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Peter Davies

Born 1950s.

Ancestors

Son of Stanley Davies and Irene (Collier) Davies

Brother of [private brother (1940s - unknown)]

Father of James Davies and [private son (1980s - unknown)]

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Peter Davies was born at Farnworth, Lancashire, on 18 April 1951. His birth was registered at Farnworth, his mother;s maiden name being Collier. Peter Davies was educated at Worsley Wardley Grammar School, Swinton, Lancashire; the University of Nottingham (Civil Engineering); and at Imperial College, London (Transport Studies). In 1984 he established Castle Rock Consultants, in Nottingham, UK (later Castle Rock Associates, Leesburg, Virginia; and then Portland, Oregon).

Sources

First-hand information. Entered by Peter Davies at registration.
England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2007: Name: Peter Davies; Registration Date: Apr 1951; Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun; Registration district: Farnworth; Inferred County: Lancashire; Mother's Maiden Name: Collier; Volume Number: 10c; Page number: 197
England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005; Name: Peter Davies; Registration Date: Jul 1974; Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep; Registration district: Horsham; Inferred County: West Sussex; Spouse: Lindsey M Newby; Volume Number: 18; Page number: 1670
England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005; Name: Peter Davies; Registration Date: Sep 1995; Registration district: Loughborough; Inferred County: Leicestershire; Spouse: Caroline J Diston; Volume Number: 601; Page number: 1098; Entry Number: 013

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100.00% 100.00% Peter Davies: 23andMe + AncestryDNA
50.00% James Davies : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch YD3047338 [compare], Ancestry member mightyspong

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Comments: 28

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Gill Whitehouse

Hi Peter

I've sent you another private message, please respond so that I can help you with your profiles :)

Thanks!

Gill

posted Mar 03, 2024 by Gill Whitehouse

Gill Whitehouse

Hi Peter

I have some new information on your immediate family. I sent you a PM, if you haven't seen it, please look in your spam folder as it might have gone there. If you answer that I can send you the information.

Thanks!

Gill

posted Mar 02, 2024 by Gill Whitehouse

Robin Lee

Your Watchlist has 7224 profiles. This is very large. Our systems are designed to handle 5,000. Contributing to more than 5,000 profiles is great (the community thanks you for it!) but don't feel you have to keep so many on your Watchlist. Despite the terminology, there is no shame in "orphaning" Open profiles. :-) This invites others to share responsibility. Use the Bulk Trusted List changes tool to remove yourself from some profiles.

Also, it would appear that you have a number of merges that need your attention.

posted Feb 28, 2024 by Robin Lee

Deb (Langsdorf) Gunther

Hello Peter,

I see that you are working on pre-1700 profiles such as https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Mackeinzie-1 and https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Mckenzie-11032. I can see sources there, and from my experience I think (but do not know) that those sources came from ancestry.com. We need more data on those sources, because these pre-1700 profiles are important to so many descendants. At a minimum we would want members to be able to access or find the source with the information you provide, and also see a brief statement of what data is provided by that source.

Now, there are some ways to make this easier for you.

This website might be helpful: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Sources

Also check out this brilliant little tool that's present on every profile sheet: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:RootsSearch

Here's a video that shows how it works; you probably need to watch just a few minutes at the start to see how to get in. https://youtu.be/_4AMVD9hsCg

Even easier, there's a browser plug-in that is really useful, called Sourcer. It will automate finding sources and pasting them in. It can even “write” the biography based on the sources; all you do is copy and paste. See the video at: https://youtu.be/_JssleDA5GQ and the text at https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:WikiTree_Sourcer. This last one, Sourcer, has been a real game-changer for me. I hope you will try it. ~ Deb

posted Dec 22, 2022 by Deb (Langsdorf) Gunther

Charlene (Boothe) Riikonen

Your John Boothe is not related to mine (mine are from Branchville, VA)

Thanks, Charlene Boothe Riikonen

posted Jan 30, 2023 by Charlene (Boothe) Riikonen

Deb (Langsdorf) Gunther

Hello!

I noticed that you're working on pre-1700-era profiles. See Richard Keen (1655-abt.1693). This is just a reminder that certifying to work on these types of profiles means that you agree to add valid sources as outlined in the Pre-1700 Certification Quiz.

For pre-1700 profiles, we require more rigorous sources. (See https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Pre-1700_Profiles#Cite_reliable_sources.) Those sources must be added at the time that you create the profile.

