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Thanks, Biker.  I'll check this lot aganst my records and get back to you.

Donny

Yes, as a matter of fact, I do have further info.

I finally found my grandfather William's birth.  He was registered as William Charles FENSON [with an N] instead of FENSOM.  He had always insisted that he didn't have a middle name, and he had always celebrated his birthday on the 5th Mar, although his BC says he was born 7 Mar 1909.  The parents names are correct, and the place of birth is given as Mile End Old Town North Eastern, London, England.

The BC for his sister Doris, who was born after the family arrived in Australia, says that at the time of her birth their parents had previous issue of Stanley 12 years, William 8 years, 2 males deceased  and 5 females deceased.  I also found one daughter born after her, who did not survive.

This is the whole family as they appear in my records at the moment:

Arthur John Fensom (b.1877;d.1922)
   sp: Jane Sarah Burton (b.1880;m.1899;b.1953)
      Child  1: Jane Caroline Fensom (b.1900;d.1900)
      Child  2: Arthur William J Fensom (b.1901;d.1901)
      Child  3: Ivy Florence Fensom (b.1903;d.1917)
      Child  4: Maud Caroline Fensom (b.1904;d.1917)
      Child  5: Stanley Thomas Fensom (b.1905)
      Child  6: Unknown Male Fensom (d.1917)
      Child  7: William Charles Fenson (b.1909;d.1964)
      Child  8: Gladys V Fenson (b.1911;d.1917)
      Child  9: Florence Mary Ann Fensom (d.1915)
      Child 10: Doris Muriel Fensom (b.1917;b.1993)
      Child 11: May Edith Fensom (d.1919)

My thanks for drawing my attention back to Rootschat, and for taking the time to read my query!


Donny

First - many, many thanks for this information.  Some of it I had [names etc.] but most of it was new - like specific dates rather than just years.  And I didn't have the 'where' of any of it.  I really appreciate the effort you went to, to get all of that for me!

I've been away for a while - my grandmother Eileen Woolnough passed away, and we've been settling things up.  I'm so glad to be back into the gene.

It interests me that you found the same address for Susannah's and Alfred Alexander's baptisms.  They were cousins - and I'm wondering about that address!  Both their father's were born in Stowmarket, Suffolk.

Alfred Alexander's brother [and my grandfather] Nelson George Woolnough was born at Low Croft House, Shadforth, Durham, 5 years later.

Do you have a specific interest in the name, or are you one of those kind souls who just jumps in and helps?  Whichever you are, you're wonderful!  Thanks again.


Donny [Dianne]

I'm chasing info on my grandfather William's family - his father was Arthur John Fensom born 1878-1880, and his mother was Jane Sarah Burton born 15 Jan 1880 at 17 Wood St, Princes Road, Lambeth.

William's brother Stanley Thomas Fensom was born 6 Apr 1905 in Plaistow, Westham, London.  We believe that William was born there too, but have been unable to find evidence of his birth to date.  His date of birth was given on his marriage and death certificates as 5 Mar 1909.

The family moved to Brisbane, Australia, probably arriving between 1911 and 1914.

We know that Jane had sisters in England named Florence and Maud, and a brother named William Burton who married a Kate and had at least one child, a boy named Peter.

I look forward to any and all discussion on the names, whether relevant to my research or not!

Thanks!




Donny [Dianne]

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