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Dorset / Re: CHILDS of Melbury Osmond
« on: Wednesday 24 November 10 18:28 GMT (UK) »
Hello,
I am researching the Child family from Shaftesbury/Gillingham/Bourton and I was wondering whether they are at all connected to the Melbury Osmond Childs. I don't currently have any evidence for this, only the clues that there seem to have been a large number of Childs in Bourton around the time there were also Child family, which may be a coincidence or may be that the names were interchangeable during the 1700s. The other reason for me to suspect a link is due to a fellow researcher mentioning that my Child family were in some way related to Thomas Hardy. Or course this may be untrue or just speculation.
Does anyone know of any Childs connections with the Child/Childs of Shaftesbury/Gillingham/Bourton/Silton?
Thanks,
Philip
I am researching the Child family from Shaftesbury/Gillingham/Bourton and I was wondering whether they are at all connected to the Melbury Osmond Childs. I don't currently have any evidence for this, only the clues that there seem to have been a large number of Childs in Bourton around the time there were also Child family, which may be a coincidence or may be that the names were interchangeable during the 1700s. The other reason for me to suspect a link is due to a fellow researcher mentioning that my Child family were in some way related to Thomas Hardy. Or course this may be untrue or just speculation.
Does anyone know of any Childs connections with the Child/Childs of Shaftesbury/Gillingham/Bourton/Silton?
Thanks,
Philip