Hi everyone
I am new here. I hope someone can help me.
I am a member of Ancestry.co.uk and I have come to a grinding halt regards to my great, great, great grandfather John Goldsmith, born 1797. His wife was Hannah Rose born 1803 in Lichfield, Staffordshire where they married on 12 March 1820.
On census for him from 1851 he has his birthplace down as Penshurst, Sussex, UK - but on the 1861 he has it down as Catsfield, Sussex, UK. Penshurst is actually in Kent but quite close to the border with Sussex. During these census John and Hannah where living in Ashford, Kent.
What I am trying to find out is who John's mother and father are. It confuses matters by there being another John Goldsmith who was married to a Philadelphia Relf or Stone. On the census he is also down as being born in Penshurst in 1798 but also in Chiddingstone. There is a birth record for a John Goldsmith for 1798 in Penhurst, father being John Goldsmith and mother Ann, but is this for my John or the other one?
I have looked at the Public member trees (which I know can be unreliable) and most people have put down my John as having parents called Hannah Thorpe (born 1777) and John Goldsmith (born 1769).
The confusing thing is that a smaller number of people have mentioned Hannah Thorpe as being the mother of John (married to Philadelphia).
It seems the 2 John's have been muddled up both because of their same names, near birthdates and birth place of sometimes being Penshurst!
I hope this is not too confusing.
Any help much appreciated!!
