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Title: James Death born 2.11.1869 Downham?
Post by: magslote on Monday 13 February 17 08:09 GMT (UK)
Hello please can I have help with the imfo I found.
1881 census, RG11,piece1604,folio50 page 32.
St Johns, Huntingdon, union workhouse, st peters rd.
James Death, inmate, single, born Downham,??? very
many thanks.Margaret.
Title: Re: James Death born 2.11.1869 Downham???????????
Post by: BumbleB on Monday 13 February 17 08:17 GMT (UK)
Can you give us a clue as to what kind of information you are looking for?  :-\  Sorry but your post is a little vague.

He is in the Workhouse with his mother Ann, aged 30 - Horse keeper's widow, born Shouldham, and his younger brother, John, aged 6 born Sheffield.

Title: Re: James Death born 2.11.1869 Downham???????????
Post by: magslote on Monday 13 February 17 08:18 GMT (UK)
Sorry Bumble, looking for his parents.
Title: Re: James Death born 2.11.1869 Downham???????????
Post by: sue21757 on Monday 13 February 17 08:53 GMT (UK)
Having a real problem finding her in 1871 but found this one.
 Ann Smith. Her son James born the same place as James Death.
Piece:   4678
Folio:   145
Page Number:   25

Had a look for a birth for John Death Sheffield. Found John born 1874 MMN Tuffs. So go back and look for a birth for James Tuffs and there was one born 1868 Downham Union MMN Tuffs. Can not find a marriage for Ann Tuffs to a William Smith or William Death.  Good Luck :)
Title: Re: James Death born 2.11.1869 Downham???????????
Post by: magslote on Monday 13 February 17 09:25 GMT (UK)
Thankyou Sue for your help and patience, lets give up on this one thankyou. Margaret.
Title: Re: James Death born 2.11.1869 Downham???????????
Post by: BumbleB on Monday 13 February 17 09:41 GMT (UK)
And Ann in 1871 is born in the same place as Ann Death in 1881  ;)

I'm intrigued by your knowing James' date of birth, it must have come from somewhere.
Title: Re: James Death born 2.11.1869 Downham???????????
Post by: Annette7 on Monday 13 February 17 10:12 GMT (UK)
FreeReg shows:

James Cawthorne Tuffs b.2/11/1868, bp.24/2/1869 Downham Market, Norfolk, son of Ann Tuffs.

Annette
Title: Re: James Death born 2.11.1869 Downham???????????
Post by: BumbleB on Monday 13 February 17 10:14 GMT (UK)
I assume you have seen James' Army Service records in which, in 1887, he gives his next of kin as mother = Ann and brother = John, both in Huntingdon. 
Title: Re: James Death born 2.11.1869 Downham???????????
Post by: BumbleB on Monday 13 February 17 10:28 GMT (UK)
The image of the baptism which Annette found.

Title: Re: James Death born 2.11.1869 Downham???????????
Post by: Annette7 on Monday 13 February 17 10:29 GMT (UK)
I'm intrigued when you say 'lets give up on this one'?

Clearly, from baptism, this is the same man although birthdate is one 1 year out.

Annette
Title: Re: James Death born 2.11.1869 Downham???????????
Post by: magslote on Monday 13 February 17 10:33 GMT (UK)
Bumble, not seen james death service records in 1887.Thankyou Margaret.
Title: Re: James Death born 2.11.1869 Downham???????????
Post by: BumbleB on Monday 13 February 17 10:42 GMT (UK)
Army records available on FindMyPast - he joined 1887 - 2446 Bedfordshire Regiment via (I think) 5th King's Royal Rifles.  He served in the Boer War, gaining both Queen's and King's medals plus Cape Colony, Wittebergen and Transvaal clasps. 
Title: Re: James Death born 2.11.1869 Downham???????????
Post by: magslote on Monday 13 February 17 10:51 GMT (UK)
Thankyou so much.Margaret.
Title: Re: James Death born 2.11.1869 Downham???????????
Post by: magslote on Monday 13 February 17 12:32 GMT (UK)
Thankyou all for you imput on the above, finding his birth and the name of Tuffs, you have all shed
light on this.I would NEVER have found him, with out your help, thankyou ALL so much.Margaret.
Title: Re: James Death born 2.11.1869 Downham???????????
Post by: BumbleB on Monday 13 February 17 13:19 GMT (UK)
Oh dear - is this young John in 1891 - Kerrison Reformatory School, Thorndon, Suffolk - RG12/1458 folio 147, page 2?

John Death aged 16 - Inmate of Reformatory - born Sheffield
Title: Re: James Death born 2.11.1869 Downham???????????
Post by: magslote on Tuesday 14 February 17 07:33 GMT (UK)
Thankyou Bumble, very much.Margaret.
Title: Re: James Death born 2.11.1869 Downham???????????
Post by: magslote on Monday 20 March 17 18:01 GMT (UK)
And Ann in 1871 is born in the same place as Ann Death in 1881  ;)

I'm intrigued by your knowing James' date of birth, it must have come from somewhere.
Bummble, please would you send details of the above census, in 1871, thankyou Margaret.
Title: Re: James Death born 2.11.1869 Downham???????????
Post by: BumbleB on Monday 20 March 17 18:41 GMT (UK)
Just about to have dinner -I'll be back - promise!!!
Title: Re: James Death born 2.11.1869 Downham???????????
Post by: sandiep on Monday 20 March 17 22:45 GMT (UK)
looks like Tuffs is correct on GRO his brother is John William Death mother Tuffs
Title: Re: James Death born 2.11.1869 Downham???????????
Post by: magslote on Tuesday 21 March 17 07:44 GMT (UK)
Thanks Bumble, just to confirm about James Death alias James Cawthorne Tuffs, from 1939 registers, born 2.11.1869/9, in Downham market workhouse, was in Beds Regiment 16th foot, Boer War.1887-1902/3,1881 census in huntingdon workhouse, with mother Ann?? with brother John Death, born1875 sheffield,inmate, born manchester workhouse, john died at a reform school Kerrison
1891, James Death on 1911 census Higney Hunts.James died in 1951 at Lincoln.Margaret.
Title: Re: James Death born 2.11.1868/9Downham Market.
Post by: magslote on Tuesday 21 March 17 07:48 GMT (UK)
looks like Tuffs is correct on GRO his brother is John William Death mother Tuffs
Thankyou Sandiep.Margaret.
Title: Re: James Death born 2.11.1869 Downham???????????
Post by: BumbleB on Tuesday 21 March 17 08:27 GMT (UK)
Finally re-found the 1871 census  :)
RG10/4678 folio 145, page 25
11 Ship Yard, Water Lane, Sheffield:
William Smith - 33 - married - Labourer, born Huntingdonshire (can't read the town/village)
Ann Smith - 23 - married - born Shouldham
James Smith - 3, born Downham

Title: Re: James Death born 2.11.1869 Downham???????????
Post by: magslote on Tuesday 21 March 17 11:46 GMT (UK)
Thankyou SO  much Bumble, you are a star,!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Margaret.