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Durham Lookup Requests / Re: A Washington baptism
« on: Monday 12 October 20 17:38 BST (UK) »
Many thanks for your help Stan and Boo. I'll bear in mind the BTs on Family Search as I try to dig further back.
Mick
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Durham Lookup Requests / A Washington baptism
« on: Monday 12 October 20 15:27 BST (UK) »
I'm not sure how to interpret part of an online transcription of the baptism of Thomas Robert Atkinson at Washington, County Durham on 3rd Feb 1822. On FindMyPast his father's first name is given as Thomas Bewick and his mother is Elizabeth Atkinson. I've searched without success for the baptism of Thomas Bewick Atkinson the father.
I now wonder if Bewick was in fact the father's surname and not his middle name, which would make Thomas Robert Atkinson illegitimate. I'd be grateful if anyone with access to the original record could see if it’s any clearer there.
A pity in this case that FindMyPast don’t use the convention of surnames in CAPITALS in their transcriptions!
Thanks
I now wonder if Bewick was in fact the father's surname and not his middle name, which would make Thomas Robert Atkinson illegitimate. I'd be grateful if anyone with access to the original record could see if it’s any clearer there.
A pity in this case that FindMyPast don’t use the convention of surnames in CAPITALS in their transcriptions!
Thanks
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Durham Completed Look up Requests / Re: WATSON in Durham City
« on: Friday 07 April 17 10:36 BST (UK) »
I still don't know whether or not Ann's baptism can be found in one of the Durham City parish registers, so I guess a trawl through the B.Ts is called for.
At least I now have a likely location for her in 1851 - Houghton le Spring. It's amazing, I search using name variants all the time with my OXF ancestors, but it didn't occur to me to try WATTSON in this search.
To the kind folk who have made suggestions, many thanks for your time and trouble.
Mick
At least I now have a likely location for her in 1851 - Houghton le Spring. It's amazing, I search using name variants all the time with my OXF ancestors, but it didn't occur to me to try WATTSON in this search.
To the kind folk who have made suggestions, many thanks for your time and trouble.
Mick
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Durham Completed Look up Requests / WATSON in Durham City
« on: Wednesday 05 April 17 10:30 BST (UK) »
My 2x great grandmother Ann LIDDLE (nee WATSON) gave her birthplace as Durham City in the 1861 and 1871 censuses. On her marriage certificate (1856, St Mary's Gateshead) she was recorded as a spinster and her father John WATSON's occupation was given as blacksmith.
I've found a John WATSON in Chowdean, Lamesley in 1851 (with a daughter Ann of about the right age, but born Lamesley) and 1861. In these he's listed as a collier/coal miner, not a blacksmith, so I think this is probably the wrong family.
I'd be grateful if anyone with access to the registers of the Durham City parishes could see if Ann's baptism appears in any of them. Her age given in the census and on her marriage certificate suggest a birth c1833/4.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Mick
I've found a John WATSON in Chowdean, Lamesley in 1851 (with a daughter Ann of about the right age, but born Lamesley) and 1861. In these he's listed as a collier/coal miner, not a blacksmith, so I think this is probably the wrong family.
I'd be grateful if anyone with access to the registers of the Durham City parishes could see if Ann's baptism appears in any of them. Her age given in the census and on her marriage certificate suggest a birth c1833/4.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Mick
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Oxfordshire Lookup Requests / Re: Bloxhams
« on: Tuesday 28 March 17 12:14 BST (UK) »
If you haven't seen his will, Google "OFHS wills" and click on "Testator Index" to see a transcript. The will's dated the year after his death.
Mick
Mick
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Oxfordshire Lookup Requests / Re: Elizabeth Cooper c1794. Idbury, Oxon.
« on: Tuesday 08 November 16 12:35 GMT (UK) »
Hi Steve
The Burford baptism register has:
1795 May 6 Eliz COOPER dau of Mary illegit
Mick
The Burford baptism register has:
1795 May 6 Eliz COOPER dau of Mary illegit
Mick
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Oxfordshire Lookup Requests / Re: Richard Grey and Family of Waterperry Oxfordshire (c1801-1877)
« on: Friday 16 May 14 19:15 BST (UK) »
The only baptisms in the 1830s of a George Gray/Grey that I can find in the baptisms database are:
1832 May 19th son of Ralph and Jane labourer at Oxford St Thomas, and
1838 Jan 28th son of Richard and Ann labourer also at Oxford St Thomas
Both of them are with their families in Oxford in the 1841 census.
The 1841 census for Paradise Street, St Thomas’, Oxford, has:
Richard Gray 40 Born in OXF
Ann Gray 35 Born in OXF
Richard Gray 10 Born in OXF
Ann Gray 8 Born in OXF
John Gray 6 Born in OXF
William Gray 4 Born in OXF
Martha Gray 3 Born in OXF
Joyce Gray 4m Born in OXF
You say the soldier George Grey was supposedly born in Oxford (as distinct from Oxfordshire). Do you think this Paradise Street family might be his rather than the Waterperry one? The baptism in 1838 is presumably a “late” one?
