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Hi please could someone help me I am trying to trace the Dovey Family .
My Husbands Grandfather Thomas Sydney Dovey was born abt 1884 Guildford Surrey. he married Elizabeth Dixon in liverpool do not know about date sorry
I am trying to get any information on who his parents were & I am told he had a sister called Bertha and a sister called Annie Now i don't know how correct the information is. and also is the Dovey Family originally from Guildford if not where are they from .
I would appreciate any information .
Thank you so much
Kindest regards Ali
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Hi Ali
There's a birth registration on freebmd, the only one I could find for a Thomas Sidney, but probably not him if you think he was born in Guildford:
Dec 1882 Bridgnorth 6a 603
Dovey Thomas Sidney L
you can search Liverpool births marriages & deaths at http://www.lancashirebmd.org.uk - on this I found the marriage for Thomas S Dovey to Nellie Dixon at Springwood, All Souls, Liverpool in 1930
You can order the certificate through the website - the cert would show their ages and occupations, and fathers' names and occupations, which would help find them in census etc., as I can't find him in either 1891 or 1901 census with birthplace Guildford.
Barbara :)
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Hi
Could this be him on the 1891 census:
Thomas (unreadable character) Dovey, Son, Scholar, age:6, living at Worcestershire - 93 Brunswick Road, Kings Norton - born: Farnham Surrey
The father is listed as Thomas Dovey 41, born: Kidderminster, Worcsestershire
The mother is listed as Esther Dovey 33, born: Aylestone, Leicestershire
there are 3 other siblings, Jemima, 7, born Spalding, Lincolnshire; Joslyn, 14 or 4 (enumerators mark right through it), born Bridlington, Yorkshire; Harold, (can't read age as again the enumerator has gone mad), born Farnham, Surrey.
The father's occupation is Assurance Agent 'Life' which would explain why the family has been moving around a lot.
The Farnham registration district boundaries changed frequently, so if they were in one of the villages to the east of Farnham then it would have fluctuated between Farnham, Farnborough & Guildford registration districts down the years. This would suggest looking for a baptism in places like Seal, Tongham, Ash, Ash Vale, Compton, & other local parishes.
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For his birth registration, I'd concur with Barbara on the Bridgnorth one, because his family were obviously highly mobile & probably just registered on their next stop.
Julie
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Hi
Sorry not My Thomas Dovey i am afraid i Found out today that My Thomas Samuel (not Sydney Like i was told ) died in 1978 aged 71 so he was born 3rd January 1907 not as i predicted sorry but he is still a puzzle he is not in the search family org web site & can only find him on the lancashire marriage site married Nellie Dixon in 1930.
I now know that he was born In Peasmarsh if that helps.
Kindest regards
Alison
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Hi Alison,
Here's his birth registration, but I think you really need either that or the marriage certificate to be sure of his father's name and occupation
Mar 1907 DOVEY Thomas Samuel Fareham 2b 555
Barbara :)
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Hi Alison
Barbara is right, you need the marriage certificate
Dovey, Thomas S. - Dixon - Liverpool - 8b 36
Without that you're not going to know for certain.
Julie
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Hi folk
Just got off the phone to a Aunty of my husbands she has told me she has the birth cerificate of Thomas samuel dovey (she was the last person i would have thought to have it)
Anyway 3/1/1907 born Privett Mother Fanny Quintron Hayes born 1871 Father George William Dovey I have found them and only fanny's mother no father but unable to find George's only know he was born 1876 Guildford could you please help
Many thanks
Alison
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Hi Alison,
the marriage registration if you wish to buy the certificate:
Mar 1893 Petersfield 2c 191
Dovey George and Hayes Fanny Quinton
That should give you both fathers' names and occupations
When you say you've found them, do you mean in the 1901 & 1891 census?
According to the 1901, George was born in 1872 in East Meon, Hampshire, not Guildford, 1891 states b.1868 but still East Meon.
Barbara
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Hi Alison,
George's birth registration:
Dec 1867 Petersfield 2c 133 Dovey George
that would hopefully give you both parents' names
I see George was living with his aunt in 1891 & 1881, and his grandparents in 1871, have you gone any further back in the census to see who their children were and so who his father might have been - or mother if she was unmarried?
parents' marriage Sep 1844 Alresford 7/9
DOVEY Thomas TITHERIDGE Mary Ann
so, their children, possible parents for George: Mary b.1845, George b.1848, Charlotte b.1850, or Willliam b.1855
You may need to get a couple of certs, but if George was living with relatives, it's possible he was the son of one of the girls.
