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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Durham => Topic started by: weemary on Saturday 23 February 13 18:53 GMT (UK)
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Has anyone come across the name Falquith particularly in the Sunderland area in 1860s and possibly in Scotland prior to that?
I have a surname on a marriage certificate of James Falquith at the marriage of his daughter Anne dated May 1868. I've searched ancestry but not much luck with the name.
from the original marriage certificate it appears that her father was a shoemaker and at the time both her and her husband Charles Kent lived in Green Street, Bishopwearmouth. We reckon she must have been born in 1841.
Any help much appreciated.
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I think Falquith is a mistranscription of the name as it does not appear again in England or Scotland
Also looking at the 1871 and 1881 census it looks likes Charles has died by 1871. However they have a child in 1870 getting his birth certificate could give a better reading of his mother’s maiden name
Births Mar 1870
Kent Charles S. Shields 10a 621
1881 Census
Annie Kent 39 widow born South Shields
Charles Kent 11 born South Shields later census say East Boldon
William Linkhorn 34 Lodger
Could you attach a copy of that part of the certificate showing her, and her fathers name ?
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Possibly a variant or misreading of FALCUS(S), quite common in that area.
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By entering the name Ann/Anne/Anna, South Shields and March quarter 1839 - December quarter 1842 births into FreeBMD, the following possibilities come up (assuming the census is correct about South Shields and the transcriptions are correct):
Anne Metcalf
Ann Douthwait
Ann Douthwaite
Ann Moffitt
Anna Toshach
Ann Tinmouth
Ann Longstaff
I did not try Annie.
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There is a death in 1887 that could be her but it says she is 43 so that would suggest a later birth around 1844
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Thanks for all the replies - will pass them on :D
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Thanks for all the replies - will pass them on :D
If you get the birth certificate and find out the name would like to know what it is if that is Ok
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There is something strange going on with the birth of young Charles.
On the GRO indexes, and actual pages it is recorded in South Shields registration district in 1870
The birth does not appear on the Sunderland registrars site but on the South Tyneside Council site there is a birth for a Charles Kent in 1869 in Westoe (which is in the South Shields RD)
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once I receive a copy of the cert I will post the surname
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How about this one :
Ann Farquhar, Apr-Jun qtr 1840, South Shields.
With her father James, Shoemaker, and family in 1841 census.
HO107/297/20/19/5
Living with an aunt in Dundee in 1851 (Ann Farquhar, age 10, b. South Shields).
Back in Westoe in 1861, aged 21 although down as born Dundee, (with her older sister, who was born in Dundee) then disappears after that.
RG9/3786/39/12
Alan.
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davidft,
quite often a local bmd will have a december birth as such in the year preceding... and the GRO indexes will show a 1st quarter listing.... this often indicates the birth happened between 25th December and 1st of January but the GRO puts the cert as 1st quarter....
:)
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have rec'd copy of the marriage cert and the surname is Falquith - sorry my error just noticed I spelt it with a g rather than a q - now corrected
how do I add a photo, does it have to be stored on a website
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I think Wolfie has solved the mystery at message #9 and the name should be Farquhar.
There is a birth registration in 1840 in South shields for Ann Farquhar. Her parents are James and Alison and come from Scotland
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(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v98/weemary/AFalquithmarriagecert-1.jpg)
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and this is how Anne signed her name
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v98/weemary/AFalquithmarriagecertsignature.jpg)
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Well it looks like the clerk wrote the name as far as he could understand it from Ann's accent and she signed her name from that. By this time both her parents were deceased I think.
This would be her birth registration.
Births Jun 1840
Farquhar Ann Sth. Shields 24 167
she has a younger brother too
Births Jun 1843
FARQUHAR Alexander S Shields 24 219
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thanks David
;D :D ;D
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Likely death references of the parents
Deaths Jun 1850
FARQQUHAR Alison South Shields 24 141
Deaths Mar 1857
Farquhar James S. Shields 10a 271
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The name was Farquhar - thanks to everyone who helped ;D