgy initial? >>>>F J Plemsole abt 1866 Exeter, Devon, England Son Exeter Devon F R Plemsole abt 1871 Exeter, Devon, England Son Exeter Devon F R Plemsole abt 1874 Exeter, Devon, England Daughter Exeter Devon L J Plemsole abt 1864 Exeter, Devon, England Daughter Exeter Devon M Plemsole abt 1877 Exeter, Devon, England Daughter Exeter Devon R Plemsole abt 1838 Exeter, Devon, England Head Exeter Devon S Plemsole abt 1838 Exeter, Devon, England Wife Exeter Devon Merry

Melvyn

Melvyn Report 13 Jul 2006 14:36

I am looking for a frederick Western Plimsole in the 1901 census. He was born in 1865 in Exeter and died in 1911 in Exeter i don't think he got married but nothing would surprise me with this one. Thanks in advance.