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All the Durham Records Office will tell you if he was a resident there, as they observe the 100 year rule if you want any other confirmation for what he was in for.

I get sick of people who try to say that in Co Durham the correct spelling of a name is this that or other.

It is all down to the person who wrote the original record how he heard it.

I have Towenson / Townson record right down the line all from the same families right back and in censuses because some of these could not read or write how did tey know that the vicar etc was spelling the family name right.

So we cannot alter for our sake how our ancestors name was spelt in years gone by.

And I have Lazonby/ lazenby reords as well.

Hows, Ann Hows

Thos. Hows
22 Apr 1821
St. Helen, Auckland

Found this one for St Helens Auckland, but no fathers first name.

But we also have to remember in the days of the 1800's they are a lot of marriages where the fathers names are made up.

As the children did not know who they fathers were.

JR

Unfortunately the two Thomas Howe who are living in Auckland area in the 1841 census one is living in Merrington the other Hamsterley, but not with any other Howe family.

So as sillgen has said the only way is to get his marriage certificate to find out his fathers name.

JR

The Bishop Transcripts are copies of the original transcripts, BUT not all of them were suitable for making copies of (i.e. taking photographs off them). So if your ancester is on the BT you will find nothing else about him / her.

This is why some years are missing.

JR