Words fail me you two! I don't know where to start. Well first I don't understand the assumption that I am male...
When I said the two Paulines were different people, I was told they were not.
My initial question was about geography which was not answered.
I did not give details precisely because I already had them. At no time did I ask that my efforts be duplicated. I have witnessed this phenomenon before and all it serves is to make me feel bad that someone would storm ahead and waste their time. Best to ask questions first.
As I have come to learn with public family history sites, mistakes are made by all involved myself included. But with the Tollerfield line I have encountered even more types of errors than I have experienced to date. I post this as a cautionary tale.
I have come across errors made by ancestry themselves. Here are some examples for the Tollerfield line.
in the Liverpool, England,
Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1935
Name: John Tollerfield
Gender: Male
Phillimore Ecclesiastical Parish Map:
Child: Charles Tollerfield
Is incorrectly denoted as a marriage record when it's actually a baptismal record.
The individual who transcribed the data on the Tollerfield families in Liverpool saw fit to interchange data between the two most liberally.
The two Paulines are indeed two people!!!
Emily Pauline LethbridgeBirth: 9th August 1858 - Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Death: 1st Jun 1921 - West Derby, Lancashire, England
Marriage: 25 Dec 1876 - Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Spouse:
Richard Henry MillsF:Benjamin Anderson Lethbridge M: Jane Lambert
Pauline Jane Lydia (not Ludell) Vale (Vail, Vaile) Lethbridge was added for some reason.
Bapt: June 4 1868 Everton
Death: Dec 9 1895 Everton
Spouse: John Thomas Tollerfield 9 April 1873
Parents William Vail and Lydia Jane Hartley
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On all census records available, John Thomas is recorded as being from Plymouth, Hampshire. Which had me doubting his link to the Dorset Tollerfiedsm despite an abundance of family trees would have me believe. Hence why I posted my question about geography.
Long story short, he is actually from Postwick, Norfolk, Gloucestershire!
Now I can assure you that John Edward, Pauline, Margaret Jane, Annie Gertrude, Charles, Marion Gladys, Benjamin and Harry Augustus are all Pauline Vale's children. My sources just have Pauline with no surname listed as mother. You are saying Lethbridge was listed so I am curious as to where that what listed. Remember the other Pauline married a Mr Mills!
To rule out the notion that Pauline Lethbridge became Pauline Vale, look at the date Ms Lethbridge married - Christmas Day in 1976. Ms Vale gave birth to her first son John Edward Tollerfield the April of that same year.
I don't have the answer as to why Lethbridge was attached to Vale. or how Vale became Luddel!
