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Title: looking for hesem please help
Post by: ponti on Sunday 08 February 09 18:26 GMT (UK)
hi chatters
i hope some one can help me i`m stuck .on benjamin hesem
born 1809 pollington .
i have him on the census`s
need him being born the problem is the spelling of his name find him getting married in 1834 spelt as esau
here`s hoping thankyou all
Title: Re: looking for hesem please help
Post by: Marmaduke 123 on Monday 09 February 09 15:45 GMT (UK)
Hi Ponti

It is a tricky name isn't it? I was confused at first because the marriage record you quoted has wife Ann, and the census records I came up with at first had wife Mary.

I suppose you have what looks to be Benjamin's second marriage to Mary -

Jul/Sep 1849 Pontefract 22 349
Benjamin Hessom/Mary Ann Lockwood

As to his birth record, according to Genuki Pollington is in Snaith parish. I looked through the relevant batch going into the IGI from the Hugh Wallis site, but no Essom/Hessom/Easom/Eyesome or any other possible variant that I could see.

BUT there is something strange about the batch. There don't seem to be any boys after about 1775, and of the 40 odd baptisms between 1800 and 1812 or so all are definitely girls! It's probably worth checking the parish records or asking for a look-up. Sorry, I can't help with that as I am in the south of England.


Anne
Title: Re: looking for hesem please help
Post by: ponti on Monday 09 February 09 17:46 GMT (UK)
hi anne thanks for your help .
i know about benjamin`s second marraige i have been to get thier wedding certifacate but they cant find it. i thought if i got his fathers name it would help me hopefully .
i thought at first it would be a good name to follow how wrong you can be
thanks again margaret  :)
Title: Re: looking for hesem please help
Post by: Marmaduke 123 on Monday 09 February 09 17:53 GMT (UK)
Hello Margaret

Where did you try to get the marriage certificate? You should be able to get it from the GRO using the reference number I quoted, but the local register office would probably need to know where the marriage took place. The GRO reference is no good to them.

Good luck

Anne
Title: Re: looking for hesem please help
Post by: ponti on Monday 09 February 09 18:00 GMT (UK)
hi anne
i went to pontefract register at first . they could`nt find it
so i sent to the g r o they could`nt find it .
so pontefract are trying to sort it for me
but thats been six months i`m going to have to go again
benjamin is so frustrating i could strangle him lol
margaret :)
Title: Re: looking for hesem please help
Post by: Marmaduke 123 on Monday 09 February 09 20:03 GMT (UK)
What a nightmare! I looked at the image on FreeBMD and Hessom is written with the old style double s . Maybe that's why the GRO didn't find the record - I think they don't send the certificate if it doesn't exactly match what you have put on the form.

I would try again and just give the woman's surname and the reference number this time. Lockwood is pretty straightforward.

The Snaith parish records appear to be at Doncaster Archives. Definitely worth a visit if you are local - as I said the IGI records are more than a bit strange!

Anne
Title: Re: looking for hesem please help
Post by: ponti on Monday 09 February 09 21:55 GMT (UK)
hi anne thanks for your help .
i will keep plugging away i will find him somewere or somehow
all the best margaret
Title: Re: looking for hesem please help
Post by: ponti on Wednesday 11 February 09 17:56 GMT (UK)
hi anne
been in touch with gro again they`ve managed to find the cert
so hopefull i will have a breakthrough
thanks for your help hope benjamind dad is`nt as hard to trace

best wishes margaret
Title: Re: looking for hesem please help
Post by: Marmaduke 123 on Wednesday 11 February 09 17:59 GMT (UK)
That's good news Margaret - hope it leads somewhere!

Anne
Title: Re: looking for hopton stapleton please help
Post by: tidller on Thursday 12 February 09 08:01 GMT (UK)
Hi
I am new to this website, but came across your message for Hopton's in Stapleton, Bristol, I have been researching the Hopton's on and off for the last year but they were from Fishpond's not sure what connection there is between the two as the area's are quite close.  I am not sure of what help we could be too each other, and not quite sure how this site works.

Tidller
Title: Re: looking for hesem please help
Post by: Marmaduke 123 on Thursday 12 February 09 15:31 GMT (UK)
Hi Tidller

Welcome to Rootschat! You will find a lot of very friendly, helpful and knowledgeable people here.

If you go to the top of this page and click on Rootschat by the green leaves at the left hand side you will go to the home page. There's a whole section on how to use Rootschat (about the second section down I think).

The Bristol Hoptons aren't our direct line, but I've been researching them a bit trying to find their origins as I think they may be related to our Gloucestershire family. I have quite a lot of Hopton contacts, not really from here, but through Genes Reunited and a couple through Ancestry. Some of them are connected to the Bristol Hoptons and I will send you a private message about that.

Have a good look round here and enjoy!

Anne
Title: Re: looking for hesem please help
Post by: Marmaduke 123 on Saturday 14 February 09 16:44 GMT (UK)
Hello Tidller

Did you get my PM? If you reply to this you will have made 2 posts, then I think the PM system will work for you.

Anne
Title: Re: looking for hesem please help
Post by: tidller on Monday 23 February 09 14:06 GMT (UK)
Hi Anne
Sorry it has taken so long to get back to you, it has taken me a little while to work around this site.  I am interested in the Bristol Hopton's but I am currently working on my side of the family.

The Hopton's I am looking for are back before Fred/ Frederick Hopton  1892 Fishponds Bristol, and his Wife elizabeth Few1890, I can follow her family but his are proving hard.  I would be interested in anything you could throw at me from this side.

Tidller
Title: Re: looking for hesem please help
Post by: Marmaduke 123 on Wednesday 25 February 09 15:58 GMT (UK)
Hi Tidller

We are way off topic here so I will start a new thread on the Gloucestershire board. I will call it Fred/Frederick Hopton 1892 and you should find it either by going direct to the board or by clicking on my username and then "see recent posts"

Anne
Title: Re: looking for hesem please help
Post by: ponti on Thursday 26 February 09 07:17 GMT (UK)
hi anne just popped in to say i got the cert benjamin`s father is william .
it looks as though iam going to have the same trouble with william
thanks againfor your help
all the best margaret
Title: Re: looking for hesem please help
Post by: Marmaduke 123 on Thursday 26 February 09 22:53 GMT (UK)
Thanks for updating me Margaret. I really think you need to get a look at the Snaith registers!

Anne