JOSEPH STOKES and DINAH SPENCER

[RobynD]

Thank you all so very much for all your searching and information.
And to Pam M for sending me a copy of the marriage record (hard to call it a "certificate" ) - they didn't add too much information back then, and yes you are correct  in saying it's a bit disappointing, but it is the record, which is what counts. We somehow do expect a nice printed certificate similar to today's certificate, even though this was back in 1806.  Thanks also for the warning - it did open without problem, but when I went to re-open it today to show my husband, it had expired.  Thankfully I had  both  printed and saved it.

I can't thank all of you enough for your time and efforts in helping me put this line of  my husband's together  back in London before they came to Australia.   The line went forth and mutiplied well here in Australia , and there are Stokes descendants all over Brisbane, and further afield nowadays.  They helped populate this country well and truly !!

Diana/Dinah is still being used as a Christian name as is William  down the Stokes and its various branches here.

Many many thanks  again - you are much valued by those of us too far away for easy access to records.

Best wishes
RobynD

[lynt_1]

Hi Robyn & others,
I would like to join this discussion as I also am tracing the family & descendants of Joseph Stokes & Dinah Spencer through their granddaughter Matilda Stokes who married William Guy in Brisbane, Queensland. I am only just starting to research this line and have heaps to catch up on.
Lyn

[RobynD]

Lyn
With the help of another Stokes descendant who formerly lived in Brisbane and is descended from a son named William, I have traced the children of Joseph Stokes and Dinah Spencer here in Australia, born in Brisbane.  Your Matilda was one of three children named Matilda, the earlier two dying in infancy. There were 13 known children born, 3 of whom died in infancy.
Without knowing how much you know of this line, it's difficult to know where to start. My husband is descended of one of their children, Mary Ann Stokes and I do have the names and DOBs of the other children of  Joseph and Dinah.  I have also traced Joseph back another 4 generations to a Joseph Stokes, b. 1672  (all named Joseph), but Dinah Spencer back only 1 generation to her parents William Spencer and Sarah Lloyd.
I also have the "certificate" of marriage sent to me by another kind poster, Pam. Plus various photos of the family in Brisbane.
I also have 9 children listed for William Guy and Matilda Stokes, born between 1890 and 1904 in Brisbane, but no further searches on them for their spouses or children.
These can be searched - google  "Queensland Historical BMD Indexes" for births prior to 1913, due to the 100 year embargo on births.

If you let me know how much info you have, I can hopefully fill in more details.
RobynD

[lynt_1]

Thanks Robyn.
I found a message that had an email address for you so I have sent a message to that address so I will see how that goes.
I don't have much entered at all on the Stokes family.
Talk to you again soon.
Thanks once again
Lyn