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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Durham => England => Durham Lookup Requests => Topic started by: Rogerm1cbo on Monday 07 May 07 16:10 BST (UK)
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Hi, I seem to have hit on a problem, I have William Robson Snowdon b 1842/1843 Hartlepool and have his parents as father John Snowdon b 1816 Coatham, Co Durham and Mother Elizabeth Robson no details.
Someone has now told me that Elizabeth is wrong and should be Jane ? does anyone have the resources to check this out so i could get a birth certificate for William, many thanks, Roger
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You don't need the mother's name to get William's birth certificate - the GRO reference is enough, although it's possible to add extra details such as father's name to make sure you have the right one.
Births Sep 1842 (>99%)
SNOWDON William Robson
Stockton 24 203
Rambler
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Hi Rambler, thanks for that will do then :)
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Hi Roger,
It might be quicker to get the cert from Hartlepool reg office, the birth is listed at www.middlesbrough-indexes.co.uk/search.php , you can see the details and either phone them or download the application from the website - they will usually also check it's the right one for you.
Barbara
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Hi Barbara, thanks for that, I'm not used to this yet as you may have noticed.
Regards Roger :)
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Hi Roger,
That's ok, we all have to start somewhere :) Just shout if you need any help
Lots of Rootschatters just waiting to help out
Barbara
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Hello
I am researching a John Snowden Robson, born in Whitby 1848. There is also a John Snowden Robson born 1890 in Hartlepool, Durham.
Does either of these names ring a bell?
Bec
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baptism at st hilda's church in the ancient borough of hartlepool on 05 august 1842:
william robson, son of john snowdon a labourer and elizabeth robson.
address moor houses.
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hartlepool did not have a register office in those days and came under stockton. birth cert is at hartlepool.
hpool
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Hi All, many thanks for the info, I now have the correct certificate, and Elizabeth is correct.
The John Snowden Robson doesn't tally with my snowdon's at the moment, even though most seem to come from the Hartlepool area. once again thanks to all.
Regards Roger :)
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Hi
Have come to this long after the event but if Bec is still interested in John Snowdon Robson I can tell you that he was my grandfather.
Let me know if you are still interested.
T
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Hi again Bec
Thanks for your reply - The system won't let me answer your message - it comes up with 'An error has occured. You are not allowed to send personal messages, or your personal message limit has been exceeded!' Can't have exceeded since I haven't used it before!!! So that's why I am replying on here.
Anyway, I am afraid it's a different JSR. All the comments below about Hartlepool and St Hilda's distracted me form your Whitby connection.
My grandfather was from Hartlepoola nd he and all his family before him was baptised at St Hilda's. Indeed it seems that his family kept St H's in business as they were all baptised, married and buried there until the end of the 19th century.
I have traced a lot of them through GenesReunited and, as you say, there are so many Robsons and Snowdons it's quite overwhelming. The use of the mother's maiden name as a boy's second name is also frequent so there seems to be a number of John Snowdon Robsons. In fact it was was my grandfather's grandfather b1828 who had been named after his mother, Eleanor Snowdon b1805 and my grandfather was just named after him. Another family name used like that was Fewster which was given to my great grandfather and to my father.
So sorry - not the same one but clearly connected - some sort of cousins. They were large families so not surprising they spread out.
Hope this is of some interest although not what you were hoping for.
T
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Disneytigger,
You actually have to make 3 posts to send a personal message. Just answer this one and you will have the 3 you need.
Janis
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Thanks Janis - I appreciate that - couldn't see any rules or explanations anywhere!