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Huntingdonshire / Re: William Gray (Grey) & Harriet Prior (Pryor)
« on: Monday 28 November 11 02:32 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: janalcgg on Saturday 12 November 11 22:25 GMT (UK)
thanks for the advice. I will do as you suggest.

Jan

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Huntingdonshire / Re: ARE ANY OF THESE FAMILY NAMES, YOURS ?
« on: Sunday 20 August 06 22:30 BST (UK)  »
Hi. The obit is on its way. It's a very old copy as you can tell. The Alfred Gray family from the US listed towards the bottom of the obit were my grandparents - Alice Ann Carter. Minnie was her sister, but I not sure if she was a Rootham or a Carter. The year of her birth was 1873, & the marriage of Elizabeth Rootham to John Carter was 1877. She shows up in both 1881 & 1891 census with the name Carter, but on the FreeBMD marriages she is a Rootham. I'm pretty sure I'm not mixing up two different women. I haven't finished getting to the bottom of the mystery.


Pat ???

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Huntingdonshire / Re: ARE ANY OF THESE FAMILY NAMES, YOURS ?
« on: Friday 18 August 06 03:10 BST (UK)  »
Hi. I have a copy of the obit. of Elizabeth (Rootham) Carter the mother of Minnie (Rootham) Morris & Sarah (Carter) Morris. It lists Mrs. T. Morris as a daughter & Mr. T. Morris as a son-in-law. Mrs. H. Morris (daughter) was unable to attend through ill-health. There is also a Mr. W. Morris & Bert.

I still haven't figured out if, & how many children Elizabeth had before marriage. John Carter also had some children with his first wife, but 2 or 3 of their children seem to have had the name Rootham which changed to Carter along the way. Only Amos Rootham her son kept his name.

I'm going to attach the obit because you may be interested in other names listed in it. If it doesn't work, please let me know, & I will try again. (I'm using an iMac so it does not always interface with a pc.)

Pat

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Huntingdonshire / Re: ARE ANY OF THESE FAMILY NAMES, YOURS ?
« on: Wednesday 16 August 06 02:25 BST (UK)  »
Hi. I don't know much about Thomas Morris other than he married Sarah Carter (another sister of my grandmother) who was born abt 1880 In Holme, Huntingdonshire. They were married abt. 1900. They were living with her parents, John & Elizabeth Carter, in the 1901 census. In this census his birth place is listed as Lincs Parish NK, but in the 1891 census his birthplace is given as Spalding Lincinshire. Both Herbert Morris & Minnie Rootham are in the same household.

Supposedly they had 7 children, but I only know of one - Florence E. born abt 1900 at Ramsey Hunts.

I hope this is of some help to you. Pat

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Huntingdonshire / Re: ARE ANY OF THESE FAMILY NAMES, YOURS ?
« on: Tuesday 08 August 06 23:13 BST (UK)  »
A sister (half-sister?) of my grandmother was married to Herbert Morris. Her name was Minnie Rootham. Another sister, Sarah Carter was married to Thomas Morris. I would like to share information with you.
 
Sincerely,
Pat

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Huntingdonshire / Re: William Gray (Grey) & Harriet Prior (Pryor)
« on: Saturday 29 July 06 22:38 BST (UK)  »
In other words, don't get excited yet. I don't see William Gray either in the link you sent. I think I will first request a copy of the baptism entry & see what I get.

Maybe the request that was relayed to the Cambridge Record Office wasn't as specific as the one I sent to the Huntingdon Record Office.

The LDS that we have seems to be in someone's home. I will have to wait until next week to try & contact them.

Thanks for your continuing interest & help.

Sincerely,

Pat F.

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Huntingdonshire / Re: William Gray (Grey) & Harriet Prior (Pryor)
« on: Friday 28 July 06 23:59 BST (UK)  »
Hi. I think I have found my William Gray. I sent a request to the Huntingdon Record Office, & the archives assistant there, not only replied to me, but also sent my request on to the Cambridge Record Office. They very quickly answered with the following:

Dear Pat Flaagan,

My colleague Laura Ibbet has passed your enquiry to me here at the Record office in Cambridge concerning your query into William Gray's birthplace as appears in the census. 'Cambridge Well' is a generic term for Upwell and Outwell. We then checked the Cambs. Baptism Index which confirms that he was born in Upwell.

I hope this information helps.
Yours sincerely
Yaye Tang
Archives Assistant

Since they found him in a Baptism Index, does that mean there is a certificate that I can request?

Sincerely,

Pat Flaagan
(on a very hot day in Grand Forks, North Dakota USA)

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Huntingdonshire / Re: William Gray (Grey) & Harriet Prior (Pryor)
« on: Friday 21 July 06 01:52 BST (UK)  »
Hi David & Beckey.

Although William's children were born in Alconbury Weston, & he was living there in 1841 before his marriage, he & Harriet were married in Old Weston. Maybe he was born there. That would not be included in the Alconbury Weston births/baptisms, would it? Harriet (Prior) Gray was born in Winwick.

His father & mother would have been married sometime in the years before his birth - even up to 10 years before if there were other siblings? Or if he was the first child, they might have married the same year he was born.

When contacting the Huntingdon record office, do you have to have all the specific information before they will check?

Sincerely,

Pat

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Huntingdonshire / Re: William Gray (Grey) & Harriet Prior (Pryor)
« on: Thursday 20 July 06 03:13 BST (UK)  »
Hi, David & Beckey, David seems to have covered most of my questions, but I'm also wondering if there is a Gray marriage that might be William's parents during the time frame of 1814-1818? I know it would not be possible to tell, but it might give me something more to work on.

Thank you to both of you.

Sincerely,
Pat

PS I have been doing translations for FreeBMD for over a year.

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