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Member Since: June 2004 Posts: 0 Send Message	Bridgewater Belle	Report	25 Jul 2004 14:00
Member Since: June 2004 Posts: 0 Send Message	Hi Patricia Thank you very very much for your help. kindest regards Debbie
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 0 Send Message	Pat	Report	25 Jul 2004 13:17
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 0 Send Message	Oops sorry Debbie N.S. could mean Navy Services, I think it was the Navy that was stationed there. Pat
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 0 Send Message	Pat	Report	25 Jul 2004 13:14
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 0 Send Message	Hi Debbie, I think that must be Spike Island, nr Cobh, County Cork Ireland (IRL). Spike Island is a Prison these days (Open Prison) but it was a British Army Base pre 1922 anyone born there may be son/daughter of Military Personnel posted and lived there. Hope I am right after all that.
Member Since: June 2004 Posts: 0 Send Message	Bridgewater Belle	Report	25 Jul 2004 11:48
Member Since: June 2004 Posts: 0 Send Message	Hi, I have just been on the British 1881 census and found the above as a Birthplace. On the 1891 census the birthplace for the same person is IRL. Would anybody kindly know on what or where this person was born? Many thanks. Debbie