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Old Photographs, Recognition, Handwriting Deciphering => Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition => Topic started by: SherbitShandy on Thursday 25 June 09 19:27 BST (UK)
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Hi I wondered ifanyone could help me, i am tryng to research Turner and Beddows from Wolverhampton..not having much luck so far
I cant make the names out for the father on this certificate...i would be very gratefull for ANY HELP
Regards,Phyllis ???
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Welcome to rootschat Phyllis
If you post the section you can't read I'm sure someone here will be able to decipher it for you. Don't copy the whole certificate. It might be worth mentioning who else is on the certificate too.
Laurina
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Thank so much Laurina, i didnt even know where to find a reply just notice it in my yahoo inbox
ile try again
Thank You
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If you tell us who the certificate is for we might be able to find them in the census and work out the father's name that way.
Laurina
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Hi Laurina its an english cert ,,, Henry turner married to Betsy Page 21 November 1897
he lived in Sedgley she lived in Bradley both Wolverhampton her father was Joseph Page but cant make out his ...no mother on cert? or much else...if i took a pic then uploaded it would that work
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That could work. . . How old was Henry?
Laurina
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Henry was 22 and Betsy 18
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and again , donno what to say Laurina you have been so patient with me
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:-\ a wee bit blurry for this.
Is it Jonathan??
Nell
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1891 census may confirm:
RG12/2290/31 p 18 54 Rose St Sedgley
Jonathan Turner Head 54 Labourer b Sedgley
Caroline Turner wife 52 b Broseley Salop
Henry Turner son 16 b Bradley
Caroline Jones visitor 4 b Bradley
Nell
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aw thank you so so much i did take the pic but then couldnt make it any clearer...so much obliged to you all for all your patience with me xx
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Nell how did you check so quickly and how would i find Joathons parents etc
Phyllis
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I played around with the picture and decided that the initial letter was a J since it looked very similar to the J of Joseph. There are not many names that long wwhich begin with a J and tall letters in the middle. It was also obvious that the upstroke of the J in Joseph might confuse the name above.
So searched for a Henry Turner born cir 1875 in Staffordshire. There are not that many - one of them had the father Jonathan and he lived in the right place! Put it down to luck. :)
To find Jonathan's parent's you would need to search backwards through the census. But whether he was born just before or just after civil registration began will possibly make it difficult.
Looking at 1851 first, two Jonathan Turners of about the right age: one born 1837 in Bilston, the other b 1841 in Sedgley. Since the Jonathan I found was born in Sedgely, it looks as if he cannot remember his proper age by 1891 ;) To confirm which one it is, you need to find his marriage and get the certificate which will show his father's name. The Sedgley one was still unmarried in 1861, but married to Caroline in 1871. So this is your man. Caroline was Caroline Jones and they married in Dec qtr 1868 in Wolverhampton RD. His parents were Thomas and Sarah according to the census. His birth registration may be (I stress may be) in Dudley RD Sept 1840 Vol 18 p 291
Nell
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Nell this is amazing , dont know what i was thinking of when i agreed to do this tree for my sister in law
much appreciated , im in your debt
Phyllis