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Dorset / Re: Foot family
« on: Friday 28 June 13 13:11 BST (UK)  »
Thank you, Milliepede! I had seen a reference to Bartholomew in other ancestry.com family trees but did not know the source, nor that he was a sailor. A Bartholomew Foot appears in the 1841 census of Shaston St. Peters ED4, 60 years old, a weaver. With him is Martha, also 60 years (presumably his wife), John a stone mason, aged 20, Louisa, also 20, and Charles, 2 weeks. It's tempting to make the connection, but Louisa is clearly not Jane, so this raises more questions than provides answers.

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Dorset / Re: Foot family
« on: Thursday 27 June 13 23:00 BST (UK)  »
Hi Mark and others in this thread,

My name is Martin Foot and I live in Melbourne, Australia. I'm interested in discovering family links in the UK. To date,I have relied entirely on ancestry.com, which has provided me with the following information: My gg grandfather William John Foot was born in Blandford (Forum?) in 1818, was baptized 31 May 1818 in Stourpaine, married Jane Rebecca Hooper Maidment in 1846 (either 4/10 or 7/12), was living in Islington, Middlesex in 1851, but by 1856 was on the goldfields at Long Gully, Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia (Sandhurst was later renamed Bendigo). His death is noted as 20 Jan  1888 in Bendigo, however, the death record gives his age as 78 and his birth year as 1810 which is puzzling. He had nine children, three born in the UK and the remainder in Australia, including my g grandfather Walter Henry Foot. Can anyone help me find William John or Jane Rebecca's ancestry?

thanks

Martin Foot

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