I can't seem to find a birth record for my GGG Grandfather.
I think he may have changed his name between Johnson/Jonsey/Johnsey at some point possibly because he was in prison as I have found some Wiltshire records from 1835 and 1863 which mention an alias as johnson.
My Grandmother told me there was a name change in our family and was a little cagey about the possibility of me digging up some family history which she wasn't keen on people knowing so this could be it.
Henry married Eliza Barnes in 1844 in Cirencester, then the census returns show:
1841 I found a Henry Johnson age 20 living with the Whitman Family in S Cerney born Glous.
1851 Henry Jonsey - Labourer born S. Cerney, Glous, wife Eliza, children William, Richard, Job
1861 Henry Johnson - Butcher born in Shorncott, Wiltshire, wife Eliza, children William, Richard, Jobe, Sarah, Thomas, Isaac, Betsy & Cornelius
1871 Henry Johnsey - Labourer age 60 born Kempsford, Glous, wife Eliza (born Cricklade), children William, Job, Thomas, Isaac, Betsy, Cornelius, Archelaus & Selina
Sarah, Thomas, Isaac, Betsy & Cornelius
The best I match I have found are birth records for:
Henry Jones baptised 1820 son of John Jones & Hannah S. Cerney - The Whitman family from the 1841 Census are John & Hannah Whitman
Or Henry Johnsea baptised Kempsford 1817 son of William Johnsea and Sarah
Can anyone help me narrow this down?
Thanks in advance.
