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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Huntingdonshire => Topic started by: osborn on Thursday 22 February 07 03:29 GMT (UK)
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The only info. I have re this family is:
John SMITH b. abt 1771 Yaxley. In October,1797 he married Hannah Quincey b. abt. 1775.
They had at least 3 children:
Amy b. 1821 Farcet
Joseph b. 1835 Farcet
James b. 1840 Farcet
Also scribbled on the paper is "Orton Waterville near Peterborough" I don't know if this is where Hannah Quincey lived or where they were married!!
Any help would be appreciated. OSBORN
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I think that on reflection you will question the fact that the last two children are John and Hannah's.
Hannah would have been over 60, which rules her out as being the mother. Whilst Amy could just about be Hannah's daughter (she would have been 46 which is just possible) I think you need to double check this information also
Regards
David
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shall do, thanks. Osborn ::)
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Hunts Marriage Index shows a 1797 marriage at Farcet between Hannah Quincey otp and John Smith of Haddon - if you check the IGI at www.familysearch.org you'll find the marriage on 31 Oct 1797, although it's only indexed under Smith, not Quincy.
Haddon - Yaxley - Farcet - Orton Waterville are all with 4 miles of each other, to the south of Peterborough, but in Hunts, whereas Peterborough was in Northants
Regards
David
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The BVRI has the following baptisms in Farcet:
Thomas Smith 25 Dec 1799 son of John and Hannah
John 30 May 1802 son of John and Hannah
Sarah 14 Oct 1804 dau of John and Hannah
Edward 31 May 1807 son of John and Hannah
Henery (sic) 5 Nov 1809 son of John and Hannah
Henry 26 May 1811 son of John and Hannah
Amey 20 Sept 1812 dau of John and Hannah (there is no other Amey after this)
Joseph Smith 19 Oct 1834 son of Amey Smith
There is no James Smith baptised in 1840 +/- 5
Regards
David
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There are the following Smith burials in Farcet, among numerous other Smiths
Henry infant 30 Oct 1810
Thomas age 12 15 Sept 1811
Hannah age 79, 2 March 1855
John age 82, 8 Jan 1857
David
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I think I see where your scribblings on the piece of paper come from
1851 census
HO107/1747 folio 216A
Farcet
John Smith head marr 80 Ag lab pauper b Yaxley
Hannah Smith wife 76 b Long Orton
Amy Smith dau unmarr 30 b Farcet
Joseph Smith son 16 b Farcet
James Smith son 11 b Farcet
In 1841 HO107/452/21 folio 4A
High St, hamlet of Standground, parish of Farcet
John Smith 70 ag lab
Hanah Smith 60
Amey Smith 20
Joseph Smith 5
James Smith 1
All born in Hunts
In 1861 Amey 44 was living with her son James age 21, and finally in 1871 she gave her real age as 59 still unmarried. The 1851 which should have been the most useful was inaccurate in that Joseph and James were described as sons whereas they should have been grandsons to the head of the family, and Amy gave a wrong age
So Joseph and James were Amy's illegitimate children
David
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Thank you for so much info. I will enter this before I get things mixed up as there are other Smiths to research - oh, for an easier name!!
Sorry to be a pest, but "down under" we do not have the info. you have access to unless payment is made for everything.
OSBORN :-[
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"Down under" you have EXACTLY the same access to information as I do living in France, or that researchers living in the UK have. None of the information I and many others give you comes free (and if it is free, the IGI for example, then you can look it up just as easily as we can!). We have to pay, either a subscription to access the censuses on Ancestry, or to buy fiches/CDroms from Hunts FHS and other organisations. The only people with "free" access to records in Hunts are those who can walk to Huntingdon Records Office, ie no petrol or car parking charges, and I've seen no evidence on this board that there's anyone in that lucky position.
If you have a hobby you must expect that you have to put your hand in your pocket from time to time (particularly when researching in a county like Hunts where online information is limited and in many parishes the only way to access information is to pay Huntingdon Records Office for their research service).
Are you anywhere near a Family History Centre of the LDS? They have free access to Ancestry and you can view microfilms of parish registers for a nominal figure.
David
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Sorry David - Thank you for all your help.
Osborn :'(
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No apologies necessary! Just clearing up a popular misconception that antipodean researchers are somehow at a disadvantage when it comes to researching English family history.
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i did post this on the other section. But I live a few miles from Yaxley and I am around 2 miles from Orton in Peterborough. So if you ever need any pictures or anything like that, I am sure I can sort something out for you.
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Thank you for your offer. If possible I would love to get a photo of Olive House, Yaxley where my GGUncle used to live. I have an old postcard of the Yaxley Boys School but that is all. Let me know if you need my email address and I will send you a personal message. Osborn.:)
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If you could send me a copy of the postcard through I can identify the building form the picture. Currently I can find no Olive House although it could now be a nursing home.
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It is not the boys school, but Olive House that I need. I have been told that it still stands on the corner of Main Street and Church Street, Yaxley
Don't go out of your way, but if you are ever near there.................
Many thanks, Osborn ???
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I am only a 60 sec drive from there, so will take a look tomorrow. But I think this is it on teh attached Google Earth Picture.
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Hi ,. Found Olive House.
Links below to a few pics taken with camera phone, so hope there ok. I have also marked it on Google Earth for you.
Regards
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Thank you so much for all your trouble. I have saved them and printed them off to send to another cousin who is also interested. A great job!!!
Thank you, Osborn ;D
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No problem.
Yaxley is still quite old Worlde in parts. Even the Fire Station is tiny and has its original 1848 ( ish ) date still on the outer wall.
This website might be of some use as well :
http://hipweb.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/cgi-bin/cambscoll/history.pl?term=Yaxley&category=village&exact=exact
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Thank you once again - all very interesting.
Osborn ;D