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Title: Hexham birth records 1835
Post by: reagan14 on Tuesday 17 January 12 17:29 GMT (UK)

Searching for a birth record for a William Spirit(Spurret)born 1835 in
Hexham,parents Robert and Susannah

Title: Re: Hexham birth records 1835
Post by: gc1 on Tuesday 17 January 12 18:29 GMT (UK)

No birth records but just for info;
Is this him at sea in the 1861 Census?

William Spirit 
Age: 26  DoB 1835
Birthplace: Hexham, Northumberland 
Record Type: Vessel 
Registration District: Royal Navy At Sea And In Ports Abroad 

Title: Re: Hexham birth records 1835
Post by: JenB on Tuesday 17 January 12 18:32 GMT (UK)

Quote from: gc1 on Tuesday 17 January 12 18:29 GMT (UK)

William Spirit
Age: 26 DoB 1835
Birthplace: Hexham, Northumberland
Record Type: Vessel
Registration District: Royal Navy At Sea And In Ports Abroad

Please see http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,576295.msg4285648.html#msg4285648

Title: Re: Hexham birth records 1835
Post by: crimea1854 on Tuesday 17 January 12 19:53 GMT (UK)

Hi

There are two naval service records for him on the NA website, in both he gives his date of birth as 22 April 1835

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/search-results.asp?searchtype=browserefine&query=first_name%3dwilliam%7clast_name%3dspirit&catid=15&pagenumber=1&querytype=1&mediaarray=*

Martin

Title: Re: Hexham birth records 1835
Post by: reagan14 on Tuesday 17 January 12 20:41 GMT (UK)

Hi, Thanks to you all.It is William in 1861 cencus,its just cant find him in  1851
or 1851.Its a relative who said he was the son of Robert and Sausannah.
Naval information great ,thanks so much for that.
Lynne

Title: Re: Hexham birth records 1835
Post by: JenB on Tuesday 17 January 12 20:42 GMT (UK)

There's only a Richard and Stephen with them in Hexham in 1841.

Title: Re: Hexham birth records 1835
Post by: reagan14 on Tuesday 17 January 12 20:58 GMT (UK)

Hi,Richard their son and Stephen their grandson to their eldest daughter
Jane(out of wedlock)Stephen my 3 x Great grandfather.
Lynne

Title: Re: Hexham birth records 1835
Post by: c-side on Friday 20 January 12 01:08 GMT (UK)

Hi Lynne

I looked at Hexham PRs while at the archives yesterday - no William Spirit (or similar) there.  Perhaps he's in one of the surrounding parishes.

Christine

Title: Re: Hexham birth records 1835
Post by: mandymoo27 on Thursday 26 January 12 19:08 GMT (UK)

Have you tried browsing the images of baptisms for hexham on familysearch.org?

Title: Re: Hexham birth records 1835
Post by: prudhoe on Saturday 28 January 12 15:48 GMT (UK)

Might not have been born in Hexham , the district covers a wide area and numerous parishes in Tynedale. There were Spirits living at Dipton Wood near Hexham in the 1960's, they might be the same family.

Title: Re: Hexham birth records 1835
Post by: JenB on Saturday 28 January 12 16:13 GMT (UK)

Certainly Hexham Registration District covers a wide area, but I'd have thought that someone who gave his birthplace as Hexham in a census would probably intend it to mean that he came from the town of Hexham itself.

Title: Re: Hexham birth records 1835
Post by: reagan14 on Saturday 28 January 12 22:32 GMT (UK)

Thanks for the info,will check it out.