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Title: william kay
Post by: andyrooy on Saturday 09 June 12 09:24 BST (UK)
would anyone know of a william kay believed to be born on jersey around 1820 i think os the family. he was my great great grandfather. many thanks. andy
Title: Re: william kay
Post by: crisane on Saturday 09 June 12 23:39 BST (UK)
Welcome to RootsChat :)

Do you have William in any of the censuses?

I have been on a couple of sites but no luck so far. Anything else you know about William may help to locate him.  Wife, children etc.
Title: Re: william kay
Post by: CaroleW on Sunday 10 June 12 00:34 BST (UK)
Hi and welcome from me too.

The 1881 census has a William George Kay b 1824 Channel Islands - widower - occ painter.  He was in lodgings in Oxfordshire

RG11 Piece 1502 Folio 34  Page 6 
Title: Re: william kay
Post by: andyrooy on Sunday 10 June 12 01:44 BST (UK)
thank you very much for the reply . he has a daughter annie who you say is born in oxford in about 1866 .this is my great grand mother, but  i  cannot find her in births. could you please guide me to her birth date.

regards andy
Title: Re: william kay
Post by: crisane on Sunday 10 June 12 02:20 BST (UK)
1871 RG10/1440/66/32
59 High street Oxford
William G Kay 47 Married Lodger miniature painter and ? born London
John (Jane?) Kay 43  Lodger Married no occ. London
George Kay 9 London
Mary A Kay 5 Kensington

Could your ggrandmother have been registered with the name Mary Ann but used Annie later n life?
If this is your George and Annie if she spent most of her young life in Oxfordshire she may have thought she was born there.
Title: Re: william kay
Post by: crisane on Sunday 10 June 12 02:43 BST (UK)
A possibility?
I can't find this one back in 1871. (but that may just be my eyes :) Nor can I find a birth for an Ann Kay 1863 - 1867 on FreeBMD in Oxfrodshire.


1881 RG11/1509/16/6
William Fennemore and family. A farmer of 324 acres.
Ann Kay 17 general domestic servant born Balscote Oxfordshire

Do you actually have your ggran on any census?
Title: Re: william kay
Post by: CaroleW on Sunday 10 June 12 16:47 BST (UK)
Re: 1871 entry above 
Quote
John Kay 43 Single Lodger Married no occ. London

The image shows the entry as a married female and although the christian name is unclear - it could possibly be Jane

William G Kay is shown as married

As he is a widower in 1881 - this is probably his wife's death

Jane Kay aged 49 June qtr 1877   Oxford Vol 3a  Page 408
Title: Re: william kay
Post by: crisane on Sunday 10 June 12 21:53 BST (UK)
Thanks for the corrections CaroleW I was having an off day wasn't I?  :) I will go back and put in corrections.
Title: Re: william kay
Post by: andyrooy on Monday 11 June 12 21:32 BST (UK)
thank you guys your doing a great job. yes your right i think she is born in 1866 yet shows up in 1865 nov under the name of mary anne kay then dropped the mary. i have found her being born in brentford.   her father william g kay had a wife called jane which i thought read john so its all making sense now.  how can i get back to 1924 to trace william in the channel islands, any ideas would be much appreciated

regards

andy.