Trying to find parents?

[jenr]

Hi there
I have an ancestor Hibbins SHANKS born in Huntingdonshire in 1860 in the 1861 Census it has him as the grandson of Phebe SHANKS? I am trying to find who his parents were? Will I have to get his birth certificate to find out the parents?
Thank you
Jenny from Townsville Qld

[saddles]

Familysearh.org has quite a few SHANKS of Bluntisham listed:
https://www.familysearch.org/

type in surname only select place as Bluntisham.

Mike.

[NettieS]

Hi,
Just had a look on Camdex and there are a couple of male Shanks that got married in the district of Huntingdonshire that could fit as the father of Hibbins.

William Shanks married a Miss Rolls in 1859
John Shanks married a Miss Newman in 1852

Regards
Lyne

[wozzle]

there is a william with his mother phebe in 1851 in bluntisham
this william is married on the 1861 census to a rachael rolls and is living in bluntisham
by 1871 williams wife rachael must have died because he is married to a clara

[wozzle]

phebe did also have a son john baptised on 15th may 1821
there is a john aged 42 and sarah shanks on the 1861 census john gives birthplace as bluntisham
so there are still 2 possibilities
william/rachael
john/sarah
so you will need the birth cert of hibbins shanks to determine which of these it is

[bedfordshire boy]

I think there's a third possibility. In 1861 grandmother Phebe Shanks had an unmarried daughter Phebe Shanks 22 living with her. Hibbins Shanks could have been her illegitimate son, with Hibbins being a none too subtle hint as to who the father was

Get the birth certificate!

David

[stonechat]

Hi,
Just had a look on Camdex

What's CAMDEX?

[jenr]

I found on the Free BDM Hibbins SHANKS born in St Ives 1860. I am going to order a certificate it will be VERY interesting to see who the parents are?

[bedfordshire boy]

It's the third possibility!

Phebe Shanks, father Thomas, married Thomas Harmes at Hampton Wick Middlesex on 23 July 1865

In 1871 Thomas 26 Harmes and wife Pheobe Harmes 30 b Bluntisham were living at Hampton Wick with son Hibbin Harmes 10 b Bluntisham.

David

Camdex is at http://www2.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/db/ridbirths.nsf/search?OpenForm