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Hi Judith

Thank you so much for taking the time to look for me, it is most appreciated.

Eva was definitely born on 24th September 1885, (i have her birth certificate).

My family here in the Wales, have always thought she died just before her 99th birthday. 
I have only very recently made contact with a cousin in Australia, and he thinks she died just before her 100th birthday.

I don't know where the family before the Nursing Home, as it was my cousin who gave me this info also.


Mandy

Hi Jen and Cando,

Thanks for the advice.

Sorry about duplicating the thread, i thought the other was completed and wouldn't appear on the boards!

Best wishes

Mandy

Hi Ken,

I know he was a bandsman and then transferred to the 40th of Foot, after his marriage.

mandy

Hi everyone

I need your help - I have a mystery to solve.

My G GF Albert Chapman was born on 30th March 1891 (surname on birth and marriage certificates is CHAPMAN). (parents listed as Mary (Harper) and Albert Chapman).

My GG GF Albert Chapman was born in c1863 – unable to find a birth certificate.
I have found him and his family in the 1891 and 1901 census' with the surname CHAPMAN.
I have purchased his marriage certificate which gives his name as Albert Chapman Stokes (wife Mary Harper)(SEP 1882 AXBRIDGE 5c 8050. His father is listed as William Chapman Stokes (my GGG GF) (occupation Cutler).

My GGG GF William George Stokes / William Chapman Stokes was born c1837 – unable to find a birth certificate.

My GGGGF Richard Chapman Stokes was born on the 14th January 1801 (igi P006281/1800-1822/0254603-0254607/FILM 0821156)


It is my GGG GF William who has caused all the problems -
In 1857 he married using the name William George Stokes
In 1871 census he used the name William George Stokes
In 1881 census he used the name William Chapman
In 1882 used the name William Chapman Stokes (on son's marriage certificate)
In 1886 he married using the name William Chapman Stokes
In 1896 he died using the name William Chapman Stokes

In the 1851census William is married to Anabella – although they didn’t marry until 1857 !
In the 1881 census William is married to Mary  A – although they didn’t marry until 1886 !


Now I don't know if the family were
Stokes or Chapman or Chapman-Stokes or sometimes Chapman is a middle name and Stokes the surname


I have trawled the census' and have found the following entries for my GGG GF William
C1851 – H107/1936/320/33   - William Stokes (age 23, occupation tinman) wife Arabella
C1861 – RG9/1603/55/17   - Wm Stokes (age 36, occupation labourer) married to Arabele.
C1871 – RG10/2355/45/12   - William G Stokes (age 43, occupation cutler/grinder) wife Arabella
C1881 – RG11/2410/34/19   - William Chapman (age 42, occupation grinder) wife Mary A
C1891 – RG12/1920/141/38   - William Chapman (age 52, occupation surgical cutler) no wife

I have found the following :

Marriage references :
28th June 1857 – William George Stokes, a chimney sweep married Arabella Bruford, at the Church of St Decumans, Somerset.  William and Arabella were living in Watchett (JUN 1857 Williton 5c 543)

1886 - William Chapman Stokes married Mary Ann Winter. (JUN 1886 Bedminster 5c 1149)

Death references :
Mary Chapman Stokes       age 42    JUN 1895 Axbridge 5c 371
William Chapman Stokes    age 59   MAR 1896 Axbridge 5c 362

I cannot find a death reference for Arabella Stokes



I have found the following children :
William George Stokes   MAR 1851 Bridgwater 10 368
John Stokes      JUN 1851 Bridgwater 10 373
Mary Stokes      SEP 1855 Bridgwater 5c 410
William Bruford Stokes   SEP 1858 Williton 5c 362
Arthur Richard Stokes   MAR 1861 Williton 5c 384
Albert
Francis Edwin Stokes   JUN 1866 Williton5c 397
Henry George
Gowen Stokes      DEC 1870 Williton 5c 332
Hannah Selina Chapman   SEP1874 Axbridge 5c 595
Charles Chapman   SEP 1882 Wells 5c 518
Walter Chapman      DEC 1886 Wells 5c 49 [35]



I would like find the following :

The birth certificate for my GG GF Albert Chapman born in c1863 ?

Why did my GG GF Albert drop the Stokes from his name ?

Why did my GGG GF William continuously changed his name (bigamy perhaps?)



Sorry to be so long winded, but I am unsure of what to say.

Thank you for staying with me til the end, any help or advice anyone can give will be gratefully received

Mandy

I have recently found out that my GG Grandparents,

Philip Young and Anne Marie Hoffelt (Hoffeld) were married on the 10th May 1865 in The Cathedral of St. George, Graham's Town, South Africa. (Cory MS 14 879/3)

Anne Marie was the daughter of Franz and Theresia Hoffelt, who came from Volkmarsen in Hesse, Germany.

Does anyone know how I can get a marriage certificate