Talk:Percy Edward Pinkerton

Ancestry
The almost raw list of ancestors in an interesting catalogue, but does not seems appropriate for a biographical article. Best to keep to close (parents/children) or notable ancestors. P0mbal (talk) 23:53, 24 July 2009 (UTC)

Whilst I'm generally in agreement with the above point, in this particular case to support the ancestry list, Percy Pinkerton's ancestry has been difficult to determine as there are two potential fathers' (George Pinkerton's) born around the same time, one in Newington SURREY and the other in Stoke Newington MIDDLESEX (MIDDLESEX and SURREY straddle the Thames in London and are therefore proximate) and it would be very easy to assume the wrong parentage. So for clarity I decided to include the extra detail and also show Percy's Russian links which might be pertinent as Percy also translated Russian works. So having added the paternal side, for completeness, I added the maternal also. It is conjecture as to whether Percy translated directly from Russian or translated from other languages to which the works had already been translated; I have no idea. But, with his Russian connections it is feasible that Percy possessed some command of the language. I do not know if Percy ever visited Russia, but both he and his father are not found on the 1871 census whereas his siblings are, and it is possible that he was travelling abroad with his father (his mother was deceased in 1868). Kutchka (talk) 18:01, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
 * A search for reliable published sources yields virtually nothing to support the original research in this article, so it's in for a considerable trimming. This has sat unattended for years now so warrants the attention. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.145.163.198 (talk) 11:37, 2 June 2022 (UTC)