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New Zealand Completed Requests / Re: Question about a NZ death certificate
« on: Friday 12 October 12 09:34 BST (UK)  »
Thanks everyone, this could be a vital clue. Well, to be honest, any additional scrap of reliable information is welcome here.

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New Zealand Completed Requests / Question about a NZ death certificate
« on: Friday 12 October 12 08:34 BST (UK)  »
Hoping somebody can given me a definitive answer on this one.

I have been sent a New Zealand death certificate dated 1928. I am unsure how to interpret the answer given to the Question 17 "If issue living, state Ages of each Sex". See attached. You'll notice both males and females are in two groups, numbered 1. and 2. I am unclear what these groups imply. Two theories have been suggested:

a) That they indicate the children were from different marriages (which would be helpful to know);

b) That group (1) lists children born outside NZ and group (2) those born in NZ (which would fit the other facts known but not tell us anything more about the family).

If anyone can tell me for sure which is the case, I'd really appreciate it.

Pete

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Gloucestershire / Re: gloucestershire burial index for miserden
« on: Sunday 08 July 12 18:54 BST (UK)  »
Just checked www.freebmd.org.uk and that burial was December quarter, so that would still fit, potentially.

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Gloucestershire / Re: Henry BANKS of Bristol c.1828 - 1863
« on: Saturday 07 April 12 12:42 BST (UK)  »
I found Henry Banks in the www.findmypast.co.uk Maritime BMDs http://www.findmypast.co.uk/records/maritime/details/D/815209?rT=MARITIME&e=D&sn=Banks&fns=Henry&snNXF=true&fnNXF=true&fnS=M&rC=88 along with a David Jones.

Don't think this tells us much we don't know but PM me if you want to know more and can't access the records yourself.

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Gloucestershire / Re: Thomas Stayt
« on: Monday 02 April 12 14:06 BST (UK)  »
He's proving pretty elusive. The vast number of possible variants of this surname doesn't help (I've seen STAYT, STAYTE, STAYTT, STAIT, STAITE, STATE, also probably STAIGHT, STEIGHT...).

One thing that is quite possibly relevant here is that Icomb was in Worcester Diocese until 1912 and does not appear to be covered by the Glos FHS baptisms index I'm using.

The only STA*T* I can find baptised in Stanton is an Edita, illegitimate daughter of Phoebe, 30 May 1819, Stanton St. Michael.

If I get a chance I'll try to look at the Icomb registers next time I'm at Gloucester Archives.

Pete

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Gloucestershire / Re: Thomas Stayt
« on: Monday 02 April 12 13:04 BST (UK)  »
Hmmm... Sorry, but I'm not convinced the Thomas Stayt baptised in Longborough is the right one now. If you do a search on Ancestry in the census for Thomas Stayte born Longborough 1816 +/- 5 I think you'll find him still in Longborough, occupation tailor, married to a Frances, living with his mother Ann... That's surely the Longborough baptism?

So, I'll have another look for your Thomas.

Pete

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Gloucestershire / Re: William Edward Wyatt born circa 1857 Stratton Gloucester England
« on: Saturday 31 March 12 11:47 BST (UK)  »
I can find no sign of him in Gloucestershire. I would think the 1857 birth in the June quarter of 1857 in Portsea looks highly likely and it's worth a punt getting  the birth certificate.  That would then give you the parents names and hopefully allow you to locate the man the certificate relates to with confidence on the 1861 and perhaps 1871 censuses. That might show up something that confirms this to be the right person.

If he came back to England, then I can't find a death for him or any entry on the 1911 census.

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Gloucestershire / Re: William Edward Wyatt born circa 1857 Stratton Gloucester England
« on: Friday 30 March 12 14:02 BST (UK)  »
JT2011, what's your source for his place of birth being Stratton?

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Gloucestershire / Re: Thomas Stayt
« on: Friday 30 March 12 13:41 BST (UK)  »
Yes, my guess would be that one or other or both of them were working in Cheltenham in 1836.

That said, if the 1841 census entry I've found is correct, and I think it must be, then Thomas is shown on that census as a "baker". Was that an earlier occupation or is it an error, I wonder?

The entry is reference HO 107 / 889 / 12 for the parish of Coggs, near Witney, which was the place of birth given for the two eldest children in 1851. That, plus the unusual name Charlton (1851)/Carlton (1841) makes me pretty confident this is correct.

Newland:

Thomas Stayt 25 Baker Not born in Oxon
Hannah 25 Born in Oxon
Henry 4 Born in Oxon
Carlton 1 Born in Oxon

If you have a subscription to Ancestry, they've got it mistranscribed under HAYT.
FindMyPast have it under STAYT.

Hope you can find it.

Pete

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