Hi,
I have been trying to make sense of my Nan's ancestors for nearly three years now, and am more confused than when I started!
I am trying to locate the birth or baptism of John Gillmore (sometimes spelled with one L).
His year of birth varies from record to record -
1901 census has him b1846 Pancras;
1899 on his son's marriage certificate he is down as John Stephen Gillmore;
1891 census has him b1850 Pancras;
1890 marriage to Emily Byrch has him b1850 (his father is John Gillmore - Deceased Chef De Cuisine);
1881 census has him b1849 Middx (his name is down as James for some reason);
1771 marriage to Eliza Arnold says he was born 1848 (his father is John Gillmore - Cook) his full name is given here as John Stephen Gillmore;
1871 census says he was b1855 St James - I think this is an error.
There are quite a few possible births on BMD, I ordered one and it was the wrong person - it is too expensive to order all of them! perhaps someone out there has access to the baptism records for this parish?
My nan remembers being told that John's father also called John moved down to London from Scotland, but I can find no record of a Scottish John Gillmore living in London via the census returns.
She is quite sure of the Scottish connection. I did find a John Gillmore who could have been his father (he was a cook living in London), but he was born in Reading.
I would really appreciate any help that anyone can offer