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Gloucestershire / Re: Axbridge Upton?
« on: Wednesday 20 January 16 13:30 GMT (UK)  »
That is really helpful, thanks Paul. 

I am also linked via Anne Cordelia, she is my GG Grandmother.  I have some interesting info on her and her children, the Edwards family, in Canada.  You may already have this?  My G Grandmother was Emily Edwards.  Is there a way that we can continue this conversation away from this site?  Do you have an Ancestry Account?

Best,

Catherine

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Gloucestershire / Re: Axbridge Upton?
« on: Tuesday 19 January 16 19:19 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Paul,

Not the instant answer I was hoping for.  The certificate has been accurately transcribed.  I think that as well as being illiterate, Henry Harvey may have had a speech impediment!  The Certificate is definitely the correct child and the correct family, but he is registered as John Avlung Harvey.  Given the issue over Axbridge/possibly Hawksbury and John being registered everywhere else as John H, I don't think that it is impossible that he was in fact named John Haviland.  A collegue from Gloucester agreed that Haviland could indeed sound like Avlung when said to a Welshman by someone with a thick Gloucestershire accent.  She even did a pretty mean impression!

So, I think the only way of confirming that H stands for Haviland now is by seeing if there is a record of his baptism, if he was baptised.  I'm guessing that most children were baptised at this time?  To date I haven't found any baptism records for any of the Harvey children although I do have Henry and Mary's wedding certificate which shows them having married at the Chapel of Abersychan.  I think that this is in the parish of St Thomas's Talywain.  I feel sure that the Haviland name will unlock this puzzle, it must be linked to a parent or grandparent.

I've attached a copy of John's birth certificate for info.  Can I ask where you fit in with the Harvey's?  Best Catherine (Biggsie!)

Moderator comment: Full certificate removed. Small portions only are allowed for deciphering purposes.

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Gloucestershire / Re: Axbridge Upton?
« on: Sunday 17 January 16 15:32 GMT (UK)  »
Hi,

I think we are both searching for the same Miles Harvey,  father of Henry Harvey. I am just waiting for a birth certificate which may help find the right Gloucestershire Harvey's. Miles is my 4 X great grandfather. A family member told me a few years ago that there was a link with a Haviland family via the Harvey's. Someone else on Ancestry has Henry's son John H Harvey as John Haviland Harvey. If the certificate confirms this middle name I think that will help as I have found an earlier Harvey/Haviland marriage in Gloucestershire. If not, back to the drawing board! Best Catherine

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