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Title: Hudson Robinson Moffit - Murray Township, Alameda, California, United States
Post by: shirelass on Saturday 03 August 13 18:48 BST (UK)

Hi folk,

I'm trying to identify a Hudson Robinson Moffit who shows on Ancestry as in the Voter Registration in 1867 in Murray Township, Alameda, California, United States.

One of my ancestors was Hudson Robinson Moffit who last appears in the 1851 UK census.  He was born in South Shields, Co Durham, UK in 1840, son of John Thompson James Moffat and Jane Nicholson.

Does anyone have him in their tree, or have any knowledge of him in California?

Any help very much welcomed.

Kind regards, Shirelass

Title: Re: Hudson Robinson Moffit - Murray Township, Alameda, California, United States
Post by: *Sandra* on Saturday 03 August 13 19:06 BST (UK)

Hi Shirelass,

Would appear Hudson Robinson Moffit was born in Maine - there are a few entries here:-

https://familysearch.org/search/record/results#count=20&query=%2Bgivenname%3A%22hudson%20robinson%22~%20%2Bsurname%3Amoffit~%20%2Bany_place%3Aalameda~%20%2Bany_year%3A1850-1900~

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VNFH-Q7X

Sandra

Title: Re: Hudson Robinson Moffit - Murray Township, Alameda, California, United States
Post by: shirelass on Saturday 03 August 13 20:55 BST (UK)

Hi Sandra,

Many thanks for the reply, but the Hudson Robinson Moffit I'm looking for was born in the U.K.  I think he may have signed up for the American Civil War.

Kind regards,
Shirelass

Title: Re: Hudson Robinson Moffit - Murray Township, Alameda, California, United States
Post by: shellyesq on Sunday 04 August 13 00:19 BST (UK)

It looks like the Hudson who was in the Civil War was from Maine, so probably the same guy mentioned above.  https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F9RH-H25

Title: Re: Hudson Robinson Moffit - Murray Township, Alameda, California, United States
Post by: shirelass on Sunday 04 August 13 13:13 BST (UK)

Thanks, Shellyesq,

I'll try and trace his baptism in Maine, to see who his parents were.

Kind regards, Shirelass

Title: Re: Hudson Robinson Moffit - Murray Township, Alameda, California, United States
Post by: barryd on Sunday 04 August 13 14:01 BST (UK)

There is a possibility that you are off 8 years on his birth. This is probably his baptism in South Shields but this opens up the great possibility that we have two separate people involved - the South Shields one and the Maine one. However the South Shields one "disappears" as he is only seen on the South Shields baptism!

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N16D-HP1

Title: Re: Hudson Robinson Moffit - Murray Township, Alameda, California, United States
Post by: shirelass on Sunday 04 August 13 15:26 BST (UK)

Hi barryd,

Hudson Robinson Moffitt baptised in 1832 is buried in South Shields in 1833.  The next Hudson Robinson Moffitt's birth is registered in the July/Aug/Sept qtr of 1840 in South Shields, and he appears in both the 1841 and 1851 South Shields census.  Thereafter, he vanishes from UK records.

Thank you for your reply.

Kind regards, Shirelass