Barbara
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Hi Alison,
Here's Fanny's birth registration:
Jun 1871 Droxford 2c 115 Hayes Fanny Quinton
in 1891 she was a servant living away from home, but oddly, in 1881 she and her brother Edwin Thomas Hayes were stepchildren to George Dovey b.1825, Privett, maybe George's grandfather's brother??!
that marriage was Dec 1876 Droxford 2c 243
DOVEY George to Hayes Ann
now to find Ann Hayes first marriage
Barbara
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Ann was married to Thomas Hayes in 1861 census but she was widowed by the 1871 census - so Fanny could still be his daughter as she was born Jun Qu 1871,
her birth cert would help of course, I haven't found a death for Thomas Hayes.
Let me know if you need any of these census details if you don't have access to them yourself
Barbara :)
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Hi please could you post the census detail for me as i do not have access to them
Thank you so much
Kindest regards Alison
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1901 RG13/1095 Folio 25 Page 9
Basing Park Lodge, Eastmeon, Petersfield, Hampshire
George Dovey head 33 Gardener Domestic Eastmeon
Fanny " wife 29 Meonstoke
Sydney G " son 7 Froxfield
William E " " 2 Eastmeon
1891 RG12/947 Folio 21 Page 7
Basing Lodge, East Meon, Riplington, Hampshire
Harriet Port head widow 77 Hants, Buriton
Mary Ann Dovey sister single 79 " Buriton
George Dovey nephew " 23 Farm Labourer Hants East Meon
1881 RG11/1242 Folio 25 Page 9
Basing Lodge, East Meon
Harriett Port head wid 67 Hants Buriton
Mary Ann Dovey sister s 69 Kept by Parish Buriton Invalid for 25 years
George Dovey nephew s 13 Scholar East Meon
1871 RG10//1222 Folio 24 Page 5
1 Heathfield Cottage, Eastmeon
Thomas Dovey head m 54 Labourer Privett Hants
Mary Ann " wife m 56 Kilmeston "
William " son 16 -?-- Carter Privett
George " grandson 3 Eastmeon
1861 RG9/701 Folio 89 Page 11
Farm Cottage, Privett, Hampshire
Thomas Dovey head m 43 Ag Lab Carter Privett
Mary " wife m 44 Kimpton Ampner
Charlotte " dau 11 Scholar Privett
William " son 6 " "
1851 HO107/1677 Folio 310 Page 11
Privett, Hampshire
Thomas Dovey head m 33 Farm Carter Privett
Mary Anne " wife m 34 " wife Kilmeston
Mary " dau 5 Privett
George " son 3 "
Charlotte " dau 1 "
1841 HO107/396/4 Folio 7 Page 10
Privett, Hampshire
in household of William Morston, farmer
Thomas Dovey 20 Ag Lab Hampshire
Barbara
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1891 RG12/945 Folio 98 Page 33
Welli? Cottages, Petersfield
in household of Wm Geo Goodeve retired farmer
Fanny Hayes 20 s General Servant Domestic Hants Meonstoke
1881 RG11/1242 Folio 56 Page 9
Basing Old Lodge, Froxfield, Hants
George Dovey head m 56 Ag. Lab Privett
Ann " wife m 50 Froxfield
Edwin Thos. Hayes son s 22 Ag Lab Meonstoke
Fanny Hayes dau 9 Scholar Meonstoke
1871 RG10/1216 Folio 23 Page 3
Brackbridge House, Exton, Hampshire
Ann Hayes head wid 40 Froxfield
Edwin Thomas Hayes son 12 Meon Stoke
Anna Maria " dau 6 Scholar "
William H Gammon boarder 15 Under Carter Meon Stoke
Hannah Gammon visitor s 34 Privett
Soloman Gammon lodger s 25 Bricklayer Privett
1861 RG9/697 Folio 55 Page 1
Down Cottage, Meon Stoke, Hampshire
Thomas Hayes head m 35 Labourer Meon Stoke
Ann " wife m 30 " wife Froxfield
Eliza J " dau 6 Scholar Meon Stoke
Edwin Thos " son 2 Meon Stoke
Barbara