Lost place in Dorset

[Susie1]

My apologies, I found  Annie Mary Veasey, born Glamorganshire (parents Herbert & Margaret) in 1911 and they were living in Bath. It was the only Annie Mary I found.
Sue

[Chris 71]

Well, my apologies then Sue. I had no idea they had lived in Bath. They were in Llanelly in 1904 when Annie was born then in Shepton Mallet when the other siblings were born so must have moved to Bath in between. Thanks for that info.

[Redroger]

Hi Chris.....Looks like someone else has had to work with the same info...This is from a 2005 posting on one of the family history sites...

Civil Registration Indexes, Bridport Volume 5a Pafe 229, Age 75. ...

 May help you get a little nearer to the answer,
                                                                         regards Cheryle

Looking at my keyboard I strongly suspect that "pafe" is a typing error for "page"

[nanny jan]

Hi Chris.....Looks like someone else has had to work with the same info...This is from a 2005 posting on one of the family history sites...

Civil Registration Indexes, Bridport Volume 5a Pafe 229, Age 75. ...

 May help you get a little nearer to the answer,
                                                                         regards Cheryle

I wonder if that is a typo and should read "page"?  Usually the index shows place, volume and page.


Nanny Jan      Snap Redroger!     Great minds........

[Redroger]

Think we've cracked it, As you say "great minds" etc.

[janan]

Think we've cracked it, As you say "great minds" etc.

It would make sense  except Chris said his aunt told him she was born in Pafe

I think only getting the birth certificate will solve the mystery

Jan

[nanny jan]

 
Yes, that's the puzzle.   I was referring to the mention of a posting from 2005.


Nanny Jan

[Chris 71]

Thanks but I am a she not a he. My aunt is still alive and when I last spoke to her she said she was born in Cerne Abbas. When I asked her why she had told me she was born in Pafe (which at the time she spelt out for me) she said it was near Cerne Abbas and a tiny village. Her birth certificate just gives Dorchester registration district. As I couldn't locate Pafe I gave up on it and put her down now as being born at Cerne Abbas. I don't have the original birth certificate as it didn't feel right getting it whilst she is alive and she hasn't got the original plus she lives a long way from me. I shall probably get it in the future more out of curiousity than anything as her two sisters were also born there. Thanks for your help by the way and if I locate it I shall let you all know.

[Redroger]

Strange situation but as a Dorset resident and researcher I shall certainly bear it in mind. You never know what turns up at the archive.