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Wales (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Glamorganshire Lookup Requests => Glamorganshire => Wales => Glamorganshire Completed Lookups => Topic started by: debs28 on Tuesday 29 March 11 07:09 BST (UK)
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Looking for information on Henry Vokes Born 1851 in Neath Glamorganshire.
would like to know a birth and parents names if possible and any other information you could give me.
debs
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In 1861 he is with his grandparents in Somerset:
Reference RG09, Piece 1679, Folio 132, Page 12
Hallatrow, High Littleton, Somerset
Weeks, George Head M 66 Coal Miner b High Littleton
Weeks, Hester Wife F 51 b Paulton
Vokes, Henry Grandson M 10 Scholar b Neath, Glamorgan
Vokes, Sarah Granddaughter F 3 b Clutton
Jenkins, Edward Grandson M 6 Scholar b Westbury, Gloucestershire
Birth:
September qtr 1851
Neath district Vol 26, Page 535
Voakes, Henry
And a marriage for the grandparents mentioned above?
December qtr 1848
Clutton district Vol 11, page 113
Weeks, George
Vokes, Hester
Finally, a submitted entry on FamilySearch:
Birth Date: 24 July 1851
Death: 4 December 1938
Mother: Sarah Vokes
Submitted entries are not always backed up by hard evidence, so you should take this information with a (large) pinch of salt!
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thank you so much for your help I do appreciate it :)
I am a little confused
So the Grandparents are Henry's parents ?
if he was born in 1852 how has he got his mothers maiden name?
debs
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Think you need to birth certificate to confirm Henry's father, but I suspect an illegitimate birth?
Purely guesswork here, but I reckon Henry's mother was the daughter of Hesther Vokes.
And she married George Weeks in 1848 - probably both were widowed?
Not finding a suitable Vokes in Glamorgan in 1851?
You having any luck searching?
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A public member tree on Ancestry shows that Hester's maiden name was Gregory listing the marriage of a Hester Gregory and a Thomas Vokes at Midsomer Norton Somerset on the 22nd of May 1826.Daughter Sarah is shown as born in 1827 of whom no further info is given.
Regards
William Russell Jones.
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thank you so much for your help and all the time you put in to helping me I do appreciate it :) debs
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1841 Hallatrow? , High Littleton, Somerset
Thomas Voakes age 40 Labourer
Hester Voakes age 30
Sarah Voakes age 14
Charlotte Voakes age 11
Louisa? Voakes age 8
Mary Ann Voakes age 6
William Voakes age 3
Jane Voakes age 10 months
All born in County except Hester
HO107 Piece 939 Book 13 ED 7 Folio 4 Page 3
There's a possible for Sarah Vokes in 1861, a Cook in the Bridgwater District Union Workhouse. She says age 32, widow, born High Littleton
RG9 Piece 1625 Folio 116 Page 1
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Thank you so much for all your help I do appreciate it :)
debs