I looked for the Paradise Street family in the 1851 census in OXF to see if George was there (which would of course discount him as the soldier). No sign of the family in OXF and I'm afraid I don't have access at home to Ancestry or FindMyPast to search for them in other counties.
NB I'm using the Chapman County Code OXF, meaning the whole of Oxfordshire, not just the city.
Mick
1832 May 19th son of Ralph and Jane labourer at Oxford St Thomas, and
1838 Jan 28th son of Richard and Ann labourer also at Oxford St Thomas
Both of them are with their families in Oxford in the 1841 census.
The 1841 census for Paradise Street, St Thomas’, Oxford, has:
Richard Gray 40 Born in OXF
Ann Gray 35 Born in OXF
Richard Gray 10 Born in OXF
Ann Gray 8 Born in OXF
John Gray 6 Born in OXF
William Gray 4 Born in OXF
Martha Gray 3 Born in OXF
Joyce Gray 4m Born in OXF
You say the soldier George Grey was supposedly born in Oxford (as distinct from Oxfordshire). Do you think this Paradise Street family might be his rather than the Waterperry one? The baptism in 1838 is presumably a “late” one?
I looked for the Paradise Street family in the 1851 census in OXF to see if George was there (which would of course discount him as the soldier). No sign of the family in OXF and I'm afraid I don't have access at home to Ancestry or FindMyPast to search for them in other counties.
NB I'm using the Chapman County Code OXF, meaning the whole of Oxfordshire, not just the city.
Mick
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Oxfordshire Lookup Requests / Re: Richard Grey and Family of Waterperry Oxfordshire (c1801-1877)
« on: Tuesday 13 May 14 11:41 BST (UK) »
Hi
I found the following in the OFHS bmb databases:
26th August 1821 - marriage at Iffley of Richard GREY of Cuddeston and Eliz WELLSTOOD
(No other marriage in the database of a Richard GREY/GRAY to an Elizabeth in the time period, so this seems the right one unless Elizabeth was flexible with her first name)
They appear to have had the following children:
Elizabeth bapt & bur 1824 at Oxford St Ebbe
William bapt 1824 at Oxford St Ebbe
Angelina bapt 1825 at Oxford St Ebbe
James bapt 1827 at Oxford St Ebbe
Edwin bapt 1828 at Oxford St Ebbe
Richard bapt 1829 at Iffley
Frederick bapt 1834 at Waterperry
Elizabeth bapt 1835 at Waterperry
Jane bapt 1837 at Waterperry
Regards
Mick - an OFHS advisor at the Oxfordshire History Centre for the day
I found the following in the OFHS bmb databases:
26th August 1821 - marriage at Iffley of Richard GREY of Cuddeston and Eliz WELLSTOOD
(No other marriage in the database of a Richard GREY/GRAY to an Elizabeth in the time period, so this seems the right one unless Elizabeth was flexible with her first name)
They appear to have had the following children:
Elizabeth bapt & bur 1824 at Oxford St Ebbe
William bapt 1824 at Oxford St Ebbe
Angelina bapt 1825 at Oxford St Ebbe
James bapt 1827 at Oxford St Ebbe
Edwin bapt 1828 at Oxford St Ebbe
Richard bapt 1829 at Iffley
Frederick bapt 1834 at Waterperry
Elizabeth bapt 1835 at Waterperry
Jane bapt 1837 at Waterperry
Regards
Mick - an OFHS advisor at the Oxfordshire History Centre for the day
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Oxfordshire Lookup Requests / Re: Children of David and Mary Richardson baptised in Albury
« on: Tuesday 06 May 14 12:09 BST (UK) »
Hi again
I had a bit more time to spare, so I checked the Albury prs for more details:
Albury PRs
Baptisms
1732 July 23rd David son of David
1733 Nov 9th William son of David
1736 Nov 7th Michael son of David
1738 Nov 19th John son of David & Mary
1740 Mar 8th Eliz: dau of David & Mary
1743 July 10th Mary dau of David & Mary
1746 Apr 20th Rachael dau of David & Mary
1747 Mar 20th Solomon son of David & Mary
Burials
1746 Apr 26th Rachael inft dau of David & Mary
No marriages of this family appear to have taken place there.
Hope this helps
Mick
I had a bit more time to spare, so I checked the Albury prs for more details:
Albury PRs
Baptisms
1732 July 23rd David son of David
1733 Nov 9th William son of David
1736 Nov 7th Michael son of David
1738 Nov 19th John son of David & Mary
1740 Mar 8th Eliz: dau of David & Mary
1743 July 10th Mary dau of David & Mary
1746 Apr 20th Rachael dau of David & Mary
1747 Mar 20th Solomon son of David & Mary
Burials
1746 Apr 26th Rachael inft dau of David & Mary
No marriages of this family appear to have taken place there.
Hope this helps
Mick