Can anybody decipher this first name?

[kerryb]

When you type the word Phery into Google it comes up with
  Dormancy of germination of heteromorphic achenes of bidenes frondosa.

        We knew that didnt we!!
           Linmey

Pardon!!!

 

Kerry

[mclachlan]

I thought it looked like 'Pheres' but could find no record.  Do you have the name of the mother?

[kerryb]

Hi

The mother's name is Alice - very ordinary!!

Kerry

[mclachlan]

Hi Kerry,

Sorry to pester you again but I am on a mission and am determined to solve this for you, or at least try my best!  What was Alice's (the mother) maiden name?   If you can give me that I think I might be able to search a bit deeper!

Andrea

[kerryb]

Andrea

Thanks for your persistence.  Unfortunately I don't know what Alice's maiden name was at present.  That will be the next step.  I'll let you know if I find anything.

Kerry

[hlbradd]

Hi Kerry

My thoughts on the name (for what they're worth )

(is that definately a 'y' on the end - does it match any other 'y's?)

It could be the enumerator misheard Phoebe - there are several Phoebe Buxton entries on freebmd

Could it be a shortened version of something else?  Euphenia/Euphemia?  Maybe the enumerator couldn't read back his writing and he originally wrote Pheny?

Not sure this helps any though

Helen

[mclachlan]

Hi Kerry,

I managed to download the entire page for this family for the 1851 Census and the name is definitely recorded as Phery Baston.  Do you have the whole of the page?  If not I can forward it to you.  Haven't managed to come up with anything else just yet but will keep a look out as I research further!

Andrea

[JAP]

Kerry,

Could you please possibly provide all details of the census entry - and anything else you might have about these people (not necessarily images as this might breach copyright).

Anything at all - however trivial and including birthplaces, etc - that you know might just help RootsChatters to help you!

JAP

[kerryb]

No Problem JAP

Here is the 1851 census record transcribed:
The address is 1 Matthias Place, Tower Hamlets, Hackney
James Buxton  Head Marr 62 Roadsman? Born Herts Chesthunt
Alice Buxton wife 60 born Hackney
Emma Buxton dau 20 Laundress born Hackney
Phery Buxton dau 18 born Hackney
Harriet Buxton dau 10 Scholar born Hackney

HO107/1504 Folio 221 Page 7

That is the only census record I have of them as a family.  Emma in 1852 married William Henry Baldwin.  I have a copy of the marriage cert which shows them living at 28 Minerva Street Bethnal Green and her father is James Buxton, Labourer.  The witnesses to the wedding where James and a Susan Buxton, as yet unidentified.  They lived in Hackney and I have census records for other years showing her born in Hackney. 

I have not managed to find any other census records for James and Sarah, perhaps he died before 1861, but then again Buxton is very easy to transcribe as other names.  This one was under Baston.

Any help most gratefully received.

Kerry