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Title: READ family, Pitton
Post by: Frangible on Tuesday 04 November 08 19:12 GMT (UK)

Trying to track down Stephen Read, born 1784 in Pitton, married Harriet Whitlock in 1792 but after the sixth child (1825 in Clarendon) I can find no (definite) trace of him. Emigration to Canada or Aus is a possibility. Any help gratefully received.

Title: Re: READ family, Pitton
Post by: billgam on Thursday 15 January 09 07:00 GMT (UK)

Hi,

Not sure how accurate this is as I haven't verified it but a contact of mine, through the Whitlock's, told me that Stephen died in March 1845.

Title: Re: READ family, Pitton
Post by: Frangible on Thursday 15 January 09 07:09 GMT (UK)

Thanks for that, Billgam, but when I checked out that date at the Archives it turned out to be a different Stephen Read.
The search continues!

Title: Re: READ family, Pitton
Post by: g eli on Tuesday 20 January 09 00:13 GMT (UK)

Did you give the right birthdate for Stephen.If he was born in 1784 he would have only been 8 in 1792.
Liz

Title: Re: READ family, Pitton
Post by: Frangible on Tuesday 20 January 09 08:56 GMT (UK)

Oops! Typing error - 1792 is Harriet's birth year. They married in 1810.
Thanks for pointing it out, Liz.
F

Title: Re: READ family, Pitton
Post by: nigelp on Thursday 15 October 09 15:37 BST (UK)

In case it is of help there are the following baptisms at Pitton & Farley:

8 Feb 1784 - Stephen Read - son of George & Sabinah (born 1 Feb 1784), Farley

5 Aug 1792 - Harriet Whitlock - dter. of Joseph & Ann (born 27 Jul 1792), Pitton

Nigel

Title: Re: READ family, Pitton
Post by: Frangible on Thursday 15 October 09 16:08 BST (UK)

Thanks, Nigel. I already have those - they're the couple in question. It's Stephen's death I'm after. He seems to have been alive in 1858 when his youngest daughter married but I can't find him in either the 1841 or 1851 census returns.