Blyth family

[Pootle]

I have hit a real brickwall with my research. I have a George Blyth in my tree who was born c.1815 in Scotland. He married Elizabeth Simmonds in 1848 Southampton. In the 1851 census he is a mariner, living in Southampton. I have a copy of his marriage certificate and his father was called David and he was a carpenter. So, where on earth do I go from here? I'd love to find out exactly where George came from. I have been told that the fact they have no 'e' on their surname is quite unusual.

If anyone has any helpful pointers I'd be very grateful. Thank you!

[sancti]

Any idea what his mother's name is?

[cookies4]

I have hit a real brickwall with my research. I have a George Blyth in my tree who was born c.1815 in Scotland. He married Elizabeth Simmonds in 1848 Southampton. In the 1851 census he is a mariner, living in Southampton. I have a copy of his marriage certificate and his father was called David and he was a carpenter. So, where on earth do I go from here? I'd love to find out exactly where George came from. I have been told that the fact they have no 'e' on their surname is quite unusual.

If anyone has any helpful pointers I'd be very grateful. Thank you!

A blanket search at FREECEN for David Blyth gives 24 results. One of these is a Joiner living at Edinburgh (although he wasn't born there) with his wife Margaret.

How you go about discovering if if this is your David is another story. As far as I can tell he is not on the 1851 census.

Regards,
Nel

[lyndyloo6]

I have David Blyth in my tree b c1851.  He was a brass moulder.  His father was a maste baker in Leith.

regards,
Lynda

[Pootle]

Thank you all for your replies.

Sancti - no, I don't know his mother's name.

Nel - thank you, that does sound like a possibility. As you say though, proving that's the right one is going to be hard.

Lynda - did your David have a son?

I am sure I'll get there in the end. Although frustrating, this is the best part of family history - the research and then proving it!

[purplekat]

Hi Pootle

Have you checked out the Scotlands People website?  If you go to the 1841 census search put Blyth then David in the name search then put in George for the second person forename and keep the search on all records and all areas there are three matches.  As you may know you need credits to view the matches,below is a rootschat link for advice on getting 10 free credits for Scotlands People:

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,436939.0.html

Obviously you'll still have the problem of not knowing his mother's name, (why can't English certs be more like Scottish certs    )

Have you found George in the 1861 census?  I'm thinking if you knew the area he was born in you could check out what info the local history society has to offer, (apologies if I'm telling you what you already know)

I'm researching the Blyth family, unfortunately as far as I can see at the moment no connection with yours but who knows, maybe there is at some point.  My Blyth family lived in the Dumfries area.


Jean 

[solipsistic]

Hi,
My grandfather is George Pennycook Blyth (b. 12 Sep 1919 in Scotland.  d. 16 Nov 1993 in Port Burwell ON)  who married Margaret Evelyn Brackenbury.  His father, also George Pennycook Blyth married Margaret Mitchell.  My Grandfather emigrated to Canada with his family in 1925 on the steamship Montreal. I'm wondering if this might be the same family line?

[Forfarian]

I have been told that the fact they have no 'e' on their surname is quite unusual.

It may be true in the 20th and 21st centuries, but spelling variations are meaningless in earlier times, so I would not attach any significance whatsoever to the presence or absence of a final 'e'.

A quick search on Scotland's People reveals that there are no baptisms of Blyths, but two of Blythes, before 1855, and six Blyths but no Blythes from 1855 to 2012. There are three marriages of Blyths, and none of Blythes, and there are eight deaths of Blyths, but none of Blythes.

Therefore in Scotland the spelling without the 'e' is commoner than the spelling with the 'e'.

[Thedreamer]

Hello, I’m a Blyth and I live in Dumfries and Galloway. My family are from Dumfries and Galloway (Castle Douglas). I have all their history. However I don’t think they are connected to the Blyth family you are researching.