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Re: Why would a son change his surname
« Reply #18 on: Thursday 04 May 17 17:35 BST (UK) »
Josey

It is the only 1 I could find, and ties in with parents' names and parish.
Some of the trees on Ancestry relating to this are hilarious.

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Re: Why would a son change his surname
« Reply #19 on: Thursday 04 May 17 18:03 BST (UK) »
James Thomas Pearcey was baptised Dagenham on 26.02.1871.
James Pearcey Snr was buried Dagenham on 05.05 1872, aged 32.

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Re: Why would a son change his surname
« Reply #20 on: Thursday 04 May 17 18:44 BST (UK) »
Oh so certainly looks like Dagenham was their area - good finds.

I too don't take ancestry trees too seriously!!
Seeking: RC baptism Philip Murray Feb ish 1814 ? nr Chatham Kent.
IRE: Kik DRAY[EA], PURCELL, WHITE: Mea LYNCH: Tip MURRAY, SHEEDY: Wem ALLEN, ENGLISHBY; Dub PENROSE: Lim DUNN[E], FRAWLEY, WILLIAMS.
87th Regiment RIF: MURRAY
ENG; Marylebone HAYTER, TROU[W]SDALE, WILLIAMS,DUNEVAN Con HAMPTON, TREMELLING Wry CLEGG, HOLLAND, HORSEFIELD Coventry McGINTY
CAN; Halifax & Pictou: HOLLAND, WHITE, WILLIAMSON

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Re: Why would a son change his surname
« Reply #21 on: Thursday 04 May 17 19:31 BST (UK) »
Has anyone come up with Ellen in the 1841 and 1851 census?
CHOULES All ,  COKER Harwich Essex & Rochester Kent 
COLE Gt. Oakley, & Lt. Oakley, Essex.
DUNCAN Kent
EVERITT Colchester,  Dovercourt & Harwich Essex
GULLIVER/GULLOFER Fifehead Magdalen Dorset
HORSCROFT Kent.
KING Sturminster Newton, Dorset. MONK Odiham Ham.
SCOTT Wrabness, Essex
WILKINS Stour Provost, Dorset.
WICKHAM All in North Essex.
WICKHAM Medway Towns, Kent from 1880
WICKHAM, Ipswich, Suffolk.

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Re: Why would a son change his surname
« Reply #22 on: Thursday 04 May 17 19:46 BST (UK) »
Thank you all for your replies.

Could someone answer one more question, josey states that Ellen Cornell born 1843 parents were Thomas Cornell and Mary Overall, but then olleym states that Thomas Cornwell married Ann Gardner, is the implication that Thomas married Ann then married Mary or are these two different Thomas's also was Ann related to Daniel's wife Maria both Gardner's.

There is more than one question there.

I must look at the trees on Ancestry.

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Re: Why would a son change his surname
« Reply #23 on: Thursday 04 May 17 20:36 BST (UK) »
I can't answer your question because I have not followed those  comments up. Looking a the trees on Ancestry, The COOK tree looks as if it may be worth following up, but you would need to verify everything yourself, don't rely on the trees on Ancestry.
CHOULES All ,  COKER Harwich Essex & Rochester Kent 
COLE Gt. Oakley, & Lt. Oakley, Essex.
DUNCAN Kent
EVERITT Colchester,  Dovercourt & Harwich Essex
GULLIVER/GULLOFER Fifehead Magdalen Dorset
HORSCROFT Kent.
KING Sturminster Newton, Dorset. MONK Odiham Ham.
SCOTT Wrabness, Essex
WILKINS Stour Provost, Dorset.
WICKHAM All in North Essex.
WICKHAM Medway Towns, Kent from 1880
WICKHAM, Ipswich, Suffolk.

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Re: Why would a son change his surname
« Reply #24 on: Thursday 04 May 17 22:18 BST (UK) »
I would agree entirely with Jebber
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/person/tree/64940087/person/290015774411/facts This tree will answer all of your queries Buzz.
Looking up trees on Ellen will only confuse matters; one has at least 7 alternative births and none of then cite sources other than other trees on Ancestry.
The Thomas Cornell and Mary Overall references as Ellen's parents are incorrect.

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Re: Why would a son change his surname
« Reply #25 on: Friday 05 May 17 10:20 BST (UK) »
Quote from: BUZZ on Thursday 04 May 17 19:46 BST (UK)
Could someone answer one more question, josey states that Ellen Cornell born 1843 parents were Thomas Cornell and Mary Overall, but then olleym states that Thomas Cornwell married Ann Gardner,
Just to say - I didn't state that as fact - I quoted an ancestry tree 'for what it's worth'  :-\; certainly no research on my part.

Josey
Seeking: RC baptism Philip Murray Feb ish 1814 ? nr Chatham Kent.
IRE: Kik DRAY[EA], PURCELL, WHITE: Mea LYNCH: Tip MURRAY, SHEEDY: Wem ALLEN, ENGLISHBY; Dub PENROSE: Lim DUNN[E], FRAWLEY, WILLIAMS.
87th Regiment RIF: MURRAY
ENG; Marylebone HAYTER, TROU[W]SDALE, WILLIAMS,DUNEVAN Con HAMPTON, TREMELLING Wry CLEGG, HOLLAND, HORSEFIELD Coventry McGINTY
CAN; Halifax & Pictou: HOLLAND, WHITE, WILLIAMSON

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Re: Why would a son change his surname
« Reply #26 on: Friday 05 May 17 12:39 BST (UK) »
Sorry josey I interpreted your post wrongly.

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