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Research in Other Countries => Other Countries => Topic started by: Suzibee on Saturday 17 March 18 23:35 GMT (UK)
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John STANSFIELD born about 1780/90- our family history and story goes that this person was on HELGOLAND in 1811-12 as an Adjudant des Gouverneurs and got together with a local ( Anna Hansen) and they had a daughter Anna Margaretha STANSFIELD born on Helgoland 1812 and then there is no further record of John. I cant locate and marriage for John and Anna in Helgoland records, no place of birth or death for John. One of the family enigmas. Does anyone else have a similar family story involving Helgoland out there in genealogy land. Would be so grateful to get some more information on this one. Thank you in anticipation.
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There are lots of John Stansfield baptisms on FamilySearch, between those dates!
Without any further clues (Father's name? Mother's name?) it will be difficult to pin one down. :(
Baptisms in Lancashire, Hackney, Holborn, Leeds, Yorkshire, Rochdale, Derbyshire, Gravesend, Manchester, Ashton Under Lyne, etc.
P.S. you made a spelling mistake, missing an "i"? It's Heligoland ;D
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Re the spelling, it must be Helgoland in German - see http://www.online-ofb.de/famreport.php?ofb=helgoland&lang=se&modus=&ID=I28143&nachname=STANSFIELD
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So it is, Shaun! ;D
You learn something new every day ;)
But, John was British, and it was called British Heligoland in 1811-12 ;D ;D
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I was puzzled by the french title Adjudant des Gouverneurs. It was not a french speaking island.
However the governor in 1812 was Corbet James d'Auvergne (https://www.theislandwiki.org/index.php/Corbet_James_Dauvergne), a Royal Navy officer who was born in Jersey and had french relatives,
I'll see if there was a Royal Navy officer by the name of John Stansfield
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I'm interested in this too as these are my direct descendants on my grandma's mother's side.