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Hampshire & IOW Completed Lookup Requests / Re: 1841/1851 Ringwood Look up please
« on: Sunday 04 November 07 19:19 GMT (UK) »
Jane
Thank you for responding so quickly and also the information regarding Sarah Langer.
In respect of my grandmother Mary Grey, she went into domestic service in Weybridge, Surrey and married a Ralph Wheatley in 1899, they lived for several years in Walton on Thames, Surrey. My grandfather had his own Wheelwright business. They retired to Cornwall where she died aged 94.
As mentioned my grandmother never knew her parentage, is it possible that she was born in a workhouse close to Ringwood? or was there something similar in existence in the 1870's for fostering or the like.. She was told from a young age, that a trust fund was administered on her behalf by a solicitors practice in Guildford, Surrey.
It is baffling as to why there is no record of her birth, I have recently been to Winchester Records Office with family members, but cannot find a trace of her baptism or any record of her, other than her entry in the 1881 Census with Sarah Langer. Can you suggest any other likely areas I should search?
Kind regards,
Thelma
Thank you for responding so quickly and also the information regarding Sarah Langer.
In respect of my grandmother Mary Grey, she went into domestic service in Weybridge, Surrey and married a Ralph Wheatley in 1899, they lived for several years in Walton on Thames, Surrey. My grandfather had his own Wheelwright business. They retired to Cornwall where she died aged 94.
As mentioned my grandmother never knew her parentage, is it possible that she was born in a workhouse close to Ringwood? or was there something similar in existence in the 1870's for fostering or the like.. She was told from a young age, that a trust fund was administered on her behalf by a solicitors practice in Guildford, Surrey.
It is baffling as to why there is no record of her birth, I have recently been to Winchester Records Office with family members, but cannot find a trace of her baptism or any record of her, other than her entry in the 1881 Census with Sarah Langer. Can you suggest any other likely areas I should search?
Kind regards,
Thelma