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Our competition is open to everyone no matter where in the world you reside

Starting Boxing Day 2016, one question a day will be posted below for the next 12 days.  

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Question 1. Boxing Day: Cuthbert Coates married on 26 December 1821 at Christchurch, Tynmouth, Northumberland, England.  Who was his bride?

Question 2. 27 December 2016: Name the parents of Jessie Frost Merry, born in 1882, Queensland?

Question 3. 28 December 2016:  In what year did Geoffrey Frank Christmas marry Dorothy Patricia Holliday in Manly, Australia?

Question 4: 29 December 2016: In the 1891 English census Joseph J Christmas and family were living in the Portobello Road, Kensington. What is the name of his wife and daughter?

Question 5: 30 December 2016:  On 26 May 1835 Mary Christmas arrived in New York.  What was the name of the ship she travelled on? 

Question 6: New Year's Eve:: Name the twins born to Joseph and Mary Starr in 1867 St Leonard's district in NSW

Question 7: New Year's Day:  Who was indicted on 1 January 1844 at the London Central Criminal Court for feloniously entering an address in Chelsea on 17 December and stealing therein 1 spoon, value 2s., and 1 box-cover, 2s?

Question 8: 2 January 2017: On the 1881 Canadian census Mary Bell aged 5 can be found residing in Nova Scotia.  What is her religion?

Question 9: 3 January 2017: Who did Joseph Natale marry on August 27th 1905, in Manhattan?

Question 10: 4 January 2017:  On the 1881 census Christmas Lark can be found residing at 9 Church Alley, Norwich St Margaret, Norfolk, England.  How many little Larks appear with him?

Question 11: 5 January 2017: Who did Grace YULE marry in South Australia in 1888?  

Question 12: 6 January 2017:  Who did Coralie Christmas marry in 1903 in New Zealand?