auchonvillerssomme Posted 17 December , 2007 Share Posted 17 December , 2007 Anthony its been a year and a day since you started this thread....you deserve to get some news now!! Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Bagshaw Posted 17 December , 2007 Author Share Posted 17 December , 2007 Mick, I didn't realise! How much longer will this go on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susanhemmings Posted 18 December , 2007 Share Posted 18 December , 2007 A Christmas Angel's what we need ... To fill our Anthony's stocking Wave her wand and so succeed To find our Leonard Bockin oh if only........................ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Bagshaw Posted 18 December , 2007 Author Share Posted 18 December , 2007 Susan, That's great, really is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Bagshaw Posted 20 December , 2007 Author Share Posted 20 December , 2007 I'm not in the local paper this week but they have put an article on their website. Click I have had a call from a chap whose Great Great Uncle is on the memorial and will be sending me some photos through. Not all bad then.................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susanhemmings Posted 21 December , 2007 Share Posted 21 December , 2007 Wow, way to go Anthony. well done..... The Christmas Angel's hovering Her wand no longer stuck At last- relatives are bothering To bring much better luck Superdooper news.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevem49 Posted 21 December , 2007 Share Posted 21 December , 2007 I presume my consultation fee is in the post Lets hope someone sees it and says - Thats my leonard. sm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Hesketh Posted 21 December , 2007 Share Posted 21 December , 2007 He's behind you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Hesketh Posted 21 December , 2007 Share Posted 21 December , 2007 Sorry, silly panto / Christmas season joke. The sort of pointlessness that Mods try to kill. Anyway, excellent news Anthony. I hope that this brings you another step closer. I had a really boring few hours the other day and killed it by some serious Bocking(g) hunting - Ancestry / Free BMD / CWGC wildcards etc. etc. - and found diddlysquat. Ho hum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevem49 Posted 21 December , 2007 Share Posted 21 December , 2007 Oh no - a Mod trying to be funny Anthony - I have put an enquiry on Leicestershire rootsweb concerning LB - you never know. Like my Drings they seem to be an old Bottesford family. sm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Bagshaw Posted 21 December , 2007 Author Share Posted 21 December , 2007 Steve, You mean you haven't got it yet? Damn that Christmas post!! Thanks for the Leicester thingy too! Andy, Thanks for looking mate, i appreciate your help with this one. I can't believe it's been in here for a year already and look how far we have come. I couldn't have done this without all the guys that have contributed!! Fingers crossing that 2008 is they year Leonard gives up his secrets!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auchonvillerssomme Posted 21 December , 2007 Share Posted 21 December , 2007 I have looked everywhere and duplicated Andrews work. Have you tried Panama? This is very intriguing. Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Bagshaw Posted 21 December , 2007 Author Share Posted 21 December , 2007 Hi Mick, Intriguing isn't a word i'd use, bl***y annoying and incredibly frustrating are two. I think that the 1911 census may throw some light on the mystery a little, but only a little. We'll find him, one day, some how........................ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Hesketh Posted 22 December , 2007 Share Posted 22 December , 2007 When you do you can make a start on Lord Lucan. Should be easy by comparison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greyhound Posted 22 December , 2007 Share Posted 22 December , 2007 I think that the 1911 census may throw some light on the mystery a little, but only a little. Of course you can now (for a hefty fee) request an individual look-up - but you need to know the address, as they can't yet search by name. Here's the account of the test case that made it possible. Just look at the address that was requested! Spooky or what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Bagshaw Posted 22 December , 2007 Author Share Posted 22 December , 2007 Grace, Thanks for that, that is strange. why couldn't they have tried to find Leonard? Would have made my life easier! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Bagshaw Posted 22 December , 2007 Author Share Posted 22 December , 2007 Have just re-emailed Bottesford Historical Society for a fresh appeal. Let's see if anything comes of this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Bagshaw Posted 23 December , 2007 Author Share Posted 23 December , 2007 Have received some good news from the Bottesford angle: am asking if the village bimonthly newspaper would carry a request for info regarding Leonard Bocking, which would reach a wider spread of village people than the website does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Bagshaw Posted 23 December , 2007 Author Share Posted 23 December , 2007 Just flicking, as you do, found this. Norfolk Family History Worth an email? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Hartley Posted 23 December , 2007 Share Posted 23 December , 2007 Worth an email? Yep. No stone unturned, etc, etc, blah, blah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Bagshaw Posted 23 December , 2007 Author Share Posted 23 December , 2007 That's just great, you can't contact anyone without joining first and paying for the privilege (not being tight or anything, but just for one query) Rubbish..................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Bagshaw Posted 6 January , 2008 Author Share Posted 6 January , 2008 2 weeks on, no further news from newspapers/emails except a chap has called me and has told me where i can find the burial records for Nottinghamshire. He has suggested that i try looking through them for Mansfield and Mansfield Woodhouse firstly and if nothing then branch it out. Notts is a fairly sizeable place, let's hope he's in Mansfield somewhere! After this, i'm stumped, AGAIN. Just thought i would update you all so it can drive you lot as crackers as it is me!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Bagshaw Posted 11 January , 2008 Author Share Posted 11 January , 2008 Have found his wife on the 1891 Census for MW: 4 Portland St Clarke William Head M 56 Surveyor of Highways (Road C) Notts Mansfield Woodhouse 6 14 Clarke Harriett Wife M 47 Notts Mansfield Woodhouse 6 14 Clarke John George Son S 21 Cotton Factory Hand Notts Mansfield Woodhouse 6 14 Clarke William Son 12 Scholar Notts Mansfield Woodhouse 6 14 Clarke Alfred Woods Son 9 Notts Mansfield Woodhouse 6 14 Clarke Sarah Ann Daugh 6 Notts Mansfield Woodhouse 6 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ypres1418 Posted 24 January , 2008 Share Posted 24 January , 2008 I have just read the whole thread and to say my head is spinning!!!!! Have tried to think of something you haven't but have come up with nothing!!!!! I hope you get nearer soon, will continue now to watch closely. Have you checked the hospitals!!!!!! Or called the police to say he is missing? Sorry just could not resist. Mandy (wish i could be more helpful) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susanhemmings Posted 24 January , 2008 Share Posted 24 January , 2008 Mandy!!! Dratted missing person..... I have sent a long, begging letter to his great grandson on Genes Reunited again asking PLEASE please if you have ANYTHING about Leonard can you let us know. I have even invited him to log on to the forum to see how desperate we all are. That was one and a half weeks ago and still no reply.... I expect i will have more chance of Leonard loggin on than the (great) grandson..... I reckon their name in a former life was Lucan...... aaaarrrrrggggghhhhhh. I pray for a miracle..... Susan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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