Please review the specific advice for England profiles at https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:England_Project_Reliable_Sources.

If you need help with this, our G2G Forum is a great place to start. You can get there by clicking the link on the Help menu.

Thanks!

Deb

posted Nov 03, 2022 by Deb (Langsdorf) Gunther

William Foster Jr

Hello Peter,

Thanks for creating pre-1700 profiles like George Bicknell (abt.1610-) and Johane (Allen) Bicknell (abt.1620-).

Please avoid leaving both the birth and death locations blank. For locations, our style guide says that almost any location is better than no location as locations help disambiguate similarly named people. So if you can please try to estimate the birth or death location and then explain the basis for your estimation in a = = Research Notes = = section that would be very helpful.

In the case of George, since he was married in England, it is reasonable to estimate that George was born in England.

Thanks.

-William

posted Sep 25, 2021 by William Foster Jr
edited Sep 25, 2021 by William Foster Jr

Peter Davies

Hello William,

I am reluctant to add unsourced information to Wikitree.

In this case, George was married at South Molton, Devon, and his daughter Elizabeth was baptised there, too. So we could guess that George was born at South Molton, or failing that, he was probably born in Devon. But in the absence of evidence, that's what it would be: a guess.

I quote from "Almost Any Location is Better than No Location". "The only exception would be if entering any location at all would be a guess."

Your guess is as good as mine.

Peter

posted Sep 27, 2021 by Peter Davies

William Foster Jr

But I expect there are some locations that would not just be a guess, but a reasonable estimate. For example, "England" sounds like a reasonable estimated location, however, I do not expect "South Molton" would be reasonable as there is no basis to be that specific.

posted Sep 27, 2021 by William Foster Jr

Joan (Williams) Whitaker

Hi Peter,

I have sent you a private message. Looking forward to hearing from you.

Regards Joan (WikiTree Mentor)

posted Jul 18, 2021 by Joan (Williams) Whitaker

Liz (Noland) Shifflett

Hi Peter! You added Joan Pigot as wife of Edward Bulstrode/mother of Cecily, but no sources. Sources for Edward and Cecily's profiles support their relationship, but no mention of Cecily's mother/Edward's wife. What source(s) do you have that show Joan Pigot married Edward and was Cecily's mother?

Joan Pigot: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Pigot-61

Thanks!

posted Jun 06, 2021 by Liz (Noland) Shifflett

Peter Davies

Hi Liz, Sorry if I've messed up. I'm not sure that I fully understand your comments. Please make changes and undo what you feel I got wrong.

My source was: UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current; Name: Lady Cecily Kellway; Cemetery: All Saints Churchyard; Burial or Cremation Place: Faringdon, Vale of White Horse District, Oxfordshire, England; Has Bio?: N; Mother: Joan Bulstrode; Spouse: Alexander Unton; Children: Elizabeth Croke; Edward Unton; Ann Harington

I had assumed that "Lady Cecily Kellway" was Cicely (Bulstrode) Unton, who apparently married Robert Keilway MP before 1553; and that Joan Bustrode was born Joan Pigot.

Please feel free to make changes as necessary to fix my mistakes.

Sorry again,

Peter Davies

posted Jun 07, 2021 by Peter Davies

Liz (Noland) Shifflett

FindAGrave memorials are not considered reliable sources. You'd need to cite whatever the memorial is citing. Without a link to the memorial, I can't even check to see what sources it might list. adding a spouse and/or child is considered a major change and major changes & source(s) for them should be discussed with profile manager(s). Pre-1700 profiles require reliable sources.

posted Jun 08, 2021 by Liz (Noland) Shifflett

Traci Thiessen

Hi Peter,

Thanks for creating pre-1700 profiles! Please remember to add a full source citation when you create new pre-1700 profiles. See: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Pre-1700_Profiles#Cite_reliable_sources and https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Help:Sources#How_to_Add_Sources_to_Profiles.

Thanks! Traci

posted Jun 01, 2021 by Traci Thiessen

Peter Davies

Hi Tracy,

Did you have any specific profiles in mind that are deficient?

Peter

posted Jun 06, 2021 by Peter Davies

Roger Churm

Peter

After the merge of Alice Spencer.you are co-manager of this profile

Roger Churm

posted Apr 26, 2021 by Roger Churm

Cheryl (Smith) Hess NSDAR

Hello Peter!

Thank you for joining us! I wanted to check in with you to see how things are going. How do you like WikiTree so far? Have the tips in the New Member How To Pages been helpful or have they left you with questions?

