Edward Thurlow in Narberth 1840s

[Orielbenfro]

Just so you are aware for the future "Hurlow" is a well known Pembrokeshire surname of very long standing.
Personally I would accept names quoted in original registers over anything Familyhistory may show.
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Orielbenfro

[kath davis]

Orielbenfro
Thanks again for your help and warning of FamilySearch - I have been aware of that for as long as I have been using it (and that is a very long time). I do however find it useful to find things to follow-up when all else fails. In this case I knew the two girls were born in Pembrokeshire from the censuses. 
The name is definitely Thurlow, but I can see how it could easily be changed to a similar local name. I still haven't found their father Edward in 1881, I have the mother, Selina on her own in Gillingham, and both of them together in 1891 - I suspect another miss-spelling of Thurlow! Still can only keep looking.
Kath

[kath davis]

I now have Edward's Royal Marines records from TNA.  In total he was away for over 7 years, on 4 ships.  His longest trip 1837 - 42 on HMS Vestal travelling around Halifax, Jamaica, Vrea Cruz, Quebec, Barbadoes etc.  All dates fit in with the birth of his children.

Again many thanks for your help and interest.

Kath

[Malc Thurlow]

I believe that I  am a direct descendant of your Edward Thurlow through his daughter Selina Ann who was the one born in Pembroke Dock. Pembroke Dock was a
major naval base at the time which explains why he was there.

[kath davis]

Malc
Thank you for your reply.  Beyond marriage banns read at Clerkenwell in Sep/Oct 1966 I have nothing on Selina Ann. I assume she married in France, and I do not have access to French records.  I am interested to see that your surname is Thurlow - did Selina marry, or keep her own surname?
Kath

[Malc Thurlow]

Katt
I am new to roots chat and not getting it quite right
.I posted more information about Selina Ann this morning but it may be in a different page somewhere. She did apparently marry Charles Antoine Debacq  and bore a son Charles but at age 26 she is described as a widow when she marries Thomas Rose.

[kath davis]

Malc
I have found the Thomas Rose marriage, but nothing on the first or the birth of the son.  Were there any later children? or are you descended from Charles. 
Kath

[Malc Thurlow]

Yes I am descended from Charles. Although there were banns I don't know where and when Selina Ann Thurlow married Charles Antoine Debacq  nor when and where their son Charles was born. The manuscript census record when he was 4 years and living with Edward  is almost illegible. You notice that when Selina Ann married Thomas Rose her widowed name was misspelt ending with y instead of q.
A simple transcription error with y being a more natural ending for an English scribe.
Delacy is another mutation of Debacq I have come across.
Anecdotally Selina Ann went to France but Charles Antoine died leaving her with the infant Charles so she returned to live with her father Edward before marrying Thomas Rose.I am unaware of àny further children
Malc