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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Dorset => Topic started by: Chris 71 on Sunday 26 September 10 17:20 BST (UK)
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I had an aunt who was born in November 1929 in PAFE Dorset. On the bmd it gives the district as Dorchester. Try as I might, I cannot find PAFE. Does anyone know of it? Its probably a village or I may have spelt it wrong. Any help appreciated. Her name was Vera M. Evans. Daughter of Evan L. and Annie Mary (nee Veasey)
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You might get inspiration from the other 4 letter villages on the Dorset OPC site, One that looks possible to me is Wyke (Regis) which is near Weymouth, and not far from Dorchester.
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Hi,
If you use the FreeBMD site you can click on the Dorchester registration, follow the instructions and a window will open listing all the towns/villages in the Dorchester district.
There's nothing like Pafe listed but one of the names might ring a bell.
Nanny Jan
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Just done that, and didn't find it too easy! Could the place be one of the Frome entries?
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Hi
Might be easier if Chris has a copy of the birth cert and could put the bit about PAFE on here so we can all see it ;)
ricky
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No I don't have her birth certificate. She once told me she was born in Pafe and I put that on the tree. (as you do, after all she should know where she was born) But I have just started to get more into the families tree and decided to look it up - but it doesn't exist!! Now I'm inclined to believe she lived in Corfe. Its the nearest sounding place and until I see a birth certificate I cannot say for sure.
Thanks for the suggestions. Will let you know if I find out.
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Hi,
I wonder if Pafe was the name of the house/farm where she was born; somewhere in the Dorchester registration district? :-\
Corfe is in a different registration district.
Nanny Jan
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Shucks, back to the drawing board then!!
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As Ricky suggested, a copy of the birth certificate will, hopefully, solve the mystery!
Nanny Jan
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Yes it looks like I will have to get that. I was talking to another relative last night who said she thought Vera had been born at a place called Calf Hay? I found a Calf Hay farm but don't know if its a village.
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The farm sounds a possibility; not heard of a Calf Hay village though.
Nanny Jan
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Calfhay Farm is near Leigh but that's in Sherbourne Registration District not Dorchester - perhaps she grew up there but was born elsewhere? By the way about 18 miles NW of Leigh is a village called Pathe, it's in Somerset though.
Jan ;)
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My own ancestors lived in the Sherborne area and crossed the border between Somerset and Dorset in every generation, so I would think that Pathe, which incidentally I had never heard of seems very probable.
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Pathe is very tiny and not somewhere I knew about. I found it in my trusty 1958 Road Atlas. Multimap hasn't heard of it but if you search for Othery then go to the Ordnance Survey version, Pathe is just to the south.
Jan ;)
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Thanks for that Jan, could be relevant to my research.
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I've just found Calfhay farm on the ordnance survey map - it's between Leigh (Sherbourne District) and Batcombe (Dorchester District) so could well come under Dorchester.
Jan
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See my post on Somerset opc thread re difficulties.
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See my post on Somerset opc thread re difficulties.
I haven't done anything on my Somerset lot for ages so didn't realise there was a problem with the OPC site. I guess you already know that FreeReg has a lot of Somerset records?
Jan ;)
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Thanks Jan.
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Assurances have now been posted that the Somerset OPC problems are temporary, and they are taking the opportunity to update the site.
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Hi
Evan L Evans & Annie Veasey were married in Carneavon in 1928.
I hope this helps.
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Thankyou. I obtained the marriage certificate some months ago.
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Did your aunt write the place name down or are you spelling it as you heard it? I'm from Dorset originally and there are a lot of place names which are abbreviated locally. Perhaps you should be looking for a town or village in the Dorchester district which might be abbreviated and take into account local pronunciation.
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Hi Chris.....Looks like someone else has had to work with the same info...This is from a 2005 posting on one of the family history sites...
Civil Registration Indexes, Bridport Volume 5a Pafe 229, Age 75. ...
May help you get a little nearer to the answer,
regards Cheryle
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:)Hi Cheryle, thanks for getting in touch. Well at least it proved the place existed. Mine lived there in the 1930's so I couldn't understand why I couldn't find it. If it had been 1600's or something then yes it could have vanished. I never got any nearer to finding it. My aunt is still alive but she was only about 5 when she lived there so she was uncertain. I have had fun with them though. They lived in all these villages and moved 18 times in 20 years!! Once again thanks for your help, it is much appreciated.
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As Vera's mother lived in Bath, could this possibly be what Pafe is?
Sue
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Sue you have lost me. Why do you think Vera's mum lived in Bath? She was from Llanelly. I have now found out that Vera lived near Cerne Abbas in Dorset. I am no nearer Pafe so have given up on that!!
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My apologies, I found Annie Mary Veasey, born Glamorganshire (parents Herbert & Margaret) in 1911 and they were living in Bath. It was the only Annie Mary I found.
Sue
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Well, my apologies then Sue. I had no idea they had lived in Bath. They were in Llanelly in 1904 when Annie was born then in Shepton Mallet when the other siblings were born so must have moved to Bath in between. Thanks for that info.
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Hi Chris.....Looks like someone else has had to work with the same info...This is from a 2005 posting on one of the family history sites...
Civil Registration Indexes, Bridport Volume 5a Pafe 229, Age 75. ...
May help you get a little nearer to the answer,
regards Cheryle
Looking at my keyboard I strongly suspect that "pafe" is a typing error for "page"
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Hi Chris.....Looks like someone else has had to work with the same info...This is from a 2005 posting on one of the family history sites...
Civil Registration Indexes, Bridport Volume 5a Pafe 229, Age 75. ...
May help you get a little nearer to the answer,
regards Cheryle
I wonder if that is a typo and should read "page"? Usually the index shows place, volume and page.
Nanny Jan Snap Redroger! Great minds........
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Think we've cracked it, As you say "great minds" etc.
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Think we've cracked it, As you say "great minds" etc.
It would make sense except Chris said his aunt told him she was born in Pafe ???
I think only getting the birth certificate will solve the mystery
Jan ;)
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Yes, that's the puzzle. I was referring to the mention of a posting from 2005.
Nanny Jan
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Thanks but I am a she not a he. My aunt is still alive and when I last spoke to her she said she was born in Cerne Abbas. When I asked her why she had told me she was born in Pafe (which at the time she spelt out for me) she said it was near Cerne Abbas and a tiny village. Her birth certificate just gives Dorchester registration district. As I couldn't locate Pafe I gave up on it and put her down now as being born at Cerne Abbas. I don't have the original birth certificate as it didn't feel right getting it whilst she is alive and she hasn't got the original plus she lives a long way from me. I shall probably get it in the future more out of curiousity than anything as her two sisters were also born there. Thanks for your help by the way and if I locate it I shall let you all know.
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Strange situation but as a Dorset resident and researcher I shall certainly bear it in mind. You never know what turns up at the archive.
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Hi,
Have you contacted the OPC for Cerne Abbas? She might be able to shed some light on this. There is a link on the Cerne Abbas page of the Dorset OPC site.
http://www.opcdorset.org
Nanny Jan
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Thanks for that, it looks a great site.