RootsChat.Com

Many thanks for your message. I think the grave must be of Peter Grant who was the son of Peter and Elizabeth Grant, who was born on the 6th November 1926 and must have died soon after.

I have just come across an ancestor of mine called George Reavil who is stated on the England/Wales 1851 Census, as being born in Ireland in 1819.

Where do I start to research possible relations in Ireland, as the only information I have is that his Father was a soldier called William Reavil (1786) birth place unknown and his mother was Margaret Broadie (1799) born in Brixham, Devon?

Anybody who can give me some guidance would be most appreciated.

Andy

Hi Everybody,

We have some new information on the Reavil family because we have found them in 1851 in the Thakeham Union Workhouse. Margaret Reavil is listed as being the Matron and is shon as a widow with two children Margaret (14) and Lydia (12).

I cannot find any trace of William Reavil or John Reavil in the 1851 Census but there was a William Reavil who died in 1845 at Thakeham.

If anyone has the 1841 Census for Thakeham (or surrounding areas) could they see if the family was there for when the Workhouse started up in 1836.

Thank you

Hi Bryant,

Here we go.....John Henry James was born in Liskeard, Cornwall in appoximately 1835 and moved to London sometime in the 1850's. We have John James listed as living in 14 Modbury Terrace, St. Pancras in the 1861 census with Mary Curtis living at 3 Modbury Terrace. John was listed as a boarder, unmarried, carpenter aged 26. Mary's was listed as the Head, unmarried, Ironer aged 20.

John James and Mary James are listed in the 1871 census living in Kensington with 5 children, one of which was 10 years old suggesting that the couple were married soon after the 1861 census (although we cannot find any marriages on 1837.com for that period).

The assumption is that John and Mary met whilst living in St, Pancras with their dates and places of birth forming the connection.

Other censuses are consistant with age and location although the 1881 census names her as Jane (rather than Mary) but with Bath, Somerset still recorded as her place of birth. 1891 census shows her again as Mary.

We have mapped out the family James reasonably well since they moved to London, but we cannot find this connection to Mary, born Bath, Somerset.

Hope you can help

Hi Forfarian,

Thanks for your interest and we have now viewed the census on Scotlands People.

Cheers