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Old Photographs, Recognition, Handwriting Deciphering => Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition => Topic started by: Chris Pyne on Wednesday 09 September 20 16:52 BST (UK)
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I am getting better at this but ;
Profession of William ? Looks like an X in there?
The Ink Blots have defeated me on Father's name for William, which must be the most common first name in the family line so they are so awkward to trace back.
Susan's father's name will hopefully be very useful as she is a widow and help to lock-in her 1st marriage.
thanks
Chris
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Rank or profession: Mason
Father’s name: R Payne
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Agree Mason and R Payne. Susan's father is R Bennett. Not very helpful!
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Thanks,
R for Richard Payne sounds good.
Perhaps Susan used her birth surname for this marriage, rather than her 1st married name, if her
Father is Bennett.
Chris
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Yes - I thought it odd that father's name looked like R Bennett if she was a widow.
His profession looks like Carpenter, so that may help on census records.
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Hi Chris
Susan is also showing as Bennett (and a widow) in her 1851 census entry www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGJZ-9ZB
In the same year/place is this entry www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGJZ-9Z1
Connected?
Monica
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In the same year/place is this entry www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGJZ-9Z1
Susan is right next door, as a widow!
In the 1861 census, after Susan married, there is a "son in law" Henry Bennett. I think they meant stepson. A good fit for Henry's birth at the GRO leads to mmn Coombs.
Backtracking to 1841, there is this:
Archive reference HO107
Piece number 210
Book number 4
Folio number 6
Page number 7
Richard Cooms Male 55 1786 Devon, England
Ann Cooms Female 55 1786 Devon, England
Susan Bennet Female 31 1810 Devon, England
John Cooms Male 20 1821 Devon, England
Harriet Bennett Female 9 1832 Devon, England
John Bennett Male 2 1839 Devon, England
The Richard on Monica's link for the 1851 census could be this one:
BENNETT, RICHARD COOMBES COOMBES
GRO Reference: 1841 D Quarter in ST THOMAS UNION Volume 10 Page 211
The Henry on the 1861 census could be this one:
BENNETT, HENRY COOMBS
GRO Reference: 1844 J Quarter in TIVERTON AND DULVERTON Volume 10 Page 260
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Thanks MonicaL and Bbart for the extra research.
Maybe the properties on Fosters Street where small so Susan lodged at number 26 and kept her children at no 27 under supervision of eldest daughter Harriett ? Perhaps that was more convenient that looking for lodgings where the whole family could reside together.
I had not spotted the significance of Henry Bennett on 1861 Census. On FamilySearch I have a note that only the parents are present and the children, because they are on next page, have been split into a separate record. Findmypast keeps them together as single household.
At present I am doing a mini study of all individuals born in first 10 years of the GRO District of Tiverton who had the same soundex form of Pine. So mixed in with my direct ancestors of this period and location I will likely find some cousins, distant relations and interconnections between family names.