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Census Lookup and Resource Requests / Legg family, St Peter Port, Guernsey
« on: Monday 30 March 20 12:09 BST (UK)  »
Like many of us, the lockdown has given me an opportunity to resume family research, after a break of several years - but a former 'end of the line' query still persists.

I'm trying to find any leads relating to the forebears of my 2nd great-grandfather John Legg - bootmaker, b. St Peter Port, Guernsey in 1828.

The period predates the search parameters of Free BMD, so I would welcome any help some kind individual might be able to offer. Many thanks!

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Family History Beginners Board / Family Tree member data - linear or lateral?
« on: Monday 27 May 19 13:43 BST (UK)  »
Having got some way into my own family research, I found (not surprisingly) that the sheer volume of data can very quickly become unwieldy. I therefore have the most basic of questions to ask, if I may, please:

How do much information concerning non-linear family members do other users decide to include in their trees?

For example, if our antecedents had various siblings, do we then research/add further data relating to each of them and to their spouses? I can see the potential lead-value of recent generations, but obviously the further back you go, the more things fan out and sap your time and energy. I know that this might all sound pretty simplistic, but I'd welcome any thoughts on how others maintain some degree of focus for their research.

Thanks!

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In tracking down some record of my great aunt I'm hoping to bring some half-remembered childhood memories back into focus, but I'll need some help, if anyone would be so kind. Bear with me, please, as I need to provide some context:
My great grandmother - Mary Ann Legg - was born on Guernsey (St Peter Port, according to UK census records) c1850 and married George Harris in 1869 in Bethnal Green, London.
They had five children (the youngest being my grandmother Rosina) but George appears to have been a poor father, with a taste for alcohol and being violent to his family after his wife died in childbirth in 1891. The second-youngest daughter was Mabel Elizabeth Harris, b.1885 in Hackney. It seems that my grandmother was left to care for her father after the rest of her siblings left home.
I have traced records for them, but as yet I have found no trace of Mabel after she appeared to have been at the Women's Refuge in Chatham, Kent (1901 UK Census entry). This was a pretty pretty dire establishment for women who had fallen on hard times (many having turned to prostitution), so Mabel would obviously have looked for a way out, to rebuild her life.
Now for the Guernsey connection: If she had been rejected by her family, it's possible that she would have turned to her mother's Channel Island roots - the Legg family. As a young child, on a couple of occasions I met a great aunt who was referred to as 'Aunt Nance', from Gurnsey (and said to have been diabetic). Since there was no Nancy recorded among the family members, I therefore assume that Nance must have been Mabel Elizabeth Harris.
Try as I might, via search options available to me (I'm based in France), including an Ancestry account, I cannot turn up anything to clarify things.
Sincere thanks, in advance, for any enlightenment which anyone might be able to offer.

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Devon / John Legg, b Guernsey - marriage in Totnes (or Exeter)?
« on: Thursday 10 September 15 22:09 BST (UK)  »
I'm trying to find details of my 2nd great grandmother, named Elizabeth [surname currently unkown], who married John Legg, b St Peter Port, Guernsey c 1828.
1851 census records show them living in Guernsey, but Elizabeth is stated has having been born in 'Tottnes', Devon. I can't trace a marriage record there c1848 so I assume that the marriage might have taken place in or near Totnes - perhaps Exeter.
If I can find her family name then I can begin to race her parents, etc.
Many thanks in advance for any help with resolving this.
RM

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I'm tracing family ancestors, but can find no documentation regarding my Great-Great Grandmother, Caroline Whiting, prior to her marriage on 14th August, 1836 to Edwin Frederick Chesterman at All Saints, Poplar. Census records state that she was born in 1812 at Limehouse, but I cannot trace her parentage. I know that Limehouse was known as an area of settlement for immigrants, although Whiting sounds particularly English to me. If anyone is able to enlighten me I would be most grateful.

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Having had some success with tracing three other grandparents, I'm having problems with my maternal grandmother, Rosina Harris, b1888 in Hackney, Middlesex. She married Charles King (railwayman) c1915, and served as a councillor, alderman and mayor of Leyton (1953). Awarded Freedom of the Borough in 1965.
I ordered a duplicate Birth Certificate, which reveals her parents to have been George Harris (bricklayer) and her mother Mary Ann née Legg. Having checked resources to which I have access on findmypast.com, I'm no further on.
Rosina doesn't show in subsequent Census lists, and I can't find any info to put the family together, to trace her grandparents. So, I've hit the buffers for now - I'd be very grateful if anyone can help, please.

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