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The Common Room / Re: Threatened over my Family History research
« on: Wednesday 05 January 22 12:31 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: Viktoria on Wednesday 05 January 22 11:50 GMT (UK)
Methinks he doth protest too much !
I don’t think he isn’t racially motivated !

Giving him the benefit of the doubt it may not be racially motivated. He could have spent countless hours (and money) researching that branch of the family tree; the possibility that it was all based on one incorrect link may be too unpalatable - better to be in denial. I know I've had to bring my willpower to the fore on occasion when I was unsure about a half-lead but it would have been all too convenient to take it as truth.

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Mary ?, wife of Richard England
« on: Monday 24 May 21 15:09 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: Bookbox on Monday 24 May 21 14:47 BST (UK)
I read it as Owin. There is no e on the end, either here or on Katherin, above.

Ah, thank you. I was fixated on the penultimate 'hump' being the n with something following it, but now I can see other similar ns around the same pages.

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Mary ?, wife of Richard England
« on: Monday 24 May 21 14:31 BST (UK)  »
Thanks Phillip

...ing was one option I was considering. I was not having much luck finding similar patterns on the page, but just found this one below.

This looks almost certain to me as Katherine Farrer, and the "ine" of Katherine looks a close match to the latter half of Mary's surname. What do you think?

Even if it is, I'm no closer to getting the first half ???

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Mary ?, wife of Richard England
« on: Monday 24 May 21 13:12 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: PaulineJ on Monday 24 May 21 12:54 BST (UK)
At which site(s) can the original be viewed?

It's on Ancestry here:https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/9198/images/100342774_00006?treeid=&personid=&rc=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=GIK215&_phstart=successSource&pId=1187592


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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Mary ?, wife of Richard England
« on: Monday 24 May 21 12:53 BST (UK)  »
I'm struggling to decipher the maiden name of Mary in this parish register entry from Blakesley, Northants, England 1550:

Richard England & Mary ..... were maried October 16

Any ideas?

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Hertfordshire / Re: ARNOLD family Pirton Herts/Shillington Beds
« on: Sunday 26 November 17 22:54 GMT (UK)  »
I have just found the Chalkley's in my ancestors. Intrigued to hear more of the link to Jane Seymour - what evidence is there to link the family?


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Essex / Re: Henry Stevens COPFORD ESSEX
« on: Friday 06 October 17 08:20 BST (UK)  »
Ah yes, you're right, sorry if that caused any confusion. I have the census record myself so I am not sure where 1845 came from - I'll do some verifying on all my dates over the weekend

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Essex / Re: Henry Stevens COPFORD ESSEX
« on: Thursday 28 September 17 17:04 BST (UK)  »
Marie / Mousey:

I have been checking through various Essex parish records on a wild goose chase for some Stevens's - I came across some Spurgeons as I went, and remembered seeing the name on this thread so I noted the facts down in case they're of use:

Dedham, 1788 July 17
William Spurgeon of Stratford in the county of Suffolk (bachelor) married Mary Branston of Dedham (widow).

Stanway, 1882 December 23
James Spurgeon, labourer, 21 of Stanway (father = Joseph William Spurgeon, labourer) married Emma Everitt, 19 of Stanway (father = William Everitt, labourer). Witnesses were Frederick William Everitt and Fanny Spurgeon.

Stanway, 1883 May 5
Frederick William Everitt, labourer of Stanway (father = William Everitt) married Fanny Spurgeon of Stanway (father = Joseph William Spurgeon). Witnesses were William Spurgeon and Alice Goody.

cheers,
James

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Essex / Re: Henry Stevens COPFORD ESSEX
« on: Tuesday 26 September 17 17:24 BST (UK)  »
Thanks Jennifer - that has solved (part of) a mystery for me - I couldn't find the family in the 1841 census as I was looking for Thomas Stevens. The rest of the family is all there with the right ages so I'm sure it's them. Wonder where Thomas go to?


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