Please can anyone tell me where my 3 x g.grandfather was born. COMPLETED!

[LizzieW]

On the 1841 census, my grandfather's birth place is shown as Asenby, Lincs.  In 1851 it is what looks like Orsingby, in 1861 it is shown as Holbeach and in 1871 it looks like Osgonbury.  Apart from the 1841 census, his date of birth remains constant at 1792/3 so no cert available, although he could be on the parish registers if I knew what his place of birth was.

His wife was born in Gedney, but they married in Holbeach and lived there all their lives.

Many thanks.

Lizzie

[CaroleW]

Hi

And his name was................?

[LizzieW]

Oops, John Day.  1841 living at Wash Way Holbeach with his wife Mary and youngest daughter also Mary.  1851 a widower living alone at Penny Hill, Holbeach. 1861 living at Wash Way, Holbeach with his widowed daughter Sarah Bassingthwaite, 1871 living at Wash Way Road, Holbeach still with his widowed daughter.  He died in 1874.

Lizzie

[Alexander.]

Seeing as there is only one person on the 1871 census whose birthplace is transcribed as Osgonbury, I take it that his name was John Day - Lizzie is that correct? (Added: I guess so  )

If so there is a baptism on 24 Dec 1793 at OSBOURNBY, Lincolnshire for John Day, son of Robert & Ann.

Alexander

[LizzieW]

Just looked on FreeREG (why didn't I think of that earlier ) and it seems he was born in Osbournby, with parents Robert and Ann.  That makes sense as his first daughter was called Ann (she was my 2 x g.gran) and his only son was called Robert.

Lizzie

Thanks Alexander, I was just about to post when your message popped up.  I'll call this request completed now.

[Alexander.]

On the 1841 census, my grandfather's birth place is shown as Asenby, Lincs.

I meant to add - birth places were not given in 1841. Where did Asenby come from?

If you look at the register here:
http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/RecordDisplayTranscript.aspx?oid=631214&iid=302100
you see that the month of the baptism was actually February not December.

[Geoff-E]

Asenby, Lincs. 

There was a thread on Osenby http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,155102.0.html

[LizzieW]

Alexander - I got a bit muddled, it was late when I was typing my post and was trying to remember what I'd just seen on the census.

By the way although FreeREG has John Day bapt. 24 February, Familysearch has it as 24 December, on their original site as extracted, and on their new site too, with references.  I guess one lot of transcribers got it wrong, so unless I see the original (and Lincolnshire is a long way from where I live), or pay LDS to get hold of the microfiche, (and my nearest centre is a good hour's drive away and they won't take orders over the 'phone so it means a 2 hour round trip just to order the microfiche), I'll just accept that he was baptised in 1793.

Thanks for the link to the other thread Geoff.  So it seems the place is spelt Osbournby but pronounced Osbenby.

Lizzie

[Geoff-E]

  So it seems the place is spelt Osbournby but pronounced Osbenby.

Lizzie

Osenby I think