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A Valentine West appears in the 1861 census of this area. He's aged 22 and a Warehouse Clerk. From here on I cannot find out what happened to him. He didn't die, get married and does not appear in any more census returns. Does anybody know what happened to him?
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He could be under a different name than Valentine possibly.
Do you know who his parents were?
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If he was born Newington Jun 1839 then he was Valentine John so could be using the name John.
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On the 1851 census he appears to also be in Newington with his mother Anna, the images on FindMyPast and Ancestry are almost illegible
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Ta for the info but know all that. Yes he was born 1839 and his second name was John. However if he did take that name really I haven't a hope in hell of finding him so many 'John Wests' at this time. However since he gave his name as Valentine in 1861 census and aged 22, a male sensitive age then I feel he's happy with it. So onward and upward. the objective was to use him to get back behind my 'John West' who I cannot get back any further. He said he was born in Middlesex, and there are many John Wests here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! His parents were a Henry West (a carman) and (H)anna(h) Carter. His father was a William West a gardener in Marylebone. Henry had a brother Edwin (a police man) who lived in the same house as my ancestor a John West. I'm trying to prove a link. The images are much clearer if you use prime documentation at the LMA or Southwark lib.
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http://www.theaa.com/route-planner/index.jsp#fromNode=0%7CUxbridge%7C%7C-0.479611%7C51.548500%7CtoNode=0%7CNewington%7C%7C-0.103378%7C51.500194
19 miles from Newington Southwark https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2NGN-YR9
a death for Valentine West in 1864 - no age given ....maybe you can check this out
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Yes I have been down that route and its not my Valentine. Another Valentine was born about the same time as mine, 1838 ish but he emigrated to Canada and became a Canadian citizen in 1903. So what next Hum.
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1841 in case you don't have it:
Saint Andrews Road, Newington
Henery West 25 Wine (?) Porter N
Hanah West 25 N
Henery West 4 Y
Valentine West 2 Y
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Yes I do have that info as well. But after his appearance in the 1861 census blank wall!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!