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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Staffordshire Lookup Requests => Staffordshire => England => Staffordshire completed Look up Requests => Topic started by: Brian Sc on Wednesday 11 March 09 23:28 GMT (UK)
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I am trying to locate the birth details of my gt gt grandfather.Marriage cert states married 1/04/1880.age 28
He was married to a Hannah Bloxham.place parish St Georges Birmingham.cert no 332
Birth cert of his son states he was born Mill Green Staffordshire.
His death cert does not confirm anything.
Family search .com unsuccesful.
can anyone help
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OK, so he was 28y in 1881 so b 1852 (-ish)
Who & what is the father on the 1880 marriage certificate?
What names witnessed?
Was he in Uk for 1881 census? Where?
Pauline
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Candidate in 1871 census.
http://content.ancestry.co.uk/iexec?htx=view&r=5538&dbid=7619&iid=STSRG10_2913_2916-0672&fn=James&ln=Walkin&st=d&ssrc=&pid=1879304
Candidate for family memeber in 1861.
http://content.ancestry.co.uk/iexec?htx=view&r=5538&dbid=8767&iid=WARRG9_2167_2170-0720&fn=Henry&ln=Walker&st=d&ssrc=&pid=21118073
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The father is also James Walker ,a labourer
In the presence of Christopher Nash and Harraiette Nash
Married in the parish church after banns by Henderson Burnside Curate
He left uk in 1880 for New Zealand.According to the death cert.
Year of death 1940 Lived in New Zealand 60 yrs
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It was our families belief that James was the son of James Walker and Drusilla Bodenham of Shenstone but the more I look into this I am unable to match James into the family.
There was a James that was born 1844 to James and Drusilla but he died that year .
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According to your valuable info I have found him
James Walken christened 27/07/1851
I thank you on behalf of my family
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Glad to have helped.
Pauline