Swifts of Wolverhampton dead end?-updated, the plot thickens!

[deryckjohn]

This was the closest to a Thomas Price:

Births Dec 1850   W Bromwich Vol: 18 Page:579

Can't remember if I checked for a death or census entry.

Also, I couldn't find a BMD for Ann Price in Shrewsbury.

[osprey]

Ann was registered as Swift june qtr 1848 Shrewsbury.

[deryckjohn]

Ann was registered as Swift june qtr 1848 Shrewsbury.

If the Prices are a different family there should be an Ann Price born Shrewsbury, I didn't have time to look properly this morning so I may just have missed her.

[kneller1980]

i've not come across an ann price, so i do believe there is a high chance they are the same family-why named price i don't know-i looked at the original census and it's not a transcription error.

I've sent of for Ann Swift birth certificate to see if that enlightens us further.

to confuse things further:

Births Sep 1850: Price  Thomas     Shrewsbury  18 173 (you never know?!)

[kneller1980]

also on later census, this 'PRICE' family do not exist...ANYWHERE! so very very strange

[kneller1980]

Ann Swifts birth certificate arrived today it states:

Shrewsbury 18th june 1848 st chad district.

Ann girl, born pulley common,meole county Salop, father: Thomas Swift, Mother: Mary Swift late Tomlins, fathers occupation:labourer.

So least we know that Ann is right-there is no birth certificate for an Ann Price with these details ie mother and father, i think i'm just going to order thomas prices birth certificate and get them only to send it if parents listed are correct, can i actually do that?

[osprey]

yes, you can use the parents' names as a check when you order from the GRO. If the cert doesn't match, you pay £3 instead of £7. Or you could order from the local office and they won't issue or cash your cheque if it's the wrong cert.

[kneller1980]

so excited, my hubby is taking me over to shrewsbury tomoz, we are doing a tour of shrops...going to take lots of photos and hopefully find out a bit about the swifts...i'll keep you informed-if you are interested

[kneller1980]

Still chasing my tail with this one the Samuel swift listed apparently had several children(someone on ancestry is researching this line) but amoungst those is no thomas or thos

so STILL on the hunt...any fresh eyes and help would be very much appreciated