TOWNSEND family

[cazzanne]

My partner has challenged me to find his ancestors.  He says I will not find many of them as they were travelling around the Dudley Bromsgrove, Droitwich areas with their fair.  The surname is Townsend and apparently were well known around these areas.  Can anyone help please I don't know where to start and hate to lose a challenge.

[deb usa]

Hi Cazzanne

We all love a challenge! Before we can search though, we need somewhere to start 

Names , dates, any info you have would help.  Hopefully your partner can tell you what he knows for sure.

deb 

[cazzanne]

Hi Deb,

Father: Reginald John Townsend.  Born May 1909 in Upton upon Severn Worcestershire.  Died around 1967 in Andover Hampshire.

Mother: Florence Lucy Steele.  Born 1913 in Andover died 2004 in Andover.

Maternal Grandparents:  Rosemary ?  Albert or Arthur  Steele.    Andover

That seems to be as far as I can go at the moment.  The family did travel around with the fairground in the Worcestershire area.

Hope you can help

Cazzanne

[judi2632]

Birth Record for Florence Lucy Steele

 Q1, 1913 Florence L Steele Mothers surname... HOAD  or HOOD    Andover  vol 2c pg 465

the entry is difficult to read due to poor typewritter & heavy ink


Hope this is a start

Judi

[judi2632]

Birth Record for
Name:     Reginald John Townsend
Year of Registration:    1909
Quarter of Registration:    Jul-Aug-Sep
District:    Upton Upon Severn
County:    Worcestershire
Volume:    6c


Regards Judi

[cazzanne]

Hi Judi

Thank you for your help you have at least given me a lead to follow up for the maternal side. 

My partner David has set the challenge as he says I will not be able to trace the paternal side of his family as they moved around so much.  We shall see

Carol

[judi2632]

Hi Carol

Do you know if there are any other children except Reginald John Townsend? born after him there are a couple also born in Upton that could give mothers surname?

Judi

[cazzanne]

Hi Judi

David thinks there were some brothers.  Ernest, Ronald and stanley although he is not sure about stanley

[judi2632]

Hi carol

can,t see anything that stands out with the brothers, the only way for sure to know parents is to order the birth record for Reginald John Townsend

That will give you both parents names & we can then back track to their marriage & then the census will take us back to 1841

Even if they moved about they should be on the census as most of the travellers sites & fairs were covered

Judi