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Just going through old messages.
The below earlier mentioned information is correct, these are Johns (Josephs) parents and siblings.

Fairview St, Cheltenham
HUMPHREYS, Charles M 50  1791   
HUMPHREYS, Mary F 50  1791   
HUMPHREYS, Charles M 25  1816   
HUMPHREYS, Sarah F 25  1816  Gloucestershire   
HUMPHREYS, Louisa F 16  1825   
HUMPHREYS, George M 14  1827   
HUMPHREYS, Charlotte F 11  1830   
HUMPHREYS, Charles M 1  1840  Gloucestershire
BUSH, Mary Ann F 28  1813

Longshot Request.

I am trying to find (in a London orhanage) my 3x great grand father Francis William GREAD.
He was born 1853, his mother Catherine died 1856 and his father John remarried (Elizabeth) later that same year and had another son, Charles in 1857 but then John died in 1859.

So in 1859 Francis was an orphan and was not on the 1861 census with his stepmother Elizabeth or half brother Charles.

Family stories say that he went to an orphanage and his surname was changed.
What are the chances of finding out what happened to him in his early years prior to his arrival in NZ under his real name in 1874??

Can anyone help with records for orphanages?
Other surnames he could have used are CROCKER or MECKIFF or BUT(T)LER?

Any information would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you for that. Yes poor old Charles having both mothers there. lol

Dear all,

Thank you again for all your help.
I am slowly going through the information posted. It is all beginning to come together.
There are probably still more questions than answers but wow what a great help you have all been. I honestly can not thank you enough.

It is extremely interesting to note if we look at Maria's surname being SYMES then if I trace the GREAD surname I see that a GREAD married a SYMES in Devon!! Perhaps Maria is a descendant of this same SYMES family?
I also see that some of this SYMES family actually went to London!
Wow! Its getting more and more facinating by the minute.

Would by chance would anyone be able to look up Joseph and Mary SYMES in the 1841 or 1851 census and see if they were born in London or Devon?

LKL are you able to please send me more details of the census information you have found as I can see this being of further help to me.

Regards
Nick.

Dear all,

I hope that someone is able to help me find more information on Moss Maria GREAD.
I know that she was born about 1825 and was still living in 1901, but I am unable to access the 1901 census.
Is someone able to look her up in any census?
Or find her marriage or death entries?

Thank you in advance.

Kindest regards,
Nick GREAD
Christchurch
New Zealand