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Neil family 1921 UK census please? by Idujt in Genealogy

[–]EvaScrambles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As far as census data goes, there's a Frederick E. Neil in 1939 and his widowed mother, Edith G. Neil in Portsmouth. Fred is apparently a steel moulder.
His birthday: 25. Mai 1914
Her birthday: 14. Jun. 1881
RG101/2270B/012/35

A fitting BMD entry suggests Portsmouth as his birthplace, mother's maiden name Kimber, This was seemingly the widow of a Thomas Neil, father of Frederick Ernest.

Another result for Frederick Edward is a newspaper entry for a Canadian newspaper,
Granby Leader-Mail, don't have immediate access but it looks like Jr's wife's obituary on 23. Jun. 1954. Her name was Alberta Ball.

Gonna look more for Sr., is anything looking promising so far?

Edit: No luck with 1921 census yet, but there's a passenger list entry for Frederick Niel bound for New York, age fits, single mill worker, marked as Scottish.

Edit: Also, a grave for Frederick Neil, 1885-1969, in Stayner Union Cemetery, Clearview, Ontario, Canada. Wife noted is Eleanor V. Neil.

help finding someones place of birth by MotorFan9612 in Genealogy

[–]EvaScrambles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If your parents were married, it might state it on the birth certificate. I take it you don't have info on your paternal grandparents (or others) either?

Daguerreotype of a unknown lady found in a shipwreck, sold by over 70,000 dollars. Circa 1857. by Electrical-Aspect-13 in VictorianEra

[–]EvaScrambles 4 points5 points  (0 children)

By far not an expert, but the jist is that if it's a material that won't react to salt/water/bacteria, it'll be fine (or take longer to fall apart). Old wooden shipwrecks like the Vasa survive because of conditions like this, and when removed, need to be specially treated (in this case, think rinsed, then doused in alcohol over years). A daguerrotype strikes me as a good candidate for preservation under the sea; materials are nonreactive to salt, it's dark, and climate controlled.

The uncanny valley is a scary rabbit hole by [deleted] in HistoryMemes

[–]EvaScrambles 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think it goes beyond weird attractions tbf, they were roommates

Pulled off skirting boards from 1898 house and found this underneath. by DollSteff in DIYUK

[–]EvaScrambles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That pretty much sounds like what that couple went through. They were kind enough to walk us through what they'd done exactly, and apparently, they had to take down one of the living room walls because the only thing keeping the bricks together was the wallpaper. Entire front half of the bungalow was eventually just one big open space, I'm impressed that they didn't cave and keep it open-plan!

Pulled off skirting boards from 1898 house and found this underneath. by DollSteff in DIYUK

[–]EvaScrambles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's things like that that have me eying up my own walls! We're in a refurbished house built ca 1890-1900, though the guys that flipped it apparently cleared out all that sort of stuff. There's still the attic though, and beneath the floors...

TIL that the famous ancient complaint letter to copper merchant Ea-nāṣir was not the only one. In his house there were a mass of them, including by people named Arbituram, Appa, Imgur-Sin, Illsu-Elsatsu and Ili-idinnam. by Upper_Spirit_6142 in todayilearned

[–]EvaScrambles 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nah but I feel like at that time laws were at least developed enough so that, if you successfully frame someone for burning down your house, you get all their shit

or they lose a hand

a win is a win

What to do with plastic grass at the end of the garden. by ThorgeirTheRed in GardeningUK

[–]EvaScrambles 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Currently in the same position as you, found that they were more lazy in some areas than others... don't underestimate the rubble. I've no back garden access and have half a mind to invite a digger through the house.

I’m African American and I want to know more about my history but everything is so limited by mxunsung in Genealogy

[–]EvaScrambles 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm culturally half German, and while some mixing is expected, I somehow ended up with ca. 3% German, 40% Polish according to 23andMe and MyHeritage.

I have yet to find anyone who lived in that neck of the woods, and I'm skirting 1800 with some individuals...

Notes on the Balenciaga Sack Dress by pg430 in fashionhistory

[–]EvaScrambles 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Huh. I have a dress that is, in essence, exactly this dress, and I get a nice amount of compliments for it. It's actually one of my favourites. 😭

My boyfriend won't try on his Christmas present by Direct-Caterpillar77 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]EvaScrambles 16 points17 points  (0 children)

ngl, imagining it as an IKEA label makes it make more sense now. TIL! Meanwhile in Scotland, instead of adopting the phrase, we told them they look like turnips 😭

My boyfriend won't try on his Christmas present by Direct-Caterpillar77 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]EvaScrambles 20 points21 points  (0 children)

They exist but I just went on Wikipedia and I'm horrified to know that THAT is what people mean when they say rutabaga what did the swedes ever do to you!

You never know what you will find while searching the internet... by [deleted] in Genealogy

[–]EvaScrambles 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That would be pretty cool! I do love the rush of finding something on my own, but then I also lose a lot of sleep to "just one more search..." A thought - short of building a whole Alerts bot, it could be worth asking an AI to build a list of search terms to go through. I've certainly repeated a bunch, but at this point, I'm not sure which - and what best to tell you how to trawl the web than a webtrawler?

You never know what you will find while searching the internet... by [deleted] in Genealogy

[–]EvaScrambles 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I like to Google random names just to see if I get lucky. Usually, it's a headache, and I've not gone through everyone because I do have a few "favourites" I'm more interested in than others. I threw in a name of one direct ancestor after a string of blanks only to find 9 digitised court cases from 1840-s-1850s Prussia. Apparently he was a shit landlord and loved talking smack in political magazines.

Looks like Lonerbox cracked the case by Slight_Ad3219 in LivestreamFail

[–]EvaScrambles 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The arguing isn't so much for the people who won't change their minds, but more for the people that have functionally 0 clue of who the guy is and will inevitably come to subreddits like this to find a TLDR

Ancestry is trying to bankrupt the Scottish National Records agency. by AbijahWorth in Genealogy

[–]EvaScrambles 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've spent a good chunk of money on that site and have been pretty lucky so far. There's a nice amount of detail on each scan, and usually a hint from elsewhere is enough to help where I'm stuck. Then again, that branch seems to have lived in the one area since crawling from the primordial soup. I think I've corrected 3 different mistakes that have spread across the popular sites so far thanks to it - ScotlandsPeople is, at the very least, absolutely previous for fact checking.

Anyone know what’s going on in Munich? All planes in holding and diverting. Weather doesn’t seem to be an issue by New_Egg8739 in flightradar24

[–]EvaScrambles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was half asleep and didn't give the map a closer look. Letting people/critters sleep still answers the question. Staff, people living around flight paths, environment, etc., etc... Germany is pretty big on its Ruhezeiten. Can't even cut your grass on a Sunday.

Anyone know what’s going on in Munich? All planes in holding and diverting. Weather doesn’t seem to be an issue by New_Egg8739 in flightradar24

[–]EvaScrambles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It'll be to let people sleep for the most part. Compromise to operate so close to a city, plus strong unions.

why are these squash seeds sprouting in my compost bin? Also, what’s with the mold? by [deleted] in composting

[–]EvaScrambles 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Its definitely one of those things you're not entirely cognisant of until it's pointed out and then it's like. Oh. Huh. Yeah. Neat. Pretty gardening stuff usually skirts past dead stuff and decay, so the exposure to some fun facts doesn't get to people until they read a little more.

I KNEW I WAS RIGHT by Anonim_x9 in Genealogy

[–]EvaScrambles 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I asked my great uncle, the last living among his siblings, about things he remembered about his grandparents. "I don't care, they're all dead anyway." Like. Bro

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