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Topic: IOW - what would you do next? (Read 201 times)
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behindthefrogs
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Have you found Jonathan or Susan in the 1841 census. If they were living in Surrey that should at least tell you whether they were born in the county or not. 1851 of course should give you their actual place of birth but by then they will be getting a bit old to still be alive.
What does their marriage record say about their parishes of residence at that time?
Have you managed to look at the actual parish register entries for their children's baptisms. These can sometimes give a hint.
It is worth an IGI trawl to look for Jonathan and Susan's baptisms
familysearch.org
If you find a likely candidate then look at any siblings by searching using surname and batch number. You might find some naming patterns which strengthen your guess.
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Living in Berkshire. Origin Northampton & Milton Keynes DETAILS OF THE FOLLOWING NAMES CAN BE FOUND IN SURNAME INTERESTS AT FOOT OF PAGE Wilson, Higgs, Buswell, PARCELL, Matthews, TAMKIN, Seckington, Pates, Williams, Webb, Arthur, MAYNARD, Caves, Norman, Winch, Culverhouse, Drakeley. Johnson, Routledge, SHIRT, SAICH, Mills, SAUNDERS, EDLIN, Perry, Vickers, Pakeman, Griffiths, Marston, Turner, Child, Sheen, Gray, Woolhouse Census Info is Crown Copyright from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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behindthefrogs
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Some families adopted the rule of first boy named after paternal grandfather, second son after maternal grandfather, first daughter after maternal grandmother, second daughter after paternal grandmother. After that other names are chosen in a similar way, usually including those of the mother and father. These may of course happen in a different order.
You may also find traditional names passed down to children and the mother's surname (or that of an earlier female line) used as a second Christian name.
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Living in Berkshire. Origin Northampton & Milton Keynes DETAILS OF THE FOLLOWING NAMES CAN BE FOUND IN SURNAME INTERESTS AT FOOT OF PAGE Wilson, Higgs, Buswell, PARCELL, Matthews, TAMKIN, Seckington, Pates, Williams, Webb, Arthur, MAYNARD, Caves, Norman, Winch, Culverhouse, Drakeley. Johnson, Routledge, SHIRT, SAICH, Mills, SAUNDERS, EDLIN, Perry, Vickers, Pakeman, Griffiths, Marston, Turner, Child, Sheen, Gray, Woolhouse Census Info is Crown Copyright from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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In 1789 there will be no birth certificate you only have the Christening record from which to work. The fact that you only have a mother's name indicates that he was probably illegitimate. In some ways this is good news because it is now worth diving into the parish chest to see if she was given any support and whether the putative father is named anywhere.
You need to look at vestry minutes, records of the overseer of the poor etc. and possibly the local courts. Amongst other things you are looking for a bastardy order. Most of this can only done by visiting the county record office.
Some of these are transcibed in some areas usually by the local family history society.
It is worth putting the mother's name into:
http://www.a2a.org.uk/
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Living in Berkshire. Origin Northampton & Milton Keynes DETAILS OF THE FOLLOWING NAMES CAN BE FOUND IN SURNAME INTERESTS AT FOOT OF PAGE Wilson, Higgs, Buswell, PARCELL, Matthews, TAMKIN, Seckington, Pates, Williams, Webb, Arthur, MAYNARD, Caves, Norman, Winch, Culverhouse, Drakeley. Johnson, Routledge, SHIRT, SAICH, Mills, SAUNDERS, EDLIN, Perry, Vickers, Pakeman, Griffiths, Marston, Turner, Child, Sheen, Gray, Woolhouse Census Info is Crown Copyright from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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yes I had found them on the 41 and it has a 'y' in the born inthis county bit so I had missed that! i'm not so good at this yet!!