Please let me know if you have any questions about WikiTree. To contact me, log in to WikiTree and go to your profile. Use the ‘Reply’ link below my comment to be sure that I will be notified. You can also click my name to send a private message, or post a comment on my profile page. It's really great to have you on board.

Cheryl ~ WikiTree Messenger *¨*•☆♥☆♥•*¨*

P.S. To find reliable sources for your profiles, go to the Family Tree & Tools tab; select Genealogy Research and scroll down near the bottom of that list and select Research with RootsSearch. There are over 20 websites to access from there.

posted Apr 08, 2021 by Cheryl (Smith) Hess NSDAR

Peter Davies

Hi Cheryl,

Currently I'm a bit overwhelmed by the feedback I'm starting to see from others. Hopefully I'll get over this and start to implement a strategy for improving upon the profiles that I initially posted. At the moment it looks like a huge task to understand how to fix things that other people have been criticizing. I'm confused and floundering, but perhaps I'll work out where to start, soon.

Peter

posted Apr 08, 2021 by Peter Davies

Liz (Noland) Shifflett

Hi Peter! Pre-1700 profiles need better source citations than the ones you're using to create profiles for the extended Rose family. Could you provide details about the source please? For example, instead of

England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973
Ancestry trees

include a fuller citation of what the source for the entry from "Select Marriages" was and perhaps a link for the Ancestry tree that would allow Ancestry members to look (although a link to an Ancestry tree is not an acceptable source for a pre-1700 profile, "Ancestry trees" with a link is better than just "Ancestry trees").

I'm not a member of Ancestry, so I'm not familiar with how to cite something from the Select Marriage database, but I'm sure others would be happy to help if you posted to G2G. William Foster also offered some good advice yesterday in his comment.

Cheers, Liz

posted Apr 04, 2021 by Liz (Noland) Shifflett

Peter Davies

Hi Liz,

I've made some changes to Richard Rose-18226 following the approach suggested by William Foster. Please let me know if you have further comments at this stage.

Peter

posted Apr 08, 2021 by Peter Davies

William Foster Jr

Hi Peter,

Thanks for creating pre-1700 profiles like Susan (Jackson) Cloughe (abt.1583-), Thomas Cloughe (abt.1577-), and Thomas Skynner (abt.1565-).

Per our community guidelines, all pre-1700 profiles must be sourced and Ancestry trees are not sources in and of themselves, although, they often contain sources if you dig into them.

I see many other pre-1700 profiles that you created (e.g., Margarett (Philip) Collyer (bef.1582-abt.1657)) that do list sources, so please continue that work and return to the above profiles and any others you have created to fill in the missing sources. I would request on these that you elaborate further on your sources though. Since you have located the source, apparently on Ancestry, it would be very helpful to link to the source and/or transcribe key information from the source. I updated Margarett (Philip) Collyer to provide an example for you. I used templates, but that is not necessary, just helpful if they work for you.

If you are having trouble finding sources, please turn to one of our projects, for example, the England Project can likely help you with sourcing.

Going forward, please do not create any pre-1700 profiles unless you have at least one source to document the person.

Let me know if you need help or have questions on any of this.

Thanks.

-William

posted Apr 03, 2021 by William Foster Jr

Peter Davies

Hi William,

Thank you for your detailed comments on my attempts to share information from my Ancestry.com efforts with the wider Wikitree community.

Your example of Margarett (Philip) Collyer is extremely helpful, but even trying to emulate it once seems like a daunting task. You mention that you used templates, but I'm not sure what that means or how to do it. Is it a way of coping with the formatting of sources?

Peter

posted Apr 08, 2021 by Peter Davies

William Foster Jr

Hi Peter,

Yes, the learning curve can seem daunting, but I assure you, it is easier than it appears.

I'm happy to do a Zoom screen share with you over the weekend. Send me a private message so I get your email and we can schedule a time where I can give you a hand-on tutorial which makes some of this stuff much easier.

Thanks.

-William

posted Apr 08, 2021 by William Foster Jr

Peter Davies

Hi William,

I'd be very happy to receive a Zoom tutorial from you at some time this weekend. Thank you!

I have dipped my toe into the challenge ahead of me by trying to flush out the sources for Philips-1697, who is Margarett's father. I was able to replicate most of the information by copying and pasting Ancestry records and then inserting colons, semi-colons and spaces. However, as you will see, I couldn't find out how to locate the Ancestry Record numbers, so I have: