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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Sussex => England => Sussex Lookup Requests => Topic started by: vbell on Saturday 04 November 06 12:20 GMT (UK)
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Im trying to find out what happened to my ancestor Boaz pelling, he was born in 1874 in Hellingly, Sussex, and in the 1891 census he was living at home with his parents William and Mercy Pelling but i cant find him anywhere in the 1901 census, and i also havent found any death records for him.
I also need to find his brother Charles in the 1901 census as he disappeared too, he was born in 1865 also in Hellingly.
Cheers
Vicky
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There is a C Pelling on the www.cwgc.org site. He died in WW1 and is buried in Hellingly. Son of Mrs W Pelling. May be a later generation though.
Have you been through all the deaths on ancestry? They have the full version on now, as well as the FreeBMD one, and it is free to search.
Andrea
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Vicky has probably already done this, but I have been through full death index 1891 - 1901, and there is no death for a Boaz Pelling.
And a brief glance at the 1901 index, even keying in just Pelling or just Boaz, or just anyine born in Hellingly, etc doesnt bring up any obvious possibilities for him mistranscribed.
What a lovley family to research, though! JUst a few of them in each quarter, nearly all in Sussex, and lots with Old Testament names like Ruth, Naomi, Hephzibah, Aaaron, Levi.....
but sorry, no help with Boaz
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I've searched ancestry for both of them and havent turned up anything!
Thanks for all your help though, i thought maybe fresh eyes would help but i guess i'll have to try and be more inventive in tracking them down!
I'll look into that C Pelling who died in the war, as he is probably a relation too!
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Emigration ?
And/Or 1899-1902 Boer War perhaps ?
If he did, and survived, have you sought out Marriages post 1901 ? Or maybe he stayed ?
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I've checked emigration and theres nothing on either of them, i'll look up the war now :)
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i've found a mention on a website that a boaz pelling served in India in 1907. how would i go about finding out if this was my boaz?
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Hi Vicky, I am the great-granddaughter of Charles Pelling you are looking for. Charles came to the U.S. around early to mid 1890s, where he settled in Chicago and worked at the Chicago Stockyards. He married Maria Warden (my great-grandmother) and remarried again on 11/30/1900 to Emma (Hooper) Jones. Maria died in abt. 1899 from breast cancer, had 3 small sons who were placed in an orphanage after her death because Charles did not feel he could take care of them. Charles died 4/28/1925 at Cook Co. (Chicago) IL.
I am not a newbie to genealogy but on Roots Chat, so you will have to excuse me if I do not follow proper protocol. Let me know if I can help further. So much fun to find a cousin!
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Welcome to rootschat. vbell has not been on for some years now but if you make another couple of posts you will be able to send a private message by clicking on the letter icon under the user name. She should get that if she is still active and has not changed email address.
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For the sake of completeness, Boaz Pelling enlisted in the 14th Kings Hussars on 10/12/1891 and served until 1912 when discharged to pension.
His army service record shows he married an Ellen Donnelly 25/11/1897 Cahir, Co. Tipperary and they had at least 5 children:
Charles born 23/1/1899 Newbridge
Edith May born 4/1/1901 Curragh
Ellen Margaret born 24/9/1902 Curragh
William Frances born 4/10/1904 Sharncliffe (or Shorncliffe)
Michael Edward born 16/5/1907 Bangalore, India.
Boaz was discharged to pension in 1912
The family appear to go back to Sussex after returning from India and looks like wife Ellen died there in Mar.qtr.1921 Hailsham - Boaz remarried to an Agnes B Bainbridge in June quarter 1926 Hailsham and he died there June qtr. 1936.
Interestingly, there are a number of trees on Ancestry featuring him but they only show his second marriage to Agnes - his first wife and children not shown at all which seems a bit odd.
Annette
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Thanks for your help and reply.